Katy Perry gave a shoutout to Bad Bunny ahead of his halftime performance during Super Bowl LX.
Hours ahead of the Sunday (February 8) NFL championship game, the 143 singer passed the baton to Benito before he hits the stage at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California. Perry was the Super Bowl XLIX halftime artist in 2015 and brought out special guests Missy Elliott, Lenny Kravitz, and Left Shark.
“you got this @sanbenito,” Perry posted on X. “remind the world what the real American dream looks like 🏈♥️”
The anticipation for the DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS artist to perform at Super Bowl LX has been high since he was announced as headliner last September. The Puerto Rican rapper and singer was a guest during the Super Bowl LIV halftime show in 2020, when Jennifer Lopez and Shakira co-headlined. Also a guest during the fourteen-minute set was reggaeton and Latin pop artist J Balvin.
Last week, Bad Bunny further cemented his status as a pop icon when he won Album of the Year at the 68th Annual Grammy Awards for DTMF. The honor was also a historic accomplishment, as Benito’s LP was the first fully Spanish-language album to win the award. The “NUEVAYoL” artist also won a Grammy in the categories of Best Música Urbana Album and Best Global Music Performance for “EoO.”
During the Apple Music Super Bowl LX Halftime Show press conference on Thursday (February 4), Benito teased that his halftime set will be a “huge party” and called DTMF one of the most “special projects” he’s done.
“It brought me to here. I wasn’t looking for the Album of the Year at the Grammys,” he said. “I wasn’t looking for a performance at the Super Bowl halftime show. I just was looking [to] connect with my roots, connect with my people more than ever, connect with myself, connect with my history [and] with my culture.”