The 2025 NFL season is already four weeks through, and two franchises have already started their journeys to Super Bowl LX. This game will take place on Sunday, February 8, 2026, at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California.
While this game is still a long way off, the NFL has already announced its performer for the Super Bowl halftime show. Puerto Rico rapper and singer Bad Bunny has gotten the nod as the headliner, which has come with much fanfare.
However, there has also been an intense backlash to the league’s decision, with some fans and personalities calling for a boycott of this performance altogether.
Some NFL fans are threatening to boycott Super Bowl LX’s halftime show
Bad Bunny has built his brand around a style of music that can be described as Latin trap and reggaeton, while also incorporating elements from other genres, such as rock, punk, and pop.
The 31-year-old is already considered one of the greatest Latin rappers of all time, having sold over 115 million equivalent album units worldwide.
A native of Vega Baja, Puerto Rico, Bad Bunny is drawing backlash primarily from right-wing personalities and conservative influencers for a variety of disappointing reasons.
Dov Kleinman and Benny Johnson, who both have a history of denouncing free speech, presented their arguments against this decision on X.
Bad Bunny is a global superstar with a decorated resume
In addition to his global popularity, Bad Bunny has been nominated for 481 awards throughout his career, winning 184 of them. This includes winning a total of fifteen Grammy and Latin Grammy Awards.
Bad Bunny has additionally topped the Billboard 200 chart four times with his albums El Último Tour del Mundo, Un Verano Sin Ti, Nadie Sabe Lo Que Va a Pasar Mañana, and Debà Tirar Más Fotos.
Outside the music industry, the award-winning artist has participated in numerous prominent cultural events in America, including WrestleMania.
Bad Bunny’s commitment to sports entertainment had even led him to headline a pay-per-view event in Puerto Rico, attended by thousands of screaming fans.
The Super Bowl has featured several performances by non-American artists
The Super Bowl halftime show has featured a diverse range of performers since its inception in 1967. In many cases, non-Americans have taken this stage, including The Rolling Stones, The Who, Shakira, and Enrique Iglesias.
In contrast to those performers, Bad Bunny is actually a U.S. citizen. Also, in these increasingly political times, numerous performers from the past have expressed their opposition to the current presidential administration in America.
The United States has built itself on its diversity, which is why the country has the second-largest population of Spanish speakers in the world, behind only Mexico. Therefore, adding in Bad Bunny is an unsurprising move from the NFL, considering its past headliners.
Overall, the Super Bowl LX halftime show is sure to be a spectacle, but the controversy surrounding its performer is both unfortunate and predictable.
In the meantime, the depth in today’s NFL is so great that several teams have a realistic shot at competing in this historic event. Last year’s Super Bowl competitors, the Philadelphia Eagles and Kansas City Chiefs, are coming off encouraging wins in Week 4 and seem to be trending in the right direction.
These two teams’ biggest threats include the Buffalo Bills, Los Angeles Chargers, Los Angeles Rams, and the Detroit Lions, all of whom are balanced on both sides of the ball.
Really, the question is whether many of these franchises off to hot starts are legit contenders. As of now, eleven teams have a record of 3-1 or better, including two undefeated squads.
It’s going to be a long journey to the top, but the NFL is, once again, in thrilling form and a fixture in pop cultue both inside and outside the United States of America.
