When Unhealthy Bunny takes middle stage for the 2026 Super Bowl LX halftime show on Sunday at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California, he’ll be the primary artist with a primarily Spanish-language repertoire to take action.
These are a few of his most impactful lyrics, in Spanish and English, because the Puerto Rican artist prepares to make music historical past.
DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS
Debí tirar más fotos de cuando te tuve
Debí darte más beso’ y abrazo’ las vece’ que pude
Ey, ojalá que los mío’ nunca se mudenI ought to have taken extra images after I had you
I ought to have given you extra kisses and hugs the instances that I might
Hopefully my family members won’t ever transfer
Maybe the most well-liked track of his most up-to-date album — which won the Grammy for Album of the 12 months — “DtMF” captures the nostalgia and longing to make extra out of on a regular basis moments, a sentiment that many immigrants describe as a consequence of being away from residence.
NUEVAYoL
Ey, ey, ey, 4 de julio, 4th de July
Ando con mi primo, borracho, rulay
Los mío’ en El Bronx saben la que hay
Con la nota en excessive por Washington HeightsOn the Fourth of July,
I’m with my cousin, drunk, enjoyable,
with mine in The Bronx,
you already know what there may be,
with the notice on excessive in Washington Heights.
Whereas sampling “El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico,” a greater than half-century-old salsa orchestra, Unhealthy Bunny brings to life the enjoyment of Puerto Ricans within the mainland, highlighting the diaspora’s time below the New York solar.
LO QUE LE PASÓ A HAWAii
Quieren quitarme el río y también la playa
Quieren el barrio mío y que abuelita se vaya
No, no suelte’ la bandera ni olvide’ el lelolai
Que no quiero que hagan contigo lo que le pasó a HawáiThey wish to take the river from me, and the seaside too
They need my neighborhood and for my grandma to go away
Don’t give up the flag, or overlook the lelolai
As a result of I don’t want them to do to you what occurred in Hawaii
Unhealthy Bunny calls out gentrification within the island, an ongoing development fueled by tax incentives which have raised property taxes and excluded Puerto Ricans from a few of their most outstanding lands, drawing a comparability to gentrification in Hawaii.
Una Velita
Ey, ‘tá empezando a llover, otra vez va a pasar
Por ahí viene tormenta, viene temporal
‘Tá empezando a llover, otra vez va a pasar
Por ahí viene tormеnta, ¿quién nos va a salvar?It is beginning to rain, it’s going to occur once more
Right here comes a storm, a tough climate spell
It is beginning to rain, it’s going to occur once more
Right here comes a storm, who will save us?
In a 2024 reflection on Hurricane Maria, which leveled components of Puerto Rico and left many with out energy for months, Unhealthy Bunny denounces the government’s role within the chaos that ensued after the Class 4 storm swept by means of the island.
VOY A LLeVARTE PA PR
Vo’a llevarte pa’ PR, mami, pa’ que vea’ cómo es que se perrea
Tráete a tu amiga si te gusta la thought
Dile que esta noche vamo’ a janguear
Que rico la vamo’ a pasar
Aquí nadie se va a casar
Pero tú te va’ a querer quedarI’m going to take you to PR (Puerto Rico), honey, so you’ll be able to see easy methods to perrea
Deliver your good friend for those who like the concept
Inform her that tonight we’re going to hang around
We’re going to have a very good time
Right here nobody goes to get married
However you’ll wish to keep.
A lot of Unhealthy Bunny’s songs focus on girls and love. In “VOY A LLeVARTE PA PR,” the singer highlights a reggaeton dance that grew within the Caribbean, often known as perreo.
Much like twerking, it has been criticized for being hypersexual and inappropriate, based on Petra Rivera-Rideau, an affiliate professor of American research at Wellesley School, who co-authored “P FKN R: How Unhealthy Bunny Turned the World Voice of Puerto Rican Resistance.” Rivera-Rideau factors to perreo for instance of resistance in the course of the 2019 anti-corruption protests in Puerto Rico.
BAILE INoLVIDABLE
No, no te puedo olvidar
No, no te puedo borrar
Tú me enseñaste a querer
Me enseñaste a bailarNo, no I am unable to overlook you
No, no I am unable to erase you
You taught me easy methods to love
You taught me to bounce
Apple Music debuted a video of Unhealthy Bunny dancing to “BAILE INoLVIDABLE,” or “Unforgettable Dance,” that includes a variety of individuals. Within the video, the 31-year-old artist, born Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, dances beneath a flamboyán, a tropical tree with vibrant pink flowers from Madagascar that has develop into a beloved image in Puerto Rico, with a myriad of individuals — a firefighter, girls of all ages and other people of all ethnicities.
