Bad Bunny's Super Bowl show

Learning English from the News

2026-02-11

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(Photo Eric Thayer /Los Angeles Times via Getty Images) ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ Download a free worksheet! ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ The story The singer Bad Bunny has made history by performing the Super Bowl half-time show almost entirely in Spanish. The 14-minute set, which invited celebrities to dance alongside him, had only one line in English: “God Bless America.” Some people have praised the performance for its message of pride and love for his home country, Puerto Rico. But others have been critical of the show, calling it "un-American", and President Trump described the performance as "terrible." Bad Bunny recently beciame the first artist to win the Album of the Year Grammy for an album sung entirely in Spanish. He was aslo the most played performer on Spotify in 2025. News headlines Bad Bunny makes history as Trump criticises 'terrible' Super Bowl show  BBC News Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl half-time show review – a thrilling ode to Boricua joy The Guardian Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime show puts pizzazz before politics — but still irks Trump Financial Times Key words and phrases make history do something that has never been done before ode to something, such as a work of art or performance, that expresses celebration or love for something pizzazz an energetic or excitable quality Next  Do you ever find speaking scary? Try our new Beating Speaking Anxiety course. Try The Listening Room to practise your listening skills with BBC news reports. Learn more about music on our topic page.
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  • From BBC Learning English, this is Learning English from the News, our podcast about the news headlines.

  • In this programme, Bad Bunny's Super Bowl performance and what people are saying about it.

  • Hello I'm Pippa and I'm Becca.

  • In this programme we look at one big story and the vocabulary in the headlines that will help you understand it.

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  • as well as a worksheet on our website bbclearningenglish.com So let's hear more about this story.

  • Benito Antonio Martinez Ocasio, who is the singer known as Bad Bunny,

  • gave a controversial performance at the Super Bowl halftime show last weekend.

  • His performance was like no other scene in Super Bowl history, because it was entirely in Spanish.

  • Yes, the 14-minute set which invited celebrities to dance alongside

  • him had only one line in English which was God Bless America.

  • This line was said just before naming multiple countries and territories,

  • including his home country, Puerto Rico, with dancers carrying their flags in celebration.

  • The BBC described it as one big love letter to his native Puerto Rico.

  • A Billboard message was shown towards the end that read, But US President Donald Trump called

  • the performance an affront to the greatness of America, meaning he thought it was offensive.

  • Other American Republicans were also critical.

  • Let's have our first headline.

  • This is from BBC News.

  • Bad Bunny makes history as Trump criticises terrible Super Bowl show.