Cream Dream: Bad Bunny Transforms Super Bowl Into Puerto Rican Paradise in Head-to-Toe Zara
Levi’s Stadium underwent a metamorphosis Sunday evening, its football field blooming into a lush Puerto Rican landscape complete with swaying sugarcane and plantain trees. At its heart stood Benito Antonio MartÃnez Ocasio—better known as Bad Bunny—ready to deliver what can only be described as a cultural moment wrapped in cream-colored sophistication.
The reggaeton icon launched his highly-anticipated halftime performance with crowd favorites “Tità Me Preguntó” and “Yo Perreo Sola,” moving fluidly through his troupe of dancers like a modern-day Fred Astaire with a Latin twist. But darlings, let’s discuss the sartorial choices that elevated this performance from mere entertainment to a masterclass in understated elegance.
Styled by his trusted collaborators Storm Pablo and Marvin Douglas Linares, Benito championed the art of accessible luxury in a head-to-toe Zara ensemble. The monochromatic cream palette—featuring a crisp collared shirt, cropped sweater, tailored chinos, sneakers, and delightfully unexpected football-player gloves—proved that high fashion needn’t carry a astronomical price tag. His subsequent costume change into a double-breasted suit and tie, maintaining that butter-cream hue, was nothing short of chef’s kiss.
The performance honored Super Bowl tradition with show-stopping guest appearances. Lady Gaga materialized during “Monaco” like a blue-hued apparition, delivering a stirring rendition of “Die With a Smile”—her collaboration with Bruno Mars—while an actual wedding ceremony unfolded on stage. Mother Monster understood the assignment completely, donning a ruched baby-blue flamenco dress adorned with a flor de maga, Puerto Rico’s cherished national flower, pinned delicately to her bodice. Accompanied by a salsa band, she proved once again why she remains fashion’s most fearless chameleon.
After launching into 2025 hits “BAILE INoLVIDABLE” and “NUEVAYoL,” Bad Bunny welcomed Latin music royalty Ricky Martin to the stage. The action then shifted to “La Casita”—that iconic pink concrete-brick house from his No Me Quiero Ir de Aquà Puerto Rico residency—where A-listers including Jessica Alba, Cardi B, Karol G, Pedro Pascal, and Alix Earle were spotted moving to the rhythm.
In a moment of pure theatricality, Benito literally crashed through La Casita’s roof, emerging from a fully-furnished home before hopping atop a white truck for “EoO.” The performance’s most touching moment came when he handed a Grammy Award to a young boy seated before a television—a poignant reminder that childhood dreams, when nurtured with passion and authenticity, can indeed become reality.
