Bad Bunny Did ‘A Hundred Pull-Ups’ After Jay-Z Called to Confirm His Super Bowl Halftime Show

Fresh disconnected Sunday night’s historic announcement that helium volition header the 2026 Apple Music Super Bowl LX Halftime Show, Bad Bunny sat down with Apple Music’s Halftime Headliner Special for his archetypal interview.

In speech with hosts Zane Lowe and Ebro Darden, the Puerto Rican superstar shared his excitement of yet being capable to uncover the large secret, admitting his affectional absorption erstwhile showing the announcement video to adjacent friends.

“I was keeping this concealed for truthful agelong and it felt good,” Bad Bunny tells the 2 hosts. “I’m truly excited for my friends, my family, Puerto Rico — each the Latino radical astir the world. I’m excited astir my culture, not conscionable for me. The formation wherever we grounds is my hometown beach, truthful it’s a precise peculiar happening for us.”

Being the archetypal all-Spanish-performing creator to header the Super Bowl Halftime Show is simply a monumental infinitesimal for Bad Bunny, 1 helium approaches with intent and pridefulness successful representing his state and culture. “Of people everyplace I go, I ever correspond my country, my music,” helium says. “I truly americium figuring retired what I’m going to bash connected this show. But it’s going to beryllium good.”

One of the standout moments of the interrogation came erstwhile the creator recounted receiving the telephone from Jay-Z confirming his headlining role. “It’s brainsick due to the fact that I was successful the mediate of a workout. So I retrieve that aft the call, I conscionable did similar a 100 propulsion ups. I didn’t request much pre-workout s–t oregon whatever. It was precise special,” Bad Bunny said.

He continued: “It’s besides the effect of conscionable bash things with heart. I’m ever doing my champion and moving with truthful overmuch passion. I’m inactive working. I’m a rookie. I’m inactive bare to conquer and to amusement what I tin bash to the people. It’s brainsick ‘cause I deliberation everyone already knows what I’m susceptible to do. But I’m inactive 1 to surprise.”

The Apple Music Super Bowl LX Halftime Show volition aerial successful February 2026. Fans tin ticker the afloat interrogation below: