Shaboozey Explains Why ‘There’s No Better Choice’ Than Bad Bunny for 2026 Super Bowl Halftime Show

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"I deliberation he's a planetary superstar, planetary icon -- and an American citizen," the state prima said.

Shaboozey performs onstage during Audacy's 12th Annual We Can Survive astatine Prudential Center connected September 26, 2025 successful Newark, New Jersey.

At this point, Shaboozey is an NFL halftime veteran, and successful his adept opinion, Bad Bunny is the cleanable prime for adjacent year’s Super Bowl Halftime Show headliner.

“I deliberation it’s awesome,” helium begins portion speaking to Billboard astir the unveiling of the caller tortoiseshell plan helium helped with connected a Formula 1 car for the Visa Cash App Racing Bulls squad astatine the United States Grand Prix this weekend.

“It’s truly cool,” helium continues. “I deliberation Bad Bunny’s awesome. I deliberation he’s a planetary superstar, planetary icon — and an American citizen. There’s nary amended choice.”

“Also, it’s going to beryllium crazy,” the hitmaker adds. “Any clip a Bad Bunny opus comes on, the full spot erupts.”

While Boozey and countless different Bad Bunny fans are pumped up for the Puerto Rican rapper’s mid-game showcase successful February, others person expressed outrage that a Spanish-speaking performer got the gig. Following negative remarks astir it from President Donald Trump — who called the headliner prime “absolutely ridiculous“ — and different MAGA personalities, ultraconservative younker radical Turning Point USA announced plans to big an “All American Halftime Show” featuring “anything successful English” for the music.

But arsenic Shaboozey — who headlined the NFL’s Thanksgiving Halftime Show successful November earlier making a cameo successful the Christmas Day Beyoncé Bowl a period aboriginal — pointed out, Benito’s show could beryllium monumental for American football’s scope to worldwide audiences.

“I’ve noticed the NFL has been trying to expand, and, you know, my member Myles Smith playing up successful Dublin astatine 1 of their play openers … they’re intelligibly trying to globalize the brand,” helium tells Billboard. “Football’s specified a beloved athletics — wherefore not not instrumentality it to different places?”