Ricky Martin Writes Letter to Bad Bunny Ahead of Super Bowl 2026 Performance

Ricky Martin is writing to Bad Bunny.

The 54-year-old “Livin’ la Vida Loca” icon shared a message for the 31-year-old “DtMF” superstar ahead of his 2026 Super Bowl halftime show performance Sunday (February 8).

“Benito, brother, seeing you win three Grammy Awards, one of them for Album of the Year, with a production entirely in Spanish, touched me deeply. Not only as an artist, but as a Puerto Rican who has walked stages around the world carrying his language, his accent, and his history,” he wrote in El Nuevo Día. (Translated to English.)

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“I know what it means to succeed without letting go of where you come from. I know how heavy it is, what it costs, and what is sacrificed when you decide not to change because others ask you to. That’s why what you have achieved is not just a historic musical accomplishment, it’s a cultural and human victory. You won without changing the color of your voice. You won without erasing your roots. You won by staying true to Puerto Rico.”

“Something important is happening — not just for you, but for all of us,” he went on to say.

“What touched me most about seeing you there on the Grammys stage was the silence of the entire audience when you spoke.

“When you defended the immigrant community, when you pointed out a system that persecutes and separates, you spoke from a place I know very well, that place where fear and hope coexist, where millions live between languages, borders, and deferred dreams,” Ricky said, referring to Bad Bunny‘s anti-ICE message.

“This achievement is for a generation to whom you taught that their identity is non-negotiable and that success is not at odds with authenticity. From the heart, from one Boricua to another, with respect and love, I thank you for reminding us that when one of ours succeeds, we all succeed.”

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