This year’s NFL Super Bowl LX official Halftime Show featured a joyous, star-studded performance from Grammy winner Bad Bunny, who welcomed fellow artists including Lady Gaga, Ricky Martin, Karol G and Cardi B, and wove messages such as “Together, We Are America” into his electrifying show.
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As Bad Bunny and his fellow artists performed at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif., during Super Bowl LX, the conservative nonprofit Turning Point USA held an alternative halftime show, welcoming Kid Rock and country artists Lee Brice, Brantley Gilbert and Gabby Barrett as performers for its “All-American Halftime Show.”
As viewers chimed in with opinions on Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime show performance as well as the Kid Rock-led Turning Point USA show, a few artists weighed in with views as well.
Billboard 200 chart-topper Zach Bryan shared an Instagram reel which showed a person watching the Turning Point USA halftime show on their phone, while holding a hand up to keep themselves from seeing the Super Bowl official halftime show featuring Bad Bunny, which plays in the background.
“What Kid Rock actually thinks is happening across America,” Bryan captioned the video.
On X, eight-time Grammy winner Kacey Musgraves praised Bad Bunny’s halftime show performance, while also taking aim at Kid Rock. She wrote of watching Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl Halftime Show performance, “Well. That made me feel more proudly American than anything Kid Rock has ever done.”
On Instagram, country singer Rissi Palmer wrote about being inspired by Bad Bunny’s performance.
“‘My name is Benito Antonio Martinez Ocasio. And if today I’m here at the Super Bowl, it’s because I never, never stopped believing in myself.’ That’s what Bad Bunny said, in Spanish, when he started the show,” Palmer wrote. “I can’t think of anything more American than coming from being a bagger at a grocery store to performing at the Super Bowl halftime show. You don’t have to be Puerto Rican to Latinx to appreciate that. It was beautiful. It was emotional. It was intentional. It was inclusive. It was what was needed for this moment. I don’t speak Spanish but I understood the message VERY clearly. Kendrick told us we were beautiful last year. Bad Bunny did that for his community tonight. If you can’t appreciate that, you are a straight up hater.”
On Turning Point USA’s YouTube page, the comments section was filled with American flag and heart emojis, along with references to late Turning Point USA founder and conservative activist Charlie Kirk, along with many comments saying, “God Bless America.”
Meanwhile, other commenters repeated one of the most impactful messages that Bad Bunny said during his recent Grammys acceptance speech: “The only thing more powerful than hate is love.”
This year’s Super Bowl featured the Seattle Seahawks winning 29-13 over the New England Patriots.
