Kehlani is looking forward to Bad Bunny’s 2026 Super Bowl Halftime Show performance in San Francisco Bay Area in February, but she’s hoping he doesn’t cater an ounce to the strictly English-speaking audience for the big game.
The “Folded” singer joined the Billboard 2025 No. 1s Livestream on Tuesday (Dec. 9), where Kehlani revealed that they’re “manifesting” a Spanish Super Bowl from Benito, as they don’t think he should perform “a single word” in English.
“He’s about to do the Super Bowl and probably not in English at all, in a time where that’s basically criminalized,” she said. “And that’s incredible. I don’t think he should say a single word in English at all.”
Host Druski — who is the cover star of the latest issue of Billboard –was caught off guard and thought that what Kehlani was hoping to see from Bad Bunny was facts regarding the Puerto Rican star’s Super Bowl performance, but the singer explained that it’s just something they’re “manifesting” at the moment.
“How we gon’ understand?” Druski asked.
Kehlani fired back: “We don’t have to!” The singer admitted she doesn’t understand all of Bad Bunny’s lyrics, but still vibes to plenty of his discography.
Kehlani also gave Benito his flowers for continuing to put on for his Puerto Rican culture and doing a residency back home to stimulate the U.S. territory’s economy.
“I think his commitment to uplifting his culture has been so serious,” she said. “Refusing to tour here, only touring in Puerto Rico to change the economy back home, was something super exemplary and I love that about him.”
Bad Bunny touches the Super Bowl LX stage at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif., on Feb. 8.
Watch the full Billboard 2025 No. 1s Livestream below.
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