What do Bad Bunny’s songs mean? English lyrics for ‘Tití Me Preguntó’, ‘Nuevayol’, ‘DTMF’...
As Puerto Rican rapper Bad Bunny prepares for his historic Super Bowl halftime show, we prepare you for some of the Spanish lyrics.
At the midway point of today’s Super Bowl between the Seattle Seahawks and the New England Patriots, rapper Bad Bunny is to make NFL title-game history. The Puerto Rican, whose full name is Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, will be the event’s first ever halftime-show headliner to deliver a chiefly Spanish-language performance.
“Don’t even have to learn Spanish”
Speaking ahead of his 13-minute concert at Levi’s Stadium, which is set to feature a medley of the six-time Grammy winner’s most popular tracks, Bad Bunny reassured non-Spanish-speaking fans that there’s no need for them to brush up on the language.
“It’s going to be easy, people only have to worry about dancing,” the 31-year-old told his pre-Super Bowl press conference on Thursday. “They don’t even have to learn Spanish. Better they learn to dance. There is no better dance than the one that comes from the heart.”
However, should you not be content merely to focus on perfecting your dance moves, you’ve come to the right place. Below, we explore the lyrics - and the overall message - of four Bad Bunny songs that are likely to be in today’s show.
“DTMF”
Bad Bunny appears almost certain to perform “DTMF”, the title track from his latest album, 2025’s Debí Tirar Más Fotos - a record whose name translates into English as: “I Should Have Taken More Photos”.
Last Sunday, Debí Tirar Más Fotos became the first Spanish-language disc to win Album of the Year at the Grammy Awards, while “DTMF” reached No. 2 in the Billboard Hot 100 in January 2025 - one of no fewer than 15 top-10 singles on Bad Bunny’s resumé.
The inclusion of “DTMF” in Sunday’s halftime show “feels like a no-brainer”, writes USA Today’s entertainment editor Pamela Avila. Avila describes the track as “a nostalgic and celebratory rumination on living life to the fullest and cherishing your loved ones feels like the perfect set finisher”. “DTMF”’s chorus translates as:
I should’ve taken more pictures when I had you
I should’ve given you more kisses and hugs whenever I could
Ayy, I hope my people never move away
And if I get drunk today, I hope they help me out
I should’ve taken more pictures when I had you
I should’ve given you more kisses and hugs whenever I could
I hope my people never move away
And if I get drunk today, I hope they help me out
“Baile Inolvidable”
Throughout the album Debí Tirar Más Fotos, Bad Bunny pays tribute to his native country, its culture and its people. On the record’s backside cover, indeed, he declares: “This project is dedicated to Puerto Ricans around the world.”
Writing in Forbes, the entertainment journalist Hannah Abraham declares that “Baile Inolvidable” is a song that certainly “embodies that mission statement”. Notably, the track embraces the salsa genre - a core element of Puerto Rican musical identity.
A song whose name translates as “Unforgettable Dance”, “Baile Inolvidable” peaked at No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100. The track featured in the official trailer for Bad Bunny’s halftime show, and in the words of Abraham, is “almost certainly the show’s closer”. She points out that it was the final track throughout Bad Bunny’s residency in San Juan, the Puerto Rican capital, last summer.
In the lyrics to “Baile Inolvidable”, Bad Bunny reflects on a past romance with someone who taught him to dance. The chorus translates as:
I thought I’d grow old with you
In another life, in another world, it could be
In this one, all that’s left is for me to leave one day
And look up at the sky to see if I see you fall
If you see me alone and sad, don’t talk to me
If you see me alone and sad, it’s my fault
Life is a party that one day ends
And you were my unforgettable dance
“Nuevayol”
Also on Debí Tirar Más Fotos, “Nuevayol” is a song firmly in keeping with the album’s ode to Puerto Rican identity. Specifically, it focuses on the experience of the nation’s New York diaspora, with a title that represents the Puerto Rican pronunciation of the Spanish “Nueva York”.
“Puerto Rico feels so close”, Bad Bunny sings in “Nuevayol”, a song that samples “Un Verano en Nueva York” by El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico - a 1970s anthem treasured in Puerto Rican musical history.
“Nuevayol” is also, more generally, an assertion of Latino pride. In an essay for the Center for Puerto Rican Studies at Hunter College, Yomaira C. Figueroa-Vásquez notes that this is particularly visible in the track’s music video.
“The video, filled with Latinos of all ethnicities, insists that we remember a fundamental truth: together we are stronger […],” Figueroa-Vásquez says. “The video is a prompt toward coalition with one another and other Latinos, an essential politic, especially in this political moment.”
Although Puerto Ricans are U.S. citizens, members of other Latino communities in America are among those that have been detained and deported amid the Trump administration’s hardline immigration crackdown, leading Bad Bunny - a regular Trump critic - to speak out. As he accepted an award at last weekend’s Grammys, the rapper took aim at the wave of deportation raids being carried out by the U.S.’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement, declaring: “ICE out.”
Bad Bunny’s animosity towards Trump is, it seems, reciprocated. Speaking to the New York Post last month, the president described the Puerto Rican as a “terrible” choice for the NFL title game. The 79-year-old, who in 2025 became the first sitting president to attend the Super Bowl, has said he’s skipping this year’s event.
The chorus of “Nuevayol” translates into English as:
If you wanna have fun
With charm and delight
You just have to live (Where?)
A summer in New York (New York!)
If you wanna have fun
With charm and delight (But what’s this?)
You just have to live (And this cold?)
A summer in New York (Just for a bit)
“Titi Me Preguntó”
A Bad Bunny fan favorite, “Titi Me Preguntó” is the second single from the rapper’s 2022 record Un Verano Sin Tí (“A Summer Without You”) - an album which, like Debí Tirar Más Fotos three years later, won the Grammy for Best Música Urbana Album.
“Titi Me Preguntó”, which translates as “Auntie Asked Me”, is described by Abraham as “a fast-paced anthem about family pressure regarding romantic relationships”.
“It would be an absolute crime not to have ‘Tití Me Preguntó’ land somewhere in the [Super Bowl halftime-show] setlist,” says USA Today entertainment journalist Edward Segarra, who adds: “The song’s infectious dembow groove and singalong-ready hooks would make for an undeniable crowd-pleaser.”
A track that reached No. 5 in the Billboard Hot 100, “Titi Me Preguntó” comes with a chorus that translates into English as:
Hey, auntie asked me if I have a lot of girlfriends, a lot of girlfriends
Today I have one, tomorrow I’ll have another, hey, but there’s no wedding
Auntie asked me if I have a lot of girlfriends, heh, a lot of girlfriends
Today I have one, tomorrow I’ll have another
When is Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl LX halftime show?
Bad Bunny is scheduled to appear on stage at Levi’s Stadium after the second quarter of Super Bowl LX, a game that kicks off at 6:30 p.m. ET/3:30 p.m. PT. While there is no confirmed start time for the halftime show, it is estimated that it should begin around 8:00 p.m. ET/5:00 p.m. PT.
In the U.S., Super Bowl LX will air nationally on NBC, Telemundo and Peacock. Your streaming options also include the online platform fubo, which offers new users a free trial.
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