Lady Gaga shocks Super Bowl crowd with surprise performance during Bad Bunny's halftime show

Lady Gaga sent Super Bowl LX viewers into a frenzy with a jaw-dropping surprise appearance during Bad Bunny's historic halftime show.

The 16-time Grammy winner, 39, looked stunning as she joined Bad Bunny onstage at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, California, for a special mariachi-style rendition of Die With a Smile. 

For the performance, the pop icon wore a light blue ruffled gown adorned with a bold red flower detail and leaned fully into the Latin flair of the performance.

The performance quickly turned playful and electric as the pair launched into a salsa-inspired dance, with Bad Bunny spinning Gaga around center stage, before she blew a kiss directly into the camera.

Bad Bunny then moved through a sweeping set list that showcased his range and roots, performing Nuevayol before sliding into Lo Que Pasó a Hawaii, which featured a cameo from Ricky Martin. 

From there, Benito proudly highlighted his Puerto Rican heritage with the anthems El Apagón and Café con Ron, shouting out 'God bless America!' while also naming every country in Latin America.

For the grand finale, he closed with DtMf, ending the performance in a massive blaze of fireworks that lit up the stadium.

The star power didn’t stop with Gaga and Martin. 

At one point during the show, a parade of celebrities joined Bad Bunny onstage dancing along to the music, including Cardi B, Jessica Alba, Karol G, Young Miko and Pedro Pascal. 

Bad Bunny also incorporated Alix Earle into the performance, making the halftime show feel like both a cultural showcase and a celebrity-studded party.

Although rumors had swirled in the week leading up to the Super Bowl that Gaga could make a surprise appearance alongside Bad Bunny, nothing was confirmed until she stepped onto the stage mid-show, catching viewers completely off guard. 

The collaboration felt like a natural evolution of their long-running mutual admiration, which dates back years.

In 2023, Gaga even made a surprise appearance on Saturday Night Live to introduce one of Bad Bunny's performances.

The cameo marked Gaga's first live Super Bowl performance in nine years. 

She last headlined the halftime show in 2017, when she tore through a career-spanning set that included Poker Face, Born This Way and more. 

More recently, she appeared during Super Bowl weekend last year in a pre-taped tribute segment, performing Hold My Hand on Bourbon Street in New Orleans. 

The emotional performance later earned her an Emmy for Outstanding Music Direction at the 46th Annual Sports Emmy Awards.

Gaga's Super Bowl presence didn't stop at the halftime stage.

During Sunday's broadcast, she also starred in two high-profile commercials, which included a reimagining of Mister Rogers' Won't You Be My Neighbor in an ad for Rocket.

As soon as Gaga appeared onstage, social media erupted with praise and disbelief.

One fan declared that she 'sent the stadium into orbit,' while another admitted they initially thought the appearance was fake. 

Others gushed that the surprise duet took the halftime show 'to another gear,' with multiple viewers calling it the best part of the set. 

Fans described Gaga as 'gorgeous,' 'incredible,' and 'the cherry on top,' with some insisting the performance would 'go down in the history books' and begging for more once it ended. 

Ahead of the game, Bad Bunny teased the cultural spectacle without giving too much away.

'I just want people to have fun. It's going to be a huge party,' he said at a news conference hosted by Apple Music, the halftime show's main sponsor. 

He also poked fun at his Saturday Night Live monologue from October, when he joked that non-Spanish-speaking viewers had four months to learn the language before the halftime show.

'They don't even have to learn Spanish,' he said. 'It is better if they learn to dance.'