As Bad Bunny marks the one-year anniversary of his sixth album, Debí Tirar Más Fotos, he’s heading into a week few artists will ever experience, and as often is the case for Benito, he’ll be the first Latin artist to reach this exact moment.

On February 1, he arrives at the 2026 Grammys with six nominations tied to the project, including three in the main categories of Album, Record, and Song of the Year. A week later, he’ll perform the Super Bowl LX halftime show.

When Benito hits the field on February 8, it will be a new pinnacle on his terms and a nod to the conviction he’s maintained throughout his career. For years, he has moved through mainstream’s highest levels without adopting the usual demands of crossover success. Puerto Rico has remained his axis. Spanish remains the heart of his working language. The Super Bowl becomes another space shaped by those same coordinates, with halftime offering a new audience—and millions of longtime fans—direct contact with the work at a scale few artists ever achieve, in the format where his vision has always translated most clearly.

His recent trajectory on Debí Tirar Más Fotos has only refined that stance. The record keeps Puerto Rico in focus as a place evolving. It draws from a diverse musical DNA, while its weight comes from its attention and intent.

In his i-D cover story, Benito described the emotional current behind this era in one sentence: “I had never been so far from Puerto Rico for so long. It drove me to… connect with everything I am as a Puerto Rican.” Bad Bunny documents what he sees changing around him, what feels at risk, and what he wants fellow Puerto Ricans to notice while it’s still present. The title carries that urgency quietly. Released into a moment when the island’s identity is actively being reshaped, the album lands with the pressure of observation rather than nostalgia—still made to make you dance, but also to sit with something heavier.

That same clarity shaped his decisions beyond the studio. Instead of turning the album into a U.S. victory lap, he built a 31-date residency at home. El Coliseo de Puerto Rico functioned as a command center rather than a stop on a tour. Local access came first. Island-based crews and vendors were integral to the operation. The impact showed up in the places that feel a run like that first: restaurants staying open late after shows, neighborhood bars catching overflow crowds, steady traffic for drivers and small businesses. The moment stayed anchored where it began, allowing the island to benefit, while showing the world his oasis.

Put together, the week doesn’t change the story so much as sharpen and amplify it. The Grammys and the Super Bowl sit back-to-back, each catching a different angle of the same blockbuster year. A year where Bad Bunny dug deeper into cultural observation and released a masterpiece of an album. However February unfolds, the shape of it already says enough: the mission continues forward, at the heart of where it began, expanding without losing its form. Bad Bunny will do what he’s always done—show up fully, trust his talent, and let the music carry the rest. Listen to Debí Tirar Más Fotos below.

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