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On Sunday, San Juan awoke under an overcast sky, the air thick with humidity and heavy with anticipation. Across the city, everyone seemed to be talking about one thing: where to watch the Super Bowl. But no one was focused on the football game. Instead, Bad Bunny loomed large over his island.⁠ ⁠ The Super Bowl performance may have been Bad Bunny's biggest audience yet, but for the people he has represented since his start — his fellow Puerto Ricans — it meant something special.⁠ ⁠ Images: @erikaprodriguez • Erika P. Rodríguez for NPR⁠ ⁠ 1. People cheer during the Super Bowl LX Halftime performance by Puerto Rican artist Bad Bunny at El Gandul in Santurce, San Juan, P.R.⁠ 2. People wearing Bad Bunny-themed t-shirts wait in line to enter the Super Bowl LX registration-only watch party at El Escambrón Beach in San Juan.⁠ 3. Luis Rivera and Bianca Torres, from the west side of the island, stand outside the watch party at El Escambrón Beach. The couple has never been able to see Bad Bunny perform live.⁠ 4. At the singer's official watch party in San Juan, giant screens were positioned on top of a grassy hill, flashing messages and affirmations of the night's significance.⁠ 5. Carmen W. Osorio Morales and Juan Carlos Seguinot Martínez, owners of the restaurant El Gandul in Santurce, hosted a viewing party for the halftime show.⁠ 6. Left: Musician David 'Andy' Andrés Rosado Moya poses for a portrait after playing Cuban rumba at El Gandul. Right: Rosado Moya, the bandleader of Andy y su Manana, made shirts inspired by Bad Bunny's Super Bowl performance.⁠ 7. People watch the performance at El Gandul.⁠ 8. People gather at the bar El Watusi in Santurce.⁠ 9. People react to the Super Bowl LX Halftime performance at El Gandul.⁠ 10. A couple wearing Bad Bunny-themed jerseys walks at El Escambrón Beach.