Artists Who Should Headline the Next Big Game Halftime Show

Dua Lipa has enough direct hits for a compact set and the performance control to keep a huge stage moving without unnecessary cameos.

Rosalia's flamenco percussion, radical visual instincts and pop hooks could produce a halftime show that looks genuinely different at stadium scale.

Swift already has the catalog, production scale and cross-generational audience; the only real question is how ruthlessly she would edit it to 14 minutes.

A reunited BTS offers seven distinct entrances, complex choreography and enough universally recognized choruses to make the halftime format feel unusually dynamic.

Adele could reject the usual overload: one voice, one piano and a stadium singing the final chorus would provide more scale than extra machinery.

Metallica has the riffs, recognition and live discipline for a halftime show that finally sounds as physical as the sport looks.

Karol G can bring current Latin pop, strong color and a deep Spanish-language catalog to television without reducing the set to crossover concessions.

Drake's hit count is absurd across rap, pop and R&B, although the challenge would be turning a bruised public persona into one coherent celebration.

Gaga has already proved she understands the slot; a second appearance could skip the career introduction and pursue something much stranger.

Bad Bunny could deliver a predominantly Spanish-language set requiring no translation, because the hooks, staging and global audience already carry the meaning.