His collaborations are meticulously curated, opting this time to center not just reggaeton heavyweights but indie innovators alike. "Tití Me Preguntó," a tongue-in-cheek dembow turn of phrase on the natural law of pestering metida aunts, features a wistful acoustic riff threaded throughout a warped Kiko el Crazy sample and a melancholy synth bridge. His production team closes the deal, with Marco "MAG" Borrero's string riffs, Tainy's auteur experimentation and original crewmember La Paciencia creating a cross-genre soundscape that creates room for innovation on even the album's more formulaic tracks. Pop Culture Happy Hour Bad Bunny unleashes a genre-smashing summer blockbuster But rather than sell audiences another big, genre-bending experiment, on Un Verano Sin Ti Benito opts for personal intimacy and cultural specificity, which the music cultivates at every turn. His debut X 100PRE was his first showcase of his genre agility YHLQMDLG squared in a scholastic reverence to the canon and legends of old-school Puerto Rican reggaeton El Último Tour del Mundo was the introspective alt album, nu-metal riffs and all. His full-length projects have told a distinctly Boricua story in theme and sound, remaining grounded in his personal authenticity, his flow and his community while attempting bigger, more daring experiments. And while Un Verano Sin Ti is ostensibly about a person and their absence in Benito's life, its joy and yearning is always rooted in the ground beneath him.īad Bunny has always put Puerto Rico front and center in his work since his breakthrough in 2016. On his latest release, Bad Bunny anchors his most in-depth exploration of lost love in the Caribbean, with the sound of its unceasing movement, the gravel of its Spanish, its dembow, its thick rain. Un Verano Sin Ti is not Bad Bunny's first heartbreak album, but it is his most grounded. On his new album Un Verano Sin Ti, Bad Bunny opts for personal intimacy and cultural specificity, anchoring his music in the Caribbean.
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