PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA – SEPTEMBER 04: Bad Bunny performs onstage during 2022 Made In America at Benjamin Franklin Parkway on Septemin Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. And surely lifted sales of ginger beer and vodka, mightily. My favorite alcoholic cocktail served in a copper mug must also be the Bunny’s as the rippling rhythms and the lyric “Two drinks and you know I get horny/We’re not a thing, but we’ve been entangled for a while” caught everyone’s imagination. Let’s take a selfie, say “cheese”/Let those who have already forgotten about me smile” Let’s take a selfie, say “cheese,” hey/Let the ones I already fucked smile “I’m gonna take them all to the VIP, the VIP, hey/Say hello to auntie Plus, an interesting translation of Bunny’s chorus goes like this:

Rock albums rarely achieve such status in the 21 st Century, and yet, a little dab did the Bunny right.īefore Un Verano Sin Ti dropped, Bad Bunny released three singles, the best of which was his totally self-penned “Auntie Asked Me,” or “Tití Me Preguntó.” Highly influenced by the bachata groove of Dominican singer El Mayimbe (Anthony Santos), this was a more romantic sound filled with pop guitar kicks, something as yet untried by the Bunny. While his second solo album YHLQMDLG (2020) rose quickly upon release to become the then highest charting all-Spanish album, reaching number two on Billboard, Bunny’s fourth album, El Último Tour Del Mundo, and its rocking vibe, thrilled mainstream audiences enough to became the first all-Spanish-language album to reach number one on the Billboard 200. (Photo by Theo Wargo/Getty Images for Roc Nation)įour: Blame YHLQMDLG and El Último Tour Del Mundo.īunny’s personal success where Un Verano Sin Ti was concerned didn’t spring up in a vacuum. The more reggaeton opened itself up to hip hop, trap and pop sounds – without sacrificing its heat – the more Bad Bunny stood to benefit. Bad Bunny upon hitting Number One on the Billboard Hot Latin Songs chart. And opening the door for 2018’s, “Te Boté” which featured Nio Garcia, Casper Magico, Nicky Jam, Darell, Ozuna, and…. However, “Despacito” by Luis Fonsi featuring Daddy Yankee, with a vocal remix featuring Justin Bieber broke the genre and the bank, reached over a billion views on YouTube in under three months. Shakira collaborating with Alejandro Sanz to record “La Tortura” was big. in 2004 with Latin artists such as (still my favorite) Tego Calderó, the recently retired Daddy Yankee (“Gasolina”, a song you still hear coming from every ATV roaring down your block), RKM & Ken-Y, Don Omar and Calle 13. The rhythmically steely, soca-inspired hyperactive vibe of Reggae en Español had been a thing in Panamanian dancehalls since the top of the 1990s, but began crossing over into the U.S.

Smartly, Bad Bunny – still known then, primarily, for neo-reggaeton rather than the explosive electro-trap-Latin vibe he sold audiences wholesale on Un Verano Sin Ti – their joint track, “Mia,” put the Bunny’s name and sweeter side in people’s faces. Bunny’s “I spend in the club what you have in the bank/This is the new religion bang in Latino gang, gang,” nailed fame and fortune going forward.ĭrake might have gotten mixed reviews and lame sales for going house on his 2022 album, but in 2018, Drizzy could do no wrong. The Bunny had been around for a minute before 2018, but his featured verse on “I Like It” with pal J Balvin by his side – at the exact moment when Cardi B’s trap-hop-pop fame was at its most assuredly cocky – put him front and center. Here’s some of the spiciest reasons that Bad Bunny’s ‘Un Verano Sin Ti’ has achieved such standing, beyond, you know, just being an amazing set of tracks. At any time that is an amazing feat – no artist, save for Taylor Swift in the 21 st Century – can hold a buying public’s attention as such, even if we are talking the discount streams of Spotify sales. Though knocked off its #1 perch on the Billboard Top 200 Albums chart by BLACKPINK just this week (and, K=pop reign aside, that won’t last, trust me), Puerto Rican born Bad Bunny’s ‘Un Verano Sin Ti’ has held the most weeks at the No.

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