And it definitely appeals to the emo in me. It's really grown on me since I first heard it. That being said, I really like this album. But I also believe that, you know, there's time for an artist to slow down and to - you know, you don't need to put out so much music. I've been following him for a long time now. At the fact that this was the third Bad Bunny album coming out. I really like this album, but I'll confess that, at first, I felt some fatigue.įERNANDEZ.
His output has been insane and prolific, and he's proven more than once that he can put out a great record. Well, let me start by saying that it's been a crazy year for Bad Bunny. Stefanie, near the beginning of this year, you interviewed Bad Bunny for a Pitchfork profile called "A Day In The Life Of Bad Bunny, Introverted Superstar." Let's start with your thoughts on the new record, which feels more restrained and reflective than the album he put out earlier this year.įERNANDEZ: Absolutely. Not surprisingly, he has already walked that back. The new album was written and recorded in quarantine, and Bad Bunny had said it would be his last album. Then in May, Bad Bunny put out an odds and ends compilation called "Las Que No Iban A Salir" or "The Ones That Were Not Going To Come Out." And now he's released "El Ultimo Tour Del Mundo," which translates as "The Last Tour Of The World." 7 on NPR Music's list of the 50 best albums of 2020. You'll find "Yo Hago Lo Que Me Da La Gana" at No. The first, "YHLQMDLG" - that's "Yo Hago Lo Que Me Da La Gana" or "I Do Whatever I Want" - came out in February, not long after Bad Bunny performed with Jennifer Lopez, Shakira and J Balvin at the Super Bowl halftime show. So as we mentioned in the intro, Bad Bunny has released three albums in 2020.
STEFANIE FERNANDEZ, BYLINE: Hey, Stephen. Here with me from her home in Washington, D.C., is NPR Music and Alt.Latino contributor Stefanie Fernandez. THOMPSON: I'm Stephen Thompson, and today we're talking about Bad Bunny on POP CULTURE HAPPY HOUR from NPR. And on Spotify, Bad Bunny is the most streamed artist of 2020. The latest, "El Ultimo Tour Del Mundo," is the first entirely Spanish-language record ever to hit No. Now Bad Bunny has released four solo albums, including three in 2020 alone. When Bad Bunny was starting out back in 2016, the singer and rapper was releasing songs on SoundCloud and working as a bagger at a supermarket in his hometown of Vega Baja, Puerto Rico.
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