“I always say that if 1,000 people listened to me and I performed once a month in a small place, I would be happy with that alone. But the hunger and passion that I have for this is impossible, because I always want to give more and more and more,” declared the Puerto Rican singer. Bad Bunny in an interview for the prestigious Time magazine.
Puerto Rican singer and songwriter Benito Martinez Ocasioknown by the nickname of Bad Bunny, now stars on the cover of the new edition of the American magazine, which for the first time in more than 100 years has a title in Spanish. “I’m not going to do anything else for you to like” and “Bad Bunny’s world”, are the phrase and the title, which are printed on the cover of the publication.
The most listened to musician in the world on the platform Spotify During the past three years, he has the highest earnings record for his tours in 2022. Even being the one who sang in Spanish at the Grammy ceremony in 2023, where he won one of the categories.
The Time report highlights the meteoric career of a singer who has not sought to succeed in the global industry by adapting his music in English, but has instead continued to make reggaeton, trap and pop in his native language. And, according to the North American media, with barely seven years of experience, they consider him a “legitimate heir of Michael Jackson or Beyonce”.
“Benito makes music that reflects the multifaceted experience of life itself, transitioning in a few verses from lyrics about sex to Puerto Rico’s lack of infrastructure,” the article states. They also point out that the young singer, originally from Vega Baja, a small town in the north of Puerto Ricodo not limit yourself to talk about social and political problems that occur in your homeland.
“Bad Bunny is not interested in doing reggaeton which is just perreo, nor is it trying to make politically correct records for an older, more conservative, vulgarity-averse Latino demographic. Last year the Puerto Rican musician presented “El apagón”, a new long-running production that denounces the social problems of the inhabitants of the Caribbean island.
by RN
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