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In his new music video for “Nuevayol” Latin superstar Bad Bunny honors the Puerto-Rican diaspora. And sends an urgent, immigration -friendly message.
A political message at the right time
Towards the end of the video, a voice that is strongly reminiscent of Donald Trump sounds from a radio in the 197-way style: “I made a mistake. I would like to apologize to the immigrants in America. I mean in the United States. And I know that America is the whole continent. I would like to say that this country is nothing without the immigrants. Ricaner, Colombian, Venezolans, Cuban. ” (Rolling Stone contacted Bad Bunny’s team to clarify whether the voice should actually represent Donald Trump.)
It is a powerful message at a time when immigrants in the United States are increasingly targeted and deported by the immigration and customs authority (ICE). On Thursday, the Congress Trump’s so -called “Big Beautiful Bill” adopted the ICE with 10,000 new officials and 100,000 additional detention places. At the beginning of this week, the Trump government presented a new adhesive facility for immigrants in Florida, which it calls “Alligator Alcatraz”.
This is not the first time that Bad Bunny ICE criticizes. The Latin star Ice denounced in June. He shared a video that shows ICE officials how to arrest a group of people on the street. “These bitch sons are in these cars, RAV-4S,” says Bad Bunny in the video in Spanish about pictures that show how law enforcement officers bring people into non-marked vehicles on Avenida Pontezuela in Carolina, Puerto Rico. “You came here, bitch sons instead of leaving people alone and working.”
Repeatedly criticism of Trump
The music video for “Nuevayol” is not the first time that Bad Bunny publicly stands against Trump. Last autumn, in the middle of the 2024 presidential campaign, the star shared a powerful video to support his homeland. Because the comedian Tony Hinnchliffe described the US territory as “garbage” at a Trump rally.
Bad Bunny’s proud of Puerto Rico is steadfast. At the beginning of this year, the Latin superstar released an album that celebrates a large number of Caribbean genres, Debí Tirar Más Photos. In an interview with the Rolling Stone, Bad Bunny described his fearless approach to political issues in his music. “People are used to the fact that artists become big and mainstream. And do not comment on such things. Or if they do, then in an extremely careful way,” he said. “But I’ll speak. And if you don’t like it, you don’t have to listen to me.”