Bad Bunny’s New Album Sparks Controversy: Exploring References to Colombian Artists

2023-10-15 00:39:04

07:34 PM

“Nobody knows what’s going to happen tomorrow,” Bad Bunny’s new album, is giving something to talk about after its release on Friday.

The album became the most listened to on Spotify, in a single day, so far in 2023, reaffirming the popularity of the Puerto Rican worldwide.

“Benito has done it again,” Spotify said in a statement reporting the milestone reached by the “bad rabbit” on October 13.

The artist aspires to be the most listened to on the platform this year, just as he did in 2020, 2021 and 2022.

Already in July 2023, his album Un Verano Sin Ti had become the most listened to of all time on Spotify worldwide.

References about Colombian artists

On this occasion, “Nobody knows what is going to happen tomorrow” has generated controversy due to its references to Colombian artists.

In the song Thunder and Lightning, alongside Eladio Carrión, Bad Bunny expresses: “You put out a record, hehe, no one notices (No!) I put mine out and the whole people see it” // “While you They are friends with everyone like Balvin,” he says in a pejorative way.

The fact draws attention because Balvin was a pillar at the beginning of Bad Bunny’s career, so much so that they released the joint album Oasis, in 2019.

He referred to Karol G in the song Vuelve Candy B in which he raps “Hey, I come from PR, where the real bugs come from.”

In the song Los Pits he makes reference to Shakira and the song Bzrp Music Sessions, Vol. 53, in which he modified the famous chorus “Women no longer cry, women bill” to “Now men cry, yes, but without stopping.” to bill.”

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Likewise, in his new album the singer performs a duet with Feid (Ferxxo), in the song Perro Negro, which alludes to the famous Paisa nightclub.

Bad Bunny’s figures on Spotify

Without a doubt, the “bad rabbit” rules the platform on the platform currently, and in that sense Spotify released interesting data in this regard:

For example, he is the singer with the highest number of songs that have reached more than one billion views within Spotify’s Billions Club.

Dákiti is his most played song on the application, with more than one billion, and this is followed by I Like It, Me Porto Bonito and La Canción.

Furthermore, the countries where they listen to their music the most are, in order, Mexico, the United States, Spain, Chile, Argentina and Colombia.

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