The rising Colombian singer Feid released “Fumeteo,” a thunking yet hummable reggaeton single, on Thursday. It’s the first cut from an upcoming album due out later this year. The production on “Fumeteo” is gaunt, little more than a blistering beat and a four-note riff that tumbles downward before climbing skyward. …
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Pandora has announced plans to roll out a new series of Latin music stations dedicated to music by black artists from various parts of Latin America. The first station in the series is Afro Colombia Radio, which was launched on Monday. “These new stations represent our effort to highlight and …
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A talented música urbana practitioner with a catalog 15 years deep, Fuego rarely disappoints. Since linking with Universal Music a couple of years back, the enduring Dominican American singer-rapper has seen his already strong sound evolve into something even more polished and enticing. That approach served him well on 2019’s …
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As part of Latin indie rock’s new wave of mad scientists, Combo Chimbita is a hard act to emulate. They turn up the heat in their latest single, “Revelación (Candela).” The song is featured in their sophomore LP Ahomale, which was named one of Rolling Stone’s Best Latin Albums of …
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When you’re already the biggest artist on the pop-adjacent edge of música urbana, the next logical place to look next is up. As such, for his third album Nibiru, Ozuna aims for the stars with a loosely sci-fi derived concept guiding his skywards path. Considering how vital and commercially successful …
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When Rolling Stone reaches Pabllo Vittar for the first time, she has just turned twenty-five; but the Latin Grammy-nominated drag superstar is clearly tapped into a higher power. In November she snagged an MTV Europe Music Award for Best Brazilian Act, achieving the dual feat of being the first Brazilian …
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The list of nominees for the 2020 Grammys is out — and Latin artists remain stranded on their own remote island. Things seemed to look up in 2019 when “I Like It,” the Latin trap crossover hit by Cardi B, J Balvin and Bad Bunny, received the nomination for Record …
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After announcing her co-headlining spot at the Super Bowl Halftime Show in 2020, Shakira is back in the studio and recording new songs. Last week, she remixed Camilo and Pedro Capó’s pop-reggaeton hit, “Tutu.” Then, on Friday night, she shared a video of herself singing a vastly different song: Green …
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It’s a simple fact: nobody does summertime like Latinxs do. And with pop artists across Spain and Latin America steadily rivaling their anglophone counterparts, the competition has made this summer that much hotter. Will the New Latino Gang claim another Number One hit this year? Will Ozuna, Bad Bunny and …
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