Bad Bunny's New Album: A Love Letter to Puerto Rico and a Plea Against Gentrification

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Bad Bunny's New Album: A Love Letter to Puerto Rico and a Plea Against Gentrification
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Bad Bunny's latest album explores themes of Puerto Rican identity, cultural resilience, gentrification, and the impact of colonization. Through a blend of traditional and contemporary musical styles, the album tells poignant stories of migration, adversity, and the longing for home. It also features a 12-minute film that depicts a Puerto Rico where Boricuas feel unwelcome due to the influx of mainland American settlers, highlighting the very real pressures of rising property values and lack of public investment.

In"Debí Tirar Más Fotos," Bad Bunny builds an intentional narrative around gentrification on the islands of Puerto Rico.

The track list includes some familiar songs released in late 2024, along with new compositions. Bad Bunny builds an intentional narrative around gentrification on the islands of Puerto Rico., which features Puerto Rican actor and poet Jacobo Morales and a fictional animated character named Poncho — an endangered species of Puerto Rican toad.

In one of the album’s most poetic tracks, “Lo Que Le Pasó a Hawaii,” Bad Bunny characterizes Puerto Rico and Hawaii as cultures trapped in colonialism. In the song, he pleads with Puerto Rico to not allow annexation and privatization of its natural resources, rivers, and beaches.as a major factor in the mass exodus of the island’s residents to the mainland U.S. due to its inability to deliver health, education, electrical power, and other public services needed to maintain society.

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