Bad Bunny’s perreo has its defenders: his fans tell us why they love his music

YHLQMDLG (I do what I want) one of the Puerto Rican albums is called Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, known in the artistic world as Bad Bunny. And in a way that is what the 28-year-old artist has done, musically speaking. In 2020 he was the first Latino urban artist to be on the cover of the magazine rolling stone. In 2021, Magazine Time included him in the list of the 100 most influential people in the world.

With his music he has won awards, including Latin Grammys, and nominations, but beyond the great recognitions on stage, being part of movies and working with important companies, Bad Bunny, that boy from 2016 who worked in a supermarket, in 2022 he has become an icon for his fans.

The consulted followers agree that the Puerto Rican has a “unique style.” There are also those who say that the artist’s music pleases the ear or they also follow him because they like reggaeton and trap.

the guayaquileña Elizabeth Hurtado, 30, says that he likes reggaeton in general. The guy from Guayaquil also agrees with her Ricardo Fajardo20 years old, who in addition to reggaeton likes trap.

Of Bad Bunny, says Hurtado, who is a psychologist, “I like his irreverent style, shaping its brand as ‘the first I love myself and the others will love me later’. I like how he sells his music, the fusion of rhythm and melodies, which can easily turn me on in a tiring day at work”.

The Chilean Hector Segoviaaged 23, states that the artist offers a variety of music and “unique style” that he imposes in his musical works. “Versatility is always something that catches my attention when listening to music and at the same time that it is pleasant to the ear, I have not heard Benito’s song that I do not like, there are some better and others worse (to my liking) , but a bad theme does not have”, assures Segovia, who is from Antofagasta and works on computer numerical control equipment.

Meanwhile, a 21-year-old compatriot from Segovia, Alejandro Alvarado, says that he listens to “only a few songs”, but they are the ones that “relax” him or he likes the lyrics.

a different artist

What makes Bad Bunny different from the other artists of the same genre? “I’m not a musical expert, but I can tell the difference between the usual reggaeton and Bad Bunny’s songs, they have a different touch. Perhaps to bring up topics that are taboo (sexually speaking), to make it look like something that happens more than normal, ”replies Hurtado.

On his side, Segovia points out that it is “an artist who is very attached to his audience and in all his projects to date he always innovates and generates new and novel ideas, you never know what he is going to surprise you with, that is why we are always expectant”.

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While Alvarado believes that it is the passion and mentality of being the best and Fajardo, who works in taxation and costs, comments that the artist hits more with his songs.

Musical tastes do not define a person

About the criticism of Bad Bunny’s music, even those who follow him, Hurtado claims that the topics “do contain vulgar references”, but he considers that this is not a reason to pass a value judgment on a person. “Musical tastes do not have to define a person. I am 30 years old and my criteria are formed, rather it is a matter of knowing how to regulate the content of what our children consume”, she maintains.

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A similar criterion is held by Segovia, who adds that “to tastes, simply colors”. Also, that a constructive criticism towards someone’s music or towards the people who follow him does not find it to be a bad thing, however, when there is already a lack of respect just because the genre is not your style, he finds it negative. “Although there is a lot of fanaticism in excess, but as long as they don’t hurt anyone, it’s fine, personally I don’t take criticism on social networks very seriously, I feel that anyone can say things behind a screen,” he says.

Fajardo says that everyone “has the right to an opinion, but it is clear that there are people who do not recognize good musical taste.”

Alvarado, who began listening to Bad Bunny in 2020, says that “if they don’t like it, they shouldn’t listen.”

Social position of the artist

Bad Bunny has also been involved in the social and political part and with respect to this, Hurtado points out that lately the artist has changed his content, opening up exploration and female sexual freedom and with which she agrees.

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In addition, he says, “his fight against the injustice and corruption that exists in Puerto Rico was evident by openly carrying out sit-ins against politicians from that country, additional his position with the GLTBI community indicating that he is a human being and his sexual preference does not define himEverything must be accepted as it is. Even from my point of view, the stigma of the sexual role of a woman within a relationship, ”says the Guayaquil native who began following him since the beginning of 2019, although before that she already knew about the singer’s career. The topic Flying is her favorite, and on the side of video clips I dance alone and Callaíta.

Segovia and Fajardo began to follow the artist from the first songs he released you don’t live like that Along with Arcángel, of whom the Chilean was a great fan. “I listened to the song immediately and what Benito offered seemed peculiar to me, his voice and his lyrics for the moment when what would become the new wave of music. trap Latin, since then I follow him since there was an abrupt change after his first album in his quality as an artist and in what he offered us to the spectators”, he explains. Currently Fajardo’s favorite subject is 8/25.

For next November 16, Bad Bunny is scheduled to perform at the Atahualpa Olympic Stadium, in Quito. (I)