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Rosalia Is Heartbroken but Living Life in ‘Despecha’: Here Are the Lyrics Translated to English
Last month, Rosalía dropped her first-ever mambo coined “Despechá,” produced by Chris Jedi and Gaby Music. The electro-merengue and mambo fusion, about a girl who’s hitting the club with her friends to get over a heartbreak, was inspired by the music of Dominican artists Juan Luis Guerra, Omega and Fefita La Grande. Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news “There are many ways to be Despechá. In this theme it is from the freeness or the craziness, moving without reservations or regrets,” she expressed in a statement. With this new single, which Rosalía first teased on tour, the Spanish singer earned her second top 10 on Tropical Airplay, with the track jumping 18-6. Below, read the full lyrics translated into English. [embedded content] Yeah-yea...
Metallica, Rosalia, Mariah Carey, SZA Lead Global Citizen Lineups
Metallica, Rosalia, Mariah Carey, SZA, Jonas Brothers, Usher and H.E.R. lead the lineups for two simultaneous Global Citizen festivals, to be held Sept. 24 at New York’s Central Park and Black Star Square in Accra, Ghana. The 10th edition of the event will be broadcast live on ABC, FX, Hulu, iHeartRadio, TimesLIVE, Twitter and YouTube. Global Citizen is calling on world leaders to “invest $600 million into the future of women and girls, close the annual $10 billion climate financing shortfall, deliver $500 million to help African farmers respond to the global food crisis and provide urgent relief from crushing debts to end extreme poverty now,” according to a statement. Metallica, Charlie Puth, Jonas Brothers, MÅNESKIN, Mariah Carey, Mickey Guyton and Rosalía will perform in Central Park, ...
The 30 Best Albums of 2022 (So Far)
The following acts released quality albums in May 2022 alone: Radiohead off-shoot The Smile, Kendrick Lamar, Wilco, Arcade Fire, Sharon Van Etten, The Black Keys, Florence + the Machine, Harry Styles — we’ll stop there for space reasons. It’s been such a wild music year so far, only some of them made the following list. Maybe 2022 was just front-loaded and the final six months will be less eventful. (Judging by the release calendar, that’s probably a bad prediction.) Either way, we had trouble even narrowing this down to 30. Let’s meet back here at year’s end and see how things shake out. 30. Caracara – New Preoccupations Fans of classic 2000s emo — Say Anything, Dashboard Confessional, or Circa Survive, for example — are sure to find something to love in Caracara’s New Preoccupations (and...
The 30 Best Songs of 2022 (So Far)
It’s almost absurd how much good music — universally acclaimed, big-ticket, year-end contender music — came out in 2022’s first five months. It’s hard to imagine the next seven matching that pace. We’ve heard soul-bearing rap songs (Kendrick Lamar), future windows-down rock classics (Momma), loads of elite-level Thom Yorke (The Smile) — the list, literally, goes on. Below, we gathered our 30 favorite tracks of 2022 so far. (In this case, we decided songs from any 2022 albums were on the table.) Let’s meet back here at year’s end and see how things shake out. 30. All Get Out – “Feeling Well” The first single from All Get Out’s new album, Kodak, smartly swirls folk-rock, emo, and a dash of country into a potent cocktail of paranoia, self-doubt, and hesitant nostalgia. This South Carolin...
Rosalía’s MOTOMAMI Is a Hell of a Bilingual, Multi-Genre Ride
In late 2018, Rosalía captivated audiences with El Mal Querer, her breakthrough album where she gave flamenco music a modern pop twist. Since then, the Spanish singer-songwriter has performed around the world and expanded her sonic palette. In her follow-up, MOTOMAMI, she changes lanes and subverts her pop and flamenco roots with global sounds like reggaeton and bolero, all while reflecting on her newfound fame. Those who wanted another full flamenco affair like El Mal Querer might be disappointed, but MOTOMAMI is an exciting detour where Rosalía flexes her seemingly limitless artistry across 16 tracks. MOTAMAMI is split between an aggressive MOTO side and a vulnerable MAMI side. Rosalía rips into the album with the scorching “Saoko” — in which she interpolates “Saoco” by Puerto Rican regg...
Lunay is the Baby-Faced Heartthrob Reggaetón Deserves
At around 15, Lunay started making music after reconsidering his first goal of playing professional soccer. From the time he started experimenting with his sound as a teenager, he discovered an innate ear for catchy hooks. His melodic approach to reggaetón puts him in line with the legacy of a predecessor like Daddy Yankee, who brought reggaetón’s signature dem bow rhythm to radios all over the world before Lunay was in grade school, and Bad Bunny whose inventive take on the genre has made him arguably the most visible person doing it. Lunay’s sound is smoother, and more R&B influenced, a take that makes his boyish good looks and steady commitment to learning new ways to write and record a perfect foundation for taking reggaetón in new and exciting directions. The future of music is in...
5 Uplifting Moments in Latin Music This Week (Oct. 24)
Billboard’s Latin Music Week took place this week, celebrating its 30th anniversary as the longest-running and biggest Latin music industry event featuring intimate artist conversations, industry panels, workshops and performances. Some of the highlights of the first-ever virtual conference and showcases included various superstar Q&A’s between Jennifer Lopez and Maluma, Rosalia and Pharrell Williams, and Anuel AA and Jamie Foxx, to name a few. Artists such as Camilo, Guaynaa and Natalia Jimenez sang some of their biggest hits as part of the showcases, and Rebeca Leon was awarded Billboard’s Latin Power Player executive of the year title. For more highlights, click the link below. Billboard Latin Music Awards The 2020 Billboard Latin Music Awards aired live on Wednesday (Oct. 21) from ...
Here Are 5 Times Rosalía Has Proven to be a Superstar Onstage
When Rosalía takes the stage, it’s impossible to take your eyes off of her. Her jaw-dropping performances, which often include flamenco-inspired dance routines and raw interpretations of songs that show off her powerful and dramatic vocals, have mesmerized audiences, from Coachella to the Grammys. At Coachella, a fan-recorded video captured Rosalía’s powerful a cappella performance of “Catalina” from her debut album Los Ángeles. At the 2020 Grammys, dressed in a white-fringed body suit she sang her new single “Juro Que” and later wowed artists and fans alike with her modern take on a traditional flamenco routine, and she then proceeded to perform “Malamente” from her Grammy-winning album El Mal Querer. The Spanis...
The 101 Best Albums of the 2010s
Why now? Because — and there’s no reason to ignore the elephant in the room: SPIN stewardship has changed hands many, many times since we made the online jump — we got our chance. Because plenty of our favorite albums of the last 10 years could still use a boost. Because some of the already unanimously beloved music on this list still merits further praise. Because we relish excuses to sound off on the music that’s affected us the most and to enlist some of our favorite writers to do so. Because the works of art below serve as a reminder that the 2010s weren’t all bad. Because lord knows we need the distraction. Because it’s fun. There’s a lot of music that isn’t on this list. Which, duh, but plenty of artists whose work defined the decade for many, many people, including many of us, ...
The 50 Best Songs of 2020 (So Far)
Great songs have a freedom that albums don’t because great songs only have to pull off their trick once. It’s like how a great SNL sketch can be a terrible movie or why Vine was an underrated miracle of online comedy. Sometimes an artist can get a lot more done in miniature. When people say that no one listens to albums anymore, they’re obviously mistaken, but they mean that no one listens to certain kinds of albums anymore. They won’t wait to get to the good part, and an industry that’s been padding out their wares for decades has had to adapt to a new reality where the customer is always dope. From Hailey Whitters to Hayley Williams, from King Von to Christine and the Queens, here’s a supercut of just the good parts: The songs that have challenged and delighted and comforted us through a...
