Alt.Latino: Karol G's 'Tropicoqueta'

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🗓️ 25 June 2025

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Karol G leans into a Pan-Latin approach on her latest album. Jazz vocalist Roxana Amed reimagines classic rock from her native Argentina. And more.

Artists and songs featured in this episode:

• Panteón Rococó, "Parison" (featuring Carín León, Sabino & Remmy Valenzuela)

• Juan Wauters, "Manejando por Pando"

• Roxana Amed, "Dejaste Tu Corazon"

• Fito Páez and Luis Alberto Spinetta, "Dejaste Ver Tu Corazón"

• Karol G, "Tropicoqueta," "No Puedo Vivir Sin Él," and "Ese Hombre Es Malo"

• MiMa and Villano Antillano, "Fuego"

• maye, "Yo Me Consiento" and "Peter Pan"

Audio for this episode of Alt.Latino was edited and mixed by Simon Rentner. Our project manager is Grace Chung. NPR Music's executive producer is Suraya Mohamed.

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0:00.0	But I thought, wow, this guy goes to work and he does Donald Duck.
0:04.4	I'm Jesse Thorne. On Bullseye, the one and only Mark Hamill, Luke Skywalker from Star Wars,
0:09.4	on his life's greatest aspiration, doing silly cartoon voices in the moment that he realized his dream.
0:15.5	I did a terrible Donald Duck, but it made me think that's what I want to do. I want to do cartoon voices.
0:20.9	That's on Bullseye for Maximumfund.org and NPR.
0:28.9	From NPR music, this is Alt Latino. I'm Felix Contreras.
0:32.8	And I'm Anna Maria Sayre. Let the Chisme begin.
0:36.3	It's already we got.
0:37.5	Ooh. Okay.
0:38.8	Another show, oh my God, great new music.
0:41.1	Yeah, I'm really excited.
0:42.1	There's a lot to be said.
0:44.0	So I brought in a song from the band Bantion Rococo.
0:48.8	And they are a long-time ska-punk, funk, reggae band from Mexico City.
0:55.4	They have a new single.
0:57.0	It's featuring Carine Leon.
0:59.4	It's this really cool old school Mexican with collaborating with New School Mexican.
1:06.1	And the New School Mexican sounds like even older old school Mexican.
1:10.2	I'm looking at the collaborators right now and I'm really excited to hear this.
1:14.6	This track is called Parison.
1:16.9	This is Pantion Rococo featuring Karin Leone.
1:21.1	And Sabino and Remy Valenzuela and S.H.T.
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