Bad Bunny & the battle for Puerto Rico

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🗓️ 15 January 2025

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

Bad Bunny's new album, DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS, has struck a chord with fans worldwide. He's always expressed a deep love for Puerto Rico, but his latest work takes it to new heights. In his fusion of old and new genres, he speaks to the shared experiences of the Puerto Rican diaspora and looks to their collective past as a way forward. Writer Carina del Valle Schorske and La Brega podcast host, Alana Casanova-Burgess join the show to break down the function of shared nostalgia and explain the backstory to Puerto Rico's symbols of independence.

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0:43.3	Thank you. culture and why it doesn't happen by accident. What are some of the assumptions that people should be aware of coming into this album?
0:48.2	Mm.
0:50.1	Mm.
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0:52.6	Alana.
0:54.6	You go, you go.
1:00.8	If you somehow haven't heard, Bad Bunny's latest album,
1:05.0	Devi Tear More Photos has me, the charts, social media, and Puerto Rico in a frenzy.
1:14.0	For non-Spanish speakers, the album's title translates to,
1:18.0	I should have taken more photos.
1:20.8	And there's a deep nostalgia that's palpable beyond the album's title.
1:25.1	It's a rich, sonic, cultural text that blends traditional Puerto Rican
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