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Latino USA

Breaking Down Bedroom Pop

Latino USA

My Cultura, Futuro and iHeartPodcasts

News, Society & Culture, Politics, Documentary

4.83.8K Ratings

🗓️ 7 December 2021

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

Young artists using digital music production software to make music from home over the past several years have led to the rise of bedroom pop. In this episode of Latino USA, we explore the challenges behind making DIY music through the lens of Latinx artists that are dominating the bedroom pop scene.

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0:00.0

I'm Maria Inojosa, and I am Penileira Mides.

0:03.0

And on this new series, we're going to get to know the most powerful Mexican government

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official ever to face trial in the US for his alleged ties to the infamous drug lord, El

0:15.4

Chappo.

0:16.4

But this is not your regular narco story.

0:19.3

It's like true crime, myths, telenovela.

0:22.6

This is our new series, USA versus García Luna.

0:27.1

Find it whatever you get your podcasts and at futuroinvestigates.org.

0:40.0

I think my journey now is to kind of break out of that box of bedroom pop or indie pop.

0:47.0

I think that no matter where you started making music, you could still be a pop star or

0:52.1

rock star.

0:57.2

From futuro media and PRX, it's Latino USA.

1:00.4

I'm Maria Inojosa.

1:02.0

Today, a dive into bedroom pop, a genre where young Latinx artists are breaking you ground

1:08.8

and reclaiming their place in the music industry.

1:16.3

Even if you haven't heard of the term bedroom pop, you'd probably recognize the music in

1:21.0

this genre pretty quickly.

1:26.0

Bedroom pop music is dreamy and nostalgic, often acoustic with minimal production.

1:35.9

It's not meant to sound like a massive studio production.

1:39.8

In fact, bedroom pop got its name because of its origins.

1:44.6

Sometimes this music is produced by independent artists from their actual homes and their

1:51.0

bedrooms.

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