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It's a Bad Bunny summer in Puerto Rico: Ana recaps 2 of his Residency shows

Alt.Latino

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Music

4.5673 Ratings

🗓️ 30 July 2025

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

Global superstar Bad Bunny is hosting an unprecedented 30 concert residency in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Fans are calling it a defining cultural moment for the island. Anamaria Sayre attended two recent shows and shared her reflections.

Music featured in this episode:

• Bad Bunny, "Callaita"
• Bad Bunny, "Baile Inolvidable"
• Los Pleneros de la Cresta, "Los de la Isla"
• Gilberto Santa Rosa,"La Agarro Bajando"
• Bad Bunny, "Lo Que Le Paso A Hawaii"

Audio for this episode of Alt.Latino was edited and mixed by Noah Caldwell. NPR Music's executive producer is Suraya Mohamed.

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0:00.0

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Learn more at RWJF.org.

0:18.8

From NPR Music, this is Alt Latino.

0:22.1

I'm Felix Contreras.

0:25.1

And I'm Anna Maria Sayer. Let the Chisemay begin.

0:34.8

Okay, as we said last week, Anna is in Puerto Rico, in San Juan.

0:36.0

My favorite place in the world.

0:38.3

And she's there for a very, very special occasion.

0:44.4

She went to take in two of the Bad Bunny concerts that are scheduled throughout all the way through September.

0:45.7

So that's what we're going to do this week.

0:47.6

We're going to unpack your experience.

0:50.0

Felix, this is the party of the summer, the party of the century, maybe, one could say.

0:57.7

I'm sad you missed it, but next time you can come with.

1:00.7

Yeah, summer's not over yet. Let's see what happens.

1:03.3

So I was lucky enough, I got invited as press, to experience the shows designated for Puerto Ricans on the island here, it was amazing to experience

1:13.0

the energy in that room of being in a show by someone from the island for the island to take

1:19.2

that in, to understand the implications of that. So Felix, I talked to a lot of people all this

1:24.8

week outside of the concert, in the concert, between concerts.

1:30.3

And we're going to get into all of that. But I really just, to sum up, encapsulate the incredible

1:35.7

energy and musical experience of what this show was, because it really was more than a show.

1:41.0

It was like a guide to Puerto Rico in general in its history.

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