Romeo Santos & Prince Royce Interview! Why Bachata Is Still Underrated in Latin Music and Beyond

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The New York Times

Music Commentary, Music, Music Interviews

3.4 • 1.7K Ratings

🗓️ 19 December 2025

⏱️ 82 minutes

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The leading stars of the Dominican genre discuss their paths to selling out stadiums and the lingering feeling that they haven’t received their due amid the Latin music boom. Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. You can also subscribe via your favorite podcast app here https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher. For more podcasts and narrated articles, download The New York Times app at nytimes.com/app.

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0:00.0	I should take this moment to say something that I'm a virgin.
0:03.0	Go for it.
0:04.0	I've never drank or taste.
0:06.0	Coffee.
0:07.0	No.
0:08.0	Crazy.
0:09.0	People believe me, never.
0:10.0	Never a sip of coffee.
0:11.0	I've never...
0:12.0	Isn't that weird?
0:13.0	That's crazy.
0:14.0	Dominicans love coffee.
0:15.0	Until I was about 40, I also had never had coffee.
0:20.0	You guys are crazy. You want to do it on camera?
0:23.4	No.
0:36.1	Welcome to the New York Times Popcast, your solo Porembeso of Weekly Cultural Review.
0:41.2	I'm John Caramanica, and I'm the critic.
0:43.2	I'm Joe Koskarelli, and I'm the reporter.
0:45.3	I am Romeo Santos, a musician.
0:47.8	I'm Prince Royce, and I'm an artist.
0:50.5	Yeah.
0:51.0	If you know anything about Bacchata music, if you know anything about the most important Spanish language music of the last 25 years, you know these men sitting with us today.
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