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CARAMANICA At Coachella in 2023, you introduced out José Feliciano. I’m wondering whenever you consider the Puerto Rican music of the ’70s and the ’80s, what do you hear in widespread with what you do?
BAD BUNNY When you actually, actually hearken to the music from again within the day, it’s the identical factor. I do know that individuals say, Nah, music within the previous days, it was totally different. And it’s true in some methods. But whenever you hearken to the lyrics, whenever you hearken to the tales, it’s the identical. I’ve been listening to a number of Chuito el de Bayamón, an artist from Puerto Rico from the ’40s and ’50s — música jíbara, música típica — and all of the songs are about issues I can relate to. Wait, he’s singing about this — I used to be residing that two weeks in the past.
COSCARELLI Take me again to only earlier than the U.S. election. There’s this Trump rally at Madison Square Garden and a comic, Tony Hinchcliffe, makes his disparaging feedback about Puerto Rico. You resolve it’s time to say one thing. What was going by your thoughts?
BAD BUNNY I didn’t really feel any strain to say one thing, I did it as a result of I felt it. I used to be indignant on the time, as a result of I used to be right here in New York. I used to be like, “Well, this man’s proper right here — we should always go …”
It was an actual second of frustration. Yeah, I do know, he’s a comic, blah, blah, blah, blah. But that wasn’t a stand-up comedy present. It was purported to be a political rally. I didn’t know he was a comic — he was in a swimsuit, I used to be like, oh, he’s a politician. Then individuals instructed me, no, it’s a comic. It wasn’t humorous. For a number of causes. I’ve an important humorousness. And I like darkish humor. But there’s locations and there’s circumstances for that.
COSCARELLI Then, a few weeks later, a giant story popping out of the election was that many Latino voters moved to the correct. How did you reconcile these two issues in your head?
