Bad Bunny’s latest album DebÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS (DtMF) alongside an eleven minute short film sharing the same name, has fans and non-fans thrilled for not only a summer vibe, but the message the Grammy winner artist Bad Bunny has left about his home, Puerto Rico.
DtMF album contains 17 tracks of which he experiments with live instruments recorded in Puerto Rico featuring various musicians ranging from urban singer RaiNao, Pleneros de la Cresta, Omar Courtz and much more, all bringing in their own touch of latin music. Utilizing these new rhythms he enhances his usual songs of heartbreak and lust in a relationship, as well as emphasizing the message of gentrification and his love for Puerto Rico.
Since his on and off relationship with Kendall Jenner and his stay in America, fans discussed online about whether Bad Bunny had forgotten where he came from and if he had turned into a sell out. However, these issues were silenced by the artist as fans, specifically his latino fans felt connected with this album and find relatable the issues Bad Bunny speaks up about with his hit songs such as NUEVAYoL, LO QUE LE PASÓ A HAWAII and LA MuDANZA referencing gentrification in his home and as well his thoughts towards his identity.
In an interview with Popcast, The New York Times music podcast, Bad Bunny discusses his most Puerto Rican album ever and the message he is trying to achieve saying, “That’s the meaning of the title – you should appreciate more the moments and the people. It’s not an apology, it’s more like a reminder to myself.”
From the tracklist, DtMF spoke to fans the most as when the album was released. Social media was taken over by a trend of Bad Bunny fans showing photos of their loved ones or their own home from various parts of Latin America.
Fans further connected Bad Bunny’s message of taking photos of a memory either place or person when viewing his short film that he co-wrote and co-directed with Arí Maniel Cruz Suárez.
The film showed viewers through the lenses of an elderly Puerto Rican seeing a modernized Puerto Rico being overtaken by white families and tourism where services cater to their liking rather than those native to the land. Bad Bunny & Suarez were able to convey the visuals of the importance of preserving culture and having something to memorize through pictures.
While DtMF album isn’t the first time nor the last time Bad Bunny will speak about issues affecting the Puerto Rico community, the album has cemented itself to be his magnum opus.
Written by Emily Leyva, Staff Writer