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PEOPLE & ARTS Thursday 27 december 2018

Bad Bunny surprises fans for Christmas with first album

By BERENICE BAUTISTA “Como Antes,” the track sic. He said he was pleased
Associated Press he says was the hardest to with the Grammy nomina-
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Bad produce. tion for “I Like It” but that
Bunny has a very special “It was the last song that he’s more concerned with
Christmas present for his we finished and the first the reaction of fans to his
fans: “X 100PRE,” his first al- that we recorded,” he said. music.
bum with 13 new songs, in- “The album has something “It obviously makes me
cluding his new single “Solo for everybody; it has ro- happy and cheerful, but to
De Mi.” mantic songs, songs for be honest, I didn’t get very
“For every artist is a dream dancing, songs for the excited when I found out...
to release an album and street, songs for the club I sincerely don’t work think-
that people listen to it,” the and songs to reflect on.” ing about nominations or
Puerto Rican star said in a Beside Drake in “MIA,” he awards or money,” he said.
recent phone interview invited Diplo for “200 MPH” “I care about people lik-
from a hotel in San Juan, and the Dominican urban ing my songs and singing
Puerto Rico, while enjoying singer El Alfa for “La Roma- them along in my concerts.
the pool. na.” As a bonus: listen for Those are the things that
“I think I’ve already re- Ricky Martin’s voice in the thrill me.”
leased many singles, there chorus of “Caro”. A day before releasing his
are many songs by the rab- In this Nov. 15, 2018 file photo, Bad Bunny arrives at the Latin Bad Bunny tends to include album, the singer, whose
bit out there, but I think that Grammy Awards at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. swear words from different real name is Benito Anto-
as an artist it was time to Associated Press Latin American countries nio Martinez Ocasio, was
do a full album,” he said, the Grammys in the Record dance “Otra Noche En in his lyrics, and some can distributing 30,000 gifts
speaking in Spanish. of the Year category. Miami” and the bachata- be heard in “X 100PRE” in for Puerto Rican children
This year Bad Bunny domi- For “X 100PRE” Bad Bunny touched “La Romana”. songs like “¿Quien Tu Eres?” through his Foundation
nated the Latin music spent the last six months The album also includes the and “Cuando Perriabas.” Good Bunny, including mu-
charts with hits like “MIA” in the studio creating new previously released singles “I tried to make it as clean sical instruments and balls.
with Drake, “El Baño” with trap and reggaeton fusions “MIA” and “Estamos Bien.” as possible,” he said laugh- His own wish for this Christ-
Enrique Iglesias, “Amorfo- with pop, dance, rock and Bad Bunny wants to make ing. mas:
da” and “I Like It”, a song even disco for titles such people dance, but he also For now he wants people “That people enjoy my al-
recorded with Cardi B and as the pop-rock “Tenemos makes space for romance to see that he is able to bum and my songs. That’s
J Balvin that’s nominated in Que Hablar,” the electro- and heartache in songs like create many styles of mu- all I want.”q