First Wander Latin: Fresh Music From Manuel Medrano, La Doña, Juanes & Extra
Mon Laferte, Seis (Trendy Music México)
Mon Laferte wrote her sixth album, aptly titled Seis, while hunkered down within the pueblo mágico Tepoztlán, virtually two hours south of Mexico City. The Chilean singer-songwriter started writing it a month after the COVID-19 lockdown used to be imposed. “I was like every person else, proper stuffed with uncertainty,” she told Billboard. “So I clung onto my tune and my guitar attributable to I concept, if the arena ends, I at the least decide individuals to know the scheme I was feeling.” It’s the necessary album whereby she sings regional Mexican (banda, corridos tumbados, mariachi) tune in homage to the country she’s dwell in for the previous 14 years. In it, she doesn’t defend again while singing about toxic relationships, previous and future loves, and the admire she has for her mother and varied ladies. “Your entire writing direction of used to be very solitary, bleak and melancholic … it used to be nights of proper me and my guitar, ingesting mezcal, with the crickets within the background,” she provides. — GRISELDA FLORES
Jay Wheeler, “Viendo Al Techo” (Linked Music/Empire)
Jay Wheeler continues to level to why he’s regarded as “La Voz Romantica” (the romantic converse) with the free up of his contemporary single “Viendo al Techo.” The Puerto Rican newcomer, and one of Billboard’s Latin Artists to Gawk in 2021, drops a romantic metropolis bop that completely sums up one’s feelings after a breakup: emptiness, confusion, disgrace. “I’m no longer factual at pretending that I forgot you/ Child, I jog away out you, the nights are lengthy with out you,” Wheeler, who penned the lyrics, sings. The tune video captures a heartbroken man in his bed room remembering his handiest recollections with his ex-girlfriend. — J.R.
La Doña, “Setas y Ceros” (Human Re Sources)
Bay Space artist La Doña, whom we have been following all the scheme thru the pandemic in our In a Pandemic sequence, released her contemporary bachata-inspired tune “Setas y Ceros.” The notice kicks off with a sit again bachata vibe but it shortly picks up hunch transitioning to a reggaeton tune led by La Doña’s slick accordion expertise. Whereas at the birth hear it can sound like a occasion notice (which it can be), swish to La Doña’s model, “Setas y Ceros” has a deeper which methodology exploring how we feature below capitalism. “I work exhausting and I attach but it’ll never be ample,” La Doña tells Billboard. “Even if I’ve executed my main aim in life, which used to be to regain a condo, I’m restful working a lot of jobs and 60+ hour weeks, juggling so noteworthy. When does that ever halt?” — G.F.
Myke Towers & Ñengo Float, “Burberry” (Warner Music Latina/Warner Recordsdata/One World International)
Myke Towers teamed up with ancient-college reggaeton star Ñengo Float for the free up of “Burberry,” a raw drill with trap-influenced beats that no longer handiest sends a message to haters but additionally flaunts the entire hustle paying off. Upright moments after dropping the video for “Burberry,” Myke Towers and Ñengo Float landed on the YouTube trends page with the tune video, the set the two artists are pampered by luxurious items, including the clothier trace. “Burberry” marks the 2d single off of Towers’ upcoming studio album Lyke Myke. –– J.R.
Danny Felix & Mariachi Vargas De Tecatitlán, “Mariachi Tumbado” (Fonovisa)
In his contemporary single, which follows his debut album Vuelve, the up-and-coming artist offers used mariachi tune a unusual twist. Teaming up with Mariachi Vargas De Tecatitlán, Danny Felix fuses mariachi with tumbado giving the tune some edge. The notice, penned by the Mexican-American artist, started with a guitar and romantic lyrics, finally evolving trusty into a mariachi tumbado tune as soon as Mariachi Vargas jumped on the venture. Most currently, Felix – who produced a handful of Natanael Cano’s hits – co-wrote Karol G’s “200 Copas” with Karol and Ovy On the Drums — G.F.
Juanes, “El Amor Después del Amor” (Trendy Music Latino)
The first preview of Juanes’ drawing end 10th studio album titled Origen – a sequence of reimagined songs that have inspired his profession – the Colombian star released a spellbinding veil of Fito Paez’s 1992 admire anthem “El Amor Después del Amor.” Appropriate to Juanes’ essence, this contemporary model is a little bit extra rock deftly fused with gospel influences and blues powered by Juanes’ restful guitar expertise. “‘El Amor Después del Amor’ is one of my accepted rock songs of all time,” Juanes said in an announcement. “For the reason that day it came out, what it spoke to, and restful does, resonates with me and a entire expertise. I if truth be told have the utmost admiration for Fito- I love his greatness as a composer and his lasting impact on Latin Rock.” The singer-songwriter will bring collectively his model of “El Amor Después del Amor,” co-produced by Juanes and Sebastian Krys, dwell at the Latin AMAs on April 15. — G.F.
Luis Figueroa, “Hasta El Sol De Hoy” (Salsa Model) (Sony Music Latin/Magnus Media)
Luis Figueroa, this week’s Billboard Latin Artist on the Upward push, flexes on his inventive versatility with his contemporary single “Hasta El Sol de Hoy.” Along with his dulcet vocals, the Puerto Rican artist will pay an homage to the timeless 1993 salsa tune by Edgar Joel y Su Orquesta, whose vocalist at the time used to be Anthony Colón, Luis’ uncle. “He performs a if truth be told necessary position in my profession attributable to he would repeatedly accompany me to the studio in the beginning of my profession,” he told Billboard. The single marks the necessary single from Figueroa’s debut studio find 22 situation, slated for Could perhaps perchance, called Canciones del Alma, an album that may consist of his variations of songs that have “inspired and molded me into the artist I am this day.” — J.R.
Jay Maly, Ñengo Float & Darell, “Juguete” (Rompe Recordsdata Music)
After becoming a member of forces with Arcangel on “Rosas y Pistolas,” Jay Maly reels in Ñengo Float and Darell on his contemporary single “Juguetes.” Produced by Lanalizar and Cromo La X, the sultry reggaeton notice “talks referring to the sport of seduction and the scheme some girls form no longer have to plunge into necessary commitments,” the Cuban newcomer outlined in an announcement. “Once shortly males plunge into their temptation but they proper decide non everlasting stress-free.” The genuine tune video used to be directed by José Javy Ferrer in Miami and reveals all three artists. — J.R.