Dear OlveraSinger of the band mannastarted against him urban genre and some of its artists, including Bad bunnywith whom, he claims, he would never work, despite the requests of his son Dalí.
“He tells me that I should play some reggaeton to become internationally famous. “I tell my son that I won't do anything with Bad Bunny,” the Mexican told Spanish newspaper El Mundo, referring to his only son's request.
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The singer pointed out the vulgarity that, in his opinion, prevails in urban songs, and also questioned the talent of some of his performers.
“The language of reggaeton has a sexy element, but also veers into vulgarity. It's about not having a little time, dedication, ingenuity or creativity to make something better…I think they don't put much effort into the lyrics. Some are too violent and I don't really like them. Most of their singers, not all, have little talent. “Maybe I’m getting old,” the 64-year-old musician added to the same Spanish publication.
In fact, it was a Spanish woman he removed from that list. This is the singer Rosalía.
“He does impressive things. It drives you crazy. We will try to incorporate some flamenco because we have a little indigenous blood, a little Aztec and a little Spanish,” Olvera told the Iberian newspaper.
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The Mexican also spoke about how urban music has dominated not only global preference lists but also international stages.
“We’re being invaded by reggaeton. It is unfortunate, yes, because reggaeton has conquered the stages of Latin music.” he said.
Over the course of their 35-year career, the group from Guadalajara, Mexico, consisting of Fher Olvera, Alex González, Sergio Vallín and Juan Calleros, has taken their music to more than 40 countries and sold more than 40 million records worldwide. to the rhythm of songs like “Rayando el sol”, “Vivir sin aire” and “No ha parado de llover”.
The urban genre and the bad bunny phenomenon
The urban genre, in turn, marginalized in its origins in Puerto Rico, is currently dominating the music industry, thanks to the work of representatives such as the recently retired Daddy Yankee, Don Omar, Tego Calderón, Wisin & Yandel and Bad Bunny, to name just a few. .
Only Benito Martínez Ocasio, whose first name is Conejo Malo, has been the most listened to singer on Spotify for three years in a row, with a repertoire entirely in Spanish that includes El Conejo Malo (2017), X100pre (2018), Oasis (2019) and El Last include Tour of the World (2020), YHLQMDLG (2020), A Summer Without You (2022) and Nobody Knows What's Going to Happen Tomorrow (2023). This year it was the second most listened to song, easily surpassed by Taylor Swift.
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At 29 years old, the Puerto Rican has three Grammys and a dozen Latin Grammys. His penultimate performance earned him the Grammy for Best Urban Music Album at the 65th awards ceremony, where he also appeared in the opening show. In 2020, he took to the Super Bowl stage alongside Shakira and J.Lo, while he closed out 2021 with two performances of the P FKN R concert at Hiram Bithorn Stadium in front of approximately 70,000 spectators.
He also runs the Good Bunny Foundation, which focuses on improving the quality of life of children and youth interested in music, art and sports.
Bad Bunny also works as a businessman and on an artistic level he has proven his versatility as an actor, even working alongside Oscar winners Brad Pitt and Sandra Bullock in the film Bullet Train.
She recently made the cover of Forbes magazine and its “30 under 30” list.