Guatever #3 Part 1: “¿Quien Tu Eres?‪”‬ Guatever

Episode Notes

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[“¿Quien Tu Eres?,” by Bad Bunny]


Natalia & Maria: Hello!


Maria: Welcome to Guatever! I’m Maria Caamaño.


Natalia: And I’m Natalia Camino.


Maria: And today we're finally getting around to doing a podcast episode on Bad Bunny!


Natalia: Unless you've been living under a rock, you are probably aware that Bad Bunny released his second album called…


Natalia & Maria: Yo Hago Lo Que Me Da La Gana.


Maria: Which translates to: I do what I want.


Natalia: Whatever I want. Which is iconic because no one can release an album on that date for another four years because it was a leap day.


Maria: Yeah, but that's like the type of stuff he does.


Natalia: I love him.


Maria: I love him so much!


Natalia: So the release of his album was the biggest debut of 2020 so far. And as of right now, Bad Bunny is in the Top 25 Most Listened To Artists on Spotify worldwide, which is very impressive…


Maria: And just proves his power.


Natalia: I love him. So we're going to break up this episode into like two parts. First, we're going to talk about who he is and the impact he has had on Latin America.


Maria: And the next is just talking about his album.


Natalia: Obviously, we won't get through his entire album because…


Maria: There are 20 songs.


Natalia: So we will pick and choose some of our favorites. So to fully understand why we love Bad Bunny, you need to understand that Maria and I are roommates because of him.


Maria: Literally. So, clears throat let me get started.


Natalia: Storytime!


Maria: So basically, when I was looking for a roommate at Northwestern, there is always a Facebook group for the incoming class. And I posted in the girls’ group looking for roommates that I was looking for one and I put like, “Oh, one of my favorite artists is Bad Bunny.” And then I got a message from someone…


Natalia: I commented, “OMG! I like Bad Bunny too!”


Maria: And then, literally because of this, we started DM-ing and became roommates.


Natalia: We will not read that conversation. It is a very awkward conversation. It has words...


Maria: It was very cringey.


Natalia: It was super cringey. There are words like proposal. And we talked about chairs a lot.


Maria: We did talk a lot about chairs. But that’s kind of like our energy, so it makes sense.


Natalia: So we're just gonna take a quick moment and appreciate…


Maria: What Bad Bunny has done for us. Benito…


Natalia: Benito...Gracias.


Maria: Gracias.


Natalia: This is for you.


Maria: This friendship is because of you.


Natalia: Look at what you've created. So who is he? His full name is Benito Antonio Martinez Ocasio.


Maria: He was born in Vega Baja in Puerto Rico. And he rose to fame really, or at least I remember, that he rose to fame mostly because of his song “Diles” and “Soy Peor.”


Natalia: Over the past few years he's risen to fame, mostly due to the support of Puerto Rican and Dominican audiences. And he kind of touches on this on the last track on his new album, where he says…


Maria: Gracia' a to' mis domi y a mi gente en Puerto Rico. Cada cosa que logro a ustede' se la' dedico. Which translates to “Thank you to my Dominicans and my people in Puerto Rico, everything I do, I dedicate to you.”


Natalia: But he has shown his gratitude to the people of Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic in various ways. So on his last album X100PRE, which was his first solo album, he has a song called “La Romana”. Which I'm … So Maria is laughing because for spring break I am going to la República Dominicana, and we are going to La Romana. Because it is a place.


Maria: So La Romana is in the coast of the DR, and it’s literally known for just being a place to go to the beach…


Natalia: I’m going there for spring break. And I've been practicing my Dominican accent. Utede no tan listo. ¡He estado pra