Quevedo’s Canarian id cry works, and generally even strikes, in his new album, ‘El Baifo’ | Culture | EUROtoday

Quevedo has made two issues clear in his transient however glowing profession: that he dominates the checklist of most listened to songs (he has amassed eight primary songs since 2023) and that he’s extraordinarily influenced by artists who’re extra proficient than him (which is logical, then again). Today the third album by the Gran Canarian (24 years outdated) was revealed, titled The Baifoa piece that features as a vindication of their land, a narrative primarily based on id hyperlinks, on clinging to the roots, on elevating their voices to defend their cradle. The singer has all the time acted as a canary, however by no means earlier than with as a lot effort as on this work. Let us keep in mind that I ought to have taken extra pictures, from Bad Bunny, he already did it earlier than with Puerto Rico, a yr and a half in the past.

One of the 2 previews of The Baifo was Not even drunk, which instantly rose to the primary place of probably the most listened to on the main digital platform, Spotify. It is a merengue, a style that’s heard with ardour at festivals and Canarian festivals and is positioned within the Dominican Republic. This is how he sings: “I’ve already been all over Spain, I went on a trip to Paris, I was in Miami in the summer. / I’ve already traveled the world and I’m not moving or drunk.” In the piece he mentions about twenty municipalities on the islands: “Agaete, Los Llanos, Corralejo, Teguise, Agüimes, Candelaria, Hermigua, Tazacorte…”. They additionally got here earlier than presenting their candidacy for music of the summer time with a merengue (or one thing related), Rosalía with Desperate in 2022 and Karol G with If I had met you earlier than in 2024.

The Canarian affiliation on the album doesn’t cease there. From the title, Baifobecause the goat is named within the Canary Islands and which Quevedo claims, calling himself “baifo y capricolo.” Some of the collaborators are additionally locals, such because the Canarian in style music group Los Gofiones or Nueva Línea, an orchestra led by 4 ladies that excursions the archipelago’s festivals with their Latin rhythms. More from the land: this similar week Quevedo introduced the discharge of the album earlier than 1000’s of individuals with a drone present on the seashore of Las Canteras.

The Baifo It opens and closes with two themes René, from Residente (with some Milo J), the place Quevedo expresses his emotions as a younger star torn from his neighborhood. A millionaire boy who, nevertheless, feels anguish and loneliness too typically. It is a recurring message when one embraces fame, however Quevedo tells it with honesty and naivety, and it’s appreciated. In He is at dwelling, the opening, he assumes that outdoors the islands he doesn’t really feel impressed to jot down, and within the closing, the honest Son of the volcanoefficiently supported by the voices and timple of Los Gofiones, Quevedo says: “I dream of my children never leaving school, and continuing to go down to the island to eat cheaply even though my diamonds are certified, not moissanite.”

The Baifo It is one of the best album from the Canary Islands, one thing with little advantage if we examine it with the earlier one, the disastrous and tawdry Good evening (2024), however to take note of as an evolution of his debut, Where I wish to be (2023). There is celebration hedonism within the album, the one skilled by a 24-year-old boy who, as he says in a lyric, already has the lives of his grandchildren and their grandchildren organized. Parties, cocktails, intercourse with lovely our bodies… We would all do the identical at their age and with their cash. In reggaeton there’s the intention to interrupt out of the mildew, with an uncommon base or with a nod to the folklore of its land. In Gádar, It begins off as reggaeton, however then turns into salsa due to the intervention of Puerto Rican Tonny Tun Tun. In To the beat, among the finest of the album, ventures into vallenato with the glowing New Line.

It is a protracted album (50 minutes) with area to discover diversified types and with a number of the finest lyrics of his profession. Here we’ve got probably the most honest Quevedo, the one who twerks with ladies within the VIP space of ​​a membership with a glass of cava in his hand, the one who locks himself in his resort room after weeks on tour and misses his grandmother, and the one who feels happy with his roots and shouts it from the rooftops.