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When asked how he visualized himself during a radio interview last April, Kevin Fret — Latin trap’s most unapologetically, and perhaps first openly gay artist — conjured a hippodrome: “Once you let horses free from their stables,” said Fret, “It’s difficult to catch them.” Posing the question was DJ Candy …

Maluma released “HP,” the latest in a long line of hooky pop-reggaeton singles, on Friday. It will appear on his upcoming album, titled 11:11. “HP” started “three months ago in a hotel room in Bolivia,” Maluma tells Rolling Stone. “I have friends in Colombia where I’m from, and these girls …

This story was originally published in Spanish by Rolling Stone Colombia‘s editors. Read the original Spanish version here. Update 2/23/18: The moment of music has long passed. It was nearing 7 a.m. on Saturday when the Colombian authorities were preparing to pass along humanitarian aid to Venezuela. The night before, …

Building on a remarkable eruption of global listeners in 2017, Latin music has continued to soar on YouTube this year, according to data provided to Rolling Stone by the platform. The extent of Spanish-language pop’s domination is impressive. The three artists with the most views on the platform in 2018 …

Earlier this week, the Spanish flamenco artist Rosalía could be seen standing on top of an ATV, singing and appearing to cry during a live-streamed album release show. As the 25-year-old’s mascara began to run, one of her dancers revved the vehicle’s engine to add percussive zing to a stark, …

Drake and Bad Bunny party and play dominoes in the video for “Mia,” a highly anticipated collaboration that came out on Thursday. This is the sound of two stars in cruise control: The instrumental consists of one airy synth and a squeaky vocal sample; a steady kick-drum ensures that DJs …

Ozuna is nothing if not a generous collaborator. In 2017 alone, he helped re-launch Natti Natasha’s career by joining her on “Criminal” (1.5 billion YouTube views to date), gave go-to producer Chris Jeday his first solo hit by contributing to “Ahora Dice” (1.1 billion views), and aided Cardi B in …

Following their electrifying appearance at this year’s Lollapalooza, Grammy-nominated Colombian duo Bomba Estéreo has detailed their biggest U.S. headline tour to date. The band celebrated the news with a new video for “Amar Así,” the latest single from their 2017 album Ayo; it is the band’s first release since the …

Long before her tearjerking performance in the Coco theme, “Remember Me,” Natalia Lafourcade has been the latest in a long line of Mexican singers for whom passion and cultural pride are irrevocably intertwined.Lafourcade’s music combines the hope and desire of the soulful Lola Beltrán, the classical melancholy of composer Agustín …