Dangerous Bunny Drops ‘EL CLúB’: Flow It Now

As 2024 winds down, Dangerous Bunny objectives to go away his mark at the yr’s ultimate stretch along with his newest unmarried “EL CLúB,” launched Thursday (Dec. 5).

The monitor artfully merges pulse-quickening space beats with a nostalgic undercurrent, with the assistance of his longtime manufacturers MAG and Los angeles Paciencia, in addition to Saox. Then, ethereal-like guitar tones of conventional Afro-Puerto Rican plena input, mixing digital parts with Puerto Rico’s wealthy cultural heritage.

In step with the clicking unlock, the tune encapsulates “the eager for a existence bankruptcy that also holds a unique position in reminiscence.” This theme is vividly depicted within the accompanying song video, directed by means of STILLZ and that includes a story crafted by means of Benito himself. The video captures Dangerous Bunny as he enters an elevator en path to “the membership,” surrounded by means of a swirl of psychedelic imagery amid an enormous crowd. It culminates with him wearing a field that looks to comprise the ashes of a burned space, which he solemnly buries and marks with the Puerto Rican flag.

The ashes of a burnt space may just represent the lingering environmental contamination from coal ash produced by means of the AES Puerto Rico energy plant, a big supply of poisonous ash air pollution at the island, impacting native communities with well being dangers because of fallacious disposal and leakage into groundwater.

This act of burial and remembrance within the tune/video additionally echoes the theme of his earlier unmarried “Una Velita,” the place he tackled govt negligence following Storm Maria and underscored the will for societal and political engagement.

The discharge coincides with Dangerous Bunny being named Spotify’s most-streamed Latin artist international and follows his fresh Latin Grammy win for easiest reggaeton efficiency with “Perro Negro” that includes Feid. His newest album nadie sabe lo que va a pasar mañana is lately within the working for a Grammy for easiest música urbana album.

Flow Dangerous Bunny’s “EL CLúB” beneath: