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Debí Tirar Más Fotos (2025)
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The title means "I should have taken more photos," and the artist first hated taking photos before he came to accept them.
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Overview
- Debí Tirar Más Fotos: sixth solo studio album (seventh overall) by Puerto Rican rapper and singer Bad Bunny
- Released January 5, 2025, through Rimas Entertainment
- Follows his previous record Nadie Sabe Lo Que Va a Pasar Mañana (2023)
- Features collaborations with Chuwi, Omar Courtz, Los Pleneros de la Cresta, Dei V, and RaiNao
- Short title: DtMF
- Primarily a reggaeton album that heavily incorporates traditional Puerto Rican music such as bomba, jíbaro, plena, and salsa
- Lyrics mostly cover love, heartbreak, partying, and family, with some focus on Puerto Rico's status as an unincorporated U.S. territory
Background
- Nadie Sabe Lo Que Va a Pasar Mañana released October 13, 2023, debuting at number one on the US Billboard 200
- Followed by the Most Wanted Tour, February to June 2024, with all dates sold out
- Announced as the sixth solo studio album, supported by the singles "El Clúb" and "Pitorro de Coco"
- Title explained: he initially hated taking photos but eventually got used to it
- Stated idea: "enjoying the moment when I could and valuing memories"
Cover
- Artwork revealed January 3, 2025
- Shows two Monobloc chairs on a dirt-and-grass field with banana trees in the background
- Bianca Betancourt of Harper's Bazaar said the cover is meant to resonate with both stateside and islander Puerto Ricans
Sources: en.wikipedia.org · es.wikipedia.org
Tracklist
| 1 | NUEVAYoL | 3:04 |
| 2 | VOY A LLeVARTE PA PR | 2:36 |
| 3 | BAILE INoLVIDABLE | 6:08 |
| 4 | PERFuMITO NUEVO | 3:21 |
| 5 | WELTiTA | 3:08 |
| 6 | VeLDÁ | 3:55 |
| 7 | EL CLúB | 3:43 |
| 8 | KETU TeCRÉ | 4:11 |
| 9 | BOKeTE | 3:36 |
| 10 | KLOuFRENS | 3:19 |
| 11 | TURiSTA | 3:10 |
| 12 | CAFé CON RON | 3:49 |
| 13 | PIToRRO DE COCO | 3:27 |
| 14 | LO QUE LE PASÓ A HAWAii | 3:49 |
| 15 | EoO | 3:25 |
| 16 | DtMF | 3:57 |
| 17 | LA MuDANZA | 3:33 |
Sources: musicbrainz.org
Artist
Formation
- Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, known as Bad Bunny, was born March 10, 1994, in Bayamón and raised in Vega Baja, Puerto Rico.
- He wrote music from age 14 and rose to prominence in 2016 with the song "Diles", which led to a deal with Hear This Music.
- His debut studio album X 100pre was released December 24, 2018.
Members
- Bad Bunny is a solo artist.
Career
- Dubbed the "King of Latin Trap", he is widely credited with helping Spanish-language rap reach mainstream global popularity.
- The single "I Like It" with Cardi B and J Balvin topped the US Billboard Hot 100.
- YHLQMDLG (2020) became Spotify's most-streamed album of the year worldwide.
- El Último Tour Del Mundo (2020) became the first all-Spanish language album to top the US Billboard 200.
- Un Verano Sin Ti (2022) was the year's most successful album globally according to IFPI.
- Debí Tirar Más Fotos (2025) became the first Spanish-language album to win the Grammy Award for Album of the Year.
- He headlined the Super Bowl LX halftime show in February 2026, the first solo Latino artist to do so.
- He also performs in professional wrestling for WWE and has appeared in films including Bullet Train and Cassandro.
Sources: en.wikipedia.org
Reception
At release
- Debí Tirar Más Fotos debuted at number two on the Billboard 200 for the week of January 18, 2025, behind Lil Baby's WHAM, with 122,000 album-equivalent units
- Rolling Stone's Maya Georgi gave a five-star review and called it a "homegrown, jubilant, and fresh" album
- NME's Lucas Villa praised it for revolutionizing Puerto Rico's folk music while blending nostalgic sounds from Bad Bunny's childhood with contemporary production
- Pitchfork's Tatiana Lee Rodriguez praised its narration of Puerto Rico's struggle for sovereignty
- AllMusic's David Crone called it a "Puerto Rican triumph"
- Clash's Robin Murray called it "a love letter to [Bad Bunny's] heritage" and "potent and personal"
Reappraisal
- Metacritic: universal acclaim, weighted average score of 95 out of 100 from 8 critic scores
- Ranked as the fifteenth highest-scoring album on the website at the time of the source
- Critics praised the album for approaching political issues
Records
- Peaked at number one on the U.S. Billboard 200, his fourth consecutive number-one album on the chart
- Debuted atop the US Top Latin Albums and Latin Rhythm Albums charts
- Won Album of the Year, Best Música Urbana Album, and Best Global Music Performance for "Eoo" at the 68th Grammy Awards
- Received twelve nominations at the 26th Latin Grammy Awards and won five, including Album of the Year
- Became the first Spanish-language album to win Album of the Year at the Grammys
Sources: en.wikipedia.org · pt.wikipedia.org
Trivia
- The opening track "Nuevayol" begins with a sample of "Un Verano en Nueva York", originally performed by Andy Montañez and El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico
- On December 25, 2024, he tweeted a numbered list of 17 songs, all labeled as "bomba", a tactic also used to promote his previous albums
- Bad Bunny created the character Concho, a Puerto Rican crested toad known locally as sapo concho
- The toad is an endangered species, and its use as a promotional image has had a strong impact on its conservation
- He performed multiple songs from the album during the Super Bowl LX halftime show
- Bad Bunny became the first Latin artist to attain over 100 song entries on the Billboard Hot 100
Sources: en.wikipedia.org