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Bad Bunny Fronts the February Issues of Vogue and GQ in a Joint Editorial Project.
GQ Brasil – February 2026 issue
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Before that, he had already thought about the concept of the album and sketched two songs while enjoying (also hidden) the Fiestas de la Calle San Sebastián, the biggest celebration on the island, which takes to the streets of Viejo San Juan every third week of January — they are to a Puerto Rican what Carnival is to a Brazilian. The album, then, was born in the most organic way possible: from genuine and contrasting moments of happiness and sadness, pride and disappointment.
"I was very involved with what was happening politically in Puerto Rico," says Benito, who even paid to display on billboards the message "Voting for the PNP is voting for corruption," in opposition to Trumpist Jenniffer González's candidacy for governor in the 2024 elections (she would later be elected).
"One day, I went to sleep and dreamed of the entire lyrics of 'Lo que Le Pasó a Hawaii'. It's a slower song, maybe it's not the one that shines the most on the album, but it's the one that ties everything together." In it, Benito exposes his fear that Puerto Rico will go the same way as Hawaii, which became the 50th state of the United States in 1959: "They want to take away my river, and also the beach, they want my neighborhood and that grandmother leaves."
And he makes an emotional request to Puerto Ricans to resist clinging to their culture and identity: "Don't drop the flag or forget the lelolai (typical corner of the island), because I don't want them to do to you what happened to Hawaii." The impact of these lyrics ended up in the halls of renowned universities such as Yale, in the United States, where Professor Albert Laguna uses the success of "DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS" to teach history and politics classes.
"Popular artists often don't say some things because they think they're going to lose fans. And that's never been my mindset, not because I want to be the most rebellious. It's just that if something upsets me or worries me, I'll say it if I feel like it," says Bad Bunny.
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GQ Brasil – February 2026 issue
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Before that, he had already thought about the concept of the album and sketched two songs while enjoying (also hidden) the Fiestas de la Calle San Sebastián, the biggest celebration on the island, which takes to the streets of Viejo San Juan every third week of January — they are to a Puerto Rican what Carnival is to a Brazilian. The album, then, was born in the most organic way possible: from genuine and contrasting moments of happiness and sadness, pride and disappointment.
"I was very involved with what was happening politically in Puerto Rico," says Benito, who even paid to display on billboards the message "Voting for the PNP is voting for corruption," in opposition to Trumpist Jenniffer González's candidacy for governor in the 2024 elections (she would later be elected).
"One day, I went to sleep and dreamed of the entire lyrics of 'Lo que Le Pasó a Hawaii'. It's a slower song, maybe it's not the one that shines the most on the album, but it's the one that ties everything together." In it, Benito exposes his fear that Puerto Rico will go the same way as Hawaii, which became the 50th state of the United States in 1959: "They want to take away my river, and also the beach, they want my neighborhood and that grandmother leaves."
And he makes an emotional request to Puerto Ricans to resist clinging to their culture and identity: "Don't drop the flag or forget the lelolai (typical corner of the island), because I don't want them to do to you what happened to Hawaii." The impact of these lyrics ended up in the halls of renowned universities such as Yale, in the United States, where Professor Albert Laguna uses the success of "DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS" to teach history and politics classes.
"Popular artists often don't say some things because they think they're going to lose fans. And that's never been my mindset, not because I want to be the most rebellious. It's just that if something upsets me or worries me, I'll say it if I feel like it," says Bad Bunny.
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