Bad Bunny ‘El Apagón’ Music Video Explores Puerto Rico Injustices – Billboard

Dangerous Bunny isn’t tip-toeing round a number of the most urgent points dealing with his beloved Puerto Rico. In his most up-to-date music video — which actually is an almost 23-minute lengthy documentary for his blunt monitor “El Apagón” — the chart-topping artist addresses blackouts and gentrification, amongst different matters, taking intention on the native authorities for his or her inaction in terms of these social points.

“I hope individuals in PR can watch my video earlier than the lights exit,” he posted on Instagram Tales Friday (Sept. 16), minutes after releasing the clip, which begins with the track’s intro powered by thumping beats whereas that includes locals singing alongside to his track. Then, on the one-minute-mark, the track stops and in come information stories of blackouts that’ve now develop into the norm in Puerto Rico, impacting the every day lives of residents — together with kids having to do their homework at midnight.

There are additionally stories about LUMA Vitality, the corporate the Puerto Rican authorities employed to “modernize and preserve” the island’s energy grid, and the little motion they’ve taken to repair electrical energy points. The Puerto Rican energy grid has been in poor form since Hurricane Maria struck in 2017, leaving the island’s vitality infrastructure in unhealthy form. Bunny has criticized LUMA earlier than, particularly throughout his concert events in Puerto Rico proper earlier than singing this monitor.

The video then goes again to the track, this time that includes a handful of individuals at a membership having the time of their lives. Shortly after, the rest of the quick movie is devoted to gentrification and displacing Puerto Ricans are dealing with. “They’re displacing the native boricua from right here,” a girl says sitting in entrance of a bunch of people who find themselves determining the place to go after they’ve been displaced from their very own properties.

The documentary’s information stories are led by Puerto Rican journalist Bianca Graulau, who’s performed vital reporting on these matters. On Instagram, she posted: “What an honor for them to belief me to inform the tales of our neighborhood. Thanks to all of those who made this challenge a actuality. And thanks, Dangerous Bunny, for sharing your platform and supporting unbiased journalism.”

The monitor is a part of his Billboard 200-topping album, Un Verano Sin Ti, which at the moment hit its tenth nonconsecutive week at No. 1. Watch “El Apagón: Aquí Vive Gente” beneath: