Dangerous Bunny isn’t tip-toeing round a number of the most urgent points going through his beloved Puerto Rico. In his most up-to-date music video — which actually is a virtually 23-minute lengthy documentary for his blunt observe “El Apagón” — the chart-topping artist addresses blackouts and gentrification, amongst different subjects, taking goal on the native authorities for his or her inaction in the case of these social points.
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“I hope folks 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 tune’s intro powered by thumping beats whereas that includes locals singing alongside to his tune. Then, on the one-minute-mark, the tune stops and in come information reviews of blackouts that’ve now develop into the norm in Puerto Rico, impacting the day by day lives of residents — together with kids having to do their homework at midnight.
There are additionally reviews about LUMA Vitality, the corporate the Puerto Rican authorities employed to “modernize and keep” 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 power infrastructure in unhealthy form. Bunny has criticized LUMA earlier than, particularly throughout his concert events in Puerto Rico proper earlier than singing this observe.
The video then goes again to the tune, this time that includes a handful of individuals at a membership having the time of their lives. Shortly after, the rest of the brief movie is devoted to gentrification and displacing Puerto Ricans are going through. “They’re displacing the native boricua from right here,” a lady 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 houses.
The documentary’s information reviews are led by Puerto Rican journalist Bianca Graulau, who’s achieved vital reporting on these subjects. On Instagram, she posted: “What an honor for them to belief me to inform the tales of our group. Thanks to all of people who made this mission a actuality. And thanks, Dangerous Bunny, for sharing your platform and supporting impartial journalism.”
The observe is a part of his Billboard 200-topping album, Un Verano Sin Ti, which presently hit its tenth nonconsecutive week at No. 1. Watch “El Apagón: Aquí Vive Gente” beneath:
