The Best Music by Latin and Spanish Artists in 2023 – Warungku Terkini
Is the sun finally setting on Anglo music’s global hegemony? The question has been timely for the last few years, but 2023 felt like a more permanent breakthrough for Spanish-language pop. Consider, for one, that música mexicana artists stormed the Billboard Hot 100 chart this year; at one point, Peso Pluma held 14 concurrent spots on the list. Or note that Bad Bunny’s Un Verano Sin Ti was Spotify’s most-streamed album of 2023. From pop-reggaeton to corridos tumbados to alt-flamenco, the most innovative purveyors are putting forth ideas faster than the charts can keep up with. Still, the U.S. media’s hyperfocus on commercial success veils a sinister neglect for independent artists across the Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking world. Whether it’s Dominican pop-conceptualists or Mexican indie rockers, the underground continues to thrive, right alongside industry heavy hitters. Here are the year’s best songs and albums from Latine and Spanish artists, listed alphabetically.
Listen to selections from this list on our Spotify playlist and Apple Music playlist.
Check out all of warungku’s 2023 wrap-up coverage here.
(All releases featured here are independently selected by our editors. When you buy something through our retail links, however, warungku may earn an affiliate commission.)
Daftar Isi
Bad Bunny: “WHERE SHE GOES”
For months after its release in May, Benito stans filled Reddit threads arguing over the creative merits of “WHERE SHE GOES,” and whether it went anywhere worthwhile at all. But the moody, New Jersey club-fueled banger offers just enough starts, stops, and beat drops to mirror his musings about infidelity. (A star-studded video featuring Lil Uzi Vert, Frank Ocean, and Ronaldinho simply adds to the fun foray into Bad Bunny’s relationship fuckery.) The song’s sprawling synths, brawny bass, and huge, soaring chorus meant “WHERE SHE GOES” only gained momentum through the year, becoming a ubiquitous song of the summer. –Erin Macleod
Listen: Bad Bunny, “WHERE SHE GOES”
Bad Gyal / Tokischa / Young Miko: “Chulo pt.2”
Who among us hasn’t caught someone stealing glances across the club and been tempted to bump uglies? “Chulo pt.2” chronicles a dancefloor flirtation—or more precisely, the daydreaming that happens right before it’s consummated. Tokischa, Bad Gyal, and Young Miko sing of the thirst in their admirer’s eyes, their Baccarat-infused scent, and executing all their sexual fantasies. Crepuscular synth pads plink over gritty drum kicks, and by the time the blaring alarm sounds, you’ll be fully entangled with a new lover. It’s the kind of track that asserts women as the masters of their own desire, queer or otherwise. Consider this a public plea for more simp-fueled reggaeton sagas. –Isabelia Herrera
Listen: Bad Gyal / Tokischa / Young Miko, “Chulo pt.2”
Diego Raposo: YO NO ERA ASÍ PERO DE AHORA EN ADELANTE, SÍ
After establishing himself as a mixtape futurist who melds the spasmic sensibilities of the internet with dembow and reggaeton, the young Dominican producer Diego Raposo approached his debut album with a bolder, brighter palette of curated chaos. He presents trap vocal takes on Caribbean hardstyle; drum’n’bass excursions upended by metallic guitar riffs, and his melancholy club tracks devolve (or evolve?) into static. He has more melodious aspirations, too: “QUÉDATE,” with Ecuadorian singer Kablito, sounds like finally ascending to the heavens of the cyberverse. The designation “hyperpop” feels too limiting to encompass Raposo’s universe, which is expansive but also rooted in a strong sense of place, down to the Google Maps coordinates named in album opener “19.322239, -68.540659” (a location off the eastern coast of the Dominican Republic). He’s a consummate digital-art cutup, in search of boundaries to leap over, laugh at, and tweak beyond imagination. –Julianne Escobedo Shepherd
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