INGLEWOOD, CALIFORNIA – NOVEMBER 17: Singer Bad Bunny performs onstage during the X100 tour at The … [+]
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Bad Bunny fans got one serious Mother’s Day present today—a brand new, half hour long project.
Essentially an addendum to his sophomore album YHLQMDLG from late February, LAS QUE NO IBAN A SALIR—translation: the ones that weren’t coming out—offers ten new songs from the música urbana hitmaker. Available digitally today, the track listing includes guest appearances by Latin music notables including Jhay Cortez, Don Omar, Nicky Jam, Yandel and Zion & Lennox. In addition to these prominent artists, one truly unanticipated credited feature comes from his girlfriend Gabriela Berlingeri, with whom he’s been quarantining.
A number of these previously unreleased Latin trap and reggaetón tracks made brief appearances during Bad Bunny’s seemingly spontaneous and off-the-cuff Instagram Live event last month. At that time, he previewed, lip synched and sang along with pieces of then-unheard songs like “BENDICIONES,” offering no indication of plans to give them a formal release.
As such, few could have anticipated this new project so soon after the release of YHLQMDLG, which has held the No. 1 spot on Billboard’s Top Latin Albums chart for nine straight weeks and saw all 20 of its tracks appear for multiple weeks on Hot Latin Songs. Indicative of its continuing popularity, a handful of these still remain in the latter chart’s top ten, including “Yo Perreo Sola” and “Safaera.”
The arrival of LAS QUE NO IBAN A SALIR seems certain to cause considerable disruption to the Billboard Latin charts in the current qualifying frame. Though its performance will be limited to only five days worth of digital consumption as opposed to the week’s full seven, fan excitement could drive the release to the top of the Spanish-language albums chart, essentially displacing his own still-fresh and hugely successful full-length on Top Latin Albums.
The opportunity for these songs to offset or even cannibalize the Hot Latin Songs positions of his YHLQMDLG hits seems great as well, though radio performance of certain cuts may keep some of those safe. Alternatively, the proverb a rising tide lifts all ships may end up applying here, with LAS QUE NO IBAN A SALIR performance corresponding with increased consumption of YHLQMDLG songs alongside it as well. Either way, it stands to reason that all ten of these new cuts will make their way onto the singles chart, with some even cracking the all-genre Hot 100.
No stranger to dropping unexpected stopgap projects between his proper album releases, Bad Bunny previously unveiled his joint mixtape OASIS with Colombian reggaeronero J Balvin last summer, helping to hold over fans of his December 2018 full-length debut X100PRE. The collaborative effort yielded two big hits domestically, with “La Canción” topping Hot Latin Songs and “Qué Pretendes” peaking at No. 2.
The track listing for LAS QUE NO IBAN A SALIR is as follows:
01. SI ELLA SALE
02. MÁS DE UNA CITA (feat. Zion and Lennox)
03. BYE ME FUI
04. CANCIÓN CON YANDEL (feat. Yandel)
05. PA’ ROMPERLA (feat. Don Omar)
06. BAD CON NICKY (feat. Nicky Jam)
07. BENDICIONES
08. CÓMO SE SIENTE REMIX (feat. Jhay Cortez)
09. RONCA FREESTYLE
10. EN CASITA