Bad Bunny gave Puerto Rico a “new influence” on the world stage, say proud fans

San Juan, Puerto Rico -In the first week of the historical residence of Bad Bunny, the fans wore outfits, which were inspired by the Puertorican folkloric culture, including straw hats, which are known as “La Pava” and traditional “Jíbaro” work and the rural Puerto -Ricans up to the 19th century, until the 19th century.

The choice of fashion is a statement. It is in line with the topic of his 30-show concert series: “No, I quiero ir de aquí”, which translates to “I don't want to go here”.

The concerts awaken the songs on Bad Bunny's sixth studio album “Debí Tirar Más Photos” or “I would have taken more photos”, which the artist has referred to as his previously “Am Puerto Rican”.

It sings poor rabbits from his need to stay in Puerto Rico and appreciate his people and his history. Most texts speak to Puerto Rico's political realities and cultural heritage.

And for Puertoricans in the US territory and for those living on the US mainland, the focus is on their beloved Caribbean archipelago everything.

“It feels like we're at home,” Ivy Torres told NBC News. She and her spouse Alexis are among the more than 600,000 people that are expected to visit Puerto Rico this summer to see the show – the first formal stay that every singer has ever done on the Coliseo de Puerto José Miguel Agrelot, the greatest indoor entertainment on the island, seating.

“It is a great way to connect with your family, friends and everything we have left behind,” said Alexis.

The couple moved from Puerto Rico to Ohio a decade ago during the amount of the economic crisis on the island. “It was difficult,” said Ivy. “We didn't want to leave our family and friends, but we had to.”

Bad Bunny sings about this feeling in his song “Lo Que Le Pasó a Hawaii” (“What happened to Hawaii”). The song deals with fears about the erosion of the Puertorican identity in an influx of wealthy people from the mainland who have moved there after the adoption of tax benefits, as well as a recent increase in short -term rentals, which restrict affordable living opportunities for residents.

Bad Bunny was born in Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio and achieved global success in Spanish, popularized the Puertorican slang around the world and put the emergency of the Puertorican people in the spotlight.

“He makes his music for Puerto Rico”

For this reason, it means that in Puerto Rico, Verónica González, “everything means that a star like Benito sings for us,” she told NBC News. “He makes his music for Puerto Rico and thinks of us.”

The album and the Residency effectively take fans on an emotional journey, contemporary genres such as reggaeton and Dembow merge with traditional rhythms such as Bomba y Plena and Salsa Music from the 1970s.

In a restaurant in the old San Juan, the Puertorican artist and painter Joabel Ortiz showed an art exhibition that is dedicated to Bad Bunny and his latest album.

Ortiz mixes traditional symbols of Puertorican culture such as “La Pava” with pictures of the superstars-die the passage line, which connects a today's cultural phenomenon like a bad rabbit with the roots of Puerto Rico.

The Puertorican officials estimate that the residence of Bad Bunny has an economic influence of more than $ 186 million, generate more than 3,600 jobs and have more than 35,000 hotel night bookings in hotel evening.

But for his fans it is bad Bunny's focus on people and the essence of what it is to be Puertorican who swings the most.

“We have a new influence on the world,” Ortiz told NBC News. “This new influence is about our culture, about the ideas we have on the island and how we do everything, how we speak, how we love, how we remember who we are.”

Daniel Rodriguez, José Díaz-Balart and Leslie Ignacio reported from San Juan, Puerto Rico and Nicole Acevedo from New York.