Bad Bunny (sanbenito) talks to Vogue about stretching the boundaries of heteronormative masculinity, and his new album YHLQMDLG.
, has given rise to both scrutiny over his sexuality and praise for stretching the boundaries of heteronormative masculinity. “It’s natural,” Bad Bunny says of his flouting of gender codes. “If I went to the store when I was a kid where the clothes for boys and girls were separate, my complaint was always that the girls’ clothes are better. There were more styles and colors, and the boys' clothes were always so monotonous.
Bad Bunny’s childhood permeates his wardrobe and his music in increasingly explicit ways. He credits his mother — whom he jokingly refers to as his first stylist — for his love of overalls. Even when he was a kid growing up in Almirante Sur Barrio in Vega Baja, his clothing choices created shockwaves. “My mom and dad would always be like, ‘You’re going to wear that to church?!’ I always had problems because I wore something crazy,” he says.
Bad Bunny’s references will likely feel familiar to fellow nineties babies, but his artistic output is more rooted in his desire to surprise people than in any lingering feelings of nostalgia. “This album is totally different than the first one,” Bad Bunny says of. “It’s easier for people to dance to in the club. There’s more reggaeton—I think 70% of the album is reggaeton—and the trap songs capture the essence of the streets,” he says.
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