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Romeo Santos & Prince Royce Don’t Hold Back: Why Hasn’t Bachata Taken Over the World Yet?
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1:21:12Now PlayingRomeo Santos and Prince Royce, the leading stars of bachata music, are back with a new collaborative album, “Better Late Than Never” — a “Watch the Throne” moment for the Dominican genre.
Ahead of their joint tour next year, the duo sat down for an extended interview with Popcast, The New York Times pop culture show, to discuss their respective paths to selling out stadiums; their collaborations with Drake, Usher and more; and why they still feel like bachata hasn’t received its due amid the Latin music boom of the last decade.
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Según los parámetros más convencionales, Romeo Santos y Prince Royce, los dos mayores representantes de la bachata dominicana, son superestrellas mundiales.
Pese a las grandes colaboraciones, los álbumes exitosos y las giras con todas las entradas vendidas, las principales estrellas del género dominicano siguen pensando que no han recibido lo que se merecen.
En Popcast, Santos y Royce hablaron de su larga admiración mutua, de lo que ha significado actualizar un estilo tradicional y querido para la era moderna y de las formas en que la bachata todavía no ha sido acogida a pesar de su éxito mundial.
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