Bad Bunny talks new album, rubbing elbows with Brad Pitt and way more with Apple Music 1
Is there an interview Apple Music 1’s Zane Lowe doesn’t secure these days. Popular musician Bad Bunny pulls through for a chop up session with the music personality to dish on everything from his new Un Verano Sin Ti studio album to gearing up for the world to see him star alongside Hollywood icon Brad Pitt in their upcoming Bullet Train.
There are way too many gems to mention so of course to make life easier, check out the full rundown of key quotes from the convo.
Bad Bunny Tells Apple Music His New Album 'Un Verano Sin Ti’ Is The Happiest Album He’s Released…
This album is an idea that I have two years ago. I think people is thinking that it is going to be a sad album, but it's not a sad album. It's a good vibe. Party, happy. Happy. I think it's the happiest album of my career…when I get a good idea that I want to work in the future, I hold it until that moment.
Bad Bunny On If 'Un Verano Sin Ti’ Is A Heartbreak Record...
Can be. Yeah, yeah. Es un corazón roto -- is a broken heart? A broken heart, but they are happy. He's happy. He don't be the summer crying or Cejandose. He's enjoying that he's alone.
Bad Bunny Tells Apple Music About His Album Collaborators…
In this album, it's going to be Jhay Cortez that you hear that song too.Rauw Alejandro. That's going to be in the album. There's going to be Chencho Corleone, first known as Plan B. He's a legend of the reggaeton. Also, a song with Tony Dize. That is a huge legend of the reggaeton too. Bomba Estere, Buscabulla, The Marias. There's a lot of amazing people that going to be in this album. People that I respect and I like their music and inspire me. People that make music that has been here every summer. They are part of my summer vibe and my summer playlist. So it's a very special album.
Bad Bunny Tells Apple Music About The Album Cover…
I don't know what people going to think about the cover because I think it's kind of different. It's very simple, but I think it's beautiful. I look at the cover. Automatically, I feel good. I feel fresh. I don't know how to explain. But that cover make me feel good and happy. I have the idea about the heart in the beach. Like I told you, two years ago, esa fue la idea siempre. That was the idea always.
Bad Bunny Tells Apple Music About “Sensual Reggaeton” Song "Moscow Mule"…
I love that song. Es una de mi favoritas, is one of my favorite from the reggaeton one. That's my favorite I think. Have a lot of feelings. It's like sensual reggaeton but with feeling. And that song reflect the perfect mood from my last summer. MAG produced the beat. That guy is amazing. It's a mood.
Bad Bunny Tells Apple Music About “Titi Me Preguntó”…
That's one of the best songs on the album definitely with the huge energy. Esa canción yo la grabe en RD. I record the song in DR, Dominican Republic. Because actually this album, I record the half of the album in Puerto Rico and the other half en RD in the Dominican Republic. This is why por eso es que esta tan cabron. So that song, I was working with MAG creating ideas. And I start with that kick and the clap. And I start to rap. When I finished the hook I said, yo, this song, I like it. I like the vibe. I like the confidence. But I think need more energy. Something more Latino, more tropical, more Caribe. We turned that song to a *kingf*… I don't know how to call it. Because it's a banger, but its es un dembow, con hip-hop con rap como que tiene todo aqui.
Bad Bunny Tells Apple Music About “después de la playa”…
Yeah, it's part of my culture. It's part of the Caribbean culture. And this is what is this album. This album is Caribbean vibe, the summer in Puerto Rico, in Dominican Republic. So we are like family. Puerto Ricans and Dominicans, we are very similar in our culture. So this song I record in Dominican Republic and Santo Domingo, en la capital. We had a whole band of amazing musicians. They are real street musicians and I love that song. It has that vibe like live performance. People going to love, I know it.
Bad Bunny Tells Apple Music About Working with Brad Pitt in The Forthcoming Film ‘Bullet Train’...
Bad Bunny: It’s a big opportunity to be in the same screen, place, I don't know, scene with Brad Pitt…I f**ked up his face. Yeah. You know me. I'm a fighter. I'm a wrestler. No. Was a amazing experience. Yo. Increíble. I was very excited. mocionado. Proud because the experience was so good. The movies amazing. Brad Pitt is a amazing guy. He was always so respectful and nice with me.
Bad Bunny on Whether Brad Pitt Knows How Big His Music Career Is…
Zane Lowe: Does he know what you do for the rest of the world? I mean, we all know now we're going to have to see you in this different light. But does Brad Pitt know that before you even walk on set you're probably the most listened to artist on the planet. Does he even know that?
Bad Bunny: Yeah. Yeah. He know it. He know it. He know. He told me that one of his makeup artist is a very fan of me. So he maybe don't know a song about me, but yeah. He know that I'm the guy.
Zane Lowe: How were those action scenes? How was it sort of training for that? A different discipline. I know you've been in the ring, so understand the choreography of fighting. But it still requires a lot of effort, right?
Bad Bunny: Yeah. A lot of effort. I was training like a whole week, just the fight, just the choreography of the fight. But it is something that I love. I love to put something new to do. I like to retarme challenge me and prove that I can do something that people don't expect. So I love that process.
Bad Bunny Tells Apple Music About Portraying Marvel’s ‘El Muerto’ and His Budding Acting Career…
It's crazy. Sometime I can't believe it yet. But it's the result of all my work, about my being self. The way I am, the way I work. So proud. I feel very happy about this character, this opportunity to be... Because it's not about I'm going to be the first Latino making a role, it's going to be about the first Latino main character. It's the important thing. It's something huge and it will be epic. I know the people going to be proud about my work. I imagine all of this before. Everything. What I'm doing, what I don't. I envision that, but also the hard work. We work a lot. My team work a lot. So it is about dreaming.
Bad Bunny Tells Apple Music About His Recent Tour and How It Will Differ From His Upcoming ‘World’s Hottest Tour’...
Super incredible! I'm very happy and proud about that tour. I think it's my best tour at this point in my career. And it was an amazing experience, sharing with the people again. There's a lot of songs that people want to hear live for the first time. This tour, the Último Tour, I get to focus just on the Yo Hago Lo Que Me Da La Gana, EL ÚLTIMO TOUR. I didn't perform the old classics, the older hits. I just performed the Yo Hago Lo Que Me Da La Gana on El Ultimo Tour. Maybe a few of the new ones like Yonaguni, AM. But now in the World's Hottest Tour, I'm going to perform the new ones, the old ones, every hit. Yeah.
Bad Bunny Tells Apple Music About Always Focusing On The Next Thing...
I just enjoy it. And maybe sometime I forget to do that, to realize was how amazing was the show or the goal that I made. I'm so focused working on the next thing always. I was in the tour, in the ÚLTIMO tour and I was thinking on what I'm going to do in the next tour. So I'm always working on the next thing, thinking the next level. Yeah.
