{"id":1226473,"date":"2025-02-22T12:04:29","date_gmt":"2025-02-22T17:04:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1226473"},"modified":"2025-02-22T12:04:29","modified_gmt":"2025-02-22T17:04:29","slug":"what-were-listening-to-bad-bunny-the-weeknd-fka-twigs-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1226473","title":{"rendered":"What we\u2019re listening to: Bad Bunny, The Weeknd, FKA twigs and more"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><em>In What We\u2019re Listening To, Engadget editors and writers discuss the new music we can\u2019t get enough of.<\/em><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"jump-link-bad-bunny---debi-tirar-mas-fotos\"><strong>Bad Bunny &#8211; <\/strong><strong><em>DeB\u00cd TiRAR M\u00e1S FOToS<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>You don\u2019t need me to tell you to go listen to Bad Bunny\u2019s <em>DeB\u00cd TiRAR M\u00e1S FOToS<\/em> \u2014 if you\u2019re on the internet enough, <a data-i13n=\"elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:1;pos:1\" class=\"no-affiliate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/pitchfork.com\/reviews\/albums\/bad-bunny-debi-tirar-mas-fotos\/\" data-original-link=\"https:\/\/pitchfork.com\/reviews\/albums\/bad-bunny-debi-tirar-mas-fotos\/\">you\u2019ve<\/a> <a data-i13n=\"elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:2;pos:1\" class=\"no-affiliate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2025\/01\/15\/g-s1-42654\/bad-bunny-debi-tirar-mas-fotos-review\" data-original-link=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2025\/01\/15\/g-s1-42654\/bad-bunny-debi-tirar-mas-fotos-review\">been<\/a> <a data-i13n=\"elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:3;pos:1\" class=\"no-affiliate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vulture.com\/article\/deb-tirar-ms-fotos-review-bad-bunny.html\" data-original-link=\"https:\/\/www.vulture.com\/article\/deb-tirar-ms-fotos-review-bad-bunny.html\">told<\/a> <a data-i13n=\"elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:4;pos:1\" class=\"no-affiliate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2025\/music\/news\/bad-bunny-debi-tirar-mas-fotos-album-review-1236267998\/\" data-original-link=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2025\/music\/news\/bad-bunny-debi-tirar-mas-fotos-album-review-1236267998\/\">to<\/a> do so already. But I\u2019ll add to the pile-on and say that this is Bad Bunny\u2019s most personal work yet. It showcases how modern pop, rap and R&amp;B can be seamlessly combined with old-school, traditional sounds from different cultures (in this case, Puerto Rico) in a way that celebrates both camps. Bad Bunny has always been deeply connected to his island home and it\u2019s come through in his music, but <em>DTMF<\/em> is on a whole other level.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"end-legacy-contents\"><\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"585933a5e3944c00b43e9b65455a252e\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/a1Femq4NPxs?rel=0\" style=\"top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;position:absolute;border:0;\" allowfullscreen scrolling=\"no\" data-embed-domain=\"www.youtube.com\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>For me, there are no skips on this album \u2014 but if you\u2019re going to listen to just one song, make it the salsa hit \u201c<a data-i13n=\"cpos:5;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=a1Femq4NPxs\">BAILE INoLVIDABLE<\/a>.\u201d Aside from that, my favorites are \u201cNUEVAYoL\u201d (if you live in the five boroughs, be prepared to hear this all summer long), \u201cKETU TeCR\u00c9,\u201d \u201cCAF\u00e9 CON RON\u201d and \u201cEoO.\u201d <em>\u2014 Valentina Palladino, Deputy Editor, Buying Advice<\/em><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"jump-link-the-weeknd---hurry-up-tomorrow\"><strong>The Weeknd &#8211; <\/strong><strong><em>Hurry Up Tomorrow<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The Weeknd is certainly going out with a bang with <em>Hurry Up Tomorrow<\/em>. Supposedly the <a data-i13n=\"elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:6;pos:1\" class=\"no-affiliate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2025\/music\/news\/the-weeknd-hurry-up-tomorrow-interview-ending-career-1236268897\/\" data-original-link=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2025\/music\/news\/the-weeknd-hurry-up-tomorrow-interview-ending-career-1236268897\/\">pop star\u2019s final record<\/a> under his current pseudonym, <em>Hurry Up Tomorrow<\/em> also completes the trilogy that started with 2020\u2019s <em>After Hours<\/em> and continued with 2022\u2019s <em>Dawn FM<\/em>. It\u2019s a massive (literally, at 22 tracks), cinematic album that serves as The Weeknd\u2019s magnus opus, and without a doubt, his most personal project yet. His attitudes toward fame, legacy, suicide, past substance abuse, the fear of being alone and much more are all laid bare for listeners to hear, but in typical Weeknd fashion, he disguises it all in moody synths, thumping bass and top-tier vocals.<\/p>\n<div id=\"ee85f5aba6d2461b92a24149ecc3b850\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Bn-3ICGjz0U?rel=0\" style=\"top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;position:absolute;border:0;\" allowfullscreen scrolling=\"no\" data-embed-domain=\"www.youtube.com\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>The first things I noticed during my initial listen were the transitions: they\u2019re beyond smooth on this album, and they\u2019re one of the reasons why the first five tracks make up one of the most energizing sequences I\u2019ve heard start an album recently. I\u2019d personally extend that to include the next two tracks, the final of which is \u201c<a data-i13n=\"cpos:7;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Bn-3ICGjz0U\">Open Hearts<\/a>,\u201d a song that\u2019s cut from a similar cloth as \u201cBlinding Lights\u201d and will, no doubt, be a standout single from the record. My other top tracks are \u201cWake Me Up,\u201d \u201cCry for Me,\u201d \u201cS\u00e3o Paulo,\u201d and \u201cNiagara Falls.\u201d \u2014 <em>V.P.<\/em><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"jump-link-fka-twigs---eusexua\">FKA twigs &#8211; <em>EUSEXUA<\/em><\/h2>\n<p>FKA twigs is truly in a league of her own. I\u2019ve been mentally prepared to be <em>changed<\/em> by the new album ever since she released the genuinely jaw-dropping \u201cEusexua\u201d music video back in September (which features two tracks, \u201cDrums of Death\u201d and \u201cEusexua\u201d), but it\u2019s even more magnificent than I was ready for. FKA twigs has described the state of \u201ceusexua\u201d as \u201cpure presence. It&#8217;s a moment of nothingness. Or it&#8217;s the moment before a really incredible idea\u2026 it&#8217;s this ego-less presence which is just filled with this kind of tingling clarity.\u201d Call me corny, but listening to this album is a spiritual experience every time.<\/p>\n<p><em>Eusexua<\/em> ebbs and flows over the course of its 11 tracks, starting out almost angelic with the title track before transporting you right onto a throbbing, disorienting club dance floor with \u201cDrums of Death\u201d and \u201cRoom of Fools,\u201d then back down to a softer, emotionally raw place with \u201cSticky.\u201d \u201cChildlike Things\u201d feels like the onset of unexpected joy, almost out of place in between \u201cKeep It, Hold It\u201d and \u201cStriptease\u201d but in a way that\u2019s really grown on me.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div id=\"75f738e420284472ad801a3c30adbf44\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vssRKoGhD9Y?rel=0\" style=\"top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;position:absolute;border:0;\" allowfullscreen scrolling=\"no\" data-embed-domain=\"www.youtube.com\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>\u201cPerfect Stranger,\u201d toward the beginning, and the penultimate song \u201c24hr Dog\u201d almost feel like two sides of the same coin, the latter hitting like the vulnerable comedown from the former. I love every song on this album, but I especially can\u2019t stop listening to \u201cGirl Feels Good,\u201d which sounds like it\u2019s been transplanted into 2025 from the \u201890s and hits me in just the right way. <em>Eusexua<\/em> has kind of taken over my personality for the time being. \u2014 <em>Cheyenne MacDonald, Weekend Editor<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Honorable mentions: <\/strong>A bunch of singles have come out lately that have me <em>so<\/em> hyped for albums we\u2019re going to see later this winter and spring. I\u2019m apologizing in advance for the person I\u2019ll become when Lady Gaga\u2019s <em>Mayhem<\/em> drops, because \u201cAbracadabra\u201d has reawakened something in me. On the opposite end of the spectrum, I\u2019ve been obsessively listening to Bria Salmena\u2019s brooding indie track, \u201cStretch the Struggle,\u201d ahead of her debut album\u2019s release at the end of March, along with \u201cSugar in the Tank\u201d by Julien Baker and Torres, who have a country-leaning collaboration album coming out in April that I cannot wait for. All of the new SZA from <em>SOS Deluxe: Lana<\/em> (<a data-i13n=\"cpos:8;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/sza-lana-deluxe-songs-sos-double-expansion-1235260285\/\"><em>Deluxe<\/em><\/a><em>?)<\/em> has been a real treat too. <em>\u2014 C.M.<\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"3f3d8e26160d46eaa252bc0544fe1408\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wvafDKHfkU8?rel=0\" style=\"top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;position:absolute;border:0;\" allowfullscreen scrolling=\"no\" data-embed-domain=\"www.youtube.com\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>This article originally appeared on Engadget at https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/entertainment\/music\/what-were-listening-to-bad-bunny-the-weeknd-fka-twigs-and-more-170429948.html?src=rss<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In What We\u2019re Listening To, Engadget editors and writers discuss the new music we can\u2019t get enough of. 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