The Puerto Rican artists that helped make Bad Bunny’s new album a homecoming

The title of Bad Bunny’s sixth studio album, translated into English, reads “I Should Have Taken More Photos.” DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS is a sentiment filled with happy memories and more than a little wistfulness, a real sense of “I’d do anything to go back there.” Nostalgia is turned into forward momentum on the record, which was recorded entirely in Puerto Rico and features exclusively Puerto Rican collaborations as it dances its way through homespun genres such as bomba and plena.

“Every one of them is Puerto Rican and there for a reason,” Bad Bunny said in a recent Popcast interview of the project. “When I listened to them, I felt like I was there in Santurce, hanging out.”

There is often a sense in music that success can be measured in how far away from home it takes you. For Bad Bunny, who has spent the past few years living between Los Angeles and New York City while dating Kendall Jenner and, err, filming Happy Gilmore 2, that distance only deepened his local pride. “When you are far, sometimes you can see better, you can appreciate more,” he said later on Popcast. “All the features on the album, those are the artists that I used to listen to when I was in L.A. or on the road on tour. And it was special because you can feel close to home through the music. That’s one of the purposes of this project.”

Below is a brief guide to the artists featured on DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS.

Who: Bad Bunny tapped two of the biggest rising artists in Latin trap for one of DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS’s standout moments. Dei V has a sound influenced by his upbringing in both Puerto Rico and New York. In 2023 he appeared on Karol G’s “Gatita Gangster.” Omar Courtz, meanwhile, released his reggaeton heavy debut album, Primera Musa, in 2024.

DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS track: “VeLDÁ”

Who: An urbano artist and trained saxophonist who has established herself as one of Puerto Rico’s most sought-after vocalists, RaiNao joined Bad Bunny on stage in San Juan in 2022 and released her debut album, Capicú, in 2024.

DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS track: “PERFuMITO NUEVO”

Who: Chuwi is a group from the coastal town of Isabela whose música jíbara, or Puerto Rican folk music, ranges from personal to political. Their anti-gentrification track “Tikiri,” which rallies against the rising rents that are pricing them and their friends out of their homes, is their calling card.

DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS track: “WELTiTA”

Who: Since forming in 2023, Los Pleneros de la Cresta have strived to keep the traditions of plena music alive. Their sound, heavy on percussion and Caribbean and Afro-Puerto Rican rhythms, has been captured on two studio albums, including 2024’s Sentimiento y Cultura

DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS track: “CAFé CON RON”