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Residente’s Las Letras Ya No Importan won Best Música Urbana at the Grammys. Is the album’s award an ironic statement about contemporary popular music?

February 4, 2025 in Polivision Content 0 comments

At 46 years old, Puerto Rican musician René Pérez, known as Residente, obtained his first Grammy in the category of Música Urbana over Bad Bunny, Feid, J Balvin, and Young Miko. His album Las Letras Ya No Importan [lyrics don’t matter anymore], or “Les paroles n’ont pas d’importance” [words no […]

Is Bad Bunny’s latest work the peak of reggaeton or the exhaustion of a commodified genre?

January 30, 2025 in Polivision Content 0 comments

Bad Bunny’s sixth studio album, DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS (I Should Have Taken More Photos), has been widely celebrated as “a breathtaking balancing act, a succession of history lessons tucked inside airtight reggaeton, synth-pop, and folk songs” (Vulture) and the artist considered “a master at work to enact his vision […]

Interview with Venezuelan-American Comedian Joanna Hausmann

January 1, 2025 in Interviews, Polivision Content 0 comments

Born in the UK from Jewish descent, Venezuelan-American comedian Joanna Hausmann talks with Polivision’s Paul Alonso about her evolution as a comedian, the role of “discomfort” as a central component for satire, intersectional identities and the implications of criticizing the left and right in today’s polarized environment. Hausmann became initially […]

“Some people are only their privilege and nothing more” (Interview with Comedian Jaime Ferraro)

November 23, 2024 in Interviews 0 comments

Peruvian comedian Jaime Ferraro delves into his unique satirical take on how privilege operates in Peru and Latin America in our Polivision Interview. By portraying an upscale, white male from an exclusive Lima’s neighborhood who is seemingly unaware of his entitlement, Ferraro–who now lives in Madrid–explores the stark social differences […]

DJ EU: “Puerto Rico is my background; Atlanta is my sound”

November 1, 2023 in Hybrid Atlanta Comments are Disabled

This episode of Hybrid Atlanta features DJ EU, a Puerto Rico-raised and Atlanta-based DJ. He talks about his journey into the DJ industry, his LatinX cultural background, and his experience as the official DJ for Atlanta United FC Team. Created by Paul Alonso, Hybrid Atlanta is a video interview series with […]

Argentinian content creators also need an income (video column by Ivana Szerman)

July 30, 2023 in Polivision Content, Video columns 0 comments

From denialism during the pandemic to the emerging content creator economy, Argentinian journalist and Youtuber Ivana Szerman describes the social and digital landscape Argentina is experiencing after the pandemic. This video column is part of our series on Reimagining Latin America After the Pandemic: Media, Culture and Democracy Ivana Szerman […]

Articles by: Paul Alonso

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