Andrea Gonzalez Ramirez

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My name is Andrea Gonzalez Ramirez.

I'm a senior writer at The Cut, and I grew up in Puerto Rico.

I would say it's like one of the biggest cultural events that we've seen, I think, in the island.

Bad Bunny, born Benito Antonio Martinez Ocasio, for those who would like his legal name, too, is holding a 30-show residency in Puerto Rico, pegged to his most recent album, Debitieran Mas Fotos.

The first nine shows were open only to residents of Puerto Rico.

You had to go in person to purchase tickets at different selling points across the island.

And then from August 1st onwards, so like the next 21 shows, those you could purchase the tickets online, which is how I was able to do it.

The experience of trying to get tickets for it, now I understand how Taylor Swift fans felt during the Eros tour.

Because that morning I did not get a code and I went through the five stages of grief before I actually got one to get tickets, right?

But once we got there, I went with my husband outside El Choli, which is what we call the arena.

This was kind of like a town festival, a fiesta patronal.

You could get like beers, you could get your hair done, you could get your makeup done.

And once you come in, obviously the arena holds about like 18,000 people.

So it's a lot of people and the energy is unhinged.

I think like everyone's really excited to be there.

There's a screen with a projection where they're like showing like Puerto Rican facts.

Like Puerto Rico is a U.S.

colony.