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Ramtin Arablui

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
956 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

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How Bad Bunny took Puerto Rican independence mainstream

In addition to the visualizers, Bad Bunny released a short film featuring an animated toad called Concho.

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How Bad Bunny took Puerto Rican independence mainstream

Wow!

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How Bad Bunny took Puerto Rican independence mainstream

I really like that photo.

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How Bad Bunny took Puerto Rican independence mainstream

Concho is not just any toad.

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How Bad Bunny took Puerto Rican independence mainstream

He's a... The Puerto Rican crested toad.

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How Bad Bunny took Puerto Rican independence mainstream

It is endemic to Puerto Rico.

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How Bad Bunny took Puerto Rican independence mainstream

It's also endangered and at risk of disappearing.

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How Bad Bunny took Puerto Rican independence mainstream

In the short film, Concho is talking with famed Puerto Rican director Jacobo Morales about how the Puerto Rican way of life is also disappearing due to gentrification.

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How Bad Bunny took Puerto Rican independence mainstream

Morales tells Concho that he should have... I should have taken more pictures.

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How Bad Bunny took Puerto Rican independence mainstream

I should have taken more photos, lived more.

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How Bad Bunny took Puerto Rican independence mainstream

I should have loved more when I could.

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How Bad Bunny took Puerto Rican independence mainstream

A nod to the titular song.

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How Bad Bunny took Puerto Rican independence mainstream

I would say that he tirar mรกs fotos is a kind of irreverent ode to Puerto Rican roots music.

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How Bad Bunny took Puerto Rican independence mainstream

And it's also his coming out party as an independentist.

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How Bad Bunny took Puerto Rican independence mainstream

Well, obviously, lo que le pasรณ a Hawรกi is...

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How Bad Bunny took Puerto Rican independence mainstream

He sings, they want to take my river and my beach too.

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How Bad Bunny took Puerto Rican independence mainstream

They want my neighborhood and for grandma to leave.

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How Bad Bunny took Puerto Rican independence mainstream

No, no, don't let go of the flag or forget the le lo lai.

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How Bad Bunny took Puerto Rican independence mainstream

I don't want Puerto Rico to become Hawaii, which is a state.

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How Bad Bunny took Puerto Rican independence mainstream

And he's asking people to not let go of the Puerto Rican flag, meaning we are our own nation.