Taylor Swift had a lot to celebrate during her Saturday show in Argentina. Not only does she have six Grammy nominations to be excited about, but her boyfriend, Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce, was in attendance. To mark the occasion, she changed the lyrics to “Karma,” giving him …
Read More »Meet Usted Señalemelo, the Band Reigniting Argentine Rock Around the World
Even though Usted Señalemelo have been breaking through in a big way over the past few years, the trio from Argentina started out small — with a bunch of 12-year-old kids fiddling around in a studio, to be exact. Band members Juan Saieg, Lucca Beguerie Petrich, and Gabriel Orozco met …
Read More »'The Delinquents' is a Heist Movie That Demands You Quit Your Job ASAP
Heist movies tend to operate by a narrative rule of three: You show the preparation; you detail the execution, bit by painstaking bit; and you map out how the criminals and/or their crew get away with it, or don’t. The Delinquents, Argentine writer-director Rodrigo Moreno’s left-of-center contribution to the genre, …
Read More »'Messi Meets America' Is One Big Marketing Stunt
Messi Meets America, a splashy new docuseries for Apple TV+ about Argentinian soccer god Lionel Messi’s move to MLS club Inter Miami after leading his home country to a dramatic World Cup win, opens with Messi ruminating on his shock decision to leave Paris Saint-Germain and, to quote another all-time …
Read More »The Lawless Reign of Dillom and Argentina's New Rap Agitators
It’s 5 p.m. early in April, and there’s already a crowd of teens in blood-splattered clothes lining the sidewalk around Antiguo Hotel Reforma, the once glorious art-deco monolith where Argentine rap star Dillom is set to take the stage for his first ever Mexico City show. The gory attire has …
Read More »Argentine Star Paulo Londra Hits Restart: 'Time to Make Things I Like'
The Argentine rapper Paulo Londra has always known how to build momentum for himself. As a precocious teenager, he’d take his steady, melodic flow to the plazas of Córdoba, where he grew up, and knock out challengers during the kind of freestyle battles that were known as a breeding ground …
Read More »Trueno and Nathy Peluso Proudly Honor Their Home Country on 'Argentina'
Trueno‘s latest album, Bien o Mal, is a tribute to all of Latin America, filled with songs that detail the beauty, struggles, and pride found in every corner on the continent. But on “Argentina,” he takes a few moments to reflect on the country he comes from, and he enlists …
Read More »Trueno Ushers in a New Era of Socially Conscious Rap en Español
The last couple of weeks have marked some of the most gigantic, game-changing moments in Trueno‘s career. First, the 20-year-old Argentinean rapper was singled out by Damon Albarn, who brought him onstage at the Quilmes Rock in Buenos Aires earlier this month and had him freestyle to “Clint Eastwood” for …
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