Despacito doesn't celebrate reggaeton, it makes it invisible

Despacito doesn't celebrate reggaeton, it makes it invisible. It shouldn't have taken Justin Bieber fucking up Spanish for us to see that

I was gonna write an article pero nah. Reggaeton comes from marginalized black communities and has history of being derided as inferior.

Luis Fonsi doesnt even belong in the genre but him and Enrique Iglesias latched on cuz it gained popularity, like most things black folks do

Despacito invisibilizes everything good about reggaeton. Even the Daddy Yankee we see in this song is a "cleaner" more acceptable version

Like this is the guy who gave us culoski. And he's out here giving us nursery rhymes.

Reggaeton has a history of misogynist lyrics, yes, but like Hip Hop, this doesn't mean turning it in PG13 & whitening is what genre needs

Beyond Justin Bieber, Despacito whitens reguetón, turns it into a Bop Kids song for the masses, invisibilizing the genre not celebrating it.

AND OF COURSE IT'S CATCHY, even I sing to it and get excited when it comes on, the beat is good. These r top producers w/resources.

Like the song is meant to be liked and get stuck in our heads-it's why it's a hit. That doesn't mean it's doing a service to its origins

And the video too invisibilizes the very reality of the marginalized community of where it was filmed (La Perla).

La Perla is often used as a backdrop for videos by artists with no connection to the people there.

@artistmarciax talked about the casting for the video in this thread:https://twitter.com/artistmarciax/status/876943958596866048 …

i dont expect that from daddy yankee today. its like me wanting jay z to rap like he did in 1999. it wouldnt make sense.

yeah but it's almost like he backtracked and got less creative. "Mi corazón quiere boom boom" I mean come on

tru but song needed somethin basic. so thats wat he did lol. and i dont think 'despacitio' tries to be a reggeaton song. its latin pop to me

Its being called reguetón by many, & borrows from it. Im speaking here to that, folks are celebrating dat its giving it visibility. Its not.

I hear u tho

true i get you. its def not giving reggaeton visibility. plus reggaeton is goin thru a new phase now wit artist like ozuna, bad bunny, anuel