Alt.Latino: Why Harry Styles and The xx love Latin America
12 August - 39 mins explicit
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NPR Music
Harry Styles just finished a 5-night run in Mexico City. You know who else had a 5-night run in Mexico City? Michael Jackson in 1993.
Mainstream artists have a long history of being enticed by the energy of performing for a Latin American crowd … which means there’s also a long and less-known history of big pop stars making music for that audience.
Did you know Michael Jackson has a Latin track? So does Madonna. A few actually.
As early as the '50s, Nat King Cole experimented with Spanish and released an entire record, Cole Español, writing songs in partnership with legendary "Bésame Mucho" composer Consuelo Velásquez.
This week’s Alt.Latino is a pop takeover. We’re mythbusting the idea...
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