Bichiyal
{{Infobox song
| name = Bichiyal
| cover =
| type = single
| artist = Bad Bunny featuring Yaviah
| album = YHLQMDLG
| language = Spanish
| released = {{Start date|2020|03|13}}
| recorded =
| genre = * Reggaeton
| length = 3:16
| label = Rimas
| writer = * Benito Martínez
- Ernesto Padilla
- Jose Cruz
- Freddy Montalvo
- Javier Marcano
| producer = * Nesty
- Subelo NEO
| chronology = Bad Bunny
| prev_title = Hablamos Mañana
| prev_year = 2020
| title = Pero Ya No
| year = 2020
| next_title = Yo Perreo Sola
| next_year = 2020
| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|Udxl17LVHYA|"Bichiyal"}}}}
}}
"Bichiyal" is a song by Puerto Rican rapper Bad Bunny featuring Yaviah from his third studio album YHLQMDLG (2020). It was released on March 13, 2020, as the seventh single from the album.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-latin/bad-bunny-yaviah-japan-new-bichiyal-video-966583/|title=Bad Bunny, Yaviah Take Japan in New ‘Bichiyal’ Video|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=March 13, 2020|access-date=November 5, 2022}} The song was written by Benito Martínez, Ernesto Padilla, Jose Cruz, Freddy Montalvo and Javier Marcano and it was produced by Nesty and Subelo NEO.
Context
"Bichiyal" is a portmanteau of two popular slang words in Puerto Rico, "bicha" and "yal". The song is about a woman and the gap between Puerto Rico's upper-middle class and the poor.{{cite news|url=https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2020/03/17/816479053/the-classist-history-behind-bad-bunnys-bichiyal|title=The Classist History Behind Bad Bunny's 'Bichiyal'|date=March 17, 2020|work=NPR|access-date=November 5, 2022}}
Promotion and release
On February 28, 2020, Bad Bunny announced his third studio album that was revealed to be YHLQMDLG during his performance and guest appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, which was released the following day.{{cite magazine|url=https://hypebeast.com/2020/2/bad-bunny-yhlqmdlg-album-release-date-jimmy-fallon-performance|title=Bad Bunny Performed and Announced New Album Release on 'Jimmy Fallon'|magazine=Hypebeast|date=February 28, 2020|access-date=November 5, 2022}}
Commercial performance
Following the releasing of its parent album, "Pero Ya No" charted at number 89 on the US Billboard Hot 100 dated March 14, 2020, becoming the lowest charting track from YHLQMDLG{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/hughmcintyre/2020/03/12/bad-bunny-owns-more-than-10-of-the-hot-100-this-week/?sh=333d575ac148|title=Bad Bunny Owns More Than 10% Of The Hot 100 This Week|magazine=Forbes|date=March 12, 2020|access-date=November 5, 2022}} as well as peaking at number 11 on the US Hot Latin Songs chart upon the issue date of March 14, 2020.{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/pro/bad-bunnys-entire-yhlqmdlg-album-is-on-the-hot-latin-songs-chart/|title=Bad Bunny’s Entire ‘YHLQMDLG’ Album Is on the Hot Latin Songs Chart|magazine=Billboard|date=March 11, 2020|access-date=November 5, 2022}} In Spain, "Pero Ya No" reached at number 22.
Audio visualizer
A visualizer video for the song was uploaded to YouTube on February 29, 2020, along with the other visualizer videos of the songs that appeared on YHLQMDLG.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GxDo0jFfRJ0|title=BAD BUNNY x YAVIAH - BICHIYAL [Visualizer]|via=YouTube|date=February 29, 2020|access-date=November 5, 2022}}
Music video
A music video for "Bichiyal" was released on March 13, 2020, on YouTube.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/bad-bunny-yaviah-japan-bichiyal-162413353.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAGUbbsWjCmkJRf0uBRgpwghFSqsJ7S-OyrDPB5E3f_hMY1u2SKQ_Idu19SEaJ1Odja4PWfaRWsDCg0nGNnmfa4gCNE1xbWolusr_xnuZrZSYokf0V0uu41vpFh_hpMUfy1YDdxOFtV2Kvq63GplBIYAISGlL3E9qmmENWJispEaF|title=Bad Bunny, Yaviah Take Japan in New ‘Bichiyal’ Video|magazine=Yahoo!|date=March 14, 2020|access-date=November 5, 2022}}
Charts
=Weekly charts=
| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ Chart performance for "Pero Ya No" ! scope="col" | Chart (2020) ! scope="col" | Peak |
| {{single chart|Spain|22|artist=Bad Bunny & Yaviah|song=Bichiyal|rowheader=true|access-date=November 5, 2022}} |
| {{single chart|Billboardhot100|89|artist=Bad Bunny|rowheader=true|access-date=November 5, 2022}} |
| {{single chart|Billboardlatinsongs|11|artist=Bad Bunny|rowheader=true|accessdate=November 5, 2022}} |
=Year-end charts=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |
| scope="col"| Chart (2020)
! scope="col"| Position |
|---|
| scope="row"| US Hot Latin Songs (Billboard){{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2020/hot-latin-songs|title=Hot Latin Songs – Year-End 2020|magazine=Billboard|accessdate=November 5, 2022}}
| 46 |
Certifications
{{Certification Table Top|caption=Certifications and sales for "Bichiyal"}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Spain|type=single|artist=Bad Bunny / Yaviah|title=Bichiyal|award=Platinum|relyear=2020|certyear=2024|id=bad-bunny-yaviah-bichiyal|access-date=October 6, 2024}}
{{Certification Table Bottom | nosales=true | noshipments=true | streaming=true}}
References
{{reflist}}
External links
- {{YouTube|0whC1c7V4Co|Bichiyal}}
- {{YouTube|GxDo0jFfRJ0|BICHIYAL [Visualizer]}}
{{Bad Bunny}}