Yo Perreo Sola
{{short description|2020 single by Bad Bunny}}
{{use mdy dates|date=October 2020}}
{{Infobox song
| name = Yo Perreo Sola
| album = YHLQMDLG
| cover = Yo Perreo Sola (Official Single Cover) - Bad Bunny.png
| caption = Spotify promotional cover
| type = single
| artist = Bad Bunny
| language = Spanish
| English_title = "I Twerk Alone"
| released = March 27, 2020
| genre = *Reggaeton
| length = 2:52
| label = Rimas
| writer = * Benito Martínez
- Cruz
- Montalvo
- Marco Masis
- Genesis Rios-Serrano
| producer = * Bad Bunny
- Tainy
- Subelo NEO
| chronology = Bad Bunny
| prev_title = Bichiyal
| prev_year = 2020
| next_title = Hasta Que Dios Diga
| next_year = 2020
| misc = {{Extra album cover
| header = Remix cover
| type = single
| cover = Bad Bunny - Yo Perreo Sola Remix.png
}}
{{External music video|{{YouTube|GtSRKwDCaZM|"Yo Perreo Sola"}}}}
}}
"Yo Perreo Sola" (English: "I Twerk Alone"){{Cite web |last=Roiz |first=Jessica |date=2020-03-31 |title=Bad Bunny’s ‘Yo Perreo Sola’ Is an Anthem for Girls Who Like to Twerk in Peace: Lyric Translation |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/bad-bunny-yo-perreo-sola-lyrics-translated-english-9347762/ |access-date=2024-09-18 |website=Billboard |language=en-US}} is a song by Puerto Rican rapper Bad Bunny from his second studio album YHLQMDLG (2020), featuring uncredited vocals by Nesi. The song's music video features Bad Bunny performing in drag.{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-latin/bad-bunny-drag-transformation-yo-perreo-sola-video-974467/|title=Bad Bunny Gets a Full Drag Makeover in New 'Yo Perreo Sola' Video|last=Exposito|first=Suzy|date=2020-03-27|magazine=Rolling Stone|access-date=2020-03-27}} It won a Latin Grammy Award for Best Reggaeton Performance.{{cite web|url=https://www.clarin.com/espectaculos/musica/latin-grammy-2020-ganadores-minuto-minuto_0_g8jmyCF0m.html|title=Latin Grammy 2020: todos los ganadores|work=Clarin|date=November 19, 2020|language=es}} A remix featuring Nesi and Ivy Queen was released on October 14, 2020, following their performance of the song at the 2020 Billboard Music Awards.{{cite web|url=https://www.pitchfork.com/news/bad-bunny-shares-new-yo-perreo-sola-remix-with-ivy-queen-and-nesi-listen/amp/|title=Bad Bunny Shares New "Yo Perreo Sola" Remix with Ivy Queen and Nesi: Listen|work=Pitchfork|last=Bloom|first=Madison|date=October 15, 2020|access-date=October 15, 2020}}
Production
Musically, "Yo Perreo Sola" comprises 808 drums and "stripped-down" reggaeton beats.{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/yhlqmdlg-mw0003364590|title=YHLQMDLG – Bad Bunny|first=Thom|last=Jurek|website=AllMusic|access-date=March 27, 2020}} It features vocals from Puerto Rican Latin trap artist Nesi (Genesis Rios). According to Rolling Stone, the song "is dedicated to those who desire to dance alone, and safely, at the club." Bad Bunny told the magazine in an interview:
{{blockquote|I wrote it from the perspective of a woman. I wanted a woman's voice to sing it—'yo perreo sola'—because it doesn’t mean the same thing when a man sings it. But I do feel like that woman sometimes.}}
Critical reception
Writing for Jezebel, Shannon Malero called the original "song of the summer", adding that the remix "elevates this song from good to pendeja power anthem of the winter."{{cite web|url=https://www.themuse.jezebel.com/demi-lovatos-commander-in-chief-is-bad-but-the-sentimen-1845347632|title=Demi Lovato, Bad Bunny, The Weeknd & More: New Music|work=Jezebel|date=October 16, 2020|access-date=October 18, 2020|author=Malero, Shannon}} Liz Calvario for Entertainment Weekly, labeled the performance at the Billboard Music Awards as "epic" and "slamming".{{cite magazine|url= https://www.etonline.com/bad-bunny-and-ivy-queen-deliver-epic-yo-perreo-sola-performance-at-billboard-music-awards-154829?|title=Bad Bunny and Ivy Queen Deliver Epic 'Yo Perreo Sola' Performance at Billboard Music Awards|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|author=Calvario, Liz|date=October 14, 2020|access-date=October 18, 2020}} For E!, Billy Nilles called the remix "excellent", adding that the "extra feminine energy on the track made it more powerful".{{cite web|url= https://www.eonline.com/amp/news/1199108/the-mixtape-presents-kelly-rowland-bad-bunny-and-more-new-music-musts |title=The MixtapE! Presents Kelly Rowland, Bad Bunny and More New Music Musts|work=Entertainment Television|publisher= NBCUniversal Television and Streaming|date=October 16, 2020|access-date=October 18, 2020|author=Nilles, Billy}} Billboard magazine named Ivy Queen joining the remix as one of five uplifting moments in Latin music for the week of October 17, 2020.{{cite magazine|url= https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/latin/9466455/uplifting-moments-latin-music-october-17/|title= 5 Uplifting Moments in Latin Music This Week (October 17)|magazine=Billboard|date=October 17, 2020|access-date=October 18, 2020}} Billboard also named it Latin remix of the week.{{cite magazine|url= https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/latin/9472940/ivy-queen-joins-bad-bunny-nesi-for-yo-perreo-sola-remix-latin-remix-of-the-week|title=Latin Remix of the Week: Ivy Queen joins Bad Bunny and Nesi for 'Yo Perreo Sola' Remix|magazine=Billboard|access-date=October 26, 2020|author=Flores, Griselda|date=October 26, 2020}} Before the remixed version, album reviews by Pitchfork and NPR criticized that Nesi was not credited as a performer on the track listing, despite the song's message of empowerment.{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/bad-bunny-yhlqmdlg/|title=Bad Bunny: YHLQMDLG|first=Matthew Ismael|last=Ruiz|website=Pitchfork|date=March 5, 2020|access-date=March 5, 2020}}{{cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/2020/03/02/811180499/bad-bunny-review-yhlqmdlg-yo-hago-lo-que-me-da-la-gana-la-dificil|title=Bad Bunny Shows Us His Version Of Old-School|work=NPR|date=March 2, 2020 |last1=Sarmiento |first1=Isabella Gomez }}
Time named "Yo Perreo Sola" remix the third best song of the year.{{cite magazine|url=https://time.com/5914984/best-songs-2020/|title=The 10 Best Songs of 2020|magazine=Time}} Complex ranked the original version the seventh-best of the year, calling it "one of 2020's defining musical moments,"{{cite web|url=https://www.complex.com/music/best-songs-2020/bad-buddy-yo-perreo-sola|title=The Best Songs of 2020|work=Complex}} and Billboard ranked it 18th.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/list/9494940/best-songs-2020-top-100|title=The 100 Best Songs of 2020: Staff List|magazine=Billboard}} Pitchfork included it among the 100 best songs of the year{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/features/lists-and-guides/best-songs-2020/|title=The 100 Best Songs of 2020
|work=Pitchfork|date=December 7, 2020
}} and on "the 22 best songs by Latinx artists in 2020."{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/features/lists-and-guides/best-latinx-songs-2020/|title=The 22 Best Songs by Latinx Artists in 2020|work=Pitchfork|date=December 15, 2020 }} In 2022, Rolling Stone listed the remix at number 14 on its list of the 100 Greatest Reggaeton Songs of All Time.{{cite magazine|url= https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-reggaeton-songs-1234579826/loma-1234579737/|title=100 Greatest Reggaeton Songs of All Time|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=August 26, 2022|access-date=August 26, 2022}}
Music video
File:Bad Bunny - Yo Perreo Sola (music video screenshot).png with himself in drag.]]
Directed by Bad Bunny and Stillz, the music video for "Yo Perreo Sola" premiered on March 27, 2020. Bad Bunny opens the clip in a red vinyl miniskirt and thigh-high boots, as he pushes away a group of men who approaches him.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-latin/bad-bunny-drag-transformation-yo-perreo-sola-video-974467/|title=Bad Bunny Gets a Full Drag Makeover in New 'Yo Perreo Sola' Video|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=March 27, 2020 }} He also appears perreando in a green room, with the message "Ni una menos" displayed in the background. The video closes with "Si no quiere bailar contigo, respeta, ella perrea sola" ("If she doesn’t want to dance with you, respect her, she twerks alone."){{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/latin/9345361/bad-bunny-yo-perreo-sola-music-video|title=Bad Bunny Dresses in Drag for Empowering 'Yo Perreo Sola' Music Video|magazine=Billboard}}
Stillz stated in Billboard that the performer "wanted to symbolize that men also care about women’s rights and that violence against women also affects us as men... he wanted to impact and take a message to the reggaeton community that usually is not as open to speak about the LGBTQ community." Stillz and stylist Chloe Delgadillo further explained the looks displayed in the video, with the red outfit representing a sexy "badass" girl in latex suit, the second look, a perfect "Instagram girl" who "is ready to dance alone at the club", and the third, a "classy girl", dressed in a black outfit with a shiny hat.
Writing for Billboard, Suzette Fernandez opined, "it's as visually eye-opening as it is conscientious, talking about respect for women and highlighting the LGBT community, a departure for Latin urban music."{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/latin/9359233/bad-bunny-yo-perreo-sola-video-everything-you-need-to-know|title=Everything You Need to Know About the Making of Bad Bunny's 'Yo Perreo Sola' Video|magazine=Billboard}} In Rolling Stone, Suzy Exposito described the video as "jaw dropping", and considered the message in the closing scene "[a] damning-but-necessary public service announcement on sexual harassment." As of September 2021, the music video has received more than 500 million views on YouTube.
Vulture and Billboard ranked it as the best and fifth-best music video of 2020, respectively.{{cite web|url=https://www.vulture.com/article/best-music-videos-of-2020.html|title=The Best Music Videos of 2020|work=Vulture|date=December 15, 2020 }}{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/list/9494943/best-music-videos-2020-top-25|title=The 25 Best Music Videos of 2020: Staff Picks|magazine=Billboard}}
Charts
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Certifications
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{{Certification Table Entry|region=Italy|type=single|artist=Bad Bunny|title=Yo Perreo Sola|award=Gold|relyear=2020|certyear=2024|access-date=11 November 2024}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Spain|type=single|artist=Bad Bunny|title=Yo Perreo Sola|award=Platinum|number=3|relyear=2020|certyear=2024|id=bad-bunny-yo-perreo-sola|access-date=6 October 2024}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|artist=Bad Bunny|title=Yo Perreo Sola|award=Platinum|number=24|type=single|Spanish=yes|relyear=2020|certyear=2020|access-date=November 12, 2020}}
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See also
References
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{{Bad Bunny}}
{{Ivy Queen singles}}
Category:Songs written by Bad Bunny