Veldá

Album: Debí Tirar Más Fotos (2025)
Charted: 23
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Songfacts®:

  • Teaming up with fellow Puerto Rican artists Omar Courtz and Dei V, Bad Bunny takes listeners into the flirtatious aftermath of meeting a girl online on "Veldá." The refrain, "Vamo' a ver si es verdá" ("Let's see if it's true"), slyly echoes the song's title. "Veldá" is Spanish for "Truth."
  • The song is Bad Bunny's first collaboration with both Courtz and Dei V. Let's talk about these collaborators.

    Dei V (born David Gerardo Rivera Juarbe) is a Puerto Rican rapper, singer, songwriter who's made a name for himself with his blend of reggaetón, trap, and hip-hop. If you're wondering who Dei V is, well, he literally answered that question with his 2023 viral hit "Quién es Dei V?" His debut album, also titled Quién es Dei V?, topped Apple Music Latin's album charts in June 2024.

    The Puerto Rican singer-songwriter Joshua Omar Medina Cortés (known as Omar Courtz) broke onto the scene in 2020 when his single "En Su Nota" became a TikTok sensation. Since then, he's worked with the likes of Daddy Yankee and J Balvin.
  • "Veldá" takes a nostalgic turn when Wisin, one of reggaetón's OG icons, jumps in near the end. With his signature baritone swagger, he dubs Bad Bunny, Dei V, and Omar Courtz "La liga multiplatino" ("The multi-platinum league"), anointing them as heirs to the reggaetón throne.
  • Producer Tainy keeps the track pulsating with a driving reggaetón beat complete with those signature heavy kicks that seem engineered for late-night dance floors.
  • "Veldá" samples Plan B's "No Voy a Esperar Por Ti." Tainy's use of the 2002 reggaetón track is a wink to the genre's roots.
  • Recorded for Bad Bunny's sixth solo album, Debí Tirar Más Fotos (I Should've Taken More Pictures), "Veldá" is one of the album's few hardcore reggaetón tracks. The project leans heavily on Afro-Puerto Rican folk influences, but "Veldá" makes its own case for danceable escapism.

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