New Music Latin is a compilation of the very best new Latin songs and albums advisable by Billboard Latin and Billboard Español editors. Take a look at this week’s picks beneath.

Nicki Nicole, ALMA (Sony Music Latin)

What occurs when your coronary heart, soul and mind strike a steadiness? You get Nicki Nicole’s ALMA, a set that thrives on feelings (“DISPARA”), spirituality (“Tienes Mi Alma”) and cause (“NO Voy a Llorar”). A departure from Parte De Mí, which dropped two years in the past, this new album is sonically much less experimental however its lyrics are extra uncooked, mature and intimate. In ALMA, Nicki takes followers on self-reflective journey. She begins off with “Ya No,” a soulful but dramatic piano-led ballad that places her putting vocals on the forefront as she sings “I’m not in search of something from you. I’m not there. I don’t know who will maintain you. I don’t know who will heal you.”

It’s a theme that’s carried all through the album. It’s an awakening to self-love. The opening observe is adopted by the attitude-heavy hip-hop track “DISPARA,” a swaggy collab (“Like me, there’s just a few so that you’re going to remorse it”) with Milo J. Different collabs embody “8AM” with Younger Miko, the Rels B-assisted “qué le pasa conmigo?” and “CAEN LAS ESTRELLAS” with YSY A. “So many individuals I love shaped a component in it, producers in addition to others within the business,” Nicki says in a press release. “I actually really feel that it’s an ideal album, it took some time, however it was price it.” — GRISELDA FLORES

The Guapos, “Nunca Te Quise” (One Little Blue Information)

Fly dappers with a sardonic edge, the supergroup troupe — composed of Adán Jodorowsky, El David Aguilar, Jay de La Cueva and Leiva of the famed Mexican music scene — group up right here to current The Guapos. On “Nunca Te Quise” (or “I by no means liked you”), the self-proclaimed good-looking foursome croon candy harmonies in rockabilly trend, recalling classics like Ritchie Valens’ “Donna” or Los Teen Tops’ “Pensaba En Ti” — however with a extra sinister spin. “I by no means liked you my love, you must settle for it/ I used to be only a manipulator/ And don’t be unhappy my love if I harm you/ What extra do you need to run away from me?,” they sing tenderly in Spanish.

“The track’s lyrics are a parody of a lover who, whether or not out of insecurity (or not), acts smug within the face of a possible breakup and is even prepared to personal his flaws. It has cynicism,” the band says in a press launch. “The irony is that regardless of the track’s acidic lyrics, the music is definitely very candy, and that distinction is probably what we’ve all the time preferred concerning the track.” Directed by Charlotte Kemp Muhl, the music video sees the mischievous males channeling a Clockwork Orange sort of vibe, however not like the track’s lyrics, the visible provides these heartbreakers a simply conclusion. Produced by Jodorowsky, “Nunca Te Quise” is the group’s second single from an upcoming album due out later this 12 months. They’re slated to tour Spain in June and July. — ISABELA RAYGOZA

Christian Alicea, Yo (Therapist Music)

In 2019, Christian Alicea entered the mainstream realm by performing city music — however alongside his journey, he found his sound and coloration, which at this time are mirrored in his all-salsa, debut studio album Yo (Me). Residence to 16 tracks, together with collaborations with Nacho, Maffio, Rafa Pabon, and extra, Yo is a musical testomony to not solely his Puerto Rican tradition but additionally who he’s as an artist — a singer, a songwriter, and an instrumentalist. Alicea pens lyrics about love, sentiment, and private tales, all backed by his sugary vocals and charming Tropical fusions, as heard within the focus single “Aroma.” Different standout tracks in Yo are “Bendicion Mame y Pape,” a bolero-infused bop devoted to his trustworthy supporters; “Se Le Nota,” a quick-paced salsa with DJ Nelson and Alejandro Armes; the DJ Buddha-assisted “Que Rica,” a merengue ripiao recorded with a reside band; and his bachata effort in “Se Acabó.” Stream and take heed to Yo above. — JESSICA ROIZ

Juanes, Vida Cotidiana (Common Music Latino)

Juanes displays on his relationship together with his spouse and youngsters, and the issues that have an effect on his native nation, in his new album Vida Cotidiana. They’re not significantly new topics for the Colombian rocker identified for his deep and sincere lyrics about love and social dedication. However at 50, his introspective journey is extra mature and interesting. From the darkish indie rock of “Gris” to the Juan Luis Guerra-assisted “Cecilia,” an upbeat love track devoted to his spouse, Juanes will get deeply private as he navigates by emotions of frustration and unhappiness through the COVID pandemic — when the globetrotter was residing for the primary time together with his household 24/7, in what was finally an important and humbling studying expertise, he just lately instructed Billboard Español.

A return to his rock roots with electrical guitar — this time tinged with funk, son and cumbia, amongst different rhythms — the 11-song set was produced by Juanes and Sebastian Krys, and consists of the beforehand launched “Amores Prohibidos,” “Ojalá” and “Veneno,” an empowering and funky tune about poisonous relationships. Along with Guerra, Juanes invited different artists to assist him write. He will get assists from Puerto Rican singer-songwriter GALE on the pop-rock standout “Ojalá,” from Tommy Torres on the reggae-infused “El Abrazo” and from Cuban poet Alexis Díaz Pimienta on “Mayo,” a track impressed by the marches of current years that led to violent conditions in Colombia through the month of Could (when Labor Day is well known there.) One other compelling observe, “Canción Desaparecida”, concerning the disappeared in Colombia, was recorded with Mabiland. Vida Cotidiana — which interprets to “On a regular basis Life” — is a capsule of Juanes’ life and spirit, which is able to make you mirror on our personal. — SIGAL RATNER-ARIAS

Jesús Adrian Romero, El Cielo Aún Espera (Vástago Producciones)

Mexican singer-songwriter Jesús Adrian Romero launches his most up-to-date album El Cielo Aún Espera this week. The well-known consultant of the Christian style collaborates together with his compatriot Adriel Favela for this eponymous single from the album, delivering an interesting pop ballad with parts of regional Mexican. The sudden duet talks about having fun with on a regular basis life, not with the artists’ eyes set on the long run, however treasuring what they’ve acquired within the current — accompanied by the nostalgic sob of an accordion. In Romero’s phrases about its launch, “Many occasions once we speak about non secular life we construct a wall between the day by day and what we take into account divine. Spirituality and earthly life appear to be two conflicting concepts as if one needed to be given as much as obtain the opposite… What I want to convey with this album is that we’re human beings who get pleasure from life, love, have enjoyable, snicker, and cry, however within the midst of every thing, our heart, our gravity is God”.

The album, produced by the famend Kiko Cibrián, runs seven tracks — together with “Te Esperare,” a pop ballad which Romero writes as a riddle about hope, two variations of “Amo Todo de ti” (trendy people and pop) each devoted to his spouse, and some cuts launched forward of the album, together with “A Vivir” (with Jesús Molina), “Fue tu Amor” (with Coalo Zamorano) and “No ha Sido en Vano”. The latter is a piano ballad that invitations you to not develop into resigned from doing good — even when it looks as if it has not led to good outcomes, these good deeds haven’t been in useless. Jesús Adrián Romero, one of many few Christian artists who dares to decentralize his music and collaborate with different artists outdoors the style, reveals as soon as once more that he’s a poet of composition, with lyrics that handle to zoom in on the emotional complexity of being human in lots of existential-but-everyday points — and thru his music, invite his listeners to introspection. — LUISA CALLE

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