What is Bad Bunny's song Nuevayol about? Singer seemingly rips into Donald Trump in new music video

Puerto Rican singer Bad Bunny seemingly criticized President Donald Trump's recent anti-immigrant policies in the music video for his latest release, NUEVAYol. The video, which came out on the Fourth of July (Friday), celebrated Latin culture in NYC while taking a political stance.

Stylized in retro-theme, the video shows Bad Bunny (real name Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio) attending a quinceañera, which sees the celebration and dancing. Towards the end, the singer is seen standing atop the Statue of Liberty, which has been draped in a Puerto Rican flag, and saluting the crowd.

The scene immediately cuts to a group of men sitting around a boombox as a voice, sounding similar to President Donald Trump, can be heard saying:

"I made a mistake. I want to apologize to the immigrants in America."

Since taking office earlier this year, the Trump administration has implemented several policies that have seen the U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE) raiding several major cities with large immigrant populations and imposing travel bans. This also included detention and deportation. Since then, many have harshly criticized the moves.

Music video for Bad Bunny's NUEVAYol is directed by Renell Medrano

In the video for Bad Bunny's NUEVAYol, the man, sounding like Trump, apologizes to immigrants across the country. The speaker continued to add:

"I want to apologize to the immigrants in America. I mean the United States. I know America is the whole continent."

He went on to add that the country was "nothing" without the "immigrants," going on to name those from the Latin American diaspora, including Mexicans, Dominicans, Puerto Ricans, Colombians, Venezuelans, and Cubans. At this point, the men turn off the boombox and walk away.

The music video ended with a montage of Puerto Rican people in New York. Bad Bunny also added a message that read:

"Juntos somos mas fuertes (translates to 'Together we are stronger')."

The track is part of Bad Bunny's latest album, Debí Tirar Más Fotos, and is directed by Renell Medrano.

The music video comes on the heels of Donald Trump's recent visit to the newly opened ICE detention facility in Florida, dubbed the Alligator Alcatraz. According to People magazine, it was reportedly built in the Florida Everglades in just eight days. It comprises a warehouse featuring chain-link dividers and bunk beds. Per the outlet, it can hold up to 5,000 ICE detainees.

 

 

 

 

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The area surrounding the facility is notorious for its wildlife, especially alligators, panthers, and pythons. Per Naples Daily News, Trump touted the security the animals provided, telling Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem that:

"You don't always have land so beautiful and so secure (with) a lot of bodyguards and a lot of cops in the form of alligators that you don't have to pay them so much."

On Friday, Trump also signed into law the Big Beautiful Bill that will add 10,000 new agents and 100,000 detention center beds, per Billboard.

This is not the only time Bad Bunny has critiqued the recent treatment of immigrants. In June, he took to his Instagram stories to call out the ICE raids taking place in Puerto Rico, calling the agents "sons of b**ches."

Bad Bunny is currently set to begin his No Me Quiero Ir de Aquí residency at the El Coliseo in San Juan, Puerto Rico, later this month.

NUEVAYol is available to stream online.