Uploaded June 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Hosts Fidel Martínez and Suzy Exposito ditch the guest chair and go head-to-head on the state of Latin music.
They break down the year's biggest milestones: Bad Bunny's historic solo Super Bowl halftime show, Karol G becoming the first Latina to headline Coachella, and Fuerza Regida making history as the first Música Mexicana act to ever play Dodger Stadium. They dig into the numbers too — Latin music hit a billion dollars in U.S. sales for the first time in 2025, and Bad Bunny and Fuerza Regida became the first two Spanish-language albums to chart at number one and two simultaneously on the Billboard 200.
Then come the hot takes: why Fidel and Suzy think the genre is too obsessed with nostalgia, why they're calling for fewer collaborations, and why they think the Latin Grammys still have a favoritism problem — Alejandro Sanz controversy included.
Plus, their personal picks for the best albums of the year so far, including Julieta Venegas's Norteña, Tito Double P's Acomodo, and Alvaro Diaz's OMAKASE.
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Hosts Fidel Martínez and Suzy Exposito ditch the guest chair and go head-to-head on the state of Latin music.
They break down the year's biggest milestones: Bad Bunny's historic solo Super Bowl halftime show, Karol G becoming the first Latina to headline Coachella, and Fuerza Regida making history as the first Música Mexicana act to ever play Dodger Stadium. They dig into the numbers too — Latin music hit a billion dollars in U.S. sales for the first time in 2025, and Bad Bunny and Fuerza Regida became the first two Spanish-language albums to chart at number one and two simultaneously on the Billboard 200.
Then come the hot takes: why Fidel and Suzy think the genre is too obsessed with nostalgia, why they're calling for fewer collaborations, and why they think the Latin Grammys still have a favoritism problem — Alejandro Sanz controversy included.
Plus, their personal picks for the best albums of the year so far, including Julieta Venegas's Norteña, Tito Double P's Acomodo, and Alvaro Diaz's OMAKASE.
Produced by Los Angeles Times, L.A. Times Studios, and Sonoro.
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