Reanna Cruz
Reanna Cruz is a news assistant for NPR Music's Alt.Latino.
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With her debut album, 'Feed the Beast,' the rising pop star is still in the process of figuring out where she wants to be in the pop music echelon. -
On Charli XCX's Crash, the artist leans fully into a mainstream pop persona for the first time in almost a decade. -
"Smile," like many tracks on RuPaul's latest album, mimics the sounds of early bubblegum hyperpop but waters them down in an act of bleak corporate reappropriation.
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Join Alt.Latino for an live, hour-long fiesta dedicated to highlighting the hottest Latin music of 2021
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Listening to Bladee in "SHINIE" is like discovering beams of sound from another planet: fleeting, yet indicative of something beautiful just out of your grasp.
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Aided by Becky G, Nicki Nicole and Nathy Peluso, 'Pa Mis Muchachas' is a smooth guaracha ode to the Latina.
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The singles and albums that came out this year seem to reflect the diversity of Latin music more than ever.
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From Jersey club to the U.K. underground, 2021's best electronic music looks like a complex melting pot of genre and history. -
100 gecs has always had the potential to reach their freaky arms out to stadiums, dance floors, and mosh pits alike; "mememe" recognizes the duo's transfixing power to do so.
