00:00 So what did you do this weekend?
00:01 With my friends we did the feminist march
00:03 and then we went to a reggaeton party
00:05 we danced all night long
00:07 But isn't being feminist and listening to reggaeton a bit contradictory?
00:10 I think you'll have to ask yourself that question
00:12 Can you be a feminist and like reggaeton?
00:14 You have 4 choices
00:16 Spoiler alert, yes
00:18 It all started in the 90s in Puerto Rico
00:20 Reggaeton draws from dancehall and hip hop
00:22 and Latin American rhythms like the dembow
00:24 It's an urban style that talks about
00:26 the economic and social difficulties of artists
00:28 and especially their sexuality
00:30 Reggaeton has been heavily criticized
00:32 Feminists are hyper sexualized
00:34 and people have seen it as misogyny
00:36 It's not wrong, but misogyny is not only reggaeton
00:56 it's present in all other musical genres
00:58 less criticized because more mainstream
01:00 Let's take the Beatles
01:02 In 1965 they released a song called "Run For Your Life"
01:04 In French it means "sauve qui peut"
01:06 In the song the man says to his wife
01:08 "I'd rather you were dead than with another man"
01:10 And it's not just in the old sexism songs
01:12 There's also in "Love The Way You Lie"
01:14 by our goddess and savior Rihanna
01:16 or even in "Coeur Noir" by Bosh
01:18 among others
01:20 So no, we're not going to let sexism
01:22 pass in reggaeton because everyone does it
01:24 but we can't ignore its liberating aspects
01:26 Who are you talking to?
01:28 The first one is dance
01:30 the "perreo" in Spanish
01:32 "Perro" means dog
01:34 and the dance style associated with reggaeton
01:36 is to dance close together
01:38 doing sensual movements
01:40 It's one of those dances that women can do
01:42 alone without needing a partner
01:44 unlike salsa, merengue or even waltz
01:46 This style allows many women to reappropriate their bodies
01:48 and dance freely and without judgment
01:50 and that really matches the feminism principle
01:52 reggaeton has been around for almost 20 years
01:54 It's the artist Ivy Queen
01:56 who made a big impact in 2003
01:58 She released one of the first reggaeton songs
02:00 that talks about consent
02:02 but also about seduction and sexuality to women
02:04 It's called "Yo Quiero Bailar"
02:06 "I want to dance"
02:08 Ivy Queen is powerful, explicit
02:10 and she doesn't apologize when she sings
02:12 "Yes, I can provoke myself, but that doesn't mean we're going to sleep"
02:14 And with this song, Ivy Queen opens a door
02:16 for all the women in reggaeton
02:18 Like Cardi B in rap or Dua Lipa in pop
02:20 Chilean artist Tomas Adel Real
02:22 evokes the image of a strong, independent
02:24 and comfortable woman in her own sexuality
02:26 She's the one who's the origin of the Neoperreo movement
02:28 a subgenre of reggaeton that wants to be inclusive
02:30 and that detaches from the misogynistic
02:32 and more classical reggaeton
02:34 On her side, the Puerto Rican artist Young Miko
02:36 reappropriates reggaeton songs
02:38 to sing them to women
02:40 When she entered the Hot 100 list
02:42 she justified herself in Billboard
02:44 "I'm not going to write a song for men
02:46 when I love women"
02:48 But in fact, her lyrics and her music videos
02:50 are very far from the masculine gaze that women have
02:52 They're a subject of desire, rather than an object
02:54 And there are a lot of strong women in reggaeton
03:06 with styles for all tastes
03:08 Karol G, Bad Kayal, Becky G, Mala Rodriguez, Peta Ceta
03:10 Really, there's no excuse
03:12 So it's a bit like the Taylor Swift of reggaeton
03:14 Yes, but after all,
03:16 being a feminist is not just a woman's affair
03:18 Do you know Bad Bunny?
03:20 Originally from Puerto Rico,
03:22 he is one of the most listened artists in the world
03:24 And his latest album "Un Bel Anocente"
03:26 became last week the most listened
03:28 in the history of Spotify's streaming platform
03:30 He is also a feminist and LGBT+ ally
03:32 His song "Ya Perrea Sola"
03:34 can be considered as a tribute to consent
03:36 and to women who dance alone
03:38 In 2020, the king of reggaeton
03:40 proposed to a trans woman
03:42 He unveils this t-shirt on Jimmy Fallon's set
03:44 They killed Alexa, not a man with a skirt
03:46 So, we can be feminist
03:48 and like or even write reggaeton
03:50 We can even say that it's a feminist act
03:52 to listen to these strong artists
03:54 who claim a free sexuality
03:56 and the power of women
03:58 Ah yeah, 20/20
04:02 else to perform.
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