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Melodrama, Romance And Existential Dread: Stream Our Top Latin Tunes Of The Week

Natti Natasha goes back to her Dominican roots with a bachata hit, Concha Buika reinvents her sound once again, and Nacho and Ozuna's "Casualidad" is anything but.
Natti Natasha's new bachata single plays out over a reunited couple's drama at a Catholic mass.

This week, Latin artists from reggaeton to flamenco to synth-pop reckoned with their roots. Natti Natasha strayed from the pop-reggaeton sound she's known for and took it back to the old-school churches of the Dominican Republic for a bachata ballad, Nacho and united for the reggaeton they do best, while flamenco stalwart and Chilean group The Holydrug Couple experimented with different upbeat genres to create something new.

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