Alt.Latino Playlist: Meet Us In Our World
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This week's collection of new music features two performers with distinct artistic views of the world that somehow complement each other in unexpected ways. In that same vein, the re-imagined "Havana" makes our hips move in different ways than the Camila Cabello original, and that's OK.
Lido Pimienta, "Eso Que Tu Haces"
Since December's," 's first release since 2016's , it's become clear that her next album out April 17), will engage in large part with love, or the fluctuating arrangements of affection, rage, shame and opportunism we sometimes call love. The video for her second single, "Eso Que Tu Haces," was filmed in , a historic Colombian town recognized as the oldest surviving town established by freed enslaved Africans. In honor of that history, the video celebrates the dance, beauty and resilience of Afro-Colombian communities.
