Puerto Rican artist Bad Bunny has released a new song, “Una Velita”, unannounced, in support of the people of Puerto Rico following the events of Hurricanes Irma and María in September 2017. The single came out around the same time of month as these natural incidents from seven years ago – which left thousands of victims and extreme damages to its infrastructure. Produced by Tainy and La Paciencia, It's the singer's first solo single since "UN PREVIEW", from his latest album, nadie sabe lo que va a pasar mañana.

The lyrics of the chorus reference the uncertainty after the natural disaster. Since then, the island has suffered blackouts due to its defective electrical grid:

“'Tá empezando a llover, otra ve' va a pasar / Por ahí viene tormenta, quizás huracán.”

(It’s raining again, it will happen again / There comes a storm, or maybe a hurricane.”)

“Una Velita”, is also a protest against the government of Puerto Rico and its lack and misuse of public funds to aid the island:

“Obviamente la luz se va a ir, sabrá Dios y nunca va a volver / El puente que tardaron en construir, el río crecío' lo va a romper.”

(“Obviously, the light will go out, God knows it will never return / The bridge they took so long to build, the river has grown and will break it.”).

He criticizes his government's corruption, claiming that they will keep all economic help. That, among other controversies, could be in reference to when officials withheld $20b in hurricane relief for Puerto Rico, for which former President Donald Trump obstructed an investigation:

“Con el gobierno no me envíen na', que esos cabrone' lo van a esconder / Van pa' la calle, pa' fotos na' má', por mi toditos se pueden joder”

(“Don’t send me anything from the government, those bastards will hide it / They’re going out on the streets just for photos, they can all fuck off”)

It also calls on all Puerto Ricans to take up arms:

"La señal ya se dio y no la quieren ver, falta que el boricua quiera despertar / No olviden la viejita de allí, que vive sola, hay que irla a ayudar / Recuerden que to' somo' de aquí, al pueblo el pueblo le toca salvar"

("The signal has already been given and they don't wanna see it, it's just that the Puerto Ricans have to wake up / Don't forget the old lady over there who lives alone, we need to help her / Remember that we're all from here, it's up to the people to save the people")

The 11-time Latin GRAMMY winner has a line dedicated to the PNP (Partido Nuevo Progresista), which he has been vocally against to, referring to "the palm tree", which is the symbol of the political party.

"La palma en la que quieren ahorcar el país un día de estos la vamo' a tumbar"

("The palm tree they want to use to hang the country, one of these days we'll take it down").

“El Apagón”, one of the tracks on Bad Bunny’s 2022 album, Un Verano Sin ti, has a 22-minute music video/documentary titled El Apagón (Aquí Vive Gente) – which translates to Blackout (People live here) – directed by Kacho López-Mari. It depicts the hardships that Puerto Ricans have to endure each day living with a precarious electrical system and shaky conditions, as their government has torn down a thousand public housing units for low-income families during the past two decades.

Bad Bunny did say new music was coming soon on the El Tony Pregunta podcast, but wasn’t sure what direction to take right now with the aformentioned situation, specially during the election. “I don’t want to release a perreo or trap song […] Yes, the people need happiness, entertainment, but, at the same time, not that much distraction to what is most important,” but said he was working on something, perhaps this new single was what he meant.