#i think its so bad. but like. its Karol G and Kali Uchis. they WILL pull it off somehow.

[malaierba]

Is this song good or bad? according to yall over here

[themomsandthecity]

DJ VRYWVY on the Noche Buena Traditions She Holds Near and Dear

When Spotify released its end-of-year data for the most streamed artists, songs, and albums this year, one thing was very clear: Latin music held its place at the top of the charts. Bad Bunny, Peso Pluma, Feid, Karol G, Junior H, Shakira, Rosalía, Ana Castela, and Kali Uchis were among the most streamed artists in the world. While major stars dominated the charts, other Latine entertainers like DJ VRYWVY, whose real name is Val Garcia, were at work, uplifting Latin music in venues throughout the nation. For DJ VRYWVY the shift in mainstream attention to Latin music raises feelings of pride. "You know, seeing Karol G, she just did her "Mañana Será Bonito Tour" in Medellín, and everyone is just taking everything back home and it makes me so proud," she says. "They came from there, but they took it everywhere. What are the odds of that? I started thinking to myself, what are the odds of me doing this? I wasn't supposed to be here. I was born in Mexico City." It was in Mexico that her fondness for music came to be. DJ VRYWVY spent hours watching music videos of Britney Spears, Pharrell, and Nelly on MTV. When her family moved to Dallas when she was in second grade, her love of hip-hop grew as she began to listen to mixes on the city's hip-hop stations like 97.9 The Beat. Unbeknownst to her, her mind was already at work fusing the two worlds. Years later, when she began to teach herself how to DJ, her love of hip-hop and Latin music began to mold into one. "I call it VRYBILINGUAL," she says. "Mixing those two worlds together: reggaetón and hip-hop, cumbia and R&B. I take you to those two worlds and mesh them to create a one-of-a-kind experience." It's an experience that led Buchanan's Whisky to feature DJ VRYWVY in their "We Are The Spirit Of The 200%" holiday campaign. The campaign highlights Latine creators such as "Saturday Night Live" cast member Marcello Hernández, Debbie Gonzales, and Daniel Buezo of the clothing brand Kids of Immigrants. "It's celebrating people that are 100 percent American, 100 percent Hispanic. I feel like it's such a thing, especially people like myself who are immigrants that come to this country, and we have such a hard time kind of being like, we're not from here, but we left home, so we're not from there," she says. "I feel like the new term we are taking as 200 percenters is ni de aquí, ni de allá (not from here, nor there)." DJ VRYWVY spoke with POPSUGAR about the importance of celebrating Noche Buena and Christmas, her favorite Mexican Christmas dishes, and setting boundaries with family around the holidays. --- POPSUGAR : We are a few days away from Noche Buena, or Christmas Eve. What are you looking forward to doing with your family to celebrate? DJ VRYWVY: Christmas, like Noche Buena, is my favorite holiday because I feel it's such a big part of our culture. I love how we're able to blend both of the worlds together. We get the food, the tamales, we get our Buchanan's to celebrate. I'm excited about this year because the [Dallas] Cowboys are playing on Dec. 24. You already know we're going to be watching that, so that's the perfect day to show how those two worlds collide. It's like, we're so Mexican, but we're going to be watching the Cowboys game because we love the Cowboys. PS: Around the holidays, especially for us in creative arts professions, family members often ask, "What do you do? Is this a real career?" How do you personally balance your mental health while also having to have conversations? DJ: Over the past few years, it's gotten a lot better. At first, trying to explain to my immigrant parents what I was doing, they didn't get it. I'm like, "Mom, look at this Instagram post that I put out!," and they're like, "Okay, like, I don't get it." This campaign with Buchanan - because Mexicans know Buchanan, that's our drink. When I told my parents, "I'm working with Buchanan," they're like, "What? Like, Buchanan?" They were… https://www.popsugar.com/family/dj-vrywvy-talks-noche-buena-traditions-49323442?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=tumblr

[lockst3p]

i was thinking about this and its tags and just wanted to explain further

btw songs dont need to be released on that same year; if i had to add 2018 it probably would be britney spears' Womanizer

from 2019 and onwards:

from 2019 it would be i don't care by Ed Sheeran, which specifically makes me remember my afternoon shifts from june/july, when i was in my first months of my first job as a pharmacist in a place where everybody hated each other and this was played on the radio. Honorary mention would be how do you sleep by Sam Smith for the same reasons

from 2020 it would be tusa by Karol G and Nicki Minaj which i associate with those weird first days of the pandemic on the last days of march and first days of april, thinking i would be out of work just for a while. Also makes me remember one day near the end of december that i was at the dentist in the waiting room in absolute silence and then Tusa started playing at full volume as it was the ringtone of the other person on the room and i felt so weird as those weird days of march/april were so far away. Honorary mention would be bad guy by Billie Eilish as it was the obsession of a friend which i used to play online a lot during that year

from 2021 it would be telepatía by Kali Uchis, which specifically makes me remember a meme i sent to a friend and love interest in february i think? she showed me the song first and i recall telling her that telepatía felt like the spongebob's perfume department, which was a compliment. Honorary mention would be yonaguni by Bad Bunny bc is its best song and also makes me remember a specific night from august that i dont want to describe but is a great memory

and finally from this year, to this date it would be cold heart by Elton John & Dua Lipa as it was the only thing in my mind two weeks ago, when i was buying my adhd medication (which i almost forgot to do) after the most psychologically tiring day ive had at my current job and just didnt wanted to return to my home. I dont think i have honorary mentions yet, but i like ojitos lindos

If i had to think of a song that will make me remember this year in the future it definitively will be dua lipa's Cold Heart