{"id":1884031,"date":"2026-04-15T15:29:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T12:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1884031"},"modified":"2026-04-15T15:29:00","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T12:29:00","slug":"silvana-estrada-bad-bunny-is-my-hero-but-latin-america-is-a-continent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1884031","title":{"rendered":"Silvana Estrada: \u2018Bad Bunny is my hero, but Latin America is a continent\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/1069\/105-0-1069-713\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1440\/3\/1443428.jpg&#8221;]<\/p>\n<article class=\"main-article standard \">\n<div class=\"article-main-content article-wrapper has-media-but-its-an-image\" data-status=\"loaded\" data-primary-article=\"true\" data-url=\"\/music\/article\/70096\/1\/silvana-estrada-bad-bunny-is-my-hero-but-latin-america-is-a-continent\" data-article-id=\"70096\">\n<header class=\"article-header has-landscape-image no-media\">\n<div class=\"wrapper dg-max-width\">\n<div class=\"inner\">\n<figure class=\"main-img has-figcaption\" data-img-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\" data-img-aspect-ratio=\"1.89\" data-template=\"Standard Article\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Silvana Estrada for Dazed&#039;s Spring 2026 Issue \" class=\"img\" height=\"713\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/1350\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1440\/3\/1443428.jpg\" width=\"1350\"><\/span><\/span><figcaption class=\"img-caption\"><span class=\"inner\"><span class=\"credit\">Photography Jesus <span class=\"nowrap\">Soto Fuentes<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"meta\">\n<div class=\"inner\"><time datetime=\"2026-04-15T15:29:00+00:00\" class=\"timestamp\" title=\"15 April 2026\"><span class=\"month\">April<\/span>\u00a0<br \/>\n<span class=\"day\" data-day=\"15\">15,<\/span>\u00a0<br \/>\n<span class=\"year\">2026<\/span><\/time><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<div class=\"titles\">\n<div class=\"tags\">\n<div class=\"sections\"><a class=\"category vertical - music\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/music\">Music<\/a><br \/>\n\/<br \/>\n<a class=\"series\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/the-spring-2026-issue\">The Spring 2026 Issue<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"standard-tag-container\"><a class=\"standard-category\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/music\">Music<\/a> \/<br \/>\n<a class=\"standard-series\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/the-spring-2026-issue\">The Spring 2026 Issue<\/a><\/div>\n<h1 class=\"title\"><span>Silvana Estrada: \u2018Bad Bunny is my hero, but Latin America is <span class=\"nowrap\">a continent\u2019<\/span><\/span><\/h1>\n<div class=\"standfirst\">\n<h2>For our spring 2026 issue, the Mexican folk artist discusses the influence of Spanish-speaking musicians and feeling the pressure to sing <span class=\"nowrap\">in English<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<p><time datetime=\"2026-04-15T15:29:00+00:00\" class=\"timestamp\" title=\"15 April 2026\"><span class=\"month\">April<\/span>\u00a0<br \/>\n<span class=\"day\" data-day=\"15\">15,<\/span>\u00a0<br \/>\n<span class=\"year\">2026<\/span><\/time><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><time datetime=\"2026-04-15T15:29:00+00:00\" class=\"timestamp\" title=\"15 April 2026\"><span class=\"month\">April<\/span>\u00a0<br \/>\n<span class=\"day\" data-day=\"15\">15,<\/span>\u00a0<br \/>\n<span class=\"year\">2026<\/span><\/time><\/p>\n<div class=\"providers\">\n<div class=\"contributors\"><span class=\"contributor\" data-contributor-role=\"Text\"><span class=\"contributor-role\">Text<\/span><a class=\"contributor-name\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/user\/isobelvandyke\">Isobel Van Dyke<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"article-body-container\">\n<div class=\"article-body wrapper\">\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<p><em><span>This story is taken from the spring 2026 issue of Dazed, which is on sale internationally now. Order a copy of the magazine <\/span><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/boutiquegalleria.com\/products\/dazed-1?srsltid=AfmBOooar24Sbrnx0XVmhV812DWyizZnMA2ZOZdbFkCrgU3dY0wkU8ET\"><em><span>here.<\/span><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span>I was in Iceland when I first saw Silvana Estrada perform live. It was an unlikely place for us both to be, given that she\u2019s from Mexico and I\u2019m based in London. Fortunately, Reykjav\u00edk\u2019s annual <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/tag\/iceland-airwaves\"><span>Iceland Airwaves festival<\/span><\/a><span> brought us together for an intimate gig, held inside the city\u2019s art museum. Typically, Icelandic crowds have a reputation for rowdiness \u2013 they love a mosh pit and will take any excuse to thrash around \u2013 but on this occasion, they were stunned into silence. Now and then, you\u2019d hear a discreet sniffle, as audience members gently sobbed, enthralled by Estrada\u2019s performance.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The 29-year-old artist is known for her soft, Laurel Canyon-inspired folk music, and is shaping up to be the young, Latin American answer to Joni Mitchell. She sings almost entirely in her native Spanish, delivering lyrics that meditate on grief, heartbreak and healing, which comes across, even if you don\u2019t speak the language.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Born and raised in Mexico\u2019s Veracruz region, Estrada\u2019s love of music stems from her parents, both artisans who make traditional string instruments. In 2022, she released her debut solo album, <em>Marchita<\/em> (Withered), earning her two nominations at that year\u2019s Latin Grammy Awards and taking home the trophy for Best New Artist. Her success set the bar high for her sophomore record, <em>Vendr\u00e1n Suaves Lluvias <\/em>(Soft Rains Will Come), which landed last October. Unlike her debut, this album was entirely self-produced after trialling four different producers, before deciding to do it herself.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Next week, she\u2019s headed to London, bringing her sold-out tour to Islington\u2019s Union Chapel. To mark the occasion, below, we catch up with the artist and discuss the pressure she feels to sing in English, how Spanish-speaking artists are infiltrating pop, and why she never pictured herself as a producer.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<figure class=\"inline-img expandable dev-view-hide\" data-img=\"19831bbf-3a7b-4773-b69b-b42d00f6d567\" data-src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/1350\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1440\/3\/1443429.jpg\" data-img-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\" data-img-aspect-ratio=\"1.89\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Silvana Estrada for Dazed&#039;s Spring 2026 Issue \" class=\"img\" height=\"713\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/786\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1440\/3\/1443429.jpg\" width=\"1350\"><\/span><\/span><figcaption class=\"img-caption\"><span class=\"credit\">Photography Jesus <span class=\"nowrap\">Soto Fuentes<\/span><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<p><strong>What\u2019s it like performing for crowds of non-Spanish speakers, in comparison to performing for your Spanish-speaking fans?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Silvana Estrada: <\/strong><span>There\u2019s something magical about performing for non-Spanish speakers, because it&#8217;s proof that we\u2019re all rooted in the same culture. People might not understand what I\u2019m saying, but they still feel the connection. It moves me to tears. That\u2019s the power of music.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Were there any artists that did that for you growing up, when you may not have understood what they were singing about, but you still felt connected to them?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Silvana Estrada: <\/strong><span>A lot of them. English is a very new thing for me. I think the first thing that really moved me was Bulgarian choir music. My mum used to play it for me in the car and it was so moving. Then there was Billie Holiday. I didn\u2019t know what she was talking about but she would break my heart everytime.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>I know Joni Mitchell is a big influence of yours too\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Silvana Estrada: <\/strong><span>When I listen to <\/span><em><span>Blue<\/span><\/em><span>, my own sadness turns into something beautiful. Her music is a mirror that allows you to fall in love with the world and with yourself again. She\u2019s just there with you, she stays with you, she takes your hand and never leaves you.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<blockquote>\n<p><span>\u00a0In this industry, the image that we have in our heads of a producer, is always a man<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<p><strong>Your second album came out towards the end of last year. What\u2019s it been like watching the reactions to it?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Silvana Estrada: <\/strong><span>It\u2019s been so powerful. It took me three years, and I self-produced it. I felt like I was embarrassing myself, but at some point, I realised it was what I needed to do.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>What was the biggest challenge of making this album?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Silvana Estrada: <\/strong><span>Reconnecting with myself. When I started working on this album, my head was full of noise. My first album, <\/span><em><span>Marchita<\/span><\/em><span>, did well, so there was added pressure. It was like there was a competition between this album and my first one. This is also a very sensitive album for me. It\u2019s so close to my heart and about things that I\u2019ve been grieving for years. It has a bunch of pain on it. The hardest part was making the decision to produce it myself. It\u2019s like I\u2019m the [album\u2019s] mother and I needed to be in control to protect the magic and the message of each song.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Why were you hesitant to produce your own album?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Silvana Estrada: <\/strong><span>I say this as a feminist: in this industry, the image that we immediately have in our heads of a producer, an arranger, an engineer, is always a man. If someone says \u201cproducer\u201d, you don\u2019t imagine a 29-year-old woman; you\u2019ll think of a man. So in my mind, I automatically assumed that I couldn\u2019t do that.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"src-youtube video-container embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"media-youtube\" data-id=\"CM7TBl0zzvM\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowfullscreen frameborder height=\"422\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CM7TBl0zzvM\" webkitallowfullscreen width=\"750\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<p><strong>Did you ever feel pressure to sing in English?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Silvana Estrada: <\/strong><span>There\u2019s definitely pressure. I\u2019m a little bit in that moment now, there\u2019s this thing of like: \u201cSilvana, if you really want to breakthrough you\u2019re going to have to sing in English.\u201d But I don\u2019t feel the pressure, because I won\u2019t receive it. It just passes through my mind. I love Spanish, I love my language, and I\u2019m proud of it. Spanish is a beautiful language, and it embraces all these other countries \u2013 Mexico and all of Latin America.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>How do you feel about the way that Spanish and Latin American music has infiltrated mainstream pop more in recent years?\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Silvana Estrada: <\/strong><span>After reggaeton, everybody knows Bad Bunny. Everybody knows Rosal\u00eda. Reggaeton, as a rhythm, took over the world. And then came the language. I don\u2019t make reggaeton, but I respect it, because it means that other genres and styles are becoming recognised. Latinos have always been migrants, and we should be very proud of ourselves because we bring so much joy to other countries. I feel very proud that Latino music is becoming universal. Bad Bunny is my hero, but I hope that with time we\u2019ll see other genres make it mainstream, as well as reggaeton. I wanna see folk music, I wanna see mariachi \u2013 Latin America is a continent!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>You\u2019ve always been very outspoken as an artist. Why is it important to you to stand up for your beliefs?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Silvana Estrada: <\/strong><span>We, as artists, are creating in a geographic space at a certain time; we\u2019re not floating into nothing. Art and music are always a mirror to our society, so it would be impossible for me to create beauty but then not fight for beauty. It would be insane to be an artist and not be fighting for the things you believe in. What we have is so precious, and it would be so silly to take it for granted. That would be deeply disrespectful. 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Order a copy of the magazine <\/span><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/boutiquegalleria.com\/products\/dazed-1?srsltid=AfmBOooar24Sbrnx0XVmhV812DWyizZnMA2ZOZdbFkCrgU3dY0wkU8ET\"><em><span>here.<\/span><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span>I was in Iceland when I first saw Silvana Estrada perform live. It was an unlikely place for us both to be, given that she\u2019s from Mexico and I\u2019m based in London. Fortunately, Reykjav\u00edk\u2019s annual <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/tag\/iceland-airwaves\"><span>Iceland Airwaves festival<\/span><\/a><span> brought us together for an intimate gig, held inside the city\u2019s art museum. Typically, Icelandic crowds have a reputation for rowdiness \u2013 they love a mosh pit and will take any excuse to thrash around \u2013 but on this occasion, they were stunned into silence. Now and then, you\u2019d hear a discreet sniffle, as audience members gently sobbed, enthralled by Estrada\u2019s performance.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The 29-year-old artist is known for her soft, Laurel Canyon-inspired folk music, and is shaping up to be the young, Latin American answer to Joni Mitchell. She sings almost entirely in her native Spanish, delivering lyrics that meditate on grief, heartbreak and healing, which comes across, even if you don\u2019t speak the language.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Born and raised in Mexico\u2019s Veracruz region, Estrada\u2019s love of music stems from her parents, both artisans who make traditional string instruments. In 2022, she released her debut solo album, <em>Marchita<\/em> (Withered), earning her two nominations at that year\u2019s Latin Grammy Awards and taking home the trophy for Best New Artist. Her success set the bar high for her sophomore record, <em>Vendr\u00e1n Suaves Lluvias <\/em>(Soft Rains Will Come), which landed last October. Unlike her debut, this album was entirely self-produced after trialling four different producers, before deciding to do it herself.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Next week, she\u2019s headed to London, bringing her sold-out tour to Islington\u2019s Union Chapel. To mark the occasion, below, we catch up with the artist and discuss the pressure she feels to sing in English, how Spanish-speaking artists are infiltrating pop, and why she never pictured herself as a producer.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<figure class=\"inline-img expandable dev-view-hide\" data-img=\"19831bbf-3a7b-4773-b69b-b42d00f6d567\" data-src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/1350\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1440\/3\/1443429.jpg\" data-img-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\" data-img-aspect-ratio=\"1.89\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Silvana Estrada for Dazed&#039;s Spring 2026 Issue \" class=\"img\" height=\"713\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/786\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1440\/3\/1443429.jpg\" width=\"1350\"><\/span><\/span><figcaption class=\"img-caption\"><span class=\"credit\">Photography Jesus <span class=\"nowrap\">Soto Fuentes<\/span><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<p><strong>What\u2019s it like performing for crowds of non-Spanish speakers, in comparison to performing for your Spanish-speaking fans?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Silvana Estrada: <\/strong><span>There\u2019s something magical about performing for non-Spanish speakers, because it&#8217;s proof that we\u2019re all rooted in the same culture. People might not understand what I\u2019m saying, but they still feel the connection. It moves me to tears. That\u2019s the power of music.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Were there any artists that did that for you growing up, when you may not have understood what they were singing about, but you still felt connected to them?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Silvana Estrada: <\/strong><span>A lot of them. English is a very new thing for me. I think the first thing that really moved me was Bulgarian choir music. My mum used to play it for me in the car and it was so moving. Then there was Billie Holiday. I didn\u2019t know what she was talking about but she would break my heart everytime.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>I know Joni Mitchell is a big influence of yours too\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Silvana Estrada: <\/strong><span>When I listen to <\/span><em><span>Blue<\/span><\/em><span>, my own sadness turns into something beautiful. Her music is a mirror that allows you to fall in love with the world and with yourself again. She\u2019s just there with you, she stays with you, she takes your hand and never leaves you.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<blockquote>\n<p><span>\u00a0In this industry, the image that we have in our heads of a producer, is always a man<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<p><strong>Your second album came out towards the end of last year. What\u2019s it been like watching the reactions to it?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Silvana Estrada: <\/strong><span>It\u2019s been so powerful. It took me three years, and I self-produced it. I felt like I was embarrassing myself, but at some point, I realised it was what I needed to do.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>What was the biggest challenge of making this album?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Silvana Estrada: <\/strong><span>Reconnecting with myself. When I started working on this album, my head was full of noise. My first album, <\/span><em><span>Marchita<\/span><\/em><span>, did well, so there was added pressure. It was like there was a competition between this album and my first one. This is also a very sensitive album for me. It\u2019s so close to my heart and about things that I\u2019ve been grieving for years. It has a bunch of pain on it. The hardest part was making the decision to produce it myself. It\u2019s like I\u2019m the [album\u2019s] mother and I needed to be in control to protect the magic and the message of each song.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Why were you hesitant to produce your own album?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Silvana Estrada: <\/strong><span>I say this as a feminist: in this industry, the image that we immediately have in our heads of a producer, an arranger, an engineer, is always a man. If someone says \u201cproducer\u201d, you don\u2019t imagine a 29-year-old woman; you\u2019ll think of a man. So in my mind, I automatically assumed that I couldn\u2019t do that.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"src-youtube video-container embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"media-youtube\" data-id=\"CM7TBl0zzvM\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowfullscreen frameborder height=\"422\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CM7TBl0zzvM\" webkitallowfullscreen width=\"750\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<p><strong>Did you ever feel pressure to sing in English?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Silvana Estrada: <\/strong><span>There\u2019s definitely pressure. I\u2019m a little bit in that moment now, there\u2019s this thing of like: \u201cSilvana, if you really want to breakthrough you\u2019re going to have to sing in English.\u201d But I don\u2019t feel the pressure, because I won\u2019t receive it. It just passes through my mind. I love Spanish, I love my language, and I\u2019m proud of it. Spanish is a beautiful language, and it embraces all these other countries \u2013 Mexico and all of Latin America.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>How do you feel about the way that Spanish and Latin American music has infiltrated mainstream pop more in recent years?\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Silvana Estrada: <\/strong><span>After reggaeton, everybody knows Bad Bunny. Everybody knows Rosal\u00eda. Reggaeton, as a rhythm, took over the world. And then came the language. I don\u2019t make reggaeton, but I respect it, because it means that other genres and styles are becoming recognised. Latinos have always been migrants, and we should be very proud of ourselves because we bring so much joy to other countries. I feel very proud that Latino music is becoming universal. Bad Bunny is my hero, but I hope that with time we\u2019ll see other genres make it mainstream, as well as reggaeton. I wanna see folk music, I wanna see mariachi \u2013 Latin America is a continent!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>You\u2019ve always been very outspoken as an artist. Why is it important to you to stand up for your beliefs?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Silvana Estrada: <\/strong><span>We, as artists, are creating in a geographic space at a certain time; we\u2019re not floating into nothing. Art and music are always a mirror to our society, so it would be impossible for me to create beauty but then not fight for beauty. It would be insane to be an artist and not be fighting for the things you believe in. What we have is so precious, and it would be so silly to take it for granted. That would be deeply disrespectful. As a citizen of the world, I will always fight for what I believe, because if not, what\u2019s the point?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"newsletter-inline-last\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-small\">\n<div class=\"inner\">\n<h1 class=\"newsletter-title\">Escape the algorithm! Get The Drop<\/h1>\n<div class=\"meta-row\">\n<p class=\"meta\">Get must-see stories direct to your inbox every weekday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/privacy-policy\" class=\"meta-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\nPrivacy policy<br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"confirmation\" aria-live=\"polite\">\n<p class=\"confirmation-title\">Thank you. 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