Feid is taking large dangers, and perhaps even tempting destiny a bit. After perfecting the sentimental reggaeton sound that he’s identified for, the rising star has modified up his formulation for the higher on his sixth album Mor, No Le Temas a La Oscuridad. Feid, who hails from Medellín, Colombia, pushes his perreo ahead with genres like Afrobeats, various, and home music within the combine. His need to maintain evolving yields his most fascinating album but.
With final 12 months’s Feliz Cumpleaños Ferxxo Te Pirateamos El Álbum, Feid hit a stride. From the native producers concerned within the venture to the hometown slang utilized in his lyrics, he introduced a refreshing perspective to reggaeton. Feid continues to proudly pour his Colombian tradition into his music whereas remaining globally minded in his excavation of latest influences. Within the alluring “Bubalu,” he seamlessly blends reggaeton with Afrobeats alongside Nigerian artist Rema. Feid and Rema examine their lovers to sweet and provide you with an addictive genre-bending banger.
The album’s most gorgeous moments discover EDM influences. His longtime producers Icon are credited with him on the dazzling “Ferxxo 151,” the place electronica drips like water onto the romantic reggaeton monitor and Feid sings about whisking away his lover to wherever they wish to go. The guts of the illuminating “Luces De Tecno” pulsates with home music. In an emotional efficiency, Feid longs to rekindle a nightclub connection. Then there’s the dreamy “Románticos De Lunes,” glimmering with dotted synths. “I wish to get house, child, to have you ever for breakfast,” he sings in an obvious nod to his rumored girlfriend Karol G’s music “Carolina,” the place she referred to as herself a morning “appetizer.”
With Spanish indie-pop group Cupido, Feid faucets into a totally new sound. There’s a cool, various edge to the sultry “Privilegios,” the place Feid and Cupido’s lead singer Pimp Flaco lament being within the doghouse and in warmth on the identical time. That doesn’t imply he’s left behind his signature sad-boy perreo. Within the haunting “El Único Tema Del Ferxxo,” Feid pleas for his “gata gánster” to return, with assist from rising Chilean acts Pailita and Younger Cister. He’s overjoyed with love within the heartfelt “Ferxxo Version,” the place he seems to recount his friendship with Karol G blossoming right into a relationship: “How chimba (cool) that after some time, we lastly received our flip,” Feid sings.
The title of the album interprets to Not Being Afraid of the Darkish. In Feid’s case, his guiding gentle is the drive to push his sound into the longer term, whilst his music stays firmly planted in his Medellín roots.
