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'You Said This Would Never End': Our Favorite Latin Songs This Week

Watch Cuco's latest music video and hear No Te Va Gustar's re-imagined 2010 work on this week's Alt.Latino music roundup.
Cuco dedicated his new "Hydrocodone" music video to the memory of ourselves through time.

On this week's Alt.Latino music roundup, check out the latest Latin spins we've heard reflect and cross-reference the cultural roots, settling feelings and lived experiences that are beyond our lifetimes. Yesterday, we were blessed with a new video accompanying Cuco's dreamscape song "Hydrocodone." Likewise, C. Tangana and Alizzz dropped a video for "Para Repartir," a free form visual that settles nicely over the Cuban groove.

Juan Wauters' latest single dates back to his native Uruguayan roots, No Te Va Gustar's re-imagines 2010 work and an old Cuban trova ballad from Miami folk duo Dracula.

As always, as part of a series of NPR Music's favorite Latin songs, we created a Spotify playlist to accompany the songs we write about. Read and listen to the latest on Alt.Latino below.


Cuco, "Hydrocodone"

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