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In his new album “Éxodo,” Peso Pluma displays on his life earlier than and after skyrocketing to fame. The younger Mexican-American Grammy winner is boastful about main música Mexicana‘s inflated world attain, however he additionally grapples with that accountability, unleashing darker topic materials ( “I dwell a fast-paced life-style / The lifetime of an artist / Medication and ladies,” he sings in “Hollywood”) than in “Génesis,” his 2023 Billboard chart-topping debut.

“Its very totally different — ‘Éxodo’ from ‘Génesis’ — I feel I reached some maturity in my vocals and from on a regular basis and each artist that I collaborate with,” Peso instructed Selection in a video interview. “I be taught one thing new from all of them and I attempt to seize these little issues and convey them to my music.”

Peso recruited an extended record of collaborators for “Éxodo” from all elements of the style panorama — he’s bought Quavo rapping in Spanish on “Pa No Pensar,” and Cardi B spitting verses on a trumpet-led beat on “Put Em within the Fridge” and loads of Mexican all-stars, together with Kenia Os and Natanael Cano.

“‘Hollywood’ was written by [featured artist] Estevan Plazola, who I’ve identified since we have been 18 years previous and he simply signed to my label,” Peso stated. “The lyrics speak about our actuality. How our lives went via this course of — getting well-known, getting cash, getting [what we’ve wanted] since we have been children and the way we take a look at that now.”

To convey all of it collectively, Peso labored with producer Ernesto Fernandez, a 2023 Selection Hitmaker honoree, who additionally produced a lot of the fabric on his debut LP. Experimentation between the pair on that LP helped to solidify the primary half of “Éxodo,” which is totally comprised of the Mexican corrido music that helped set up Peso’s profession.

“If you’re used to listening to Peso Pluma’s Mexican songs, [you would know] I at all times use tololoche,” Peso says. “In [‘Solicitado’] we changed it with an precise electrical bass and those who really learn about these sorts of devices goes to love it so much.”

These prickly bass notes are what Peso proudly proclaims as his “trademark sound.” He explains, “This sound got here after we have been simply vibing within the studio, I keep in mind I used to be with [Ernesto]… we have been within the studio vibing and we have been making an attempt to grasp and blend ‘Rosa Pastel’ from ‘Genesis’ and we have been making an attempt to make it totally different. I used to be visualizing these type of angels within the again with that tune as a result of its an actual stunning melody… we began enjoying with totally different results, various things within the laptop and we did that precise sound and from there everyone needed to do it.”

On “Ice,” Peso pulls from the aesthetics of his youth, primarily his fondness for WWE, incorporating a sound chunk of a flexing Ric Aptitude. Candy guitar melodies introduce delicately layered vocals from Peso that construct as much as elongated excessive notes. It was one of many final songs to be added to the 24-song double LP.

“Ric Aptitude was a giant inspiration for me rising up, watching WWE and watching the drip that he had and the posh issues that he confirmed us,” Peso says. “I put it within the tune as a result of that’s what the tune talks about. All people’s making an attempt to repeat what the undertaking is wanting like however it doesn’t matter what they copy, and the way a lot they copy, they’re by no means going to be Peso Pluma.”

Watch the entire interview above.