Bad Bunny Sticks It to Toxic Masculinity With His New Video for “Yo Perrero Sola”

Bad Bunny in full drag? Fans are here for it.

On Friday night, the Puerto Rican artist released the official video for the Nessi-assisted track “Yo Perreo Sola,” which translates to “I Twerk Alone” in English. Co-directed by Benito and Stillz, the visual immediately garnered a ton of praise not only for its message of female empowerment but for Bad Bunny’s fearless approach to convey that message. 

The video begins with a young boy watching cartoons in his bedroom, before the broadcast is interrupted by the PSA/music video. We’re then taken into a colorful world in which we see Bad Bunny embracing his inner drag queen. He’s rocking a wig, a full face of makeup, various women’s outfits, and a voluptuous breastplate.

“I wrote it from the perspective of a woman,” Bad Bunny told Rolling Stone about the song, which appeared on his Yo Hago Lo Que Me Da La Gana album. “I wanted a woman’s voice to sing it — ‘yo perreo sola’ — because it doesn’t mean the same thing when a man sings it. But I do feel like that woman sometimes.”

The video ends with an important sprawled across the screen message: “If she doesn’t want to dance with you, respect her, she twerks alone.”