# Debí Tirar Más Fotos

Debí Tirar Más Fotos (Spanish:; stylized as DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS; transl. I Should Have Taken More Photos; shortened to DTmF) is the sixth solo studio album (seventh overall) by Puerto Rican rapper and singer Bad Bunny. It was released on January 5, 2025, through Rimas Entertainment and follows his previous record Nadie Sabe Lo Que Va a Pasar Mañana (2023).
Musically, it is primarily a reggaeton record that blends together diverse elements of Puerto Rican music that Bad Bunny listened to when growing up, including plena, jíbaro and salsa. The lyrical content explores the complexities of Puerto Rico's political status and the resulting issues, such as gentrification and a loss of cultural identity. The album features collaborations with Chuwi, Omar Courtz, Los Pleneros de la Cresta, Dei V, and RaiNao.
Debí Tirar Más Fotos was supported by several singles and includes the Billboard Global 200 number-one hit "DTMF". It was also promoted with an accompanying short film of the same name uploaded onto YouTube, as well as the concert residency No Me Quiero Ir de Aquí. Following its release, it received critical acclaim from music critics, who considered it Bad Bunny's most personal album and an homage to Puerto Rico. The album peaked at number one on the US Billboard 200, becoming his fourth number-one album and the sixth Spanish-language album to top the chart.

## Background

On October 13, 2023, Bad Bunny released his fifth solo studio album Nadie Sabe Lo Que Va a Pasar Mañana, which debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200 with 184,000 units and reached the top 10 in five more countries. The album release was followed up by his fifth concert tour titled the Most Wanted Tour, spanning dates from February to June 2024, all of which sold out and broke multiple records. Outside of touring, Bad Bunny released collaborations with Myke Towers and Rauw Alejandro as well as the standalone single "Una Velita", co-produced by long-time collaborator Tainy.
Following the release of some featured singles, he announced his sixth solo studio album titled Debí Tirar Más Fotos, and supported it with two singles, "El Clúb" and "Pitorro de Coco". His decision on giving the album that title is because of him initially hating taking photos but eventually getting used to it, additionally stating that the idea is "enjoying the moment when I could and valuing memories".

## Music and themes

Debí Tirar Más Fotos is primarily a reggaeton album which incorporates several genres of Puerto Rican music, such as jíbaro, plena, and salsa. Production for the album was handled by Bad Bunny's frequent collaborators Tainy, La Paciencia, and MAG, along with new collaborators Big Jay and Saox.

### Songs

The album's opening track, "Nuevayol", begins with a sample of "Un Verano en Nueva York", originally performed by Andy Montañez and El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico, later switching to a fusion of reggaeton and dembow rhythms, similar to the singer's 2022 single "Tití Me Preguntó". During an exclusive video interview with The New York Times, Bad Bunny stated that "Nuevayol" was one of the first songs written for the album, noting that the song represents the cultural and historical importance of Nuyoricans. He also explained its placement as the opening track, due to New York City being the gathering point of "the whole Latin American community".
The third track, "Baile Inolvidable", is described to be a "spiritual successor" to "Después de la Playa", and features a live salsa orchestra consisting of students from the Escuela Libre de Música in San Juan. "El Clúb" is a house track with a fusion of electronic music and plena. "Turista" is a slow-paced bolero with lyrics that reflect on a brief relationship, comparing it to the perspective of travelers who arrive in a country to briefly "enjoy what is there, yet, once they leave, they are not confronted with the struggles that local residents must face". "Lo Que Le Pasó a Hawaii" has been described to fuse jíbaro and synth-pop, featuring instrumentals composed of güiros and guitars, with Bad Bunny musically calling out the gentrification being faced in Puerto Rico and expressing his concern over the potential negative impact of the island's admission to the Union in the context of Hawaii.

## Marketing
### Promotion and release

On December 5, 2024, Bad Bunny would release the lead single "El Clúb", an "ethereal" track that fuses "pulse-quickening house beats" with a "nostalgic" feel. On December 25, he would tweet a numbered list of 17 songs, all labeled as "bomba"; this tactic was previously used to promote Nadie Sabe Lo Que Va a Pasar Mañana. The album would be officially announced the following day, alongside the release of the second single "Pitorro de Coco". The album's tracklist was revealed on January 3, 2025, along with an accompanying short film on YouTube, co-directed by Bad Bunny and starring actor, filmmaker and playwright Jacobo Morales.
The album was released on Sunday, January 5, 2025, at 12 p.m. ET, a day before Three Kings Day, as a gift for his fans. In further promotion of the album, he served as a co-host on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on January 13, additionally performing "Voy a Llevarte Pa' PR". The same day, he announced the Puerto Rican-exclusive 2025 concert residency No Me Quiero Ir de Aquí (transl. "I don't want to leave here"), which will take place at San Juan's Coliseo de Puerto Rico José Miguel Agrelot for 30 dates from early July to mid-September. He also hinted a possible worldwide tour across Latin America, Europe and Asia.

### Artwork and visuals

The artwork for Debí Tirar Más Fotos was revealed on January 3, 2025. It features two Monobloc chairs placed on a dirt-and-grass field with banana trees in the background. According to Bianca Betancourt of Harper's Bazaar, the album cover is "meant to resonate" with both stateside and islander Puerto Ricans.
The visualizers for each track on YouTube display the history of Puerto Rico as a slide presentation, with the content being compiled by Puerto Rican professor of the University of Wisconsin–Madison, Jorell Meléndez Badillo. These discuss moments such as the Spanish colonization, the acquisition of Puerto Rico by the United States, the Puerto Rican diaspora, repression and surveillance through the 20th century, the killing of student activist Antonia Martínez, and the creation of the Puerto Rican and Grito de Lares flags.

## Critical reception

Debí Tirar Más Fotos ratings :
| Aggregate scores ||
| Source | Rating |
| AnyDecentMusic? | 8.7/10 |
| Metacritic | 95/100 |
| Review scores ||
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic | |
| Clash | 8/10 |
| NME | |
| Pitchfork | 8.8/10 |
| PopMatters | 9/10 |
| Rolling Stone | |
According to the review aggregator Metacritic, Debí Tirar Más Fotos received "universal acclaim" based on a weighted average score of 95 out of 100 from 8 critic scores. It is also currently the fourteenth highest-scoring album on the website. Aggregator AnyDecentMusic? gave it 8.7 out of 10, based on their assessment of the critical consensus.
In a five-star review, Maya Georgi of Rolling Stone called it a "homegrown, jubilant, and fresh" album and concluded her review by stating, "In Nadie Sabe, he claimed he was in his prime. Now, on Debí Tirar Más Fotos, it’s clear he finally is." NME's Lucas Villa commended the album for "revolutionizing Puerto Rico’s folk music", as well for blending nostalgic sounds recalled from Bad Bunny's childhood with contemporary production.
Critics lauded the album for approaching political issues. Tatiana Lee Rodriguez of Pitchfork praised the narration of Puerto Rico's struggle for sovereignty "rooted in compounded centuries of Spanish, then American, colonization". Writing for AllMusic, David Crone called Debí Tirar Más Fotos a "Puerto Rican triumph". In a positive review, Clash's Robin Murray considered the album to be "a love letter to [Bad Bunny's] heritage" and additionally stated that it is "potent and personal".
Furthermore, Reanna Cruz of Pitchfork awarded "Lo Que Le Pasó a Hawaii" the distinction of Best New Track. The track gained significant attention on social media sites such as X (formerly Twitter) and has been denounced by pro-statehood advocates (estadistas), some of who continue to see Hawaii as a successful model for Puerto Rican statehood. Statehood advocates have occasionally accused Bad Bunny of supporting independence for Puerto Rico, particularly after his support for candidates linked to the Puerto Rican Independence Party and Citizens' Victory Movement such as Juan Dalmau for governor and Manuel Natal Albelo for the mayorship of San Juan, respectively.

## Commercial performance
### United States

Debí Tirar Más Fotos debuted at number two on the Billboard 200 for the week of January 18, 2025, behind Lil Baby's WHAM, with 122,000 album-equivalent units (of which only 8,000 were from pure album sales), making it Bad Bunny's seventh top-ten entry on the chart and his first album to not debut atop since YHLQMDLG (2020). This was attributed to its off-kilter release on a Sunday as opposed to the industry-standard Friday, resulting in only five tracked days of activity. The following week, the album peaked at number one on the Billboard 200, earning 203,500 additional units mostly through streaming activity, with 7,500 from traditional album sales. It became Bad Bunny's fourth number-one album, as well as the sixth Spanish language album and the 28th non-English language album to top the chart.
The album debuted atop the US Top Streaming Albums chart, earning 113,500 streaming-equivalent album units (which consist of 152.16 million on-demand official streams), in its five tracking days. It became the largest streaming week for a Latin music album on the chart in over a year. The following week, it earned 195,000 streaming-equivalent album units from 264.03 million on-demand official streams and remained atop the Top Streaming Albums for a second week. Additionally, it debuted atop both the US Top Latin Albums and Latin Rhythm Albums charts, becoming his ninth number-one album on both charts. The album's success was partially attributed to the viral success of the title track on TikTok.
All of the album's 17 tracks were also charting on the US Billboard Hot 100. With this feat, Bad Bunny became the first Latin artist to attain over 100 song entries on the chart, and the eleventh artist with the most chart entries, totaling up to 113 entries. On the Hot Latin Songs chart, all of its tracks were also charting, with ten of its tracks charting in the entirety of the top-10 on the latter chart.

### International markets

In Spain, the album debuted atop its album chart published by Productores de Música de España, becoming Bad Bunny's sixth consecutive album to peak at number one in the country. All of its tracks also charted in the country's accompanying singles chart, with nine of its tracks appearing in the top-10 section. In the Netherlands, Debí Tirar Más Fotos debuted at number one on the Dutch Album Top 100, becoming Bad Bunny's first chart-topping project and the 1000th to reach this milestone in the country. On the Swiss Albums Chart, the album marked Bad Bunny's second consecutive number-one record in Switzerland after Nadie Sabe Lo Que Va a Pasar Mañana (2023).

## Track listing

Credits adapted from Spotify.