Nadie Sabe Lo Que Va a Pasar Mañana

Nadie Sabe Lo Que Va a Pasar Mañana(transl.Nobody Knows What Will Happen Tomorrow, stylized in all lowercase letters) is the fifth solo studio album (sixth overall) by Puerto Rican rapper and singerBad Bunny. It was released on October 13, 2023,throughRimas, following the release of his previous recordUn Verano Sin Ti(2022). It features guest appearances fromArcángel,Bryant Myers,De la Ghetto,Eladio Carrión,Feid, Luar la L,Mora,Ñengo Flow,Young Miko, and YovngChimi.
At the67th Grammy Awards, it was nominated forBest Música Urbana Album. To promote the album, Bad Bunny embarked on theMost Wanted Tourin 2024.
His fourth studio albumUn Verano Sin Tiwas released on May 6, 2022, and went on to top the USBillboard200for 13 non-consecutive weeks, becoming his most successful album to date.Additionally, it was widely regarded as one of the most critically acclaimed albums of 2022 by the end of the year.In December 2022, he announced that he would take an extended break throughout 2023 which eventually resulted in a five-month long social media break.During this break, Martínez remained active by headlining hisCoachella 2023set and releasing a collaboration withGrupo Fronteratitled "Un x100to".
He returned to social media on May 15, 2023, and announced the lead single "Where She Goes" only three days later.The track blends "elements of dembow and Jersey club" and proved another commercial success for the singer, reaching the top-ten in ten countries.The second single and "possible last song" of 2023 "Un Preview" was released on September 26, and poses a "small preview of what is coming" in 2024, according to the musician himself.
A first allusion to the album title was made at the end of the music video of "Where She Goes" with a billboard displaying the phrase "Nadie sabe...".In early October, similar billboards reading "Nadie sabe si será este año o el próximo" ("No one knows if it will be this year or next") bySpotifyappeared in Mexico, Colombia, Chile, and Argentina.The shortened title would then occupy his biography section onTwitteron October 8. In addition, the musician would wipe hisInstagramaccount and post a tracklist of 22 songs, each described as "fuego".In an interview for the October 2023 issue ofVanity Fair, it was revealed that the album would be released in fall 2023. Fluctuating between Los Angeles and Puerto Rico, he has been "experimenting with a new musical mood", citingmusic of the 1970sacross genres "in both Spanish and English" as his main influences. The artist also promised the next album, set to be his most personal yet, to not sound like its predecessor, as he is "always going to look for a way to do something new".On October 9, Martínez shared an album trailer and announced the full album title along with its release date.
On review aggregatorMetacritic,Nadie Sabe Lo Que Va a Pasar Mañanareceived a score of 82 out of 100 based on 5 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim".
Lucas Villa ofNMEcalled the album "a sonically diverse odyssey" and wrote that Bad Bunny "returns to hisLatin traproots while exploring genres likeJersey club,drill, andhouse music", although felt that "the trap on an album this long does get monotonous, but he shines brightest when he goes off the beaten path".Isabella Herrera ofPitchforkfelt that the material onNadie Sabeis "just as horny and cavalier" as Bad Bunny's best work and "functions like a rap homecoming", finding it "bloated but thematically focused, centered on some of Benito's favorite topics: fucking, counting racks, his love of Puerto Rico".
Thania Garcia ofVarietywrote that the first half of the record "is much more theatrical and pensive" compared to the handful, which described as a "flaring trap bangers that shape up its ending". Garcia also pointed out that the rapper reflections in the lyrics sometimes become "juvenile" and that "he addresses pretty much every headline about him".
Suzy Exposito ofLos Angeles Timesnoticed that the rapper "has been hunkered down on the defensive too long" from the world, and that "the cold, brutalist tower he's built inNadie Sabestands in contrast to the wellspring of rich, modern-day Puerto Rican storytelling" of the previous works.
Nadie Sabe Lo Que Va a Pasar Mañanadebuted at No. 1 on theBillboard200dated October 28, 2023, earning 184,000album-equivalent unitsin the US in the week ending October 19. Almost all of the figure were streams, with all 21 eligible songs charting on theBillboardHot 100.
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