La Difícil Explained

La Difícil
Album:YHLQMDLG
Type:single
Artist:Bad Bunny
Language:Spanish
English Title:"Hard to Get"
Genre:Reggaeton
Label:Rimas
Chronology:Bad Bunny
Prev Title:Ignorantes
Prev Year:2020
Next Title:Si Veo a Tu Mamá
Next Year:2020

"La Difícil" (English: "Hard to Get") is a song by Puerto Rican rapper Bad Bunny. It was released on February 29, 2020 as the third single of his second solo studio album of YHLQMDLG.[1] [2]

Composition

In the song, the singer addresses one of his romantic interests that he is unable to win over as she is "playing hard to get".[3] She was further described as a "woman with zero interest in being tied down after a bad breakup". However, according to Matthew Ismael Ruiz of Pitchfork, this is just the story "on its surface". The underlying message is amplified by its "empathetic" video, in that it gives an otherwise "one-dimensional scenery" more layers, which in this case depicts "a single mom who's doing her best for her daughter".[4]

Music video

Released on February 29, 2020, the music video was directed by Cliqua and Stillz.[5] The visuals were referred to as "retro" and reminiscent of the 1990s and 2000s.[6] Craig Jenkins of Vulture thought that the video "revisits the garish lighting, staging, styling, and dance sequences of early aughts music videos, with Bunny channeling

-era Justin Timberlake in frosted tips, baby-blue threads, and gratuitous headbands and goggles".[7] Isabella Gomez Sarmiento at NPR Music said that the music video underscores "the old-school feel of the album".[8]

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2020)Peak
position
Italy (FIMI)[9] 79
Mexico Streaming (AMPROFON)[10] 3
New Zealand Hot Singles (RMNZ)[11] 33
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[12] 2
Paraguay (Monitor Latino)[13] 15
Puerto Rico (Monitor Latino)[14] 3
US Rolling Stone Top 100[15] 12

Year-end charts

Chart (2020)Position
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[16] 41
US Hot Latin Songs (Billboard)[17] 6

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Bad Bunny Drops New Album YHLQMDLG. Suarez. Gary. Forbes. February 29, 2020. March 5, 2020.
  2. Web site: Bad Bunny Releases Sophomore Album YHLQMDLG, Drops New Music Video For "La Difícil". Ochoa. John. The Recording Academy. February 29, 2020. March 5, 2020.
  3. Web site: "La Difícil" by Bad Bunny. Shelton. Jessica. songmeaningsandfacts.com. March 5, 2020. March 5, 2020.
  4. Web site: Bad Bunny: YHLQMDLG. Ismael Ruiz. Matthew. Pitchfork. March 4, 2020. March 5, 2020.
  5. Bad Bunny Has Dropped New Album, YHLQMDLG. Exposito. Suzy. Rolling Stone. February 29, 2020. March 5, 2020.
  6. Web site: Bad Bunny triunfa con su video "La Difícil" y el álbum Yo Hago Lo Que Me Da La Gana. laverdadnoticias.com. es. February 29, 2020. March 5, 2020.
  7. Web site: Bad Bunny Is Breaking All the Rules, and It's a Thrill to Watch. Jenkins. Craig. Vulture. March 3, 2020. March 5, 2020.
  8. Web site: Bad Bunny Shows Us His Version Of Old-School. Gomez Sarmiento. Isabella. NPR Music. March 2, 2020. March 5, 2020.
  9. Web site: Top Singoli – Classifica settimanale WK 11. Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana. Italian. March 14, 2020.
  10. Web site: 2020-03-24. AMPROFON. https://archive.today/20200324073651/https://amprofon.com.mx/es/pages/rankings/top-streaming.php. dead. 2020-03-24. 2020-09-11. archive.vn.
  11. Web site: NZ Hot Singles Chart. Recorded Music NZ. March 16, 2020. March 14, 2020.
  12. Web site: Top 100 Canciones: Semana 10. Productores de Música de España. March 11, 2020.
  13. Web site: Title.
  14. http://charts.monitorlatino.com/top20/Print/Puerto%20Rico/General/20200601
  15. Top 100 Songs. Rolling Stone. March 10, 2020. March 10, 2020. April 11, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200411095206/https://www.rollingstone.com/charts/songs/2020-02-28/. dead.
  16. Web site: Top 100 Songs Annual 2020. Productores de Música de España. es. May 7, 2022.
  17. Hot Latin Songs – Year-End 2020. Billboard. 2 January 2013. December 28, 2020.