โMi Sangre Bailaโ is the moment Ivelisse Del Carmen stops looking at Puerto Rico from a distance and lets it blaze straight through her. After more than two decades abroad, the Puerto Rican singer finally names herself as part of the diaspora, and this track is what happens when that realization hits the bloodstream.
Inspired by Manny Vegaโs mosaic piece Bomba Celestial, she leans into the idea that identity is made of fragmentsโmemory, migration, language, historyโand lets the song stitch them into something whole and living.
It starts in total intimacy. The song opens with the mesmerizing, vibrant, rich voice ofย Ivelisse Del Carmen singing in English over a soft strumming guitar. Her vibrato rings as she sings slowly, like sheโs talking to herself in an empty room. Then the ground shifts. The beats come thumping hard alongside deep bass, and she sings the chorus in Spanish, and suddenly weโre not just in reflectionโweโre in motion. Produced by Paul Stanborough, the track folds bomba and plena flavors into a sleek, modern groove, the percussion and low end practically daring you not to move your hips like Shakira.
Then she flips the script again. A rap verse bursts in; she raps sharp, fast, and catchily with a smug attitude, weaving ancestral weight into tight, rhythmic lines.
Throughout โMi Sangre Baila,โ English and Spanish slide in and out of each other, storytelling rides on top of dancefloor-ready production, and the personal constantly brushes up against the political. Nostalgia arrives in active presence. Listen to it on Spotify.
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Review by: Naomi Joan