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Bad Bunny's Diles Just Hit 100 Million Views And This Is The Song That Secretly Launched The YHLQMDLG Platinum Era
Okay music lovers you need to sit down for this. In a major throwback moment that is sending fans into a frenzy Bad Bunny’s iconic 2016 collaboration Diles has officially crossed the 100 million views mark on YouTube. While Benito is now a global fashion icon selling out stadiums on his Most Wanted Tour this milestone is a huge reminder of where it all began. This isn't just a hit song getting its flowers; this is the certified origin story the musical big bang that set the stage for one of the most successful albums of our generation YHLQMDLG.
Let’s rewind the clock. The year is 2016. A young man from Puerto Rico named Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio was still working at a supermarket dreaming of a music career. He was uploading his raw innovative tracks to SoundCloud gaining a small but passionate following. At the same time the masterminds of Latin trap DJ Luian and Mambo Kingz were looking for the next big thing. They stumbled upon the unique voice and unapologetic style of the artist we now know as Bad Bunny and they knew they had found something special.
They decided to take a chance on this unknown talent and brought him into the studio for a track that would change everything. That track was Diles.
But DJ Luian and Mambo Kingz didn't just give Bad Bunny a beat. They assembled a lineup of certified heavyweights to co-sign the newcomer. We’re talking about Farruko Arcángel Ñengo Flow and a rising star named Ozuna. This was a supergroup of Latin urban music and putting an unknown SoundCloud artist in the middle of it was a bold high-stakes move. The result was pure magic. Diles dropped and it was an instant anthem. The song was gritty authentic and defined the burgeoning Latin trap sound that was about to take over the world. It showcased Bad Bunny’s now-legendary deep vocals and his unique ability to blend aggressive bars with melodic hooks.
For years Diles has been that quintessential if-you-know-you-know track for day-one Bad Bunny fans. It was the song that proved he could hang with the legends and it immediately put him on the map. It was the spark that lit the fuse of his meteoric rise.
Now let’s fast forward to 2020. Bad Bunny drops his magnum opus YHLQMDLG which stands for Yo Hago Lo Que Me Da La Gana or I Do Whatever I Want. The album was a cultural phenomenon. It shattered streaming records went multi-platinum and became the highest-charting all-Spanish album ever on the US Billboard 200 at the time. Tracks like Safaera and Yo Perreo Sola became global quarantine anthems.
But the DNA of YHLQMDLG was coded four years earlier in Diles.
You can draw a straight line from the raw unapologetic energy of Diles to the world-shattering release of YHLQMDLG. The album’s entire philosophy of doing whatever you want was the exact attitude Bad Bunny brought to his verse on that 2016 trap banger. The willingness to break rules mix genres and be authentically himself was born on that track. Diles laid the groundwork establishing the sound and the swagger that would later be polished and perfected into a platinum-selling masterpiece. Without the industry credibility and fan buzz generated by the DJ Luian and Mambo Kingz collaboration the path to YHLQMDLG would have looked very different.
Hitting 100 million views in 2024 is so significant because it proves the song's incredible longevity. New fans who discovered Bad Bunny through Un Verano Sin Ti or his appearances at the Met Gala are now going back to the beginning. They are discovering the raw talent that DJ Luian and Mambo Kingz saw all those years ago. It’s a full-circle moment for Benito from being the featured rookie on a track to becoming the biggest artist in the world.
This milestone is more than just a number. It is a testament to a pivotal moment in modern music history. It marks the collaboration that took a kid from a Puerto Rican supermarket and placed him on the launchpad to global domination. So next time you are listening to YHLQMDLG and admiring its groundbreaking success take a moment and play Diles. You will be listening to the blueprint the patient zero of the entire platinum era.
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