In his new album “Éxodo,” Peso Pluma displays on his life earlier than and after skyrocketing to fame. The younger Mexican-American Grammy winner is boastful about main música Mexicana‘s inflated international attain, however he additionally grapples with that accountability, unleashing darker topic materials ( “I reside a fast-paced life-style / The lifetime of an artist / Medicine and girls,” he sings in “Hollywood”) than in “Génesis,” his 2023 Billboard chart-topping debut.
“Its very completely different — ‘Éxodo’ from ‘Génesis’ — I believe I reached some maturity in my vocals and from on a regular basis and each artist that I collaborate with,” Peso advised Selection in a video interview. “I be taught one thing new from all of them and I attempt to seize these little issues and convey them to my music.”
Peso recruited a protracted record of collaborators for “Éxodo” from all components of the style panorama — he’s obtained Quavo rapping in Spanish on “Pa No Pensar,” and Cardi B spitting verses on a trumpet-led beat on “Put Em within the Fridge” and loads of Mexican all-stars, together with Kenia Os and Natanael Cano.
“‘Hollywood’ was written by [featured artist] Estevan Plazola, who I’ve recognized since we had been 18 years outdated and he simply signed to my label,” Peso mentioned. “The lyrics discuss our actuality. How our lives went via this course of — getting well-known, getting cash, getting [what we’ve wanted] since we had been children and the way we have a look at that now.”
To convey all of it collectively, Peso labored with producer Ernesto Fernandez, a 2023 Selection Hitmaker honoree, who additionally produced a lot of the fabric on his debut LP. Experimentation between the pair on that LP helped to solidify the primary half of “Éxodo,” which is fully comprised of the Mexican corrido music that helped set up Peso’s profession.
“If you’re used to listening to Peso Pluma’s Mexican songs, [you would know] I at all times use tololoche,” Peso says. “In [‘Solicitado’] we changed it with an precise electrical bass and those who really learn about these sorts of devices goes to love it quite a bit.”
These prickly bass notes are what Peso proudly proclaims as his “trademark sound.” He explains, “This sound got here after we had been simply vibing within the studio, I bear in mind I used to be with [Ernesto]… we had been within the studio vibing and we had been attempting to grasp and blend ‘Rosa Pastel’ from ‘Genesis’ and we had been attempting to make it completely different. I used to be visualizing these form of angels within the again with that music as a result of its an actual lovely melody… we began enjoying with completely different results, various things within the laptop and we did that precise sound and from there everyone wished to do it.”
On “Ice,” Peso pulls from the aesthetics of his youth, primarily his fondness for WWE, incorporating a sound chunk of a flexing Ric Aptitude. Candy guitar melodies introduce delicately layered vocals from Peso that construct as much as elongated excessive notes. It was one of many final songs to be added to the 24-song double LP.
“Ric Aptitude was a giant inspiration for me rising up, watching WWE and watching the drip that he had and the luxurious issues that he confirmed us,” Peso says. “I put it within the music as a result of that’s what the music talks about. Everyone’s attempting to repeat what the challenge is trying like however it doesn’t matter what they copy, and the way a lot they copy, they’re by no means going to be Peso Pluma.”
Watch the whole interview above.