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\n\tIf Bad Bunny<\/a> were your standard artist, he could have \u2014 and probably would<\/em> have \u2014 orchestrated the kind of tour that guarantees superstardom and an ever-growing fanbase, filling up stadiums across the U.S. and the rest of the globe to rake in more attention and money. But precisely what\u2019s made him one of the most beloved and compelling figures in music in recent years is that he\u2019s never treated himself like the bottom line \u2014 instead, the goal for him has always been<\/a> to show the world a little bit of Puerto Rico.\u00a0<\/p>\n \n\tThis is part of the impulse behind \u201cNo Me Quiero Ir De Aqui,\u201d his 30-date residency in Puerto Rico\u2019s famed 18,500-person arena El Coliseo de Puerto Rico Jos\u00e9 Miguel Agrelot. The idea is not just intriguing from an artistic point of, but genuinely poignant: Not only is it a celebration of home and roots and tradition, it\u2019s an invitation for fans outside of Puerto Rico to truly immerse themselves in the place he comes from. But on top of all of that, the residency is also a muscular three-hour, 30-song marathon, intensely high on spectacle and production, that functions as a full-voiced love letter to his country and his fellow Puerto Ricans. <\/p>\n \n\tThat love and pride is reciprocal: In San Juan, a day before his show this Friday, bars and cars blasted his music on repeat. Giant murals with his face have gone up in the city; a few others feature Concho, the delightful toad character that\u2019s become a staple in videos and promo from his latest album DeB\u00cd TiRAR M\u00c1S FOTOS<\/a><\/em>, which the show is crafted around. Fans flooded the area outside of El Coliseo, which has turned into a mini-festival block, with food stands and pop-ups, touting flags and jibaro <\/em>hats before rushing into the arena for the prompt 9 p.m. start time \u2014 no one wanted to miss a second of what Benito was about to put out there.<\/p>\n \n\tRight on time, the lights went out, revealing the decadent stage, designed to look the untouched, undeveloped version of the island\u2019s oceans and mountains. Two dancers appeared onstage to talk about the history of Puerto Rico before the percussion of \u201cALAMBRE P\u00faA\u201d<\/a> boomed in. Bad Bunny<\/a> debuted the song at the first show in the residency earlier this month, and on a Puerto Rican bomba rhythm that\u2019s allowed for traditional dancers to take the stage. <\/p>\n