"AMG" is a

regional Mexican Regional Mexican music refers collectively to the regional subgenres of the country music of Mexico and its derivatives from the Southwestern United States. Each subgenre is representative of a certain region and its popularity also varies by ...

music song by Mexican singers

Natanael Cano Natanael Rubén Cano Monge (born 27 March 2001) is a Mexican rapper, musician and singer. Natanael is known for his fusion of trap music Trap music, also known simply as trap, is a subgenre of hip-hop music which originated in the Southern ...

Peso Pluma Hassan Emilio Kabande Laija (born 15 June 1999), known professionally as Peso Pluma, is a Mexican corrido singer and rapper. Learning to play the guitar during his early teens, he developed his craft by writing songs inspired by regional Mexi ...

and

Gabito Ballesteros Gabriel "Gabito" Ballesteros Abril (born 23 July 1999) is a Mexican singer-songwriter and record producer. He is considered one of the rising acts in the ''corridos tumbados'' movement, following in the footsteps of artists such as Peso Pluma, N ...

. The song was written by Jesús Roberto Laija García and Cano, while it was produced by Laija García. It was published and released as a single on November 24, 2022, through Rancho Humilde,

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and Los CT. In early 2023, the song went viral on the short video platform

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and

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, as well as on music platforms such as

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and

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. The single reached position number 40 on the

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chart and number 6 on

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, both in the

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. In

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it was positioned at number 1 for two consecutive weeks, while in

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and

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it was top 25.

Music and lyrics

Musically, the song is a corrido tumbado with arrangements of Sierreño music, its lyrics are an apology for crime and

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, highlighting the luxuries, especially the cars and means of transportation, that are allowed to be dedicated to crime, emphasizing the

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company with the mention of the G63 truck from the

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division, as well as the GT-R car from the

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company. Other luxuries that he mentions are the use of private jets, trips to beaches like

Mazatlán Mazatlán () is a city in the Mexican list of states of Mexico, state of Sinaloa. The city serves as the municipal seat for the surrounding , known as the Mazatlán Municipality. It is located on the Pacific Ocean, Pacific coast across from th ...

, and expensive purchases of footwear like the

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brand.

Music video

A music video was published at the same time as the song's release as a single, it premiered on Cano's official

channel, was directed by Jhonesanz and recorded in a nightclub called Jakarta Clublife in the city of

Hermosillo Hermosillo (), formerly called Pitic (as in ''Santísima Trinidad del Pitic'' and ''Presidio del Pitic''), is a city in the center of the northwestern Mexican state of Sonora. It is the municipal seat of the Hermosillo municipality, the state's ...

. In the first days of publication, the video was placed at #1 in trends in Mexico on YouTube, and remained in the top ten until May 2023.

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References

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