"Baby Hello" is a song by Puerto Rican singer
Rauw Alejandro
Raúl Alejandro Ocasio Ruiz (born January 10, 1993), known professionally as Rauw Alejandro, is a Puerto Rican singer. His accolades include two Latin Grammy Awards, two Billboard Latin Music Awards, ''Billboard'' Latin Music Awards and an IHea ...
and Argentine producer
Bizarrap
Gonzalo Julián Conde (born August 29, 1998), known professionally as Bizarrap or BZRP, is an Argentine record producer, songwriter and DJ. He specializes in EDM, Latin trap and Latin hip hop. He is known for his BZRP Music Sessions, a series ...
. It was released on June 23, 2023 through Duars Entertainment and
Sony Music Latin
Sony Music Entertainment US Latin LLC (often referred to as Sony Music Latin) is an American record label owned by Sony Music. The label focuses on artists of Latin music. Sony Latin was also a division of the Sony Discos label.
History
In ...
as the first single from Alejandro's fourth studio album, ''
Playa Saturno''.
Background
After Rauw Alejandro released "
Bzrp Music Sessions #56" with Bizarrap, at the end of the video for that song it was shown that their second collaboration, "Baby Hello", would be released on June 23, 2023.
Music video
The music video was published simultaneously with the song at dawn on June 23, 2023, on Rauw Alejandro's
YouTube
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channel. The visual piece is set in a kind of beach on the lunar surface and shows the union of earthlings and aliens in the midst of emotion and euphoria, which reflects the energy of the song. It was directed by Martín Seipel and Rauw Alejandro "el Zorro" and recorded in the city of
Miami
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.
Critical reception
Various outlets highlight the mix of electronic and urban rhythms in the song, which "manages to transport us to the origin of EDM music and the legendary 'raves' of the 90s
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", in addition to calling it the "perfect counterpart" from "
Bzrp Music Sessions, Vol. 56".
The Spanish newspaper ''
El Mundo'' described it as "another attempt to have one of the hits of the summer in 2023" and, similarly, Cinthya Castaño of the Colombian television channel Red+ claimed that "it promises to become a hit for this semester of 2023".
Charts
Weekly charts
Monthly charts
Year-end charts
Certifications
References
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2023 songs
2023 singles
Rauw Alejandro songs
Bizarrap songs
Latin house songs