美国国家公共电台 NPR--Latin music style known as Regional Mexican marks another milestone in its popularity

Latin music style known as Regional Mexican marks another milestone¹ in its popularity

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A collaboration³ between chart-topping artist Peso Pluma and Argentina's influential⁴ producer Bizzarap is collecting millions of YouTube views.

LEILA FADEL, HOST:

The Latin music style known as Regional Mexican, is having a moment. This week, the chart-topping artist known as Peso Pluma visited Argentina's influential producer Bizzarap, and they almost broke the internet. Here's Alt.Latino co-host Anamaria Sayre.

ANAMARIA SAYRE, BYLINE⁵: OK. So two key players here. Peso Pluma is a 23-year-old super-popular new artist coming out of Guadalajara in Mexico. He's part of a movement that is reimagining a classic Mexican genre⁶ with a modern twist. Basically, he's taking our grandparents music and adding some hip-hop sensibilities to it.

(SOUNDBITE OF MUSIC)

PESO PLUMA: (Singing in Spanish).

SAYRE: Now, Bizzarap is this young producer from Argentina who invites Latin artists to come join him in his studio for a collaborative session that he publishes on his incredibly popular YouTube channel. And let me tell you, these sessions do numbers. He did one with Shakira recently, and it's already hit 557 million views. So the performance of this super-popular young dude from Guadalajara on what may be the single most influential music platform in Latin America right now blew up almost instantaneously. It dropped on Wednesday night, and 19 hours later, it had 17 million views.

(SOUNDBITE OF MUSIC)

BIZZARAP: (Singing in Spanish).

SAYRE: What makes this a huge deal is that Peso Pluma is the first Regional artist to join Bizzarap for one of his sessions, and the track's instant reach all across Latin America shows just how influential the genre has become. In this case, Bizzarap is sitting in his producer's studio chair down there in the Southern Cone⁷, watching his own platform be elevated by a genre that was once only popular along the U.S.-Mexico border. It's a fascinating musical development that also happens to be fun to dance to.

FADEL: That's Anamaria Sayre with NPR's Alt.Latino.

1 milestone   

n.里程碑；划时代的事件

参考例句：

• The film proved to be a milestone in the history of cinema.事实证明这部影片是电影史上的一个里程碑。
• I think this is a very important milestone in the relations between our two countries.我认为这是我们两国关系中一个十分重要的里程碑。

2 transcript   

n.抄本，誊本，副本，肄业证书

参考例句：

• A transcript of the tapes was presented as evidence in court.一份录音带的文字本作为证据被呈交法庭。
• They wouldn't let me have a transcript of the interview.他们拒绝给我一份采访的文字整理稿。

3 collaboration   

n.合作，协作；勾结

参考例句：

• The two companies are working in close collaboration each other.这两家公司密切合作。
• He was shot for collaboration with the enemy.他因通敌而被枪毙了。

4 influential   

adj.有影响的，有权势的

参考例句：

• He always tries to get in with the most influential people.他总是试图巴结最有影响的人物。
• He is a very influential man in the government.他在政府中是个很有影响的人物。

5 byline   

n.署名；v.署名

参考例句：

• His byline was absent as well.他的署名也不见了。
• We wish to thank the author of this article which carries no byline.我们要感谢这篇文章的那位没有署名的作者。

6 genre   

n.(文学、艺术等的)类型，体裁，风格

参考例句：

• My favorite music genre is blues.我最喜欢的音乐种类是布鲁斯音乐。
• Superficially,this Shakespeare's work seems to fit into the same genre.从表面上看， 莎士比亚的这个剧本似乎属于同一类型。

7 cone   

n.圆锥体，圆锥形东西，球果

参考例句：

• Saw-dust piled up in a great cone.锯屑堆积如山。
• The police have sectioned off part of the road with traffic cone.警察用锥形路标把部分路面分隔开来。