{"id":146593,"date":"2026-02-06T22:19:12","date_gmt":"2026-02-06T22:19:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/146593\/"},"modified":"2026-02-06T22:19:12","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T22:19:12","slug":"chuwi-the-secret-sauce-on-weltita-by-bad-bunny-will-play-a-tampa-concert-this-summer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/146593\/","title":{"rendered":"Chuwi, the secret sauce on \u2018Weltita\u2019 by Bad Bunny, will play a Tampa concert this summer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-perfmatters-preload=\"\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"780\" height=\"558\" data-attachment-id=\"352016\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/chuwi-by-esteban-j-cintron-quiles\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/CHUWI-by-Esteban-J.-Cintron-Quiles-scaled.jpeg?fit=2560%2C1829&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1829\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"CHUWI by Esteban J. Cintro\u0301n Quiles\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Chuwi&lt;\/p&gt;&#10;\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/CHUWI-by-Esteban-J.-Cintron-Quiles-scaled.jpeg?fit=300%2C214&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/CHUWI-by-Esteban-J.-Cintron-Quiles-scaled.jpeg?fit=780%2C558&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/CHUWI-by-Esteban-J.-Cintron-Quiles.jpeg\" alt=\"Four people pose for a group portrait in front of a white draped backdrop. One person stands in the center back wearing a green bandeau top and a matching wrap, while three others are seated in front of them: one on the left in a tan textured suit, one in the center foreground on a red plastic crate wearing a white tank top and green trousers, and one on the right in a brown button-down set. They are positioned on a brown rug, and a potted palm tree is visible on the far left.\" class=\"wp-image-352016\"  \/>Chuwi Credit: Esteban J. Cintr\u00f3n Quiles \/ Orienteer<\/p>\n<p>Pop music fans not living under Kid Rock-sized fedora know full well that Puerto Rican music is having a moment.<\/p>\n<p>Ahead of this weekend\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/food-drink\/the-6-best-places-in-tampa-bay-to-watch-bad-bunnys-super-bowl-half-time-show\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Super Bowl Halftime Show<\/a>, Bad Bunny\u2019s Deb\u00ed Tirar M\u00e1s Fotos picked up the Album of the Year Grammy award last Sunday\u2014and this summer a band that helped him along the way plays its own headlining show in Ybor City.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chuwi.com\/?srsltid=AfmBOooyXu99VxN7xlqOASaNFo12CTMdNHNwF2NIT9BDPxVI4Shx7gS_\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Chuwi<\/a>, which calls the island\u2019s northwestern coast home, is credited on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=vmbyVU9w47Y\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bad Bunny\u2019s \u201cWeltita\u201d<\/a> (stylized \u201cWELTiTA\u201d), and backed Mr. Bunny for the song on every night of his hometown residency, which staged 31 concerts last year from July-September.<\/p>\n<p>Known for its infectious, updated, blend of plena, salsa and bomba, Chuwi traverses not just Latin music, but jazz and pop, with ease (<a href=\"https:\/\/community.cltampa.com\/event\/chuwi-21150123\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">as evidenced on its NPR Tiny Desk last fall<\/a>). Founding siblings Willy, Lor\u00e9n and Wester Aldarondo work with bandmate Adri\u00e1n L\u00f3pez to bring many sounds from home into their music, much like another Bad Bunny collaborator Fabiola Mendez (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/music-2\/puerto-rican-cuatro-scholar-and-songwriter-fabiola-mendez-tops-music-lineup-at-gasparilla-festival-of-the-arts-19552390\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">a cuatro player who brought the j\u00edbaro music of PR to Tampa a year ago at Gasparilla Festival of the Arts<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>Support is yet to be announced (we vote for Katara and Milla Killa), but the gig is a punctuation mark for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/music-2\/ybor-city-music-venue-crowbar-gets-fiveyear-lease-extension-12479017\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Crowbar, a legendary Tampa venue that will close before the fall after 20 years in Ybor City.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The show is one of three Florida concerts by Chuwi, which also plays Orlando and Miami after its Tampa gig.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/community.cltampa.com\/event\/chuwi-21150123\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tickets to see Chuwi play Crowbar in Ybor City on Wednesday, May 13 are on sale now for $36.99 (including fees).<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1770416352_753_hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"YouTube video\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" data-pin-nopin=\"true\" nopin=\"nopin\"\/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/altnewsfoundation.org\/cl-tampa\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pitch in to help make the Tampa Bay Journalism Project a success.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-normal-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/tampa\/NewsletterSignup\/Page\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Subscribe to Creative Loafing newsletters.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Follow us:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/publications\/CAAiECLjru3gB6BLYKOKFLfkVZsqFAgKIhAi467t4AegS2CjihS35FWb\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Google News<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbreak.com\/@c\/1599764?s=01\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NewsBreak<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/CreativeLoafingTampa\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Reddit<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/cltampabay\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/cltampabay\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook\u00a0<\/a>|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/cltampabay.bsky.social\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">BlueSky<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"collection-link has-small-font-size\">This article appears in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/collections\/feb-05-11-2026\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Feb. 05 \u2013 11, 2026<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tRelated\n<\/p>\n<p>\t<script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Chuwi Credit: Esteban J. 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