The new collaboration of the greatest talents of Colombian reggaeton, between them Karol G, Feid, Maluma, Ryan Castro, Blessd and J Balvin, arrived accompanied by controversy and questions about verses that advocate the sexualization of minors, as well as criticism because they are unaware of the reality of Medellín, where they are from, and where there are very high rates of child sexual exploitation.
The song ‘+57’, in reference to the Colombian telephone prefix, was released on Thursday, November 7 on all digital platforms after an anticipated wait by fans of the urban genre as it was the first collaboration between so many artists from Medellín that occupy the top positions in the charts around the world.
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However, controversy arose with the publication of a magazine review Rolling Stone in Spanish, who warned that “The most worrying aspect of ‘+57’ is its lyrics. At one point Feid and Maluma sing: ‘a mamacita since the fourteens/Enter the disco and it feels ki/Mommy, I’ll give these shots for you’“.
“The greatest talents of Colombian reggaeton come together in a song that disappoints, advocates the sexualization of minors and raises alarms“, concluded the music magazine, to which it added that “It is very serious that, at this point in the conversation about narcoculture and rape culture, topics such as the sexualization of minors continue to be freely touched upon in songs.“.
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Voices also joined in on social networks questioning this aspect, and some feminist groups They recalled that “this, in a city like Medellín, with a serious problem of child sexual exploitation.”
In the last year, Medellín has been in the news for cases of sexual tourism with minors who have met, an increasingly palpable reality in that city, capital of the department of Antioquia, which has become attractive to visitors who are after sex and drugs.
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According to the Observatory of Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Girls, Boys and Adolescents (Escnna) of the NGO Valientes, in 2023 they were reported 329 victims of crimes associated with the sexual exploitation of minors in Medellín.
President Gustavo Petro himself wrote a message on his X account in reference to the controversy, considering that “the cultural debate is fine” and defended that “There is a cultural confrontation between the surface and the depth of the things that youth are waging in their neighborhoods.“.
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EFE
