“La Bachata” (2022) is the song that made Manuel Turizo, from Montería in Colombia, a global name. It's a break-up song: he's hurt, he knows it's over, and he's trying to convince himself — and her — that he's better off, even as the feelings keep pulling him back.
Bachata is the guitar-led romantic music of the Dominican Republic, traditionally about heartbreak, and Turizo sings it with a modern pop sound. The song topped charts in Spain and across Latin America and was one of the most-streamed Spanish songs of its year.
His voice is low, slow and clear — one of the easiest male voices in Latin pop to follow. Listen for the vocabulary of heartbreak: to forget, to hurt, to come back, it's over.