Atardecer literally translates to "sunset". This beautiful and poetic word is formed from tarde (afternoon) and describes the magical time of day when the sun disappears below the horizon.
As the title of the song ("Otro Atardecer" means "Another Sunset"), it's a key word that sets a romantic and nostalgic mood. Bad Bunny sings about longing to relive a perfect moment with a past love, making the sunset a powerful symbol of their shared memories and his desire for just one more.
Otro Atardecer feels like that late-night text you know you shouldn't send, set to a warm reggaeton beat. Bad Bunny teams up with indie band The Marías to obsess over a past fling that ended before they got to know each other properly. He opens with an open bottle and an open door, singing "Aún quedan dos botellas de vino / Por si se juntan nuestros caminos" ("There are still two bottles of wine left / In case our paths cross"). He keeps replaying that one evening where he got totally distracted by her eyes as the sun went down ("Pero me perdí en tu mirada" ["But I got lost in your gaze"]), wondering what on earth she did to his brain because time keeps moving and he still cannot move on.
Then he drops all subtlety. He bluntly admits "Tú a mí me gustas más que el dinero" ("I like you more than money") and invites her over right away, telling her he is already dressed and waiting ("Búscame, ya estoy vestido" ["Come look for me, I'm already dressed"]). The Marías step in with slow, bilingual vocals about kisses starting at the belly button and going down to the toes ("Empieza en mi ombligo / Termina en mis pies"), turning the track into an intimate back-and-forth between two people who clearly want another shot at watching the sunset together.
Bad Bunny was bagging groceries at a supermarket in Vega Baja and studying audiovisual communication at the University of Puerto Rico's Arecibo campus when the tracks he was uploading to SoundCloud between shifts reached DJ Luian, who signed him to Hear This Music in 2016. He was born Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio in Bayamón in 1994 and grew up in the Almirante Sur barrio of Vega Baja.
The breakout was "Diles" in 2016, then "Soy Peor" that December, and by 2018 he was on Cardi B's "I Like It", a number one on the Hot 100. His albums run from X 100pre and YHLQMDLG through Un Verano Sin Ti, the year end number one on the Billboard 200 in 2022, to Debí Tirar Más Fotos, which in February 2026 became the first all Spanish language album to win the Grammy for Album of the Year. He also has "Callaíta", "Dakiti" and "Tití Me Preguntó" behind him, a summer 2025 residency at the Coliseo José Miguel Agrelot in San Juan, and a WrestleMania tag team match in 2021 that he and Damian Priest won.