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CUCO
Omar Banos is a 22-year-old Mexican American from Hawthorne, California. Known as Cuco, he has become one of the popular young acts in Latin music of today. His style consists of songs in English and Spanish, sometimes a mix of both, with a bossa nova style of singing with a lot of synthesizers.
Cuco's music is fused with youth and love lyrics in Spanglish. A lot of music is described as "dream pop." According to Urban Dictionary, dream pop is "an atmospheric subgenre of alternative rock that relies on sonic textures as much as melody." Cuco's music stands out amongst young artists today as he mixes alternative rock with bossa nova. His smooth style of singing and improvisation makes his music unique and suitable for the dream-like atmosphere.
Not many famous Latin artists tend to make music that is more alternative and chill. However Cuco, definitely proves that he has an audience as he reached over 160 million streams of his first single in 2017, "Lo Que Siento."