Give Estevie Her Cumbia Crown Now
On "Hombre Malvado," the young Mexican American cumbia-pop singer croons herself through a particularly hellacious breakup.
For some of us in the Latine diaspora, cumbia is music our parents and grandparents raised us on, the midtempo party jams that remind them of their homelands in Mexico or Colombia or Guatemala. But younger generations of musicians and DJs seem to always end up spit-shining the classics, showing respect to the music they grew up with and positioning their culture in the club with intent. As of late, no one embodies this better than Estevie, a powerhouse 21-year-old Californian with a velveteen voice.
