Nathy Peluso's 'Salsa Spectacular' arrives July 15 at the Hollywood Bowl

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Set us as preferred Last March, the L.A.Times had proclaimed that Nathy Peluso had found her musical language.

Later that year, the Argentine singer decided to mix things up by releasing her 2025 EP, “Malportada.”In a departure from her urbano and alternative leanings blended with notes of R&B, the six-song EP was a straightforward, traditional salsa offering that featured a collaboration with Venezuelan salsa hybrid band Rawayana on the title track.“My experience being a woman and making music has always been to talk about my freedom [and] how I feel,” she told The Times in a recent interview inside the famous Amoeba Music record store in Hollywood.“Salsa seems to me like a stage that invites one to express themselves fully, speak loudly, dance freely and feel powerful.”Peluso had previously dabbled in the salsa genre with tracks like 2020’s “Puro Veneno,” 2021’s “Mafiosa” and the 2025 salsa erótica tune “Erotika,” but had never dedicated an entire project to the Caribbean musical styling.

The pivot by the 31-year-old artist was especially bold as she had previously been accused of cultural appropriation for recording salsa tunes.The Latin Grammy-winning Argentine singer behind the album “Grasa” spoke to De Los ahead of her March 15 show at the Novo.“It’s [my] function in society,” Peluso previously told The Times in a 2025 interview when asked about the criticism of her salsa jams.“I’m not the kind of artist who’s complacent or politically correct.

I don’t do anything with the intention of pleasing others.I chose the mission of bringing salsa back to the present because I’m passionate about it.

If a genre gives me so many wonderful sensations, I want everybody else to feel them as well.As long as people argue, they will have to listen to the songs — and as a result, ...