"El Apagón" (English: " The Power Outage") is a song by Puerto Rican rapper

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from his fifth studio album ''

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''. The song was released as the album's seventh single on September 16, 2022. Themes of the song include gentrification and the power outages. El Apagón is primarily a

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, bomba, and

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track that also combines elements of

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, and

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Promotion and release

On May 2, 2022, Bad Bunny announced his fifth studio album, ''

'', on which "El Apagón" is placed at number sixteen on the track list. On May 6, 2022, the song was released alongside the rest of ''Un Verano Sin Ti'' through Rimas Entertainment. The track includes an outro sung by Puerto Rican jewelry designer and guest vocalist Gabriela Berlingeri, Bad Bunny's former girlfriend. In May 2022, Bad Bunny sang "El Apagón" during a power outage at El Nie Bar in

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Commercial performance

Along with the rest of the tracks from ''Un Verano Sin Ti'', "El Apagón" charted on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, peaking at number 54. It also charted on the ''Billboard'' Global 200 along with the other album tracks, charting at number 35. On the US

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chart, the track peaked at number 19.

Audio visualizer

A 360° audio visualizer for the song was uploaded to

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on May 6, 2022 along with the other audio visualizer videos of the songs that appeared on ''Un Verano Sin Ti''.

Music video

Bad Bunny released a 22 minute music video on September 16, 2022. It was an audiovisual project and documentary directed by Kacho Lopez Mari that incorporates reporting done by independent journalist Bianca Graulau. The video criticizes

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Commercial performance

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Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

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