{"id":4541,"date":"2022-09-01T13:36:12","date_gmt":"2022-09-01T18:36:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/read.streamapse.com\/?p=4541"},"modified":"2025-05-17T17:54:18","modified_gmt":"2025-05-17T22:54:18","slug":"cnco-the-pop-star-quartet-sounds-larger-than-life-on-their-farewell-album","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/streamapse.com\/Magazine\/?p=4541","title":{"rendered":"CNCO &#8211; The Pop Star Quartet Sounds Larger Than Life On Their Farewell Album"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As proven repeatedly with hits like \u201cReggaet\u00f3n Lento\u201d and \u201cDe Cero,\u201d CNCO dutifully manifests the contemporary sounds of pop music with every new release. Some six years removed from their reality show-enabled boy-band debut Primera Cita, these young men maintain that reputation on XOXO, the group\u2019s first project as a quartet without departed member Joel Pimentel and their farewell album overall.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4542\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4542\" style=\"width: 700px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/streamapse.com\/artist-to-watch\/cnco-xoxo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4542\" src=\"http:\/\/streamapse.com\/Magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/CNCO-XOXO.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"700\" srcset=\"http:\/\/streamapse.com\/Magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/CNCO-XOXO.jpg 700w, http:\/\/streamapse.com\/Magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/CNCO-XOXO-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/streamapse.com\/Magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/CNCO-XOXO-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4542\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"http:\/\/streamapse.com\/artist-to-watch\/cnco-xoxo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>STREAM XOXO<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The four remaining members unquestionably sound larger than life on dembow-infused cuts like \u201cMalvada\u201d and the emotionally charged \u201cNo Se Va\u201d alongside the broader R&amp;B balladry of \u201cNo Apagues la Luz.\u201d With Be\u00e9le in tow, they glide over Afrobeats and slide into the DMs for romantic pleas on album standout \u201cMiami.\u201d The resonant heartache of \u201cLa Equivocada\u201d gets further amplified by an additional acoustic versi\u00f3n tumbado with m\u00fasica mexicana star Adriel Favela, while rising Mexican singer Kenia Os brings a flirtatious reciprocity to the swinging \u201cPlut\u00f3n.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"ticketnetwork.lusg.net\/DV6dK5\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4524\" src=\"http:\/\/streamapse.com\/Magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Promo-Ticket-Banner.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1065\" height=\"280\" srcset=\"http:\/\/streamapse.com\/Magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Promo-Ticket-Banner.jpg 1065w, http:\/\/streamapse.com\/Magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Promo-Ticket-Banner-300x79.jpg 300w, http:\/\/streamapse.com\/Magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Promo-Ticket-Banner-1024x269.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/streamapse.com\/Magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Promo-Ticket-Banner-768x202.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1065px) 100vw, 1065px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As proven repeatedly with hits like \u201cReggaet\u00f3n Lento\u201d and \u201cDe Cero,\u201d CNCO dutifully manifests the contemporary sounds of pop music with every new release. 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