With Bad Bunny’s ‘Debí Tirar Más Fotos’ album, nostalgia goes viral on TikTok

By LG Staff

By LG Staff

January 25, 2025

When Nicole Ortiz saw Bad Bunny’s “Debí Tirar Más Fotos” album cover for the first time, the Florida resident thought back to her visits to Puerto Rico and the huge parties where her relatives would play dominoes at the table and that feeling of love and togetherness.

“I see my grandmother in that chair playing dominoes with my uncle and dad,” Ortiz, 48, told NBC News.

Bad Bunny called his recent album, which translates to “I should have taken more photos,” his “most Puerto Rican” album yet — and many fans agree.

The cover, which features two plain white plastic chairs in a backyard full of bright green plants, has brought people smiles — and tears. The chairs, which are known as Monobloc chairs, are versatile and inexpensive chairs that can be found in countries all over the world, and they are used both indoors and outdoors. 

“Both my grandmothers have passed, and the chairs represent good times that involved Latin music, traditional foods and dancing,” Ortiz said. “It brings me sadness they aren’t here but also brings me happiness that I have those memories.” 

Bad Bunny’s nostalgic message and iconic “DtMF” song have resonated with Latino and non-Latino fans, putting it at No. 1 on the TikTok’s Top 50 list. 

Puerto Rican and other TikTok users have posted photos of their families in the two white chairs and see the album as an ode to their upbringing. 

A user posted a photo of her as a little girl with her grandmother on her birthday and said the cover immediately made her nostalgic. Another user said the chairs are where a lot of Latinos spend time with their families gossiping and talking about current events. She said she is who she is today because of the conversations in the white chairs.

Bad Bunny’s latest album is an homage and a love letter to the island and a call for Puerto Ricans to protect their culture. From his use of folkloric bomb and plena music to a short film showing the effects of gentrification in Puerto Rico, the album highlights the island’s beauty and struggle.

Dinatalia Farina, 29, said the album has made her rethink her idea of home. The album cover and its songs reminded Farina, 29, a Puerto Rican from New York, that home doesn’t necessarily need to be a physical place but instead can be a feeling full of nostalgia, rhythm and dance.

“We are the reminders of home,” Farina said. “We are the people that are going to continue these traditions that remind us of home.”

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