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It’s like Looney Tunes cartoon sound effects mixed in with Brazilian phonk,” he told me. “They’ve really chewed up [the genre] and spit it out.” It’s baffling why people even label ...

In 2003 the genre accounted for 15 of the 100 most-played songs on Brazilian radio; in 2022 that figure was 76. But despite this dominance, sertanejo has little export potential. Few artists care ...