LATENIGHTJIGGY: DUOLINGO

LATENIGHTJIGGY is a music artist born and based In Maryland, United States, who has managed to use his exposure and closeness to various cultures to create a unique and fun sound for listeners. As an African-American with Trinidadian roots, he has infused the sounds of the Caribbean in his work, enabling him to create songs within genres, such as reggaeton, hip hop, dancehall, and more, to feel authentic. At the same time, another culture has greatly influenced his music, which is evident in his track Mimosas.

Mimosas is a track from his debut album, Flavors, which he released in 2019. This track was both in Spanish and English. Even though the artist has no Latin roots, he learned to speak and write in Spanish by being around Dominican people in the US. As a result, he can effectively write lyrics in both languages to aptly communicate and express his thoughts in his work.

Not only has this attribute contributed to his growing fanbase, but it has also enabled him to have a sound that feels his own. He has effectively used elements of each culture’s musical textures in his songwriting, and the marriage of all these elements has made his work fun to listen to. Every track feels like a new experience, and with so many releases in his portfolio, we listeners simply have more and more to explore when we tune into his work.

In the little time that LATENIGHTJIGGY has been in the music scene, he has released several different tracks, some of which were released as singles and others in EPs and albums. That said, despite his commitment to release new work rapidly, he has maintained the same high level of authenticity and musicality as an artist from the moment he released his songs.

That is perhaps why the artist has continued to grow his fanbase not only in the United States but in different parts of the world, including Spain and other Spanish-speaking areas. When this article was written and published, LATENIGHTJIGGY had close to 600,000 monthly listeners on Spotify alone. At the same time, he has songs that have been played millions of times, with Mimosas at the very top with 8.69 million plays on this platform.

Clearly, LATENIGHTJIGGY has managed to capture peoples’ attention, and that’s also because he’s giving a lot of people belonging to the aforementioned cultures an opportunity to appreciate their heritage and enjoy what they have to offer in terms of their artistic value. Moreover, his ability to sound absolutely at home with his songs in various genres shows us that he knows how to use elements of different musical cultures to spread his own message through his unique creative expression. None of it feels forced, which makes him a truly unique and captivating artist, and undoubtedly many people in the world also think so.