In September 2017, when tropical cyclone category 4 hit Puerto Rico with winds of 250 kilometers per hour, thousands of people on the island died, others lived in terror, and many more spent weeks in the dark. Bad Bunny's "Una Velita" is a call to action instead of a tune written to win a Latin Grammy.

Bad Bunny has released “Una Velita,” a polemic addressing the fallout from Hurricane Maria, which devastated Puerto Rico and other parts of the Caribbean in 2017. It is his first song since last year’s Nadie Sabe Lo Que Va a Pasar Mañana.