
Gabito Ballesteros is led by love in new album ‘Ya No Se Llevan Serenatas'
Mexican corrido singer Gabito Ballesteros has always been a hopeless romantic. His newest album, 'Ya No Se Llevan Serenatas,' or 'They No Longer Perform Serenades,' tugs at those delicate heartstrings.
Released Thursday, the album pays tribute to romance in the digital era of smartphones and social media. Invoking modern-day references, like sending Instagram DMs and going to Disneyland, he puts his own spin on the traditional serenade, a ballad one typically sings below the windowsill of their lover. It's the kind of profound romance that regional Mexican acts such as Joan Sebastian, Vicente Fernandez and Juan Gabriel honed for decades.
'I like to sing to women, bring them roses, be romantic, and I want to convey this to my audience,' said Ballesteros in a statement to The Times.
Sprinkled across the 21 tracks is a roster of star-studded Mexican homegrown talents, including longtime collaborator Natanael Cano, Tito Doble P, Christian Nodal, Neton Vega, Carín León, Oscar Maydon and Luis R Conriquez.
Colombian reggaeton superstar J Balvin is also featured in the Latin-EDM fusion track, 'La Troka.'
Ahead of its release, the rising star teased his sophomore album on Instagram with a clip of him driving a classic Ford Mustang filled with dozens of red roses. Once parked, Ballesteros pulls out his guitar from the trunk as his joint song with Carín León, 'Regalo de Dios,' begins to unfold in the background — a sign that Ballesteros is ready to pour his heart out to whoever that fortunate soul might be.
The song is one of the few pre-released tracks of the album, alongside poetic singles like 'Cleopatra,' which compares a woman's beauty to that of the famed Egyptian queen, and the agonizing track 'Perdido,' which looks to fill the void of true love lost with vice.
The already popular, anxiety-riddled '7 Diás,' featuring Tito Double P, is also included in the track list; Ballesteros also performs an acoustic rendition of this heartbreak song on YouTube.
'This is a very important album because it tells a very different story than what [I] have been doing],' said Ballesteros. 'The audience will get to learn more about my love and heartbreak.'
Ballesteros, who is originally from Sonora, Mexico, first gained recognition in 2020 with his breakthrough conjunto song 'El Rompecabezas.' After obtaining his degree in industrial engineering in 2023, he joined his longtime friend Natanael Cano and Peso Pluma on the chart-topping hit 'AMG,' which debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 at No. 92, marking the trio's first appearance on the chart. Ballesteros later appeared on the chart that same year with the megahit 'Lady Gaga' with Peso Pluma and Junior H,' which remained on the Billboard Hot 100 for 20 weeks, peaking at No. 35.
The release of 'Ya No Se Llevan Serenatas' comes a year after Ballesteros launched his critically-acclaimed debut album, 'The GB,' which landed at No. 65 on the Billboard 200. The 25-year-old singer— who is under Natanael Cano's record label Los CT and Peso Pluma's Double P Management— has quickly become a force in the new wave of corridos tumbados, amassing more than 50 million monthly Spotify listeners.
'If you're in love, I would like for you to dedicate a song to your lover [from this album]. If you're going through a breakup, listen to it and heal with the music,' Ballesteros said. 'Everything is guided by love.'
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