About Lido Pimienta's Marea
"Marea” nods to several types of cultural colonialism, from the gentrification of island lands by rich outsiders to Madonna’s “La Isla Bonita”, one of the first instances of an Anglo artist tapping into so-called Latin imagery. In this song and throughout her oeuvre, Pimienta continues to embody a champion for those who don’t have the voice to decry their situation