Daddy Yankee has reassured fans that they won’t miss out on the classic songs that helped make him a global star when he takes the stage for his Coachella debut next April.
The reggaeton icon spoke with several reporters on the red carpet at the Latin Recording Academy’s Person of the Year tribute on Wednesday night (Nov. 11) in Las Vegas.
In a video posted on the Los Angeles Times En Español YouTube channel, the Puerto Rican superstar was approached by a reporter who asked about his upcoming Coachella performance, which will mark his first major performance in several years.
“You once mentioned that the lyrics to some of your older songs might need slight adjustments because of their explicit content. Will that also apply to your Coachella performance? Should fans expect any lyrical changes during your upcoming shows?” the reporter asked.
“No. At this point in my career, I’m very selective about all the music I create,” DY responded in Spanish around the one-minute, 28-second mark of the video linked above. “You’ll hear many of the hits from my career—songs that reflect life experiences—but, naturally, the music I made when I was younger came from a person who thought differently than the man I am today. It’s all about different stages; I’ve matured a great deal, and that’s reflected in my lyrics and my music.”
The reporter followed up, pressing him on whether he intended to make changes to the lyrics of his older hits.
“You’ll hear all the songs that were hits,” Yankee replied. “They’ll all be there.”
After spending decades delivering genre-defining hits like “Gasolina” and “Rompe,” Daddy Yankee announced in late 2022 that he was retiring from music following the release of his Legendaddy album and his La Última Vuelta World Tour, Billboard reported at the time.
During the final show of his farewell tour, the singer revealed that he was stepping away from reggaeton to dedicate his life to his Christian faith, according to NBC News.
In July 2025, he officially returned to releasing music under the name DY, kicking things off with the single “Sonríele.”
Several months later, during an appearance on ABC News Live, he revealed that he would not perform “Gasolina” alongside Bad Bunny at the Super Bowl, explaining that he was “on a different mission.”
Fans had already begun anticipating a very different kind of Coachella performance following the release of the festival lineup.
“Daddy Yankee on the Coachella lineup is making me laugh bc he is like VERY into Jesus now and performs Christian music lol like we are not getting Gasolina y’all, we are getting Spanish language worship music,” one X user wrote.
Daddy Yankee has received special “In the Desert” billing at Coachella, placing him as the fourth top-billed performer alongside headliners Dua Lipa, Tame Impala and SZA. The performance will mark his first appearance at the festival, four years after announcing his retirement.
Coachella is scheduled to take place in Indio, California, on April 9-11 and April 16-18, 2027. Tickets will go on sale Friday at noon PT.
Meanwhile, Daddy Yankee released his latest album, La Postal, last month. The project is led by the reggaeton single “BOTZ (Bésame Otra Vez)” and also features Cardi B on the bachata collaboration “Cosita.”
