For years, the merengue genre was discussed in the past tense, with critics asserting that it had lost ground to urban genres such as reguetón and dembow. Observers frequently claimed that the defining rhythm of the Dominican Republic relied on an irrepetible era of past figures and survived only through nostalgia.
However, current coverage indicates a shift in the genre's trajectory, moving from viral nostalgia toward capturing new generations.
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