Eslabón Armado revisits its ‘Nocturno’ era in Billboard interview, spotlighting five essential tracks and a Peso Pluma reunion

Eslabón Armado is looking back and moving forward at the same time, discussing its new album ‘Nocturno’ and highlighting five tracks it calls essential in a Billboard interview published June 26. The group’s comments are framed around what the songs represent within the album’s mood and sequencing, with the band revisiting creative choices that shaped the release’s overall sound.

Billboard reports that the band’s discussion also returns to the collaboration it shared with Peso Pluma, noting that the two artists have reunited following their 2023 hit “Ella Baila Sola.” That earlier collaboration, widely associated with Eslabón Armado’s mainstream breakthrough in regional Mexican music, is positioned in the interview as a reference point for how the group’s project has evolved since then.

In the interview, Eslabón Armado’s focus remains on the album’s track-level details, with the group breaking down five songs from ‘Nocturno’ rather than offering a broad retrospective. The coverage situates the band’s approach as part of a larger trend in which artists use short-form commentary to give fans a clearer sense of songwriting intent and musical emphasis, track by track, after an album’s release.

Billboard’s write-up is presented as part of its VIP Pass segment, an interview format that typically pairs artist-facing conversation with curated excerpts or discussion themes drawn from a current project. In this case, the segment centers on Eslabón Armado’s own selection of the five “essential” songs from ‘Nocturno,’ making the band’s framing a central part of the public-facing rollout.

While the Billboard report emphasizes the album’s internal logic and the group’s reunion with Peso Pluma after “Ella Baila Sola,” it does not change the basic chronology: the earlier collaboration from 2023 remains the most recent widely cited connection between the two acts, and the new discussion is organized around ‘Nocturno’ as the current creative focus.

For audiences, the interview functions as a guide to how to listen to ‘Nocturno,’ since it points listeners toward specific songs the group considers foundational. For the industry, it is also a reminder that major regional Mexican acts increasingly treat album campaigns as multi-layered events, combining releases with editorial-style commentary that supports streaming, playlist placement, and fan engagement during the early phase of an album cycle.