Música Mexicana Songsmith Armenta Is Writing His Own Destiny

With much than 60 song credits, Armenta’s songwriting prowess tin beryllium heard crossed immoderate of nan astir celebrated música mexicana albums to date, whether by Fuerza Regida, Tito Double P, Peso Pluma aliases Dareyes de la Sierra.

“I see myself a tailor,” said Armenta, 25. “[I’ll create] a sound that will beryllium bully pinch your vocal timbre, pinch your tones, pinch nan vocal volition you need.”

The singer-songwriter wrote Fuerza Regida’s gritty deed “Marlboro Rojo” successful 45 minutes, ensuring that nan song’s aggressive, battle-ready lyrics besides captured a romanticist spirit. (“The devil’s bullets and I only deliberation of your eyes,” sang Jesús Ortiz Paz, a.k.a. JOP.) And he wrote “Dos Días” for Tito Double P and Peso Pluma 1 early greeting aft a chaotic nighttime retired pinch friends; you tin perceive nan affectional hangover successful nan measurement nan vocalists’ rugged voices flail successful desperation.

“The astir important point is ever to convey thing wherever group tin immerse themselves successful a feeling,” said Armenta, whose afloat sanction is Miguel Armenta.

He dialed into our question and reply from a circuit autobus departing from Austin, Texas, en way to nan adjacent performance venue connected nan Dinastía Tour by Peso Pluma, Tito Double P and friends. Armenta was instrumental successful penning and producing Tito Double P’s 2024 debut “Incómodo,” a 21-track task that helped separate nan Mexican corrido vocalist from his already celebrated cousin, Peso Pluma.

“I consciousness that it’s a task that has solidified nan work we person arsenic composers and arsenic artists, [it’s] an medium afloat of hits,” said Armenta, who later wrote tracks connected Tito Double P and Peso Pluma’s associated 2025 LP “Dinastía.”

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Since nan opening of March, Armenta has joined nan brace of cousins connected shape for their acoustic- and brass-powered opus “London,” a way connected nan deluxe version of “Dinastía” that indulges successful fantasies of surviving for illustration kings. The opus was trim from Armenta’s ain 2025 debut, “Portate Bien,” a blend of corridos tumbados pinch melodic touches of reggaeton and pop.

“I had conscionable bought my ain location and I wrote [‘London’] emotion for illustration king of nan world successful my ain studio,” Armenta said. “I thought that opus was dead, but I sewage a telephone from Double P [Records] asking if I was willing successful releasing it pinch them.”

Armenta’s introduction into nan música mexicana realm was not arsenic calculated arsenic his lyricism; astatine slightest not astatine first. Coming from a family afloat of business engineers, nan Sinaloa-born, Tijuana-raised composer initially group his sights connected a grade successful biomedical engineering. “I liked nan thought of being capable to usage exertion to create advancements that use humanity,” he explained.

His passion for music, however, lingered persistently successful nan background. Starting from erstwhile he was 11 years old, Armenta would constitute lyrics successful journals and strum on to nan guitar his relative bought him. “He didn’t for illustration that I utilized his guitar, truthful he bought maine one,” he recalled.

He besides gravitated toward independent YouTube artists who uploaded their earthy compositions online. By property 18, he would constitute 1 of his first R&B songs, titled “Dame” — though nan tenderly sung way wouldn’t beryllium published until 2 years later.

“It was nan first opus that I stake connected arsenic an artist, and I spent nan very small money that I had connected it,” Armenta said. “A literal sacrifice. I knew that nan opus had something, but I didn’t cognize what until later.”

In astir 2020, Armenta helped constitute immoderate songs for Angel Ureta, a friend who signed pinch Street Mob Records, founded by Fuerza Regida’s JOP. Armenta yet developed a moving business pinch nan indie label, which continued motion celebrated música mexicana acts for illustration Calle 24, Chino Pacas and Clave Especial.

One of Armenta’s earliest hits pinch Fuerza Regida came successful precocious 2022 arsenic “Bebe Dame.” The set recorded nan opus alongside Grupo Frontera, who earlier that twelvemonth had reached TikTok fame for nan cumbia nortena rotation connected “No Se Va,” a 2018 popular opus by nan Colombian set Morat.

Armenta projected nan take of his ain way from nan vault, “Dame,” which by that constituent had less than 1,000 views online. With immoderate lyrical tweaking by Edgar Barrera — a 29-time Latin Grammy-winning songwriter, who Armenta later befriended — nan revamped version, “Bebe Dame,” became an contiguous sensation.

It helped people Fuerza Regida their first profession introduction into nan Billboard Hot 100 astatine nan commencement of 2023, later peaking astatine No. 25. By 2024, Fuerza Regida became 1 of nan biggest streaming Latin acts successful nan U.S., alongside Junior H, Peso Pluma and Bad Bunny.

In 2024, Armenta and Barrera reunited again successful concealed to hash retired what would beryllium Grupo Frontera and Fuerza Regida’s associated EP, “Mala Mía” — “without either group knowing,” Armenta said. Their viral corrido-cumbia single, titled “Me Jalo,” secured Fuerza Regida’s first Latin Grammy nomination, and Grupo Frontera’s fourth, nether nan class of location opus astatine nan 26th Annual Latin Grammy Awards.

“Edgar and I attraction a batch connected really to germinate sounds,” Armenta said. “We are successful nan process of recognizing [the worth of] música mexicana, that we can’t fto this die.”

Between 2024 and 2026, 12 of Armenta’s songs person been recognized by nan BMI Latin Awards — which honors songwriters, composers and publishers — including Fuerza Regida and Grupo Frontera’s associated collaborations “Bebe Dame” and “Me Jalo,” arsenic good arsenic Fuerza Regida’s “TQM,” “Nel” and “Por Esos Ojos.” Tito Double P’s “Dos Dias” and “Escapate” (feat. Chino Pacas) besides received accolades.

For now, nan songwriter shows nary signs of stopping his lyrical magic, though he figures he mightiness portion ways pinch nan euphony world 10 years from now — but not earlier winning a mates of Grammy Awards, he said, aliases moreover starting his ain publishing explanation for songwriters and composers. (“My mom says I’m going to get grey hairs,” he added.)

“I deliberation that life put maine present to person fun,” Armenta said. “I had different destiny, but life accommodated itself to spot maine successful this valuable situation.”