Italy’s 3XVM Is Taking Corridos Tumbados Global
Imagine walking into a Mexican cantina, hearing the familiar guitars, the swagger, the unmistakable corrido rhythm, and assuming the music is coming from somewhere in Sonora, Sinaloa or Jalisco.
Then someone tells you the artists are Italian.
Welcome to the dynamic unexpected world of 3XVM, the Italian musical duo made up of brothers Hisoka Yagami and Bogos, two young musicians who have taken one of Mexico’s hottest musical movements and given it an Italian accent.
Yes, Italian.
And somehow, it works.
3XVM has become one of the more fascinating examples of just how far corridos tumbados have traveled. What began as a distinctly Mexican evolution of regional music has become an international sound, attracting listeners and musicians far beyond Mexico and the United States.
For 3XVM, however, this isn’t simply a joke, a social media stunt or two Italians wearing cowboy hats and pretending to be from Culiacán.
They are taking the music seriously.
How Two Italians Discovered Corridos
The story of 3XVM’s relationship with corridos tumbados is surprisingly recent.
The brothers discovered the genre in the summer of 2025, according to interviews about the project. What initially caught Bogos was not necessarily the lyrics or the Mexican cultural background.
It was the rhythm.
That was the gateway.
As he explained in an interview, the rhythm initially attracted him. Then, after learning some Spanish and understanding what the songs were actually saying, the connection became much stronger.
That distinction is important.
For the brothers, corridos weren’t simply another exotic musical trend coming across their phones. Once they understood the stories, they began recognizing something universal in them, ambition, struggle, money, family, hardship, migration and the desire to build a better life.
In other words, the geography was different, but the emotions weren’t.
Their introduction to the genre reportedly came through Natanael Cano, including his early hit “El De La Codeina.” They subsequently discovered music from artists including Peso Pluma and Netón Vega, among others.
And down the rabbit hole they went.
From Mexico’s Streets to Italy
Corridos tumbados are themselves a musical hybrid.
The genre took traditional corrido storytelling and mixed it with contemporary sounds including trap, hip-hop and other urban influences. Artists such as Natanael Cano, Peso Pluma and Junior H helped push the style from a Mexican youth movement into an international phenomenon.
That makes 3XVM’s interpretation particularly interesting.
Instead of simply reproducing Mexican stories in Spanish, the brothers are asking a different question:
What happens when the corrido formula is transplanted into Italy?
The answer is what might be called the Italian corrido.
The guitars, vocal attitude, rhythmic structure and street-oriented aesthetic remain recognizable. But the language and cultural references are largely Italian.
Suddenly, the corrido isn’t necessarily telling the story of somebody cruising through Sonora.
It can be telling the story of somebody navigating life on an Italian street.
And that is where 3XVM begins to separate itself from a novelty act.
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“Nike Sporche” and the Sound of Italy
One of the songs that helped put 3XVM on the radar is “Nike Sporche,” which translates roughly to “Dirty Nikes.”
The title alone tells you something about their approach.
The corrido has historically been a storytelling vehicle, and the modern tumbado version has expanded those stories into the realities, aspirations and fantasies of a younger generation.
3XVM takes that framework and places it inside their own world.
Their songs touch on money, hardship, street life and ambition, themes that don’t require a passport.
Their music is primarily in Italian, with Spanish words and phrases appearing as part of the connection to the genre’s Mexican roots.
That linguistic combination gives the music an unusual character.
You may not understand every Italian lyric, but your ears recognize the musical language.
It sounds familiar, yet unfamiliar at the same time.
Like finding out your favorite taco truck has opened a location in Rome.
They Didn’t Just Copy the Sound
This is where the 3XVM story gets more interesting.
There is always a question when musicians from outside a culture adopt a genre deeply connected to that culture.
Are they celebrating it?
Are they borrowing it?
Are they simply copying it?
3XVM appears to understand that question.
The brothers have spoken about their admiration and respect for Mexican music, and their comments suggest that they see corridos as something more meaningful than a passing TikTok trend.
They connected with the storytelling.
They connected with the struggle.
They connected with the ambition.
And eventually, they decided they wanted to tell their own stories through the same musical language.
That distinction is significant.
They’re not claiming to be Mexican.
They’re Italian musicians making Italian music inspired by a Mexican genre.
And that may ultimately be the reason their experiment works.
The Italian Twist
There are also practical differences between how 3XVM create their music and how traditional Mexican corridos are commonly recorded.
Regional Mexican music has a long tradition of musicians playing live instruments, including guitars, requinto and the tololoche, an instrument that contributes to the low-end character associated with many corridos.
3XVM have largely approached the sound through modern digital production, using software, samples and electronic production techniques to recreate elements of the Mexican sound.
That makes sense.
They aren’t sitting in a recording studio surrounded by veteran norteño musicians.
They’re young Italian artists building a new version of the sound with the tools available to them.
And perhaps that is exactly what corridos tumbados has always been about, taking something traditional and bending it until it speaks to a new generation.
Then TikTok Got Involved
As with so many modern music stories, the internet eventually entered the room.
3XVM’s music began attracting attention online, but one moment helped accelerate the conversation.
Mexican influencer Leo Gallegos posted a reaction to their music after discovering the Italian duo.
The reaction was essentially disbelief.
The music sounded sufficiently close to contemporary Mexican corridos that the listener could initially assume the artists were Mexican.
Then came the plot twist.
They were Italian.
The discovery triggered exactly the kind of reaction social media loves, surprise, humor, debate and curiosity.
Suddenly people were asking the obvious question:
Why are Italians making corridos tumbados?
The better question may be:
Why wouldn’t they?
Music has never been particularly good at respecting borders.
Jazz traveled.
Hip-hop traveled.
Reggaeton traveled.
K-pop traveled.
Latin trap traveled.
And now corridos are doing the same thing.
From Viral Moment to Something Bigger
The danger for any artist who goes viral is obvious.
The internet loves the unusual.
Today you’re “the Italians who make Mexican corridos.”
Tomorrow the internet finds something else.
3XVM appears to understand that.
In an interview, Hisoka made it clear that the brothers don’t want their career to be built solely around the novelty of Italians making corridos.
They want an artistic direction.
They want songs.
Then more songs.
Then an album.
That is a very different ambition.
Their recently released “LOS CORRIDOS ITALIANOS” EP contains five tracks, including “Tripla Lavata,” “Nike Sporche,” “Saremo Ricchi Inshaallah,” “La Miseria” and “Pinacolada.” The project was released in August 2026.
That title, “LOS CORRIDOS ITALIANOS,” pretty much eliminates the need for a geography lesson.
They’re planting a flag.
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The Mexican Dream, Italian Style
Perhaps the most entertaining part of the 3XVM story is how openly the brothers have embraced the culture surrounding the music.
In their conversation with Remezcla, Hisoka joked about wanting the “Mexican Dream” rather than the American Dream.
And then came the punchline, they don’t want McDonald’s, they want tacos and tinga de pollo.
Funny?
Absolutely.
But there’s something deeper behind the joke.
The brothers aren’t simply attracted to the sound of corridos. They’re fascinated by the culture and worldview that surround the music.
They see artists describing real life, economic struggles, migration and the pressure to work hard and move forward.
Those stories resonate well beyond Mexico.
They resonate in Italy too.
Their Upbringing, and What We Actually Know
There is still relatively little publicly documented information about Hisoka and Bogos’ childhood, family life and early upbringing compared with established international artists.
What is clear is that they are Italian brothers who developed as musicians before turning their attention toward corridos tumbados.
Their earlier releases show that 3XVM did not appear overnight simply because Mexican music suddenly became fashionable.
Their catalog includes music released before the corrido-focused material, including tracks such as “Madre Mia,” “Julius,” “Marijuana,” “Bimbo,” “Autobahn” and “Perso Nella Life.” Their evolution into corridos therefore appears to be part of a broader musical journey rather than the beginning of their entire artistic identity.
That evolution is worth watching.
Because the most interesting question isn’t whether two Italians can imitate a Mexican musical genre.
They clearly can.
The more interesting question is what happens when they stop imitating it and begin transforming it.
What’s Next for 3XVM?
he brothers have already answered that question themselves.
They want longevity.
They want to create a full-length album and establish an artistic identity beyond the viral novelty.
And, perhaps most importantly, they want to eventually bring their music to Mexico.
That would be the ultimate test.
The internet is one thing.
A Mexican audience standing in front of you, listening to two Italians perform corridos tumbados, is something else entirely.
But if their reception so far is any indication, 3XVM may have stumbled onto something bigger than a clever cultural mash-up.
They may be part of the next stage of corridos tumbados’ international evolution.
Because the genre was born from Mexican storytelling, but music has a funny habit of traveling.
It crosses borders.
It changes languages.
It picks up new instruments.
It absorbs new influences.
And sometimes, apparently, it ends up in Italy.
With two brothers named Hisoka Yagami and Bogos singing about life, ambition and dirty Nikes.
Mexico gave the world the corrido.
3XVM wants to show the world what happens when Italy answers back.
And if the brothers get their way, this isn’t the end of the story.
It’s only the first verse.
