Diego & Arnaldo understand perfectly what makes good sertanejo. Since 2016, the pair from Paulista, Brazil, have built a fanbase with their tales of long nights at the bar and the heartache they felt that brought them there. They don’t skimp on their arrangements, always backed by lush guitars—but these days, you’re just as likely to hear a breakbeat as an accordion or a saxophone in their songs. By infusing a dance-music lean into Brazilian country music on sing-along party tunes like “Resumindo” and their biggest hit, “Relógio Parado,” they made their way to the top of sertanejo’s early-2020s wave.