1 07/03/2021 – 6:12 AM (GMT-4)
The Cuban musician Willy Chirino and the actor, presenter and comedian Alexis Valdes confirmed that they will premiere their joint musical theme on March 15 I am Cuban
The comedian said on his Facebook profile that he will premiere the musical theme with the singer I am Cuban and he shared an excerpt from a video asking his followers to answer “What does that motorcycle I’m mechanizing, and some malanga frituritas, have to do with the song’s theme?”
As Chirino points out in his profile on the social network Facebook, they chose this date for historical reasons. In addition, the singer warned his followers to be vigilant as both artists will post clips from the music video for the premiere.
Friends, one of the most memorable events in the history of Cuban freedom and most closely linked to the current reality that exists on the island is THE PROTEST OF BARAGUÁ on March 15, 1878. That’s why Alexis Valdés chose this release date of the song YO SOY CUBANO that he co-wrote and recorded last January. We will be posting small clips of the video daily until the 15th. I hope you like it! “, said the singer.
The song I am Cuban, is dedicated to all Cubans scattered around the world who keep their roots and identities alive. The project of this duo of popular artists intends to make a video clip in which fellow countrymen from as many places in the world as possible participate, as announced at the time.
“We are preparing a video in which we want to include images of Cubans who are the same in Europe, Asia, Africa, North America or South America. That is, we want many of them to appear in this video. for this song, ” said Alexis Valdés on his Instagram profile, where he encouraged all those fellow countrymen who were eager to be part of the audiovisual film to record themselves from a characteristic place in the city or village where they lived. had to add an important element that refers to the island and that expresses the identity and customs of the Cuban.
Recently Valdés and Chirino were invited to participate in the virtual meeting that took place between Cuban artists for the European parliament, entitled “Patria y Vida, Art and Politics United by Cuba”, after the success of the song Patria y Vida, performed by Yotuel, Gente de Zona, Descemer Bueno, Maykel Osorbo and el Funky.
On this occasion, the comedian called on Europe and the world support the Cubans in the changebecause the country needs a transition to democracy. “The world can no longer turn its back on what is happening in Cuba,” he said.
Chirino, in turn, indicated that everyone had the repression of the Cuban government and thanked a song like Homeland and Life the opportunity to bring their countrymen together to promote democratic change in Cuba.
“A song is stronger than a gun or an army, and I know it. A bullet strikes a heart; a song turns it on. Today many hearts are on fire because of a song,” he told the European Parliament .
The new musical theme that Alexis Valdés and Willy Chirino have included is more than a song. The video they are preparing, if it gets widespread participation from Cubans in different parts of the world, could turn into a wonderful testimony to the Cuban diaspora, which the comedian says will ‘last forever’.
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