Becoming a grandfather changed the life of the salsa singer Víctor Manuelle twice, as this experience contributed to the strengthening of their marital relationship.
Little Dylara Valentina was born in December 2020 and is the firstborn of her daughter Yanishka.
‘It was such a special thing. With the (Covid-19) pandemic, I have had time to dedicate myself to this ‘full’ grandfather job. It is the most beautiful thing that can happen, it is a completely different feeling, I cannot explain it to you. It is the same explanation that my father gave me, may he rest in peace: “If you have a grandson, you will be able to experience it.” It changes your life completely ”, said the singer THE SPOKESMAN
Although he never thought he would live like this, “I knew he would be a very special grandfather, because I saw in my father the best grandfather in the world. I know what to do, but I didn’t know it touched you so hard. Sometimes I think about the chance that he should have become a great grandfather, that he would have pampered her incredibly ”.
“With the pandemic, I had time to devote myself to this full-time grandfather job.”
Boogaloo Supreme’s voice makes the whole family look like him, crazy about Dylara Valentina. Even his wife Frances Franco, whom he married on January 22, after 20 years of knowing each other and living together for 13 years.
Regarding different feelings with Frances, after he got married, he noted that ‘the girl has had a lot of influence because Frances is more of a grandmother than I am. Neither of us had seen each other in that facet and it comes with marriage. See her talking to her with the baby because you start to see other things you didn’t like about your partner and you keep on clotting. It’s ironic because this pandemic is a difficult time. But for us as a couple she has brought many beautiful things and the family is united by the baby. I enjoy the baby and my married life, which is completely different ”.
Feminist theme
On the other hand, he added his voice to India’s for the first time in the single Victims the two.
“Things happen when they have to happen. But we had been developing it for a long time, we said we wanted to do something together. I was actually waiting for the right song because if I was going to sing with India it had to be a strong content theme. I didn’t want India to sing a strawberry song with me, ”emphasized the Sonero de la Juventud.
For this reason, he sat down to compose with Juan José Hernández and they gave life to the piece of music.
“It was made to sing with India. It’s a pretty strong theme. They are both victims because each of them lives a deception because I tell them a story. But neither knows the other. Neither is the other, because to them the two are the pair, ”he explained.
As the princess of Salsa, they wrote the feminist theme.
“I’m a fan of India and its music, which I enjoy when it needs men and hits the floor (in songs like My Greatest Revenge),” he said.
The video premieres today at 6pm on Victor’s YouTube channel.
“The video captures all that drama and suspense, in a restaurant where I arrive with a couple, the Venezuelan actress Scarlet Ortiz and India is there confronting me. The two are beginning to discover each other’s existence and I, in my role as a liar, deny it, ”he said of the plot.
The set features 20 dancers performing as diners choreographed by Tito Ortos. These are integrated “with a half theatrical choreography, with all the tension in it. The video I know will be an incredible addition to the song because it is very descriptive ”.
Even during filming, the salsero deserved a hit from Scarlet.
The blow was real, so it didn’t look fake. The one I wanted to be hit was India, because of the character, but she didn’t want it in any way. He said, ‘No, Victor, I have a lot of affection for you, you are a very dear person and I don’t want them to see me hurt you,’ he recalled with a laugh.
The singer wishes – as soon as the covid-19 emergency is over – to perform the song live in a concert of his or of India “because the audience will enjoy it a lot.”
It will be shown to its fans on the stages of Puerto Rico at the end of the year as it did it a month ago with limited space in Miami and on May 8 at the Salsera Fair in Orlando.
“Nowadays the phone has been moved for dates. We’re going to see how it flows, it looks like there are some things going on in Puerto Rico for October, November, December, ”he said.
In the meantime he has finished an album with the aforementioned single, which he wants to present this summer.