Beto from Rawayana Thinks "There's Always a Joke and a Smile" I Billboard News

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Beto Montenegro explains how the Caribbean mindset has shaped Rawayana's eighth album.

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00:00I think it's going to enjoy it, I don't know, that speech was written that morning,

00:04so it's not planned so much too much.

00:09I feel very happy, I think it's a song of those specials,

00:14that they do and they do things, they influence on society and they create interesting debates.

00:25And that today it's recognized in Latin Grammys, we didn't expect them a lot,

00:31so it's like asimilating the surprise, you know.

00:36How would you say, right now that we were talking about the Rahuayana process?

00:42I think the Rahuayana process has been a very nice,

00:55and very worked, you know, and of short steps, you know, and of resistance,

01:02of much resistance, you know, not so much speed.

01:07Today I feel like a little exposed, because there are a lot of things that from the beginning

01:13were public, you know, I don't have been an artist that cured a lot,

01:19and it took care of, you know, but rather, you know, everything that we have done,

01:25everything that we have done was always exposed to a group of people

01:29that every time was bigger.

01:31So, yes, it has been a very transparent process with respect to the public, you know,

01:37you can see all our errors and all the errors, and all the errors,

01:42and everything is on the web, you know, from the beginning to today.

01:46So, yes, now everything feels like, I feel very solid, in some way,

01:55because we have completed all the processes to reach where we are now.

02:00Desde un principio la... la jerga, ¿no? Está ahí, ehm...

02:07And then there was a tendency to do that, from a while ago, and circumstantially we were already there.

02:19Like I said, at the beginning we had already a group of people who were with us.

02:29And that group, we didn't come from large groups. We were very organic, from boca to boca.

02:39So, yes, the Venezuelanism is there, implicit.

02:45It's not something very planned, but it is.

02:49Well, it feels...

02:53Well, it's very beautiful, you know.

02:55And I think that now I have...

02:57I have...

02:59At least I have that intention, you know.

03:05That there are a lot of things at the level of cultural level.

03:09And...

03:11And with the age that I have, you know.

03:15And with understanding the country where I come and its complexities.

03:21I think that there is something very beautiful in that of...

03:25To try to sum up, you know.

03:27From that point of view of cultural, you know.

03:31To understand that what one does is staying there, in some way.

03:37And that is also a responsibility, you know.

03:39Like...

03:41Yes.

03:43I understand the responsibility that comes with that.

03:46And...

03:47It always has been intentional, but now more, you know.

03:50Your actions, you know.

03:52Like, like...

03:53Being in these institutions and having so many spaces to represent.

03:58It also requires responsibility about that, you know.

04:01And that I have very clear.

04:04Yes.

04:05Well, we also talked about now that you are nominated for the program.

04:09Yes, yes.

04:11Are you prepared for that discussion?

04:15How is it?

04:17No, the truth is that this Grammy with Lee would be very special.

04:26I don't have thought much, the truth.

04:30And as with Lee also, I think his career is something very important in Latin music.

04:37What is kind of surreal is that I honestly, for a long time,

04:43I've been following the steps to Bomba Estéreo.

04:47It's an exemplary project for us.

04:51And now I'm nominated with them in Grammys Anglos.

04:57It's like a loquera.

05:00Maybe one can imagine it, but once it happens,

05:03it's like another space in my mind.

05:07So, yes, I think it's going to be enjoyed it.

05:11I don't know.

05:12That speech was written that morning.

05:14So, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.

05:17Ya viene nuestro octavo disco, ¿sabes? Disco ocho.

05:21Ha habido de todo, ¿no? Ha habido tristeza, rabia.

05:25Y creo que hemos tocado muchos temas.

05:27Hay muchos temas que no y que para lo próximo que estamos trabajando se están tocando.

05:32Pero nosotros somos personas muy de buen humor.

05:37Creo que nuestra personalidad tiene mucho del Caribe.

05:42Entonces, en el Caribe casi siempre estamos felices.

05:45Así estemos en un caos.

05:47Siempre hay un chiste y una sonrisa y algo que salga, que nos haga reír.

05:52Y nosotros por ser de ahí también.

05:54Es como lo mismo que la jerga.

05:56Es como es así, ¿sabes?

05:58Nos gusta reírnos mucho y eso se traduce mucho en la música.

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