![]() “Chanel” is the first and best of them, capturing an artist in total command of his faculties as a singer, writer, and rapper. Listen: J Balvin / Willy William, “Mi Gente (Remix)” Īfter releasing Blonde in 2016, Frank Ocean spent the next year trickling out a series of singles that built upon that album’s fluid confidence. It remains a testament to pop music’s ability to push back against growing neo-nationalist fervor-there was no border, no wall, that could keep people from coming together and loving this song. Aided on the remix by Beyoncé, who audaciously tackles Spanish and ups the diva ante, “Mi Gente” became the first all-Spanish song to reach the top of Spotify’s Global Top 50 chart. His lines like “el mundo nos quiere” (“the world wants us”) transform the song into a universal call to the dancefloor, an embrace of solidarity and unification at a time of enormous worldwide polarization. ![]() No wonder “Mi Gente” was such a global, cross-culture sensation.īalvin worked with William to reinvent the source material, adding Spanish lyrics, chants, and ferocious Latin percussion. Much of what makes Colombian singer J Balvin’s “Mi Gente” sizzle-that audacious drumbeat, that insistent five-note vocal melody-is lifted from Mauritian-French singer Willy William’s 2017 track “Voodoo Song,” which itself reinterprets a sample from the Indian composer Akassh. J Balvin / Willy William: “Mi Gente (Remix)” (2017) But his actual relationship to such sources could be hard to read: Was Maus poking fun at music’s power to manufacture an emotional response, like when we find ourselves crying in the middle of a commercial, or celebrating its potential to offer us a fleeting moment of ecstasy, a glimpse of a world that is better than our own? Arriving at the end of 2011’s We Must Be the Pitiless Censors of Ourselves with the cathartic finality of perfectly curated exit music, this song-with its glittering harpsichord arpeggios, briskly pulsing bass, and grandiose allusions to borderless love-is the closest Maus has ever come to being a true believer. “If you live among wolves you have to act like a wolf.Like many of his lo-fi pop contemporaries in the early ’10s, reclusive Midwesterner John Maus pushed underground music forward by looking backward-rejecting digital studio techniques in favor of old drum machines and wonky synths, excavating the dramatic excesses of ’80s stadium pop and sentimental radio jingles as though they held clues to some hard-to-pinpoint generational subconscious. “I am not a wolf in sheep’s clothing, I’m a wolf in wolf’s clothing”. “You can’t “Throw me to the wolves” – They come when I call.”ġ9. Don’t be afraid of being different, be afraid of being the same as everyone else!ġ8. Don’t think about the 1 million reasons why it won’t work out, think about the ONE REASON it WILL!ġ7. Let go of your FEARS and chase after your DREAMS. Don’t say “Why they pain”, don’t say “Why me”. It’s OK to be scared, it means you are about to do something really brave.ġ4. ![]() Some people aren’t who they say they are, be cautious of the company you keep (Wolf in sheep clothing) – Image: Instagramġ3. For I am also the most powerful and relentless creature you will ever know.ġ2. When it comes to matters of protecting my friend, my family, and my heart. It is my nature to be kind, gentle, and loving… But know this: Look into my eyes and you will see how bad I want it! – Wolf Quotesġ1. Start where you stand, and NEVER BACK DOWN!ġ0. A wolf doesn’t concern himself with the opinions of sheep.ĩ. Don’t lower your expectations to fit into the world, you were born to stand out. Be like a lion and a wolf, then you have a big heart and the power of leadership. It is much better to walk alone, in the right direction, than to follow the herd, walking in the wrong direction.Ħ. Lone Wolf – Motivational Speech by Fearless Motivation – WATCH FREE:Ĥ. The wolf on the hill is never as hungry as the wolf climbing the hill. The hardest walk you can make, is the walk you make alone, but that is the walk that makes you the strongest.ģ.
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