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Latin music legend Juan Luis Guerra spoke with Billboard Español deputy editor Sigal Ratner-Arias about his latest EP ‘Radio Güira,’ his upcoming animated film ‘Capitán Avispa,’ writing music for his wife, finding inspiration, the key to his long career and more! Juan Luis Guerra: It was part of what ‘Radio Güira’ is. To bring joy […]
In mid-November, Juan Luis Guerra shared on his social media a sneak peek of a new project that has him very excited: An animated movie called Capitán Avispa. The film, scheduled to hit theaters in the United States and Latin America sometime in 2024, according to Guerra, will feature old and new songs by the Dominican music master.
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“In addition to the fact that I am going to write songs specifically for the character, you will hear everything from ‘Rosalía’ to ‘La Bilirrubina’,” Guerra told Billboard Español in a recent interview in New York, in which he revealed details of the movie for the first time. “He is a very beautiful character,” he added enthusiastically about Capitán Avispa (Captain Wasp in English). “He is a Latin hero, we could say, and everyone will like him.”
“Strong and brave, he never lies!” the insect declares in the teaser that Guerra published last month on his Instagram account, without identifying the voice behind the courageous and sweet character.
“The main voice of the Captain is done by my dear [Luis] Fonsi,” Guerra told Billboard Español in the interview recorded for Billboard News, adding that “Joy [Huerta, from Jesse & Joy] does the voice of Honey Bee, who is Capitán Avispa’s companion.” He also excitedly announced that they both sing a “beautiful song together — they are the most beautiful voices you can ever hear.”
Helmed by his son Jean Gabriel Guerra (who has directed many of his father’s music videos) along with animation director Jonathan Meléndez, Capitán Avispa was created by Juan Luis, who has recruited other friends and colleagues to give life to the different characters: Juanes provides the voice of Sargento Picadura, he revealed, and the Colombian rocker’s wife, actress Karen Martínez (also known as Chechi) plays Jimena. Additionally, Dominican actor José Guillermo Cortinez provides the voice of a character named Jacques Puasón, and Dominican actress Amelia Vega — Miss Universe 2003, as well as Guerra’s niece — voices Bolivia.
A four-time-Grammy and 24-time-Latin Grammy winner, Guerra has had a fruitful four-decade career, in which he’s placed dozens of songs and albums on the Billboard charts — from “Ojala Que Llueve Café,” his first entry on Hot Latin Songs, which reached No. 21 in Nov. 1989, and his iconic Bachata Rosa, which topped the Tropical Albums chart for 12 weeks in 1991; to “Mambo 23,” which reached No. 1 on the Tropical Airplay just last week (Nov. 25).
The latter song is part of his most recent production with his group 4.40, Radio Güira, a six-track EP full of humor, love and poetry, over mambo, bachata and merengue rhythms, very much in the style of Juan Luis Guerra. Each of the songs is presented as if it’s being played on the radio, with supposed calls from listeners and even a special cooking recipe.
“We wanted to put a smile on the faces of people who listened to Radio Güira,” Guerra said. “It was part of what Radio Güira is, bringing joy, bringing a message of peace, of love.”
Watch more of the interview above in the Billboard News video.
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Ally Brooke spills about her dream collaboration, celebrity crush, pet peeve and more on this episode of Billboard’s Speed Dating.
Tetris Kelly:So I got Ally Brooke in the studio and I decided we should go on a speed date. Have you been on one before?
Ally Brooke:No, I have not actually!
Tetris Kelly:Well, welcome to your first one. Let’s do this.
Where are you from?
Ally Brooke:San Antonio, Texas.
Tetris Kelly:Oh, a Texas girl. What’s your favorite part about Texas?
Ally Brooke:Oh, the people. Hands down.
Tetris Kelly:Good people.
What is your sign?
Ally Brooke:Cancer.
Tetris Kelly:Cancer. What’s the most interesting thing about being a cancer?
Ally Brooke:Oh, it’s that we’re really in tune with our emotions and emotional, that’s for sure. I’m definitely emotional.
Tetris Kelly:Well listen, I like an emotional queen.
Ally Brooke:Yes!
Tetris Kelly:What’s your favorite fast food?
Ally Brooke:Does Domino’s count?
Tetris Kelly:Domino’s counts! It’s fast-ish.
I’m gonna have to ask you this question, it’s not… I didn’t prepare it. What’s your favorite dish at Waffle House? How about that? How about that?
Ally Brooke:Oh my God! Ok, I haven’t had it in a minute, but bacon, egg and cheese sandwich.
I get the bacon, egg and cheese sandwich on Texas toast because I’m from Texas, of course. And then the side of hashbrowns and that’s all it takes to get to my little heart.
Tetris Kelly:What was your dream job as a kid?
Ally Brooke:To be a singer.
Tetris Kelly:Oh, well look at you accomplishing your dreams. Who was your childhood crush?
Ally Brooke:Actually, Josh Groban.
Tetris Kelly:Oh… Josh Groban. I was about to say that’s an interesting one.
Ally Brooke:I know, it’s not expected, but Josh Groban and Joseph Gordon-Levitt.
Watch the full video above!
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Tony-, Emmy- and Grammy-winning actor and singer Billy Porter explains the meaning of his album Black Mona Lisa, the important themes his album tackles, why he wants to tell Billy Strayhorn’s story on stage, how he uses fashion as a way to express himself and more.
Billy Porter:I stayed in it. I did it anyway. Whatever the “it” is right. So I get to come back now. And all of this is on my own terms. Hey, everybody, this is Billy Porter, and you are watching Billboard News.
Tetris Kelly:Hey, it’s Tetris with Billboard News, and look who I have here! Mr. Billy Porter. Hi.
Billy Porter:Hi, how are you?
Tetris Kelly:You got a lot to talk about your magnum opus. You released this album Black Mona Lisa.
Billy Porter:Yeah.
Tetris Kelly:Why did you refer to it as that and how was this project different?
Billy Porter:You know, we were writing. I was in the writing process with Justin Tranter and his team, and you know, we probably ’bout six, eight months into the process — we had written a bunch of other stuff, and the themes and the tone were forming. I don’t remember where “Black Mona Lisa” came from, I just kind of say, it kind of fell out of the sky. And everybody in the room was like …
Tetris Kelly:That works.
Billy Porter:Did that just happen? Like there was like a, you know, like, time stood still for about a good 20 seconds, and then like, maybe even 30. And then 20 minutes later, the song was written. It’s referencing the original Mona Lisa. And that painting is relevant, always — past, present and future. And that’s my goal with my legacy.
Watch the full interview above!
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