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Learn what goes on behind the scenes of crafting and sustaining a successful Latin music festival from the most successful festival producers in the world.
Chris Den UijlIn the US when we launched Sueños, it was incredible feedback. We did 45,000 people per day, first year, and we had no idea what we were going to do. And we were just blown away. And to go into this year and see that grow. There’s a huge, huge need for consumption. But it’s completely different. We’re learning every single day that we need to challenge ourselves is, is that we don’t need to separate ourselves anymore from saying we have an inclusive Latin festival versus a multi-genre festival.
John FriasMy name is John Frias, the festival is in Los Angeles, and soon to be in Austin. It’s a quintessential festival of Los Angeles. It represents all of the culture that is in LA. It’s very representative of, of the diverse crowd and population and culture in Los Angeles, and just having the time of our lives.
Bruno Del GranadoExcellent. Next to John is my friend Chris, then out from Baja Beach, past suenos Coca Cola flow dynamics la familia on and on. Chris, can you tell us a little bit about your background and some of the festivals your work?
Chris Den UijlHi, everyone, thanks for coming. Um, yeah, so we launched a bunch of different festivals over the last 10 years. But specific to this panel, Baja Beach Fest launched about five years ago. And it’s really just a celebration for Latinos in general, we wanted to create an event that really just like celebrated culture was a platform for the artists to be able to express themselves in like a really united way, but also bring the same type of production that you know, the Anglo festivals that I typically came from brought to the Latin culture so trying to build, you know, one of the strongest kind of footprints for artists to express themselves. And yeah, as time has passed on, we’ve expanded that footprint in two different cities in Mexico, as well as launched a festival called Sueños in Chicago two years ago.
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Luminate, the entertainment industry’s most trusted data partner, unveiled its new Latin Music Report exclusively at Billboard Latin Music Week. Never-before-revealed metrics and insights include the growing power of Latin superfans, how and why the genre is expanding to non-Spanish-speaking listeners, the rise of regional Mexican music and the subgenres and artists to watch in […]
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Becky G talks about why she wanted to name her new album Esquinas; her inspiration for stepping into regional Mexican music; collaborations with Peso Pluma, Gabito Ballesteros and other regional Mexican artists; going on her first headlining tour; continuing to embrace her Mexican-American heritage and more.
Becky G:We’re not necessarily erasing our traditions, we’re embracing tradition as well as giving it our own new school flair. Que paso familia? It’s your girl, Becky G, and you are watching Billboard News.
Isabela Raygoza:So you’ve had quite the evolution you know, musically, as a rapper, to a pop reggaeton hitmaker, now you’re stepping into regional Mexican music. Talk to me about that evolution.
Becky G:Yeah, it’s been quite the journey, girlfriend. Honestly, even since I was little music has always inspired me. I grew up listening to all kinds of music in English and Spanish. I consider myself a genreless artist.
Isabela Raygoza:What did you rediscover? Or how did you reconnect with your heritage? Or what’s one thing that you learned?
Becky G:You know, what’s so interesting is that I feel like that essence of me being Chicana, born and raised in Inglewood, and obviously being very proud of being my you know, my Mexican roots, like, I think it’s always been there. Two years ago, when I lost my my papi, my abuelito Miguel, que descanse un paz, he was the kind of the catalyst as to why I decided it was time to do the project because it was a dream of mine. I definitely feel like it’s a part of my soul when I sing musica regional.
Isabela Raygoza:Talk to me more about the title Esquinas. Where did you come up with the title?
Becky G:For me, I think I’ve always felt like I’m not this side of the streets that raised me or this side of the streets, I am literally la esquina now like I’m at la esquina now, where those cross streets are of, like, I always say those two languages, those two flags, the two cultures. It’s a very intentional body of work from all the visuals and all the song selections and all of the collaborators. You know, Edgar Barrera is like, you know, family to me, and he really helped kind of create a sound that I think represents me in this space. And so it’s been a … it’s been a lot of hard work, but I feel like you can really hear me and see me in this, in this album.
Watch Becky G’s interview with Billboard above.