For the previous few months, Majo Aguilar has been busy engaged on new music, a tour and partnerships like her team-up with Smirnoff ICE — and it’s solely going to get busier.
“A brand new track will probably be launched each month, and by April, the entire album will probably be out,” the singer informed Billboard of her subsequent studio album, Mariachi Tumbado. A canopy of Belanova’s 2003 single “Aún Así Te Vas” dropped in late September and serves as the gathering’s lead single, nevertheless it simply so occurs to be a Mariachi Tumbado model. “It’s mariachi music interpreted within the conventional manner, however with the addition of laying down devices. It’s experimental, and I’m actually proud of it as a result of it took months of labor to make it sound genuine and heartfelt. I’m excited to share one thing that I like creating a lot.”
Along with the month-to-month appetizers of music, Aguilar is at the moment on the street and up for 2 nominations on the 2024 Latin Grammys, a recognition that she known as “an incredible supply of satisfaction.” Amongst her nominations embrace Greatest Ranchero/Mariachi Album for Mariachi y Tequila (Deluxe) and Greatest Regional Mexican Track for “Canción Para Olvidarte.”
“It’s the group of artists, composers, arrangers, and engineers who’re supporting your challenge and taking discover of it. Truthfully, generally I don’t even give it some thought. For me, the nomination itself is already the final word award,” she defined. “Plus, I’m nominated alongside nice artists like Mariachi Sol de México, mi tío Pepe [Aguilar] and Alejandro Fernández. So, if I win, it’ll be completely loopy. However undoubtedly, for me — and I imply this from the underside of my coronary heart — having the nomination is an incredible award, isn’t it?”
Just some weeks again, she additionally delivered a show-stopping efficiency as a part of the 35-year celebration of Billboard Latin Music Week in Miami. The Billboard En Vivo live performance occasion was sponsored by Smirnoff ICE and arrived on the heels of her partnership with the model. The team-up additionally noticed her shine a highlight on her tradition in an accompanying “Cultura a Tu Manera” video sequence.
“For me, it was a vital and particular collaboration as a result of I feel tradition offers us roots. Tradition offers us a way of belonging. Latinos on the planet all the time yearn for our tradition and we wish to really feel linked to it,” Aguilar defined of the three-part video sequence. “We need to really feel that there are various individuals round us who additionally join with our tradition. Meals, music and elegance are key items of a tradition that present who we’re and the place we come from. So, I felt that this was a really intimate marketing campaign, and I actually loved doing it.”
Click on right here for extra on Aguilar’s participation, together with her look on The Legacies panel, throughout Billboard Latin Music Week!
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