New York, NY (Top40 Charts) "Robarte un beso" ("Steal a Kiss") from Colombian superstar
Carlos Vives' is out TODAY. The song features 22 year old urban popstar
Sebastian Yatra, who has more than one billion views on Vevo and more than 500 million streams in Spotify. "Robarte un beso" is from Vives upcoming eponymously titled album "VIVES", set for release in October 2017.
The hashtag #RobarteUnBeso is already going viral!
In the song and video, Yatra and Vives counsel a young student to serenade the girl he loves. "Robarte un beso is a song we made inspired by love, by the act of falling in love, to tell people that it's never too late to tell that person that's important for us that we love them," Yatra said.
Avivar el amor (fuel the love) is the message and Vives confirms it saying "It's a very beautiful song, it has a lot of what this new generation of musicians like
Sebastian has... They keep things that are essential like the message, quality, the poetry of his lyrics, and I am very happy that I've been invited to participate on this song and to put that personal feeling that is very popular with young people, a Colombian sound that takes them straight to their roots and their land," says the singer-songwriter.
The video was directed by
Daniel Duran. For two days, Vives and Yatra went out to serenade in different parts of Colombia's capital, going to scenarios such as Nuestra Señora del Buen Consejo, La Candelaria in the historic center of Bogota, and the JW Marriot hotel. In addition, they arrived at the Sisga dam, in Cundinamarca, to film more savannah landscapes, creating an emotive video with a song that mixes the musical patterns that represent the union of a paisa and a samarian.
About
Carlos Vives:
Songwriter, performer, producer and actor
Carlos Vives is one of the most important figures in music. He created a new form of music combining rock with the vallenato and ancient sounds of his country and in the process sold 20 million albums, earned 11 Latin Grammy Awards, 2 Grammys and paved the way for the successes of
Shakira and other great Colombian artists. Carlos' 20 year career is more vibrant than ever: in 2016 he released one of the biggest records in the world, "
La Bicicleta", and has had two #1 singles in the first 4 months of 2017, for a total of 16 #1s in his career.
Carlos Vives' creative drive as a music visionary has created a significant imprint on how we listen and dance to the different rhythms of Colombia's Caribbean coast.
For more information about
Carlos Vives, please vitis www.carlosvives.com and follow him on his social media @carlosvives
About Sebastián Yatra:
Yatra is a 22 year old singer-songwriter from Colombia who began his professional career in 2013. His music moves between Latin pop, urban pop and ballads. In his short career, he has been awarded two HEAT Latin
Music Awards and a Shock Prize. He's been nominated also for Premios Juventud, Latin Italian
Music Awards and MTV
Europe Awards and MTV Miaw 2017. He currently has 9 million unique listeners on Spotify and his videos add up to more than 1 trillion views on Vevo. He recently received a diamond record in Mexico for his single "
Traicionera". Follow him on: @SebastianYatra.