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\n \u201cPuerta Abierta\u201d<\/h2>\n
\n\n\tOne doesn\u2019t open the door to just anyone; we usually keep it locked. For me, it was a way of saying: \u201cCome in, because everything here is about to be shared.\u201d I think that\u2019s where the idea of giving this title [to the album] comes from. It represents a greater vulnerability, transparency and honesty.<\/p>\n
\n\tMusically, it\u2019s a type of seis<\/em>. In Puerto Rico, there are many types of seis: seis chorreado, seis mapell\u00e9, seis andino, seis fajarde\u00f1o \u2014 they\u2019re different tempos within the genre of traditional countryside music. In this case, it\u2019s a seis that also has a mix of Cuban son. It also has that sound that people often associate with Buena Vista Social Club and that kind of sonority.<\/p>\n
Listen to the song here<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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\n \u201cAmor Bonito\u201d feat. Juan Luis Guerra<\/h2>\n
\n\n\tThis is the first time I\u2019ve collaborated with Juan Luis, and honestly, it was such a beautiful dream because I didn\u2019t just want to collaborate with him \u2014 I\u2019m also a huge fan of his musicians. I had already worked with some of them before, like [Luis] Pay\u00e1n; I had used his guitar on other merengue songs I had done. But being able to enjoy watching Chocolate, his percussionist, as he recorded? That was really something special. It was also beautiful to see his pianist, Janina [Rosado], recording. It felt like a true exchange. I don\u2019t always get that with the artists I collaborate with. But when it comes to learning and letting go of your ego a little, I told myself: \u201cLook, if we\u2019re going to play a merengue pambiche, let\u2019s go to the Dominican Republic and do it with the musicians who live and breathe this every day \u2014 who have merengue for breakfast, lunch, and dinner.\u201d And that\u2019s what we did.<\/p>\n
\n\tJuan Luis and I weren\u2019t both together in the Dominican Republic at the same time. That was crazy because when he recorded, I was in Madrid. Later on, we did get closer through the musicians. But we laughed a lot because it was the first time that, even from a distance, I had so many exchanges about how he felt in the studio. He would tell me things like, \u201cI perceive the song in this way; what are you trying to say with this?\u201d It was really special for me that he was so open in sharing his perspective on the song and how to narrate it.<\/p>\n
\n\tI had written the song thinking, \u201cHe\u2019ll come in on this verse and sing this chorus.\u201d And when he sent me [his recording] back, I said, \u201cHow strange, the part you decided to come in on.\u201d And he told me: \u201cLook, Kany, as I listened to you sing, I thought, \u2018This is a song about a love you can\u2019t dedicate when you\u2019re 20 years old.\u2019 It\u2019s a love where you\u2019ve seen the darkest parts of the other person. It\u2019s a love that\u2019s also full of responsibility. You\u2019re there, knowingly, aware of both the light and shadow of the other person.\u201d And then he said: \u201cAnd that love is sometimes like a conversation between two people where one says, \u2018Oh, do you remember when we went to that place?\u2019 And the other replies, \u2018No, that was a couple of years ago.\u2019 And you go, \u2018Oh, that\u2019s right.\u2019 So I felt like I needed to sing one line, and you the next, because it\u2019s two people, a little more grown, sharing the intimacy of a journey together.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\tAnd I just thought, well, that\u2019s why he\u2019s Juan Luis Guerra and I\u2019m Kany Garc\u00eda, and I\u2019m here to learn from him.<\/p>\n
Listen to the song here<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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\n \u201cTierra M\u00eda\u201d<\/h2>\n
\n\n\tI adore this song because my first love has been my country. And beyond that, love also brings suffering, and I also suffer from many of the things that happen here. [However, \u201cTierra M\u00eda\u201d] has a sound that I intentionally wanted to distance from Puerto Rico, a sound more connected to the Southern Cone of Latin America musically. I did it with the full intention of creating a song for all of Latin America, about their land, about what happens there, and about how they wish to live. <\/p>\n
\n\tIt is definitely a song that draws more from Argentine folklore, from a chacarera, from thinking about the bombo leg\u00fcero<\/em>, from thinking about that type of music, that Andean folklore we have. <\/p>\n
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\n \u201cLamento\u201d<\/h2>\n
\n\n\tI chose \u201cLamento\u201d because there\u2019s very little of a nostalgic Kany on the album. Many years ago \u2014 going back to my inner child \u2014 I used to played the cello. When I wanted to come back and was thinking about the tour, I wanted to reconnect with that little girl and those conversations, and I found my instrument again, covered in dust. For this song, I had to make it a task to play the instrument again and record it, and it was a really beautiful process for me. So, beyond what the song is about, I think it\u2019s about returning to habits that we shouldn\u2019t abandon, which, with the passing years and the rush of time, we often end up leaving aside.<\/p>\n
\n\tMusically, it\u2019s a song with a more traditional pop sound, more elegant, leaning towards the style of a ballad, but it also incorporates elements of country music. In fact, we recorded live drums and asked both the drummer and the guitarists to use more elements inspired by Nashville, rather than sticking solely to traditional pop. <\/p>\n
Listen to the song here<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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\n \u201cA La Ni\u00f1a Que Fui\u201d<\/h2>\n
\n\n\tFor me, the cherry on top was finishing the album with a song I wrote for my inner child. I think many women are going to sing it to their inner girls because the song speaks to the countless disguises we put on to appear strong \u2014 because it\u2019s necessary to go out into the world and work, to move to another country as immigrants and start a new life, to fight for your partner\u2019s illness and go to the hospital every day, staying strong and looking okay. Or for your mother who\u2019s aging. Or simply for yourself at work, where people don\u2019t know what you\u2019re going through at home, and you have to wear that mask.<\/p>\n
\n\tMusically, it\u2019s like a flamenco-inspired pop, we could say, and very acoustic because it has almost no elements.<\/p>\n
\n\tFor the choruses, which are important, I didn\u2019t want to use professional backup singers but rather ordinary women. I started recording women who\u2019ve had to build armor in their lives for one reason or another \u2014 that was the common thread, nothing else. I recorded the wives of my musicians. Then I even sat my 82-year-old mother down, taught her the song with the guitar, and recorded her. I sat down friends who have children with functional diversities and have been single mothers pushing forward for those kids. I sat down friends who are going through major illnesses. I sat down friends who are separating. In the end, there were about 20 of us.<\/p>\n
\n\tWhen you put all the voices together, everyone [in the studio] would say, \u201cHow amazing this sounds.\u201d It sounds mostly genuine and powerful.<\/p>\n
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