Sebastian Yatra in Lima: Medellin’s pop prince has been singing in your ear for over a generation

Before your concert in limaSebastian Yatra met his Peruvian fan club, had dinner at the Nikkei restaurant, where he sang my baby fiu fiu, walked around the now greyish Costa Verde and, of course, did a soundcheck at the Arena of Peru. It was a fleeting passage through the capital, almost a comet, which not only did not exhaust him on stage, but apparently renewed his energy.

Because on the night of August 19, the author of the entry dharma – that’s the name of this world tour, where Peru is his last stop in South America – there were no signs of fatigue. Quite the contrary: in a show that required his physique for synchronized dancing, comings and goings in the dressing room, Yatra would put in precise pauses to give respite to an audience that filled the hall and managed to dance and be moved by his music.

The audience, by the way, is of different generations: from groups of young revelers and couples who knew each of his singles by heart, to parents who brought their young daughters and sons to see this idol of Medellin (Colombia), which was most likely discovered thanks to two trackstheme he performed for a Disney animated film the charm.

However, the Oscar-winning song, which was requested between the screams at some moments of the day, did not find a place in the repertoire that Sebastian Yatra prepared for his Friday in Lima. But that didn’t overshadow the show sponsored by RPP Newscollected for the 27-year-old performer the maximum possible number of hits.

Nicole Favre warmed up the engines

Before Sebastian Yatra enters the stage, Peruvian artist Nicole Favre was in charge of warming up the engines. Although he had a few technical problems during the presentation, he was able to solve them with performance which had no shortage of choreography and was in line with making the attendees dance. In addition, this is not her first contact with foreign artists: before that, the national singer had already demonstrated her talent with Danna Paola in Mexico.

Among several songs he suggested, Favre was asked to sing coating single that made her a viral figure on YouTube and allowed her to enter the music industry: I refuse, from the Venezuelan Danny Ocean. He followed bad maniawhich he released last June along with rappers Achino and Sabino continued stop D Forget youand closed on a grand scale known repeat iton whose version of the study veteran Joey Montana collaborated.

The most urban Sebastian Yatra

Around 9:30 at night Sebastian Yatra made his confession. To the cries of the fans, he appeared on stage in a hood. Silence followed, broken instantly by the theme. Anonymous Melancholicwho opened his show and joined Airplane mode. “Who is ready to dance, laugh? Who’s ready to cry?” he said in his first words to the Lima audience.

But the whole first part of his show was, in fact, designed to make people dance, to put it mildly. Well, as a pop star, Yatra has to her advantage that many of her songs have their fixed spot in clubs and TikTok videos. Consequently, his third song of the night became his hit. Red high heels, who flooded the show with red light and included sensual choreography. A surge of energy that made everyone euphoric from the start.

Since then, the public has listened to Sebastian Yatra more urban. His “arranged” rhythms gave the concerto since morninghe launched this song at the beginning of the year with reggaeton artist Dálmata, followed by for the dog, hummed by everyone in the part that says: “I’m drunk again / trying to understand / how can you forget me / while I wanted to eat you.” it’s simple treacherous It was the closing of this first batch.

Ballad inside

Some piano notes suddenly slowed down. “Good evening, Peru,” he said. Sebastian Yatra after disappearing and reappearing in a new outfit. Under a red light and without saying more he sang how to look at you, a single that makes up another facet of the artist: the ballad. If the Colombian hasn’t given up on one thing in his career, it’s compositions with romantic themes. He also wanted to talk about love and the lack of love at his concert in Lima.

“Who has ever had a broken heart? And who broke the heart of the man he loved? ”, – he said before singing. With you. In this moment performance he abandoned the choreography and preferred an intimate atmosphere. It was as if Yatra sang in the ear of all the generations who listened to her, never ceasing to record. Still sitting at the piano, his romantic touches continued with the next theme. Give me back my heart.

“Today we are closing our South American tour,” he announced at the end. “I reunited with Peru after three years and a pandemic. Thank you life for you, I don’t know what I did to deserve you,” he added. And that last word gave him the opportunity to sing dharmafollowed by passenger love D Television, singles that, without leaving their sentimental DNA, made the feet of their followers move. The final point was put by his ballad come back.

Sebastian Yatra: “Let go of that hijuep *** mobile phone”

If the first movement were marked by dance rhythms and the second by songs to sing along, the third would be a mixture of both. Because with his fourteenth song of the night, she no longer has a boyfriend, Sebastian Yatra raised the tension again he decided to keep up Finally I found you D run away. Four of his dancers returned but were forced to leave the stage at the end of this song when the singer decided to give way to romanticism.

Acoustic guitar in hand, the Medellín pop prince told his audience to stop recording and focus on the moment. He spoke of a troubled world caught up in the search for acceptance on social media and made an unusual request: “Let go of that cell phone son of a bitch and we won’t regret anything.” He sang then his success One yearaccompanied only by the strings of their guitarist Toby Thobon.

Both did not abandon this mysticism on stage and in other songs, such as Basically, Kristina D There is no one else. Until it’s his turn steal a kiss from you, whose vallenato touch made some of the attendees dance, who decided to take their mobile phones back and record the concert. BUT Sebastian Yatra excited, he put on a Peruvian shirt and sang again as an appetizer: Red high heelsbut just a little to dock perfect girlwho cut the cold night air with the singing of the people.

This topic seemed to close the whole day, because the singer disappeared for a few minutes. But when people asked for another one, he returned to the stage, dressed in a black suit, to sing, this time yes, the last one: couple of the year. “Peru, thank you, this will never cease to seem crazy to me,” he said before parting. The Dharma Tour, at least in Lima, made an exciting stop.

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