MIAMI.- Owner of his own rhythm and without concessions, Rafael “Pollo” Brito He usually conquers with his powerful poetry full of memories and images, and a particular style that celebrates traditional Venezuelan sounds at the highest level, and in this release of the video clip You are pretty proves it.
My musical life has changed in favor of the public. And they are the first thing I think about when artistically I decide to create or release something. “I feel like I have the intuition of knowing what they may or may not like, and I know that they are going to love this,” said the singer-songwriter who is applauded in the United States for his shows that celebrate the bolero, the music Venezuelan, merengue, salsa, and in which he stands out for his enormous capacity for improvisation that has led him to visit more than 30 countries, teaching classes at the University of Tokyo and even playing at what is left of the historic Berlin Wall.
“I’m very excited about this new release and this song that was born out of nowhere, really. I wanted to surprise Carmen when she arrived at my house. At that time we were still dating. In You If You’re Pretty I compare Carmen to pretty from my country, Venezuela. And I mentioned several things that I liked about her, and that I like even more now, said the Venezuelan interpreter.
About the launch
Recognized as an interpreter of covers, Rafael Pollo Brito has received countless awards and is admired in the international artistic community for his prolific way of playing the cuatro – which in addition to being very Latin – stands out for being closely linked to the Zulian bagpipe. A rhythm that was born in western Venezuela, and that he mixes perfectly with syncopation and the Latin key. Teacher who produces a different sound that has given her that unique seal that this time she embodies in You are pretty.
Carmen has been a fundamental part of my career and the fact that I can stay focused as a human being. I wrote this song in 2019, but I never recorded it, something that usually happens to us composers, said the artist who continues to capture the public’s attention with good music on bass, mandolin, guitar, cuatro or oboe, which are just some of the instruments he plays on stage.
You are pretty It was written entirely by the artist, and has arrangements by Carlos El chupn Parra and the engineer by Santiago Cabriles. And during the premiere of the video in the city of Miami, she and his manager, Carmen Cecilia Romero, who was his girlfriend for five years, took the opportunity to get married in a civil ceremony.
A unique opportunity in which attendees could enjoy the magical moment and the couple’s love story that was captured in the video that reflects how they met and the kind of adventures that the singer-songwriter had to go through to win her over.
“The first time I heard Pollo sing to me, You’re pretty, I was astonished. The song described his feelings towards me in such a beautiful and special way, that from that very moment I knew that he was as in love as I am,” he said. Carmen Cecilia Romero.
Relaunch of his career
Living in Miami since October 2017, Rafael Pollo Brito acknowledges that he has not visited Venezuela for six years, as he is currently in the process of receiving his permanent residence in the United States. He is tough, he commented on distant joy and nostalgia that is also part of a new Pollo that returns with a different energy and that brings together.
We all seek to reinvent ourselves, and this release represents that, because it is full of first times, revealed the artist on the song in which he summoned Carlos El chupón Parra, in charge of bringing the Timbero influence, fused with soft arrangements; and Santiago Cabriles, a sound engineer who captivates with various transitions and surprises.
It should be noted that, after six years in Miami, Pollo Brito is already a favorite of the Cuban public, which is why the artist took the opportunity to thank all the artists on the island and the people he has welcomed and supported in the capital. of historical exile.
As a defender of my land, Venezuela, I cannot deny that Cuban music since I was a child has had a great presence in my life. And it makes me very excited because I never thought I would be friends with an artist like Albita Rodríguez, I never imagined that Willy Chirino would know my work, and that Francisco Céspedes, Lena Burke or Ayme Nuviola would listen to my songs. I have had many Cuban godfathers in my career, and I share a lot with all of them with what the Maracucho musician (from Maracaibo) represents because he always defends his essence and his roots, I reflected.
The influence I have from Cuba is very great. I am a musical son of one of the best soneros in the world, Oscar D’Len, and his Cuban influence is on the surface, and I also absorbed that. I am an improviser, and my way of doing it is nourished by artists like Albita and other great improvisers from Cuba and the world, he concluded.
