“There was always something in me that said I had to come to Colombia. Since childhood I listened to Shakira with my mother in the car and that marked me. I felt that I had to be here, even if I didn’t know why”, Recalls Gynebra, one of the most vibrant vibrant voices of urban pop in Spanish.
The country that once only lived its emotional memory is today a key place in its musical project. This Friday, the original artist from Valencia, Spain, will be presented to the Colombian public, this time at the festival The solarwhere he will share the stage with Morat, Jowell and Randy, Archangel, Greeicy and more.
“Being on the plot makes me immensely happy. It’s 40 minutes in which I’m going to share with an audience that loves music, which vibrates with it like me,” he says in an interview with El Colombiano. His enthusiasm for this show coincides with a moment of great activity: he is throwing new musicparticipating in its first composition camp and exploring new forms of artistic expression.
Gynebra is not a musical tourist. Its presence in Colombia responds to a deeper connection with culture and the public. Since its passage through Megaland 2024 and its participation in our land awards, it has strengthened networks with producers, artists and media. “I came at the beginning of last year for a great opportunity and since then everything has been growing: contacts, collaborations, love. I love this country, its people, its energy”.
This year, in addition to singing in Medellín, it will be part of its first camp of composition. “I will always remember that it was here. We are in full creative search, trying to focus our energies on a clear sound line, and this moment is fundamental,” he says.
Singing to heartbreak, but with humor
Among his best known songs are Black tattoo, Joya and its most recent launch Taxi driverin which heartbreak is not a tragic fall, but a reason to laugh, dance and empower itself.
“I am obviously sentimental, but I have never taken the heartbreak very chest. I like to turn it around, take a joke, as I would talk to my friends,” he says.
In Taxi driveravailable since April 25 on digital platforms, Sing about a rupture with fierce irony, nicking for his ex like “El Cucaracho.” “I didn’t want to make a sad song. I wanted people to laugh, to feel identified and dance it.” The mambo mixed song with bachata and proposes a symbolic exit: getting on a taxi and getting away from what no longer adds.
The video clip, shot in Valencia, Tribute Spanish cinema with winks to Pedro Almodóvar and scenes that evoke the universe of Ham, ham. For Gynebra, visual art is part of his identity: “It’s not just about singing. I also want to tell visual stories, build a universe where everything makes sense.”
Gynebra does not fear labels, but it is not allowed to pigeonhole either. His music crosses reggaeton, trap, bachata and electronics, but its goal is now another: finding a clear voice within Latin pop. “We want to make songs that move your soul, make you vibrate. We have tried everything, but now we look for that positive energy.”
Among his referents he mentions Karol G, Nati Peluso, Rosalía, Sebastián Yatra and Maluma. “It is not to imitate them, but to learn from their processes. They have their way, and I am building mine,” he explains.
Part of that path is built in the study, where it works with producers such as Nerso, Mandy, Vibarco and Scorpion. “The most beautiful thing is to arrive and say: this is what I feel, I want to tell it that way, I don’t want sadness. And from there, decide if he goes with bachata, with something electronic, with reggaeton. It is a discovery process. ”
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Although he has not announced new dates in the country, Gynebra makes it clear that his history with Colombia does not stop at The solar. “There may be more things soon, but I still can’t confirm them. What I can tell you is that I want to continue coming, keep growing here. I love this country, your music and everything it represents for me.”
This Friday, in Medellín, It will close a new chapter on that trip that started without knowing it, years agolistening to Shakira on the other side of the sea.
