2023-10-08 02:01:15
‘One-hit wonder’ is an Anglo-Saxon term that applies to groups or artists who have only succeeded with one song. They go down in history for one issue and then it was never known again. Anyone who has not followed Quevedo closely in the last year may think that something very similar to that could happen to him, that the shadow of his collaboration with the Argentine producer Bizarrap is so long that it covers any other subsequent attempt. Well, his show this Saturday at the BEC was a quick way to erase any hint of doubt. Out with the ghosts. Absolutely everything was sung.
The Canarian rapper arrived in Bizkaia after a failed attempt that left thousands of fans with honey on their lips. Practically a year ago the BEC hosted the Distrito Urbano festival with Quevedo as headliner. Just a few hours before he canceled his show to the stupor of his followers, who at least did vibrate with stars like Becky G and Villano Antillano, who also rose to fame after recording a session with Bizarrap. He had an outstanding debt and judging by the shouting that prevailed throughout the gig, it has already been more than settled. “I promise you music soon, I promise to come back soon,” he said goodbye, just in case.
It’s dizzying to think about everything Quevedo has achieved in just three years. He has a short career with only one studio album, but a long list of hits with high-profile collaborations. Apart from the well-known Bizarrap (‘Quédate’ was indisputably the song of the summer, even ahead of Rosalía’s ‘Desphá’), he has hits with Mike Towers, Bad Gyal, Karol G, Duki, Lola Índigo and even Ed Sheeran (yes , it’s hard to believe, but they got together in ‘2step’).
Precisely, some of the songs that he shares with other artists were the most sung at the BEC: ‘Playa del Inglés’, which he popularized with Mike Towers, and ‘El tonto’, the response to ‘The School Girl’ that he recorded with Lola Indigo. Both musicians, by the way, sounded in the pavilion thanks to canned music. In fact, Quevedo was alone on stage at all times. With a simple but changing set, with lights in the shape of triangles, the Canarian rapper faced the challenge of having to fill the stage alone. He tried very hard, because he didn’t stop going from one place to another. “I had already told you that he didn’t bring dancers, although it is strange,” we heard on the way out. It would have been the most comfortable choice when creating a show, and perhaps also the most successful, at least in venues of such caliber.
Among the audience stood out some groups with Canarian flags, T-shirts from the Las Palmas football team and several girls with ‘stampitas’ with the face of their idol. They also turned on their cell phone flashlights to illuminate the BEC – on several occasions the artist asked for “flashes” – which were recorded in selfie mode singing a song. Nobody better than Quevedo to star in your ‘stories’. No one sat in the stands and every now and then they vibrated with the jumps of the kids.
He started off strong with songs from his first album ‘Donde Quiero Estar’, released earlier this year. And soon she got a little more nostalgic with ‘Sheep’s Skin’ and ‘Response Zero’. Well, as nostalgic as you can get when you were born in 2001. She dedicated them, by the way, to those who have followed her “from the beginning.” Quevedo was then wearing sunglasses and a vest that made it hot just by looking at it. After a short break, he returned to the stage in short sleeves, with his eyes exposed and in rigorous black. With the help of a microphone stand he sang ‘I’m missing something’, the closest thing to a ballad that he resonated in the BEC. He quickly regained the rhythm, especially with his “favorite” part, when he chained together ‘Mami chula’, ‘Apa’ and ‘Lacone’.
In the final stretch ‘Punto G’ and ‘Cayó la noche’ were very celebrated, the last one before the encore. Instead of the classic “beste bat, beste bat”, the chorus of ‘Quedate’ was shouted and the canary reappeared: “It is impossible for me to leave without singing it.” Although more than he sang it, the audience sang it, at such a high volume that the author could barely be heard, covered during the song by cannon shots of smoke and fire. When leaving the concert, with the revolutions at a thousand per hour, only one question remained in the air: “Where do we continue the party?”
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