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‘Catracha’ Pride

July 5, 2024
Honduran artist Suanny describes the cultural meaning behind the word “catracha” and why fellow singers should work on healing their inner child.
Show transcript
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We are here with artist Suanne.
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Thank you for being here and you look great.
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By the way, I love that outfit.
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I, so we'll start with,
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I saw your Instagram Post Conto Mama.
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It's the reason why I used to get in her closet and
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go through all her freaking clothes and put her shoes on and
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pretend I was her.
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But, but my 1st,
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1st, I, I was like crying and like it was
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super impactful. How important has your mom been on your journey
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Like as an artist,
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as an actress as well?
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I think my mother has played the best role ever as a
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mom and a dad.
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I always say this because I feel like it's very empowering
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She wore the Pantalones with heels on at the same
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time and she brought home the bacon and cooked it.
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That itself I think sets the tone for what I wanted to
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become. She's the reason why I write certain songs the way
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I do the way I speak.
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And yeah, she's,
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that's my girl. And how does it feel dropping your first
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single? Like from your debut?
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Ep Let me tell you where I'm from?
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I got all the flavor is a but I'm ma it feels
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like I just gave birth to like the first baby.
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I don't have a favorite but they like they are all your
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babies. So it feels like OK,
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can I can I don't breathe on my baby.
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That's who that was right now that it's like out in the
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world released. It feels amazing because it's like you work so
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hard to get to this point.
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So once it's, it's your first single is released.
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I'm so excited for you guys to hear like everything else that's
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gonna ripple after that.
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I want maybe you bye.
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Tell me where you were so much and I can't go no
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more. I feel relieved.
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I feel excited and very proud of myself.
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I think, I think as artists and people in the entertainment
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we overlook the fact that because we're like this be like
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next, next, next.
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But you need what's the next big,
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what's the? And so I've really taken some time this past
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year leading up to the release,
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the prep and all that to soak in the moments.
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Celebrate your wins. I think that's,
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that's important. That keeps me very grounded as well.
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Definitely it is on Lona,
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right? You guys call each other Cata Cato.
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And where does that word stem from?
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So it's the way we identify each other.
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I'll put it to you this way in Guayaquil or people that
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are from Ecuador near,
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from Guayaquil, between each other as brother,
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sister or recognizing each other,
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they call themselves Guaco.
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Hey, Guaca, that's like the best way that I could
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because people were like,
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what's Cata? I'm like,
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it's a Honduran woman and between us even Central Americans will call
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each other Sipo sa so you instantly,
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you're like, Estas familia.
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Cata is like a recognizing way of being like,
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hey, you're Cato,
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you're from Honduras. So,
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and it Cato thing too or Cato?
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Yeah. Ok. Well,
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do you have any advice to others pursuing like this kind of
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similar dream as you hone your craft work very,
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very, very, very hard work hard,
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like the real work and it's not even external writing.
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It's everything at once.
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My best advice would be that you really work on healing yourself
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Because if you connect with your inner child healing and your
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trajectory as an artist or whatever it is that you wanna become
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you harness all those things.
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Healing is what's gonna lock you in to the clarity and align
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you to your purpose and bring all the right people.
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So that is the best advice that I could really give.
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I love that. I connect with that.
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Yeah, right now that you're talking,
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I'm like, I'm going to steal that.
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I got you pretty much.
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Thank you. Oh,
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thank you so much for calling.
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Thank you guys. Thank you guys for having and,
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and also, you know,
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it's Friday. Cuerpo Los Chavez,
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Cata is out. You guys can check it out at any
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platforms. It's out.
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I can actually say that don't miss out.
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And then where can people follow you everywhere?
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On Twitter at the only Swan and on tiktok,
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Swan Cerpa. Awesome.
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Let's give her one more round of applause guys.
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Thank you. Thank you so much.