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Mexican Singer-Songwriter Carín León

August 23, 2024
Mexican singer-songwriter Carín León joins us to explore his musical universe. Carín reveals his creative process, the stories behind his most popular songs, and the inspirations that shape his distinctive sound.

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Show transcript
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Guys help us welcome Musica Mexicana,
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global sensation, singer songwriter Caro.
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Hey, what's up?
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Go back, go back.
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Oh Man, I was so excited to interview you today.
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I'm so excited too.
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Thank you. Thank you for the space,
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of course to start it off.
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How did listening to various types of music throughout your life
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influence? Like the sound of this album,
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there's a lot of influence on this album you can hear about
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obviously the original Mexican music.
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and you can hear a lot of rock,
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you know, since I was a kid,
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I was hearing a lot of music because of my
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dad's and, and,
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you know, I want to put all,
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all that is me on,
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on this album that is Boca and,
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and we are so proud of with the results and,
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and then, and,
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and hearing this album,
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I'm so proud to hearing this album more than any of the
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albums that I, that I did before.
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You know, we're so proud of you.
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Like, you've come such a long way.
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I remember when I heard you all over tiktok and I was
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like, yeah, I was like,
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oh my God, what is this song with La Coche?
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Like, what is this?
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And then I was like,
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guessing and I would ask,
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I'm like guessing with La Coche Que.
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It's like, it's like a mushroom.
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The history of that song.
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It's so hilarious. I was on the San Marcos on the
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Feria, San Marcos Palenque.
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I was drinking my Victoria with my people.
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I was so happy that I,
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I lost the, the fear of,
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of, of what the people it is gonna say or,
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or if the people is gonna like it.
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And I just started dancing,
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I just started singing my heart out and that became viral.
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And then that's the history of the,
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with LA co and,
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and, and, and,
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and, you know,
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that's why the success of that,
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of that song, you know.
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Wow. Did you know it's gonna get that big,
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like, did you know that that was gonna like just,
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no, no, that's how it,
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how it remind me,
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you know, when,
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when the, the that you have to do the things from
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your heart and everything's going to happen.
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We mean the, and,
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you know, he has a range because from our age group
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to La Senora, homeboys playing everywhere,
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you know, everywhere,
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every time that song comes on.
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So, Boca Tour,
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I'm so excited about this chair and,
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and, and, and,
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you know, we are just a few days to
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start this, this,
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this very big project and I'm very happy to announce that we
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we are, we are doing a collaboration with my favorite
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beer brand that is Victoria that,
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you know, for me,
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it represents Mexico is the oldest brand of beer in Mexico
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And then the one with more tradition,
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we made this sombrero,
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this hat, this cowboy hat,
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a limited edition.
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We wanted to make it so,
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so special and give the fans a VIP experience.
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So we, we're gonna make a contest for some of the
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fans to have a VIP experience with me,
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to fans Puo in Victoria,
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Usa Punto Para, this VIP experience and,
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and one of the beautiful hats that it's gonna blow your mind
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when you see it on my,
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on my social media.
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So Victor U A Punta noted,
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you're gonna love it.
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So your new album,
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like it has like 19 songs and mixes like rock,
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country and pop. What inspired you to blend these different
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genres together. It was an inspiration,
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you know, all that music lives in me,
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you know, I just,
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I just let the,
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the heart speak out in the past before I was like,
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you know, searching for a spot on the,
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on the audience. But now that I'm just doing the,
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the music that I love and,
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and, and the music that I love is the one that
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that, that have me in this level.
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The only people that I,
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I don't have to disappoint.
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It's, it's me So,
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so that's, that's the,
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that's the music that I'm,
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that I'm doing right now in Boca is Claro Glo that
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you have to do your things from your heart and,
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and, and God's gonna be,
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that's gonna be good with you,
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you know. Exactly.
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And, and you are the first Latin artist to play
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both Coachella and stagecoach.
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We have noticed, you know,
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we have noticed Latinos taking over Coachella but stage coaches Otra Cosa
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you know, Puros Gringo.
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Yeah. And it's ok with,
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when we saw you there,
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I was like, yeah,
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at first I thought it was like a like a different take
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I'm like, wait,
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that's not the same event.
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Is it like no,
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that stage coach I'm like,
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whoa dang. How was that experience?
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Thank you. No,
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but for me, it was,
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I wasn't nervous. I'm not gonna lie.
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I had to drink some Victoria before because,
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you know, we need to calm down our nerves.
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But it was amazing.
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The crowd was amazing seeing all these American people and for all
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over the country, loving the music,
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the country music and,
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and, and you know,
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like me, all those genres that,
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that like they, they,
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they're like cousins, you know,
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and, and having this success,
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like seeing a lot of a lot of American people looking at
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us and dancing with,
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with La Coche, dancing with,
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with all the songs and you know,
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it was a big Victoria for us,
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you know, So we were very happy for that.
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Like what's like the perfect Can Asada for Carina because they come
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in again as Vicky,
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no PP. There's a strategy to this.
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It's not just like,
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you know, you can't just kind of go in like go
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in the game plan,
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going with the flow.
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Oh I think you Carin,
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I, I'm very happy with that.
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Thank you. Thank you for your time and then for the
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for the Victoria.
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Thank you so much.
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You guys heard him,
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make sure to apply for the Victoria sweepstakes and win a VIP
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experience at Kin Leon's show at Madison Square Garden on October 2nd
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