8/09/2021

"This Year's Girl" By Elvis Costello And The Attractions Takes A New Meaning With "La Chica De Hoy", The Spanish Interpretation By Chilean Star Cami.

"This Year's Girl" By Elvis Costello And The Attractions Takes A New Meaning With "La Chica De Hoy", The Spanish Interpretation By Chilean Star Cami.


"LA CHICA DE HOY" IS THE SECOND TRACK OF THE SPANISH MODEL ALBUM , THE FIRST COSTELLO ALBUM OF THIS TYPE, PRODUCED BY SEBASTIAN KRYS, THE MULTI-WINNER OF THE GRAMMY AND THE LATIN GRAMMY AWARD, "FROM AN ORIGINAL COSTELLO IDEA BY ELVIS."

THE ALBUM PRESENTS ONLY THE ORIGINAL INSTRUMENTAL INTERPRETATIONS OF THE ATTRACTIONS WITH VOICES RECENTLY RECORDED BY LATIN POP AND ROCK ARTISTS SINGING THE COSTELLO LYRICS TRANSLATED AND ADAPTED INTO SPANISH

THE STARS OF THE ALBUM ARE: CAMI, DRACO ROSA, FITO PÁEZ, FRANCISCA VALENZUELA AND LUIS HUMBERTO NAVEJAS, GIAN MARCO AND NICOLE ZIGNAGO, JESSE & JOY, JORGE DREXLER, JUANES, LA MARISOUL, LUIS FONABLO, LIAPEAT, NICOLE RAQUEL SOFÍA AND FUEGO, SEBASTIÁN YATRA AND VEGA.

WATCH / SHARE THE VIDEO OF “LA CHICA DE HOY” (THIS YEAR'S GIRL) BY CAMI

WATCH / SHARE THE VIDEO OF JUANES'S “PUMP IT UP”

SPANISH MODEL WILL BE AVAILABLE ON SEPTEMBER 10 VIA UMe

In 2018, Elvis Costello had a dream in which he heard his entire album This Year's Model performed in Spanish. He approached Sebastian Krys, frequent collaborator, Argentine-born Latin GRAMMY Producer of the Year, about the idea, and it wasn't long before the two recruited some of the biggest Latin rock and pop artists from around the world. to perform these songs in Spanish, backed by original performances from Costello and The Attractions, for the daring, first-of-its-kind, Spanish Model , due out September 10 via UMe.

On Spanish Model , "This Year's Girl ", or as she is known on the album, "La Chica De Hoy" , has been revolutionized by Chilean Latin pop star Cami , who offers an exciting and unique Spanish performance and perspective. modern feminine to song. Written by Costello in 1978 about the lustful desires of men and the social objectification of women, the song takes on a whole new meaning when sung from the point of view of a 23-year-old woman who is recovering the narrative. "The Girl Today" bows accompanied by a powerful video shot and directed by Carolina Rizzotto, which takes a page from Bob Dylan's “Subterranean Homesick Blues” as Cami raises and rips up posters with the translated lyrics.

WATCH / SHARE THE VIDEO OF “LA CHICA DE TODAY”

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