Piso 21 needed to appear in Venezuela. It was noticeable on the terrace of the Ciudad Tamanaco Shopping Center. Before an audience that even gave them an arepa, after recognizing that it is a Venezuelan dish, they performed more than 15 songs in a show in which they repeatedly expressed their love for the country and its artists.
The themes of Piso 21, which he released last year love in the times of perreotheir third album, are mostly about love and spite, both for dancing and for reflecting on successful or failed relationships.
On stage, Colombians Juan David Huertas Clavijo, Pablo Mejía Bermúdez, David Escobar Gallego and David Lorduy Hernández achieve such chemistry that they make a song of spite like “Me llamas” sound like carnival. Then there is sadness because, as the theme says, “he never knew how to love you as I know.” But start dancing.
That’s how it went. In the CCCT there was reggaeton, merengue, perreo and sandungueo. They even had a drink, toasting with the people closest to the stage, before singing “Pa’ forgetme about her.” “You can’t do this song without a drink, dad, it’s for you to sing it wounded, son of a bitch,” he said, emphasizing that usual expression of the Spanish paisa, Escobar Gallego, who, with Mejía Bermúdez, led the conversation from the night.
The people accompanied them not only singing the songs, but also imitating the Medellin accent, where the band was born, while they took advantage of the confidentiality they managed to release, without hiding the emotion that the term implies, a “cunt of their mother” of Occasionally. Profanity, although it can be frowned upon or criticized, at the Piso 21 concert was a form of cultural exchange, as happened when they played a medley of rock, metal and acoustic guitar and showed on the screen flags from countries such as Venezuela, Colombia, the Republic of Dominican, Argentina, Cuba, among others. The Colombian group likes to propose the reunion between the differences. “Long live Latin America,” Escobar Gallego shouted at that moment.
The singer confessed the need for the group to come to Venezuela, indirectly acknowledging the crises that are happening and that the country has been through: «Thank you, God, for having us here! We have wanted to be in Venezuela for so long. Long live Venezuela, long live Venezuelan artists. I just want to leave you a message: Venezuelans are made for big things. God, when he puts great tests, he gives great rewards ».
Piso 21 walked through other songs such as “I love you”, “Dance me slowly”, “He killed my heart”, “Wrong”, “Love in the times of perreo”, “Life without you” and “Lifeguard”. With the latter, holding on to lines like “And without a map I was lost / I looked for a lot of trouble”, David insisted on the band’s appreciation for the country. «What were we going to know that love was in Caracas? Love is in Caracas. God bless the future of Venezuela », he expressed.
Also on stage were Víctor Drija, Kobi Cantillo, Andry Kiddo and Sharlene, who offered individual shows as a prelude to Piso 21. They insisted on Venezuelan talent. For example, they pointed out that they fell in love with Kiddos’ work when they heard his song “Son tantos cosas”. “We had the opportunity to present Micro TDH, now this talent is going to take over the world,” Pablo stressed. Among the surprises of the night were The Perfect Melody. The duo made up of Gio and Gabo, who recently lost their mother, fulfilled their commitment to perform “Mueve la Hip” with Sharlene, and Franco and Gabylonia. In addition, he accompanied Víctor Drija on a couple of songs.
Piso 21 closed his show in Caracas with the hit “Déjala que reto” but not before leaving the stage to Juan David Huertas Clavijo to play a powerful guitar solo, with dancers and guest artists on stage, fireworks lighting up the terrace, the battery to burst, and David saying goodbye, again, with words of encouragement: «The good waits, the good is not immediate».
