MADRID, Spain.- Two years after the premiere Yotuel Romero, one of its interpreters, issued a message to commemorate the date of the song “Patria y Vida”, which became a hymn for the freedom of Cuba.
In a live broadcast from Facebook, Romero thanked Descemer Bueno, Randy Malcom, Alexander Delgado, El Funky, Maykel Osorbo and to all those who had to do with the song for having given it “the opportunity to express in words the suffering of a people.”
In addition, he thanked that a slogan for Cubans has come out of the song. “This slogan, ‘Patria y Vida’, will be the slogan of the Cuba that we will all walk free, in which we will all be reborn,” said the musician, who also assured: “We will create an incredible country, with incredible people, full of differences, but with a single objective: to fight for the country and for life”.
Addressing the Cubans residing on the Island, he assured: “We are more positioned and connected than ever.”
Yotuel Romero ended his message by calling for freedom for all Cuban political prisoners, freedom for the people of Cuba, free elections and change.
Among the numerous successes that “Patria y Vida” has had since its premiere are having won the award for Best Song of the Year and Best Urban Song at the Latin Grammys 2021.
The theme, which inspired thousands of Cubans on July 11, 2021 in the massive anti-government demonstrations throughout the country, since it premiered on YouTube in February of that year, broke audience records.
This protest anthem and symbol for Cubans was included by the prestigious magazine rolling stones on their list of the 50 best songs of 2021.
“’Patria y Vida’ was not easy to do. Cuban rappers Maykel ‘Osorbo’ and ‘El Funky’ secretly recorded their verses and sent them to Yotuel Romero, Gente De Zona and Descemer Bueno to mix them in the United States,” he said. rolling stones, adding that ‘Osorbo’ and ‘El Funky’ took a risk and showed the danger that being a dissident and making art in Cuba means for many, “especially after Osorbo was imprisoned since May. He was there (in jail) when ‘Patria y Vida’ won Song of the Year at the Latin Grammys, a great recognition that reinforced the emotional weight and power of the protest anthem.”
