September 23, 2025 • 56 mins
“No Hay Fotos,” Camila Ramón’s new single and music video is out now and on this episode of Hasta Abajo, Meli is sitting down with the new artist to get the exclusive! Plus, it’s Hispanic Heritage Month and we're giving our community their (well deserved) flowers!
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Speaker 1 (00:03):
What is up everyone, and welcome back to the show.
Amily sortis.
Speaker 2 (00:07):
I'm Gamia Ramon and this is Atallah. Baby. We have
a beautiful show lined up for you today. We're gonna
hit you know, some Hispanic Heritage Month celebrations, obviously Latina's.
We're shouting out some trail blazers that inspired Melie and
I along the way. And also what are you talking all?
Speaker 1 (00:29):
So we ain't bearing any lead here because we have
well breaking news from this week which I'm so excited
to learn more about, and I know you as our
audience as well. So we're talking to Kami about her
very new single, her first ever no I photos. We're
getting the very exclusive interview with the very new artists
and it's only here on Astajo.
Speaker 2 (00:50):
So okay, but don't make such a big deal about it.
Speaker 1 (00:54):
Drop the beat already, drop the beat.
Speaker 2 (01:09):
Okay, Well, we hope you have your gafacit though preps
or whatever your drink of choices. You want some moday,
you want some vodka if you're medding, you know she'd
be drinking at all hours of the day.
Speaker 3 (01:18):
Just okay, you can throw me on the buzz like
that guy.
Speaker 1 (01:23):
This is coffee.
Speaker 2 (01:24):
Okay, perfect, perfect, Yeah, I got some have seat this today,
And honestly, I went to my local coffee shop and
then I was like, should I get something from my
husband who's still sleep? I was like, I don't have time,
and he went to a coffee shop while recording his podcast.
So I was a little selfish. I'm not front. I
just got a coffee for myself. Does that make me
a bad person kind of? I mean yes, yeah, right,
I'm a person at me.
Speaker 1 (01:46):
As a as an absolute coffee lever, shout out kickoff coffee,
my coffee company here, I have it at my hat today. Actually,
i'd actually be really really disappointed in you.
Speaker 2 (01:57):
Yeah, you know sometimes it like that. I'll make it
up to him some other way tonight. I don't worry
about it.
Speaker 3 (02:02):
Okay, wait, anyway, hello, what is going on here? Oh
my okay, I'm just gonna take a sip of this coffee, y'all.
Speaker 2 (02:15):
Changing the subject. We are celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month right now.
Speaker 1 (02:20):
Yes, we are, And there are so many incredible people
that we need to celebrate, and I think that the
list is so long that I wish we had hours
upon hours and pound hours to shout them all out right,
and that is that is including from athletes to artists,
to people like you who listen to our podcast because
we know that your stories are true and through through
(02:42):
your journeys as well, and also our own family members
and you know, coming you're an immigrant, my parents immigrated
to this family. Like, there's so many incredible stories and
like that's what makes the beauty of Hispanic Heritage Month
so beautiful, because there's so many great stories to tell
and journeys. So I'm going to catch up with I'm
gonna I'm going to start off with with one one
that just comes to mind. And it ain't because I'm
(03:04):
I'm Colombian, y'all, but it's but it's because she's a goddess.
She's a legend. She's still on tour, which is crazy
because I feel like, Goby, we went to her concert.
Speaker 2 (03:20):
Oh it's true, we.
Speaker 1 (03:25):
Went to her concert like months ago, it feels at
this point like years ago. But she's still rolling, she's
still singing, and it is the one and only Shakira, y'all. Yes,
I want to just shout out, not only because the
fact that she's still going. She is a beautiful goddess.
She's incredible talent she has done and she will be
(03:50):
completing over eighty shows for lat moheas yeah, No Jordan
World Tour, and that's fifty eight shows in Latin America
that she has kicked off or will kick off North
America twenty eight shows and so this is a tour
like this tour is record breaking and you just have
to give it to someone who has been so consistent.
(04:13):
But at the same time, she had her time where
you know, she dedicated her her life to her kids
as well, and it's so respectful to see that and
so inspiring to see how a woman like herself could
be such a global superstar, but you know, then have
time to focus on her family but then reinvent herself
(04:34):
as well after everything she went through, and then is
absolutely crushing it in tours worldwide. So cheers and shout
out you Fels Mendis Saludaka. So she did over eighty
shows you said she will be once the tours is
finished at the end of the year, and saying.
Speaker 2 (04:53):
I hope she needs to share her recovery routine because
whatever she's doing is working for her to be able
to move her hips like that every night.
Speaker 1 (04:59):
Listen, Yeah, because I mean, you're gonna need those tips
for tonight.
Speaker 2 (05:06):
I hate you so much. Also, our girl Gale opened
up for Shakida in Mixico. She just posted about it.
Shout out to Gote. We're so proud of her. She's
honestly like it makes sense, like her newest single Chow
just dropped and it's absolutely iconic. Like I love the song.
We were talking about it in our latest interviews. If
(05:27):
you want to learn more about gotlet make sure you
check out those episodes. But it is she's an absolute
icon and I love the acoustic versions that she's saying.
So her gods too. She's so good.
Speaker 1 (05:36):
She has a voice of a goddess. And you mentioned
like Shakida has to drop her routine. There's two people
in this world that need to drop their routines, and
that's Shakida. What is her beooty routine? And goal it too,
Like she is beautiful, her skin is like radiant. I'm like, god, friend,
just drop your routine.
Speaker 2 (05:53):
Drop yeah yeah, yeah, I was saying more so like
shakidn't needs to drop her recovery routine because no, I know,
I like I'm thirty at my back hurts, like you
know what I mean. And she's been doing eighty shows,
so I need to stretch.
Speaker 1 (06:06):
We know, we know why your back hurts.
Speaker 2 (06:09):
Oh my god, I'm never gonna get away with I
work while I'm biking. That's anyway shouting out.
Speaker 1 (06:24):
All right, we have another shout out, and this is
to a Latino, Carmelo Anthony, if you are a basketball fan.
Earlier this month, he was inducted into the Basketball Hall
of Fame. He's a ten time NBA All Star. He
played most of his nineteen season career with the New
York Knicks. Shout out New York, and with the and
with the Denver Nuggets. But one special moment that he
(06:47):
did have, which I think will we'll hit home with
with many of us, is he talked about his Puerto
Rican father and he said, quote to my father, Carmelo Bokua,
you left this world too soon, but you never left me.
Your name is my name. Your spirit walks with me
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and every step I take. You were a poet, an activist,
a fighter. You taught me without even knowing the words matter,
that words matter, and that vision matters, and so those
types of words and types of inspiration tying no literally
literally literally those types of words are obviously they hit home,
(07:29):
like I said, but it also shows that him being
of you know, Latino, the said Puerto Rican descent. Some
people don't know that he is Puerto Rican, and I
think it's something to further celebrate. And I love that
he shouted that out and shouted out his heritage, his heritage,
especially the celebrity in the All Star and the all
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around talent that he is and has become.
Speaker 2 (07:54):
Respect Yeah, all right, do I have more?
Speaker 1 (07:57):
Are you going?
Speaker 2 (07:58):
You have one more?
Speaker 1 (08:00):
Girl? I love me. They just keep I'm telling you,
the list is too long. Okay. We also have one
of my favorite favorite people who I had the great
honor to have played against her, and that is to
Brazil's Martha. If you don't know soccer, Martha is it
all around goat in women's soccer. She holds the crown
(08:24):
for the most goal scored in a FIFA World Cup
and she is FIFA Best Winner. She has all of
the awards and recognitions that you can imagine. But not
only that, she has sustained a playing career even to
present day, which I believe she's I think she's like
thirty nine at this point. She still plays for the
(08:46):
Orlando Pride and for the Brazilian women's national team, but
she has been a huge inspiration not only for Brazilians
and women's football in Brazil, but also for South America
and the world at large. So all around faller. Again,
I don't know how to say that in in Portuguese.
(09:07):
How do you say that? And I'll say, oh my god,
just but it. How do you say that?
Speaker 2 (09:11):
How do you say I'm not going to embarrass myself
like you just did.
Speaker 1 (09:14):
Maybe I was right, that's right, Maybe you're right?
Speaker 2 (09:17):
No, no, no, or wait?
Speaker 1 (09:18):
Is it a bens? Is it bens?
Speaker 2 (09:20):
That sounds more like it.
Speaker 1 (09:22):
Yeah, let me see bota Benz.
Speaker 2 (09:25):
Should I continue and then you come back? Yeah? Okay,
you go on. Let me save you from this. Oh
my god, it is it is.
Speaker 1 (09:32):
I gotta write boughta bens.
Speaker 2 (09:34):
Incredible bite, Okay. I think that. Also, it's very important
to shut out people within our communities. And I have
my list of people which I'm sure I'm missing people
from this. So you guys, I literally wrote it this morning,
like right now as we were starting to center this,
uh this podcast session. So I love you all, And
if you want to add anybody from your local communities
(09:56):
that we need to be supporting, please uh drop them
in the comm so that we can go ahead and
support themselves so that other people can see these people
that also inspire you. So I want to start off
by giving a shout out to Datiana Diaz, who is
a the Remesla and Hip Latina editor in She she's
an absolute boss. She had her podcast down to a
(10:17):
team media and I were both on it. But she
is just an absolute icon girl boss and somebody who
is actively working to support Latinos. And she is somebody
who's like in our literal communities like you will see
her at local events. You will see her supporting people
and having real conversations. So I respect to you. I
want to give a shout out to Julie C. Seprello,
who is a founder of Risos Curls That with no fundy,
(10:39):
who was able to create her own business and now
Nara Alta. She is absolutely killing the game. She just
received the Hispanic Heritage Award. She's an absolute boss. She
has outspoken about issues happening in our community and we
just love her.
Speaker 1 (10:53):
I buy her products now. I told you that coming.
Speaker 2 (10:55):
I love Reese Girls. She's the one that made me
realize that I have curls, and that's what my hair
was like. My hair was just like like just like
frizzy and wide. And then she was like, you are
have curly hair, and I was like oh. And then
I used our products and my hair was like incredible.
Speaker 1 (11:10):
Now literally, I'm growing my curls back. See they're coming in,
They're coming in.
Speaker 2 (11:13):
Oh yeah, but you shout out research Yeah, Okay, yes,
I know, I know, so not to be confused, guys,
I'm wearing a wig right now. Aj Ramos is our boy.
We love Aj Ramos. He's the last Culture of Music
expert and executive producer. He is the head of artist
Partnerships Latin Music and culturet YouTube and Google, and he
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is an active participant of our community. You will also
see him at events. You will see him supporting people.
He's having beautiful conversations and he's one of the the
most supportive people that I have ever met. Like he has.
He's like a champion for Latinos in the space and
he believes in people of our community. So shout out
to AJ. We love him, We stand. We're trying to
get him on the podcast, but we're all traveling at
different times, so if you see an interview with him
(11:57):
everywhere everywhere, he's an absolute boss, So hopefully get him
on the podcast soon. Vicky the Fitchick, that's my girl.
She is a fitness to Latina Battie. She is out
here showing us that we can be strong, that we
can feel powerful in our bodies. Vicky the Fitchick, We
love her, follow her on social media. Obviously, we have
to talk about my Poloton girl us. First off, a
(12:18):
shout out to Marianna. Marina was actually the first instructor
to teach classes in Spanish on the platform. She launched
the Spanish language yoga program, she started doing meditations and
she was a big inspiration. I remember I was like
doing my interview and like during my interview process, I
saw she was launched and I was crying like a
baby because her launch video is so special. It was
(12:38):
like so true to who she is. And obviously our girl,
Robin out of Son big boss icon, one of my
biggest inspirations in the fitness space, especially prior to Peloton.
Jess King. We love her so much. She's an absolute
icon and she shows up exactly at herself everywhere, and
then Hannah Corbyn my little Spicy Pepper. She is an icon.
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So those are my Latinas that are president on Poloton.
If you want to support, also want to give a
you shout out to my girl Janel Ramos. She's a
journalist for DRE and I have seen this girl work
so hard for years. That job is so challenging. She
has been doing the morning shows for so long. I'm like,
I don't know how you wake up at like two
in the morning every day and then still have the
energy to come and train with me in the afternoon,
(13:23):
But she would do it. My girl Jessica Molina, she
has a blog What's the What's that? Platform for the
the people write there are substacked. She has an incredible
substack with It's very thought provoking, it's very beautiful, and
she talks about like her journey as a mother in
this space today and I'm very proud of her for
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for every She also doesn't stop. Santdra my last Boz
is the founder of Nopala, which is a luxury bath
goods line that started being sold in North from I
think her story is also incredible because she builds everything
up from the ground herself like she had absolutely no
experience and she made this incredible successful business and now
carries Latino Forward products that people would consider, some not
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people would consider, but that arguably people have been told
these are not luxury goods, and she made them luxury
goods and pushed them into the luxury market and now
they're being sold at Norshrum and other places as well.
So check out for sure, and they smell incredible. Our girl, Teffi,
Teffi Bessoa. We love her. She's a boss. She's an icon.
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That's all I have to say. You know, Teffian, if
you don't, you need to get on it. Your bestie
Issa Cheri, you want to give me a shout out?
Speaker 1 (14:38):
Heck yeah I Dori who We had her here on
the podcast check out that.
Speaker 2 (14:43):
You have to listen to that interview.
Speaker 1 (14:45):
It is so good and it was also hell of funny.
But she is not only a former teammate of mine
on the club national team, but as also my best
friend and kind a neighbor. We literally live ten minute
walk from each other, so uh lately we've been going
on our ten our sorry, on our thirty minute cheese
may runs or walks. Yeah, and it's honestly the best.
(15:06):
But shout out to her. She is not only a
badass who works for Telemundo Deportes and she covers soccer,
but she's also an incredible, knowledgeable Latina and you're gonna
see her continue to impact in so many different ways.
And when she tells me, like what her daily schedule is,
(15:26):
of what she's doing like in so many different sectors,
I'm my girlfriend, go off. So that's.
Speaker 2 (15:33):
Then we have Rachel from Buddy's Coffee. I'm not sure
if you guys saw the story of Buddy's Coffee that
was getting pushed out of Brooklyn. It's a Puerto Rican
coffee shop. It was local, it was very like community forward,
and unfortunately she got pushed out of her location in
Brooklyn because of pricing and other factors, and the community
was very upset about that, naturally, as was I. But
(15:58):
I'm very happy to announce that I saw her at
she had Pelton Run Club last week on Wednesday, and
she opening a new coffee shop on the Lower East Side.
So we have to go and we have to support.
Speaker 1 (16:07):
Let's go. I love that.
Speaker 2 (16:09):
And then so wrap things up because I just got
distracted by the coffee. Gold Mado's Coffee on the Lower
East Side of New York is so good. So if
you're in New York, you have to stop my Gold
Mallo's coffee. They have these delicious like I think it's
like mango macha situations. It's like very like traditional like
Latino like coffee drinks and macha drinks that really really hit.
I think it's very the owner's Puerto Rican as well.
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And then the last Latina that I want to shout
out is my girl, Millie. I'm so proud of you.
Speaker 1 (16:37):
And you meet Melly every day.
Speaker 2 (16:39):
Yeah, I love you so much and I'm very grateful
for the ways that you push me every day to
be a better person, a better friend and also a
badass like professional. Melisa does not stop working, you guys.
She is. I don't know how she does it. She
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is just a prime example of a powerhouse person that
like literally does not stop and is able to show
up professionally in every setting that she is in. So
thanks for inspiring me. I love you so much. Thanks,
thanks for being a good friend.
Speaker 1 (17:14):
Don't me me cry you.
Speaker 2 (17:18):
No, no, no.
Speaker 1 (17:19):
I want everybody to stay right there because I'm about
toss this to break because I'm about to give you
your flowers as soon as we get back from this, Okay,
stays to like, all right, everyone, we are back, and
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as I promised, I have to throw Camilla ramon her
flowers because not only has she inspired me, but she
is inspiring so many people through something that she just achieved.
And this is this is this is incredible because this
is a conversation Comedy and I have been having for
for money now and she's been showing me snippets and
(18:02):
snipets and like the process of like what she wanted
to achieve, and she's finally done it this week. And
we talk a lot about what it takes to achieve
a dream on this very show. We've invited artists on
the show, athletes saw the show, and honestly, it takes
so many different things, right, but it takes one thing,
and that's the leap. It's the courage, and it's to
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do what you want to do because you're passionate about
it and how important it is to have a vision
to see it, to write it down. And I'm where
I'm going with this is that our very own Camilla
Ramon shot for the stars recently with releasing her very
own single and not just a single, okay, but also
a whole music video and it's called and it's called
(18:50):
No I Photos and it dropped on September eighteenth, and
so we all have to give a huge applause for
Camilla because she just did something so incredibly inspiring. And
I know what it took out of you, Commy, because
maybe it was at some point out of your comfort zone,
but it was something that you wanted to do when
you had it in you, and you freaking did it.
(19:11):
So girlfriend, congratulations, you did it. You dropped it. No,
I fought those progress.
Speaker 2 (19:18):
Thank you. I love you. And if anybody knows more
than anyone, it's medi that I was like, wait, should
I drop this? I'm not going to drop it. I
was like I'm not going to do it, Like why, Like,
am I going to do it? No? Yeah, I'm going
to do it. Then I was like, no, I'm not
going to do it. So it's been a long journey.
I want to give you a shout out because you
have helped me emotionally through a lot of it. So
thanks for being there for me. Friend.
Speaker 1 (19:39):
Heck yeah, I remember was the beginning of this year.
You were talking about it, and I was like, you
got to do this, like this is incredible, But how
long behind the scenes has this really been going on?
Because I don't know, you know, when you started talking
to me about it, I don't know at what point
that was at. But give us give us the download
of like how this all started.
Speaker 2 (19:59):
Yeah, I think that one of the first like moments
that I realized I wanted to start like singing, was
when I guess it was a process.
Speaker 1 (20:10):
Right, So, I.
Speaker 2 (20:13):
For me, working out and training has always been like
something very personal to me, and I do it for
work all the time. Not to say that that's not enjoyable, right,
but I think something important to note is that when
an activity that you're doing is very like work related,
sometimes if you're going through something, the release is not
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in that same activity that's relating to where your work is. Right,
and as passionate as I may be about working out
or training, right after a moment, I realized like, hey,
like running isn't necessarily having the same effect on me
because at least like for that mental release because I'm
teaching running classes number one and then also like I
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while I'm running, I'm listening to the music, and I'm like, oh,
how can I turn this into a playlist? Like, oh,
I could be talking about this. So I was like
working while I was running instead of like just letting
my brain do its thing that I normally would. So
I was like, what if I need to like pick
up like do something different, like do something absolutely different.
And it started about like three years ago when I
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was like, I need to try something new. And I
remember that I went to like improv classes, and I
really liked improv classes. I thought they were super fun.
But then I took my first vocal coaching class and
I was like, I was singing, and I was like
this is so meditative and this is so special. So
it became like a release to me. And then I
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started taking more and more and more and more singing
lessons and singing classes, and I became obsessed and I
just started like singing so much, so much, so much,
and I was I started exploring music, and you know,
naturally where I work, it's like very tied in with music.
So I was like, I essentially from there just like
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started exploring music and like different avenues and I remember
I even like googled how to write a song.
Speaker 1 (22:14):
And that's amazing.
Speaker 2 (22:15):
And then I started like, I mean, you have to
start somewhere, right, like yeah, wait, yeah, speak of somewhere.
Speaker 1 (22:22):
How was your voice in your first vocal class?
Speaker 2 (22:27):
It was pretty I mean, my vocal coaches will be
nice and say that that it wasn't so bad that
I have like good like like yeah, they would say
that it wasn't so bad, but I hated it, like
and I was like, I don't want to do anything
with it. But the thing is that I enjoyed it
so much that it didn't so much become about my voice.
Like I don't even really know today if I have
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like a nice quote unquote nice voice. I just know
that I like to sing, you know what I mean,
and like it's it's very fun, and I think that
that's what's the most important thing. Like for me, I
never had the intention of like leasing any of it.
I'm just having fun with like a hobby and a project.
I guess it's very Sagittarius of me to turn a
hobby into something that becomes public, But I think that
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that's that's where where the direction that we were going in,
like is just like about fun.
Speaker 1 (23:16):
I love that. So Okay, you take up vocal classes
or singing classes. You google how to write a record
one song? Yeah, but tell us what the process was like.
And you know from the very beginning, from when he
said when your brain was like, holy shit, I want
to make my own song, to the whole process and
(23:36):
the journey to present day.
Speaker 2 (23:38):
Okay, So I DM's now my very close friends Aloux,
and he is my producer now and I was like, hey,
I want to write a song. Will you work with me?
And he was like, let's talk. So like I had
a conversation with him. I told him that he was
going to need to be very patient with me, and
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then he agreed to start working with me, and we
created our first song together along with a composer named
Silas that we worked on everything together and he we like.
I finally went to record it, and mind you, I
had sent him like so many takes of me singing
because this entire time, you guys know that I live
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in a one bedroom apartment, right and you know that
my husband is in law school. Hashtag poor Luciano. So
I need to paint the picture for you guys, because
I do not have a desk.
Speaker 1 (24:33):
I you also didn't get him coffee this morning.
Speaker 2 (24:37):
I know, I'm such a bitch. Hi. So I'm like
on my what do I call it? Not the counter,
the dresser, I have a dresser. My back hurts because
I'm on a stool every day, leaning forward, singing into
my like really shitty mic like my voice is barren.
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There's no protective like barrier. I'm singing it into the
microphone like so loud, and I like, send this guy, uh,
like the first take of the song. He's like he's
like okay, yeah, like that we need to and he
sends me feedback and I was like, I was so
terrified when I send it to him. I was like,
be nice. I was like, don't be me, be nice.
And he's like so straightforward with me, which is so
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nice to work with people like that, but also like
kind and like he wants to see me get better.
Speaker 1 (25:24):
So he was.
Speaker 2 (25:25):
They were a huge, like active process, like part of
this entire process, and I'm so grateful that I found them.
The work with the world, The works in mysterious ways,
and it was just really nice to find somebody randomly
like that that's actually like really good people to work with.
What else did you? Oh? So then we made the
song and then I listened to it and I was like, wait,
this is fun because I enjoyed the whole process of it,
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Like it's so fun to like get into like a
different world and like create something that takes you out.
And I remember when I talked to him about like
the kind of like song that I wanted to make,
I was like, I'm naturally a sad girly, like I
gravitate if you play sad music, I will be sad.
And I realized that growing up, which is why I
play primarily like reggaeton or them bo, because you can't
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be upset you listening to them bo. You could arguably
cry in the club, but like that's not the type
of music that I listen to today, and that's not
the type of music that I want to be playing,
Like I want to make happy music because it's what
I listened to today. So it ended up being something
like a little bit more like Club Forward.
Speaker 1 (26:31):
That we ended up making.
Speaker 2 (26:32):
I don't know if I'm actually going to release that track,
because that track is the first track that I've ever made.
It might it might be the last one that we released,
but I'm not sure if we're going to release it.
Speaker 1 (26:41):
Have I listened to it?
Speaker 2 (26:43):
Yeah, I think it's the first one that I showed you.
Speaker 1 (26:45):
Okay, okay, okay, okay, Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Speaker 2 (26:48):
But I sent it so I sent it to my
manager like without like no explanation. I just sent him
the file and he's like, what is this And I
was like, I was like, just listen to it. He's like,
is this you? He's like, wait, this kind of lit
And I was like like what does this mean? Like
do you want to make music? And I was like, no,
I don't know. I'm like doing it as a hobby,
but like I really had fun with it. He's like
he's like, just make a lot of songs and then
(27:10):
see like like if you like it or not before
you decide to do anything. And throughout that entire process,
like my this has been like a year in the making.
In the middle of that process, my cousin Philip passed away,
who was a big part of my life, and I
talk about it all the time. My tattoo on my
(27:31):
wrist reminds me to live my life with levity, to
dare to do the things that like I wouldn't dare
to do or because I feel like people expect me
to lead my life in a certain way, and that
was like a big push for me, especially in the
last like four months where I was like arguing back
and forth with myself and so like should I do it?
Should I not do it? Like is there a need
(27:52):
for this? Like and at the end of the day,
it's like why not, Like you have number one, I'm
having fun with it, And the reality is that I
want to continue to have fun with it, and that's
the primary thing, Like if it's so enjoyable for me
and it's something that has made me feel really good.
And the crazy thing about like art music, it's like
not everyone's gonna like it, So I'm also exposing myself
(28:15):
to like criticism from other people in a way that
like I don't know if I'm emotionally ready for I'm
prepping myself emotionally for it. But I was like, I
don't know if I'm emotionally ready for this, Like why
am I asking for that for myself? You know what
I mean? But I think it all has to do
with intention, And my intention was to share this with
my community or with the world and hopes that people
also have fun with it and maybe somebody likes it
(28:38):
along the way, But that was like the final like
driving factor that was like, yeah, why not.
Speaker 1 (28:53):
For people who want to get out of their comfort zone,
or maybe it's not out of their comfort zone, maybe
it's it's within reach, but they're a bit fearful to
make the jump, or maybe there's so many excuses like
I don't have enough time, or I have to do this,
or I have to take my kids to soccer practice,
or I have to you know, like there's so many
(29:14):
things that people have to do in their day to day,
But how did you like prioritize doing that but then
also balance that losing the fear. There's there's fear involved,
right with launching anything new, So how how did you
balance that? And I don't know, like just really execute.
(29:34):
I think at the end of the day, action is
what really is the most important thing, all right.
Speaker 2 (29:39):
Yeah, I think the best like remedy to fear is
practice in preparation. But there's only so much that you
can practice and prepare before you have to jump. I
could have waited four more years to release something that
was quote unquote better, something that's quote unquote more my sound.
These are the first songs that I'm making I'm not
(30:01):
gonna sound like this later, my voice is gonna change.
You know. What gave me a lot of confidence too,
is going back and listening to like artists first songs.
Like I went back and I listened to Faith's first
song ever at least that's on Spotify that he like dropped,
and I was like, this doesn't even sound like fade,
And that's okay, because we all evolve, like you use
them to, like, like whoever your favorite artist is like
(30:26):
right now or whatever artists you think is poppin', that's
not the type of sound that they were expressing from
the jump, Like they were so different, and that's okay.
It's part of the human experience. Like, evolving is so great.
Sorry for the sirens, good old New York City? What
was your question?
Speaker 1 (30:41):
Ready? Oh I missed the sounds of New York. My
question is how did you balance, you know, dealing with
prioritizing that because that was your goal, but then also
dealing with maybe the fear to take action and actually,
you know, release a song.
Speaker 2 (30:56):
Yeah, I mean I wasn't thinking about like the the
fear of it, mainly because I wasn't really sure. I
was just focused on like having fun and like completing
like the things that I wanted to do. I think
the most challenging part was my schedule, honestly, because we
didn't stop. I don't know if you remember, but like February,
(31:16):
I was like in Miami, I was shooting scenic for Peloton.
Then I went I went to like fIF like five
different places in May, and then I came back, and
then I traveled more, and then I came back. In
the summer, I was traveling more, so like the weekends,
I wasn't really here too much. And then when I
was here, I also have a husband and I have
to call my auila, you know what I mean. So
(31:38):
it was very challenging for me to make time. But
like I stay home all the time just to sing,
like on a Sunday and afternoon when like sometimes I
want to be walking around outside. It also makes me
really happy to like sing, and I prioritize that I
after class. When I get home, sometimes it's like seven pm.
(31:59):
All hop on and I'll do my vocal warm ups
for thirty minutes and then I'll sing for thirty minutes
and then I'll close my laptop. This is all happening
in my bedroom while my poor husband is trying to
live his life. By the way, So Luciano's an angel.
If you see him, give him a gift because he
deserves it.
Speaker 1 (32:17):
He also deserves more closet space.
Speaker 2 (32:20):
Yeah, yeah, one thousand percent. And we know that I
don't even care about the closet space. Sometimes I do
know that he wishes it was a little bit more quiet,
but he's so kind about it. Yeah, I think. And
I traveled to Miami with my microphone so that I
could take singing lessons while we were shooting scenic in Miami. Wow,
(32:43):
and nobody from Blatan knew what I was doing. I
didn't tell anybody about it. I just wanted that consistency
for myself, like I do my vocal warm ups when
I was traveling in random hotels and people probably thought
I was insane that we're walking like across the hallway
or whatever. It's probably not the worst thing they've heard,
but at a random hotel.
Speaker 1 (33:02):
Depends at what time of the day or not.
Speaker 2 (33:04):
But I tried to be as consistent as possible because
I think this is something that I wanted to see
through as well.
Speaker 1 (33:10):
Wow, let's talk about the song itselftos, So what made
you name the song with that name? But then you
know the inspiration behind that and the lyrics.
Speaker 2 (33:26):
Yeah, I think naturally, I'm a very nostalgic human being,
Like I'm a very nostalgic girly, and I think that
the inspiration for everything that I'm doing, like at least
visually or sound wise these days, always comes back to
like where I come from and who I am and
like the way that I grew up. So it's very
(33:47):
much so giving like teenage andng nostalgia, like two thousands,
it's like very cute. See. I remember when Alonso Alac
sent me the beat and then I was like, I
was like, I want something fun and I want to
be fast and I want like just like I needed
to be, like there has to be a mix of
so many things, and he like sent me the beat
and the beat the first beat was very different from
(34:09):
what this was. The first beat was like even more so,
like very poppy. And now he sent it to me
and he's like, I don't know how you're gonna feel
about this he sent to me, and I was like,
I love it. I put it on. I was dancing
on my couch like I was hopping around my house.
I remember the first time that I heard the beat
and then I was like, we need to make it,
Like I was like, let's make a song to this,
(34:29):
right And I think the inspiration behind a lot of
the music that I'm making right now comes from like
those first moments of like my relationships when I was
like younger, and that naturally takes us to the two thousands.
So it has that like two thousands, like Angst the Nostalia,
and it essentially is like about like you know, plod
(34:51):
and like a shitty breakup like Voto, like we deleted
them all, like I'm not here for your games anymore.
A lot of people that don't speak Spanish or listening
to the tractor like I love it. What's this saying?
It's about a breakup and it's it's not that deep
like and that's okay, I love it.
Speaker 1 (35:12):
I remember when you first played the song for me,
I was like what maybe I was like your manager,
I was like, wait is this you?
Speaker 2 (35:19):
You know? You were like, what genre is this? We
don't know.
Speaker 1 (35:24):
It's all of them, which I love because as soon
as that that reggaeton part hit, I was automatically obsessed obviously,
But then when I saw your the music video, and
I know you had been planning to do this for
a while and you had inspiration behind that music video.
When I saw it and that reggaeton part hit and
you're like you like slouched over and you're like that
(35:47):
like that like that, I was, you know, like moving
your hips left and right, and I was just like, damn,
this one slaps. But about the music video, what was
the inspiration around that? Because one of the things that
I'm super cureous about on how artists do this is
like relay a message through videography of what they want
to convey through their music.
Speaker 2 (36:06):
Yeah, I was like, my best ideas happened to me
like right before I fall asleep and or while I'm journaling.
So I was about to fall asleep and I had
that's a raven vision. I said, oh, I know what
I want the music video to be, because I had
been listening to the song on the plane, and by
this point I had decided that like if, if we're
going to release it, because like literally up to the
(36:28):
day before that I posted the video, I was like,
maybe I just don't post it, Like maybe I just
don't do it, you know what I mean, Like, there's
I was like in my head, I was still like,
there's no need, you know, but like I had a
vision and I was like, oh my god. So I
went like I wrote it down and from the jump,
I was like, I need there to be abs next
to me. I was like, I need there to be
abs next to me. I spill the coffee, slap them
(36:49):
in the face. Originally I was gonna slap Adriane in
the face.
Speaker 1 (36:53):
Originally You're going to have me. But I wasn't available.
Speaker 2 (36:55):
No, for sure, I did ask you. Those abs are
great too, not as good as Adrians.
Speaker 1 (37:02):
So yo, okay, I told him.
Speaker 2 (37:03):
I told him. I was like, bitch, this needs to
be on the cover of Men's Health. I'm gonna pitch.
I'm gonna use this image because I haven't. We have
spills of no coffee on the apps, we have stills
of a lot of coffee pouring onto the abs, and
we have stills of the coffee cup bouncing off his abs.
I'm like, this needs to be on Men's Health also.
And gentlemen, you're welcome to all the Susia's out there,
(37:25):
because I know that I'm doing the Lord's work, so
you're welcome.
Speaker 1 (37:29):
Susia Susios Thullos. I'm like, I'm like, these need to
be released.
Speaker 2 (37:33):
Yeah, I wanted to be I wanted to say I
wanted the beginning of the video to be like, oh,
men are trash, and then the girl is celebrating, so yeah,
and then I was like, I want to pour the coffee.
I want somebody to pass me sunglasses. I want me
to be like this, and I want to put the
sunglasses off. Then people take off my jacket and then
I just start running. The original idea was going to
(37:55):
be a continuous shot, but like, I don't have the
fucking budget for that, and that's insane. That would be
absolutely insane. But my vision came to life. Shout out
to Bryce Saucier, who was the director for the video.
If you guys need anything, hit him up. He's an
absolute icon to work with. But yeah, it also helps
when like the people who are shooting the video like
(38:16):
know what kind of quality you're looking for and understand
the vision. I will also share with you guys, but
I have like scribble scrabbles of like each shot that
I wanted line by line that I drew on the
plane when I was coming back from I don't even know,
oh La. I think I was coming back from Lea
and I was like, I haven't like. I was like,
(38:37):
let me draw it all out. I look like Medusa
in one section because you'll see you later. I love it.
Speaker 1 (38:47):
What challenges about being a singer? Maybe you have gone
through that, perhaps you didn't expect.
Speaker 2 (38:56):
Honestly, a nun, I'm having fun and I'm trying not
to judge myself for it. Okay, So I yesterday, we're
recording this the day after my song released. Yesterday was
a very emotional day for me, not just because of
the nervousness that I was dealing with, but also because
(39:20):
it was something that was a little bit deeper for me.
I told you guys about my cousins, So it was
very emotional for me in that way. So I had
to call agus Auz Didiovanni coach, who's a mental performance
coach that we had here on the podcast, and I
was like, Hey, I want to start working with you.
What a better day to start than like the day
(39:41):
that I released my music. I helped on zoom call
with her and she's like, you look like you've been
through it today. And I was like, emotionally, yes, it
was an emotional roller coaster. I was so overstimulated. I
slept like nine hours last night, like I needed it.
I was unwell, but in the best way. Obviously these
are all amazing things. But I was like, I WO
one thing that I'm not ready for is people talking
(40:01):
shit about me online, like and that's gonna happen, and
I'm putting myself out there, but I think that preparing
yourself mentally, And She's like, I deal with athletes all
the time with these kinds of things, like professional athletes
have to deal with like so much like negative comments
coming from people online, and I think that it all
starts with the judgment that we put on ourselves. So
(40:23):
I'm actively working through not judging myself or like at
least like registering the moments where I'm like judging myself,
which is very similar I think to what my process
was when I was learning to like love my body again.
And it's gonna be a journey, and I know there's
gonna be times where like I might read something that's
like mean, and I'm like, why are you being mean?
(40:45):
Like somebody wrote a mean comment there. Honestly, I was
very surprised. All I fucking love you guys. If you're
listening to this, thank you for your love. I don't
know what I did to deserve you. The Poloton community
is something absolutely fucking incredible. I know there's people that
are not from the Pelton community that we're also commenting
on that video that are like happy for me, thank you,
(41:05):
I love you, but like, the Pelton community is just
something like I love you guys so much. The Mila Mafia,
Like you guys make me feel like so wonderful, and
I hope that that's because you guys know the intention
of how it is that I want to make you feel.
I'm getting emotional because I think that my whole life
(41:25):
and my whole career I have, oh, I have been
wanting to make other people feel good, and getting that
back from my community is so special. And it's so
nice to see that like people care about me and
like in this way, even though like you know, the
intention is for me for us to like have fun.
(41:47):
It's really nice to get like love back in that way.
And I was like, I was honestly expecting like so
much more hate and it's so nice to see that
people are like kind, you know, in this world where
like it's really tough out there right now, Like the
world is like we're all sensitive and and everything's like
so black and white, and there's so much like negativity
and like so much shit happening and so many emotions
(42:10):
that are happening in the world right now. Is just
so nice that we can have this like you know,
little nook where we just like aren't kind to each other,
nice to each other, and we like listen to silly
songs and have fun. I love that.
Speaker 1 (42:24):
This is what a moment, honestly, and you truly deserve it.
And I started this segment with you know, giving you
your flowers, but.
Speaker 2 (42:33):
I think maybe cry morely, I love you.
Speaker 1 (42:37):
Things are reciprocal in life, and you know, you give
so many so much good energy out there. You have
inspired through your platform and also through Peloton, so many
people to change their lives or even a spark of
happiness for their day.
Speaker 2 (42:56):
Uh.
Speaker 1 (42:57):
And so I think that's exactly the what you're receiving
in the comments or after releasing this song, the feedback.
It's it's uh an appreciate appreciation for the impact that
you've given right, so as I can relate like as
sometimes as like a shocking and it's like, oh my god,
like this is amazing. It's because you deserve it, you know,
(43:17):
at the end of at the end of the day.
So wipe away those tears, girlfriend, because they're happy. Tears
they're happy. You guys know that I car for everything.
You know me, this is a big deal though, Like
your love.
Speaker 2 (43:30):
Mean so much to me.
Speaker 4 (43:31):
I know that this is something that like I'm not
ashamed of crying because like of the beautiful community that
we've had that we have and it's very nice to see.
Speaker 2 (43:43):
Like literally, like I only blocked one person yesterday.
Speaker 1 (43:47):
Please tell us why.
Speaker 2 (43:49):
They just said something mean and I clicked on them
and I was like, you don't even follow me, get
out of here.
Speaker 1 (43:55):
People, Like people have the nerve of my god. It's
happened to me so many times too. It's like, who
are Like, did you just like hate yourself in your
life so much that one you don't even know me
or follow me, but then you just want to just
send out negativity the world. Dude, It's hilarious.
Speaker 2 (44:09):
Just a silly girl making music. Let me alone.
Speaker 1 (44:12):
I'm sad. Okay, okay, all right, So now that you
released your song, which you say is for fun, do
you have any goals after this?
Speaker 2 (44:24):
Honestly, to continue to have fun is number one, and
to like have a nice space with my community. I
have more music, you guys. Oh I don't more music. Yeah,
I have music. The next track should be dropping like
end of October.
Speaker 1 (44:44):
What we just got a teaser?
Speaker 2 (44:46):
Yeah? Yeah, and there's more after that. What we just
got more teasers? Yeah? Yeah, it should be. I've been
now that you know, we ripped the band aid off,
we might as well just know. And there's gonna be
tracks that people like, and there's gonna be tracks that
people hate. But at the end of the day, it's
really not that deep. Yeah, Like we're just having fun
(45:09):
and that's okay. And I hope that you guys enjoy it, obviously,
and I hope that you know if you if you
need it, it's there for you. And if you don't,
you don't, you know. But I think the primary thing
is to enjoy it and have fun. And like, I
think something that's very true to what we've all been
(45:30):
talking about is that like we can do whatever we
want with our lives and taking ownership of what it
is that you're doing with your life is something so powerful,
and if you think that it's crazy, you should do it.
And if you're like, if you're thinking about it and
(45:50):
you're or if it makes you feel good, you should
do it. And if then you want to do something
else with it, you shouldn't judge yourself for it, like
you can just do it. We have the opportunity need
to lead our lives exactly in the way that we
want to lead it. And you're allowed to change your
mind later too. If later I'm like, no, I don't
want to. I don't want to do this anymore. Like
I could not, you know, but I also could continue.
(46:14):
And I think that not judging myself for the decisions
that I'm making moving forward, taking it day by day,
track by track, song by song is what I'm focused on.
And then also like continuing to show up, uh with
our community. I don't know if you guys listen to
the episode with Aguzi Giovanni that I was like this
(46:34):
listening to her. I was literally I was like so
close to the screen listening to every single word that
she said. Was she mentioned about you being whole? Yeah,
was so important to me. Because I'm always gonna be
Camilla who's hyping you up. Also, you all need to
fucking relax that I'm atikas everyone's saying I'm leaving Paltan,
(46:55):
not fucking not. I love this job. Is my favorit
fucking job in the world. I love you guys. Like,
I'm not fucking going anywhere, Like even if I have
a like in the future, I might have a show,
which terrifies me. Lord knows, like I'm not. I'm going
to continue to like be there. What do you think
I'm gonna leave my job as a full time top.
Speaker 1 (47:13):
I have two like questions for your two quick questions.
Speaker 2 (47:16):
One is.
Speaker 1 (47:19):
Genres for the upcoming songs? Oh can I ask that?
So we have to go to break soon? So I'm
just I just wanted.
Speaker 2 (47:28):
Yeah. So I think we're going down a journey together
and we don't know where we're going yet because I
honestly don't know the order of that I'm going to
release the songs just yet. Everything's different. Okay, it's very
exploratory and as a true Sagittarius, like it's a road trip,
(47:51):
but like we don't know what the destination is.
Speaker 1 (47:53):
The next one love all right, perfect, Yeah, all right,
And this is a question that we ask ask all
of our guests, right and especially you, but there, how
would you describe your journey with Latin music?
Speaker 2 (48:09):
Oh, with Latin music. Yeah, with Latin music, it's fun.
I think it's fun. I think it's it's fun, it's joy.
It's joy, and it's fun and I always want to
keep it that way, and if ever turns to something different,
then maybe it's you know, it's time to reevaluate, like
(48:30):
the decisions that I'm making, But it's always going to
be present in my life because it brings me joy.
And I'm involved now in this way because it also
brings me joy. And the hope of me sharing it
with the world is that it also brings at least
a couple of people some joy and that we continue
to have fun in the process.
Speaker 1 (48:47):
Amen. Well, thank you, Cami, and congratulations again. Honestly, I'm
proud of you. Our listeners are proud of you. We
are super pumped and excited to keep on tuning in
and listening to your upcoming term that's gonna take us
on a journey that we don't know the destination yet,
but we're here for that. So applause for Camilla. Honestly,
(49:07):
keep crushing it, keep inspiring us.
Speaker 2 (49:10):
And again, Lavia would not be possible without you because
Millie has helped me together so many times, after so
many like breakdowns and stuff, and she has supported me
from day one. So I love you, and thanks for
listening to Malu songs with no judgment.
Speaker 1 (49:25):
Let's go all right, y'all, well we come back. We've
got sports and music for you, so do go anywhere.
Speaker 2 (49:39):
Welcome back, everybody. We call this part of the show.
Amefan Moosa. Let's take things off with some music and
then we're gonna get into some football.
Speaker 1 (49:47):
Yes, Melli, Yes, let's do it.
Speaker 2 (49:49):
The big news. Are you ready?
Speaker 1 (49:52):
Yeah, alay.
Speaker 2 (49:53):
Most people know about this already, but Goto g is
headlining Coachella twenty twenty six. I saw that and I
was like, this just makes sense, the tropic get that set.
I'm so excited. I'm so freaking excited. She joins other
headliners Sabrina Carpenter, who's also gonna be anic on the outfits.
(50:14):
There are gonna be insane. I don't know if you,
Sabena Carpenter fits. I don't want to pin two queens
against each other, But like Serena Carpenter fits versus Tropico
get that fits, it's gonna be hard for for us
to like for them to like top one another. I
feel like they're gonna be pretty parallel in the in
the wardrobe there.
Speaker 1 (50:33):
I agree they're both iconic.
Speaker 2 (50:36):
However, I do think that there might be some tassels
on the titties for Gottogee's performance, in which case I
would like to say that she will probably win. Why
do you think there's gonna be competition?
Speaker 1 (50:47):
Is it because of the penias during the NFL halftime Yeah?
Speaker 2 (50:50):
Yeah, it's giving penias during the NFL halftime show for sure.
So gottad you release her album in June and it's
gonna take the stage on April twelfth and nineteenth. I
was like, I need ticket hits. I was talking to
my friend Olivia Olivia Motto. If you know her, you
know she's obsessed with j beats. I was like, we
need to go one day for your man's and the
next day for my girls. And then she also just
(51:12):
performed at the Grace from the World concert in the
Vatican City and later this month she will be the
first Latin artists to perform at Crazy Horse in Paris,
who were just talking to our producer and.
Speaker 1 (51:24):
I was like, we need to go, yes please? I
mean I feel like, well, if you were to get
invited and you could go, would you also go in?
Did you say booby tassels.
Speaker 2 (51:36):
Titty tassels, titty tassels? Why not? It's crazy, That's right.
I feel like that's allowed, apparently from what I have seen,
at least like Poiny Madonna tits.
Speaker 1 (51:48):
See, like I could see you could totally pull it off.
I don't think I could pull that off.
Speaker 2 (51:53):
I think you could. I just think you have to
like own it.
Speaker 1 (51:57):
Maybe we talked a lot about it out of her
comfort zone. That's definitely out of side of my comfort zone.
But it's all a journey, right.
Speaker 2 (52:04):
I feel like if you just like did a one
off and like wore it, then it might be like
a little costume me. But if you slowly start to
gravitate towards twenty things. I already have spatulas in my closet,
like spatula is shoes, so I think it's not that
far off from my wardrobe.
Speaker 1 (52:18):
Maybe you're right, spatulas to titty tassels.
Speaker 2 (52:23):
She's got range range.
Speaker 1 (52:27):
I love it.
Speaker 2 (52:28):
What's up in the world of sports.
Speaker 1 (52:29):
Medi all right, and in football and women's soccer, the
NWSL is pretty lit, y'all, not only in record number,
viewership and the growing game. But I wanted to give
a shout out to the Kansas City Current, which became
the fastest team in the National Women's Soccer League and
(52:49):
WSL history to reach fifty points and they did it
in just twenty regular season matches. They are absolutely on fire.
And if you didn't know and you wanted some just
brief background, Kansas City Current has by far been one
of the most impactful clubs and organizations in women's soccer
(53:11):
the influx of ownership in MWSL. This one's led by
Patrick and Brittany Mahomes. Of course, Patrick is the NFL superstar,
and Brittany is his wife, who also played soccer both
college and pro or semi pro. She played a season
in Iceland. But with this huge motivation to impact women's soccer,
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and so what they've done at Kansas is incredible. They
built a women's specific only stadium and training facility and
if you haven't been there, you need to go and
either catch a game or visit the facility because it's
absolutely incredible. But this is where they're at in the season.
Not only become, like I just said, the fastest team
in the NUSEL to reach those fifty points, but if
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Washington were to tie or lose in Los Angeles, which
they tied with a two to two score line just
last night, so the Current win over Seattle Rain this
weekend would clinch the Shield. So the Shield is winning
the regular season trophy. Which so let me rephrase that
(54:18):
if Kansas City Current beat the Seattle Rain this weekend,
in which the time this podcast will be released, we'll
already know who won or lost, Kansas City could be
the Shield winners. But also want to shout out their
players to Claire Hutton. She's only nineteen years old, she's
already made it to the US women's national team, and
she's an absolute baller in the midfield. Low Labanta also
(54:42):
shout out to our veterans, the women over thirty as well.
She's absolutely crushing in the league and she also earned
a call up in the last camps to the US
women's national team. That's low Labanta and tim La Chawinga
as well. She's an absolute baller and a force. I
can't even imagine having played against her, but yeah, Kansas
(55:02):
City Current are surely leading the force, not only talent wise,
but organization wise as well. So that's that's my AGAs
a segment in the world.
Speaker 2 (55:13):
Of sports, Slay love to hear it. Well, you guys,
clearly this was an emotional episode for me, so I'm
gonna lie down. Thank you guys for being here. It
was so great. Happy Latin Hispanic Heritage Month, Melie. We're
gonna be vibing in Perano all month and all year
(55:33):
as per usual. Like I said earlier, if you have
any people that you want to shout out, any businesses,
any Latinos that are out here just killing the game,
drop them in the comments of this podcast. So we
want everyone else to see who you're really like, messing with,
vibing with these days that we can also support on
(55:55):
our end. And we're so proud of you for you know,
if you're doing your thing, chasing your dreams, We're so
proud of you. Keep going. Thank you for supporting hours
always and don't forget to stream my photos.
Speaker 1 (56:10):
Okay, yes, definitely stream no photos, true banger, I've already
been listening to it. On my music platforms. And again,
thanks for tuning in y'all and we'll catch you next
time on See you next week.
Speaker 2 (56:25):
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Speaker 1 (56:34):
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What is up everyone, and welcome back to the show.
Amily sortis.
Speaker 2 (00:07):
I'm Gamia Ramon and this is Atallah. Baby. We have
a beautiful show lined up for you today. We're gonna
hit you know, some Hispanic Heritage Month celebrations, obviously Latina's.
We're shouting out some trail blazers that inspired Melie and
I along the way. And also what are you talking all?
Speaker 1 (00:29):
So we ain't bearing any lead here because we have
well breaking news from this week which I'm so excited
to learn more about, and I know you as our
audience as well. So we're talking to Kami about her
very new single, her first ever no I photos. We're
getting the very exclusive interview with the very new artists
and it's only here on Astajo.
Speaker 2 (00:50):
So okay, but don't make such a big deal about it.
Speaker 1 (00:54):
Drop the beat already, drop the beat.
Speaker 2 (01:09):
Okay, Well, we hope you have your gafacit though preps
or whatever your drink of choices. You want some moday,
you want some vodka if you're medding, you know she'd
be drinking at all hours of the day.
Speaker 3 (01:18):
Just okay, you can throw me on the buzz like
that guy.
Speaker 1 (01:23):
This is coffee.
Speaker 2 (01:24):
Okay, perfect, perfect, Yeah, I got some have seat this today,
And honestly, I went to my local coffee shop and
then I was like, should I get something from my
husband who's still sleep? I was like, I don't have time,
and he went to a coffee shop while recording his podcast.
So I was a little selfish. I'm not front. I
just got a coffee for myself. Does that make me
a bad person kind of? I mean yes, yeah, right,
I'm a person at me.
Speaker 1 (01:46):
As a as an absolute coffee lever, shout out kickoff coffee,
my coffee company here, I have it at my hat today. Actually,
i'd actually be really really disappointed in you.
Speaker 2 (01:57):
Yeah, you know sometimes it like that. I'll make it
up to him some other way tonight. I don't worry
about it.
Speaker 3 (02:02):
Okay, wait, anyway, hello, what is going on here? Oh
my okay, I'm just gonna take a sip of this coffee, y'all.
Speaker 2 (02:15):
Changing the subject. We are celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month right now.
Speaker 1 (02:20):
Yes, we are, And there are so many incredible people
that we need to celebrate, and I think that the
list is so long that I wish we had hours
upon hours and pound hours to shout them all out right,
and that is that is including from athletes to artists,
to people like you who listen to our podcast because
we know that your stories are true and through through
(02:42):
your journeys as well, and also our own family members
and you know, coming you're an immigrant, my parents immigrated
to this family. Like, there's so many incredible stories and
like that's what makes the beauty of Hispanic Heritage Month
so beautiful, because there's so many great stories to tell
and journeys. So I'm going to catch up with I'm
gonna I'm going to start off with with one one
that just comes to mind. And it ain't because I'm
(03:04):
I'm Colombian, y'all, but it's but it's because she's a goddess.
She's a legend. She's still on tour, which is crazy
because I feel like, Goby, we went to her concert.
Speaker 2 (03:20):
Oh it's true, we.
Speaker 1 (03:25):
Went to her concert like months ago, it feels at
this point like years ago. But she's still rolling, she's
still singing, and it is the one and only Shakira, y'all. Yes,
I want to just shout out, not only because the
fact that she's still going. She is a beautiful goddess.
She's incredible talent she has done and she will be
(03:50):
completing over eighty shows for lat moheas yeah, No Jordan
World Tour, and that's fifty eight shows in Latin America
that she has kicked off or will kick off North
America twenty eight shows and so this is a tour
like this tour is record breaking and you just have
to give it to someone who has been so consistent.
(04:13):
But at the same time, she had her time where
you know, she dedicated her her life to her kids
as well, and it's so respectful to see that and
so inspiring to see how a woman like herself could
be such a global superstar, but you know, then have
time to focus on her family but then reinvent herself
(04:34):
as well after everything she went through, and then is
absolutely crushing it in tours worldwide. So cheers and shout
out you Fels Mendis Saludaka. So she did over eighty
shows you said she will be once the tours is
finished at the end of the year, and saying.
Speaker 2 (04:53):
I hope she needs to share her recovery routine because
whatever she's doing is working for her to be able
to move her hips like that every night.
Speaker 1 (04:59):
Listen, Yeah, because I mean, you're gonna need those tips
for tonight.
Speaker 2 (05:06):
I hate you so much. Also, our girl Gale opened
up for Shakida in Mixico. She just posted about it.
Shout out to Gote. We're so proud of her. She's
honestly like it makes sense, like her newest single Chow
just dropped and it's absolutely iconic. Like I love the song.
We were talking about it in our latest interviews. If
(05:27):
you want to learn more about gotlet make sure you
check out those episodes. But it is she's an absolute
icon and I love the acoustic versions that she's saying.
So her gods too. She's so good.
Speaker 1 (05:36):
She has a voice of a goddess. And you mentioned
like Shakida has to drop her routine. There's two people
in this world that need to drop their routines, and
that's Shakida. What is her beooty routine? And goal it too,
Like she is beautiful, her skin is like radiant. I'm like, god, friend,
just drop your routine.
Speaker 2 (05:53):
Drop yeah yeah, yeah, I was saying more so like
shakidn't needs to drop her recovery routine because no, I know,
I like I'm thirty at my back hurts, like you
know what I mean. And she's been doing eighty shows,
so I need to stretch.
Speaker 1 (06:06):
We know, we know why your back hurts.
Speaker 2 (06:09):
Oh my god, I'm never gonna get away with I
work while I'm biking. That's anyway shouting out.
Speaker 1 (06:24):
All right, we have another shout out, and this is
to a Latino, Carmelo Anthony, if you are a basketball fan.
Earlier this month, he was inducted into the Basketball Hall
of Fame. He's a ten time NBA All Star. He
played most of his nineteen season career with the New
York Knicks. Shout out New York, and with the and
with the Denver Nuggets. But one special moment that he
(06:47):
did have, which I think will we'll hit home with
with many of us, is he talked about his Puerto
Rican father and he said, quote to my father, Carmelo Bokua,
you left this world too soon, but you never left me.
Your name is my name. Your spirit walks with me
(07:08):
and every step I take. You were a poet, an activist,
a fighter. You taught me without even knowing the words matter,
that words matter, and that vision matters, and so those
types of words and types of inspiration tying no literally
literally literally those types of words are obviously they hit home,
(07:29):
like I said, but it also shows that him being
of you know, Latino, the said Puerto Rican descent. Some
people don't know that he is Puerto Rican, and I
think it's something to further celebrate. And I love that
he shouted that out and shouted out his heritage, his heritage,
especially the celebrity in the All Star and the all
(07:51):
around talent that he is and has become.
Speaker 2 (07:54):
Respect Yeah, all right, do I have more?
Speaker 1 (07:57):
Are you going?
Speaker 2 (07:58):
You have one more?
Speaker 1 (08:00):
Girl? I love me. They just keep I'm telling you,
the list is too long. Okay. We also have one
of my favorite favorite people who I had the great
honor to have played against her, and that is to
Brazil's Martha. If you don't know soccer, Martha is it
all around goat in women's soccer. She holds the crown
(08:24):
for the most goal scored in a FIFA World Cup
and she is FIFA Best Winner. She has all of
the awards and recognitions that you can imagine. But not
only that, she has sustained a playing career even to
present day, which I believe she's I think she's like
thirty nine at this point. She still plays for the
(08:46):
Orlando Pride and for the Brazilian women's national team, but
she has been a huge inspiration not only for Brazilians
and women's football in Brazil, but also for South America
and the world at large. So all around faller. Again,
I don't know how to say that in in Portuguese.
(09:07):
How do you say that? And I'll say, oh my god,
just but it. How do you say that?
Speaker 2 (09:11):
How do you say I'm not going to embarrass myself
like you just did.
Speaker 1 (09:14):
Maybe I was right, that's right, Maybe you're right?
Speaker 2 (09:17):
No, no, no, or wait?
Speaker 1 (09:18):
Is it a bens? Is it bens?
Speaker 2 (09:20):
That sounds more like it.
Speaker 1 (09:22):
Yeah, let me see bota Benz.
Speaker 2 (09:25):
Should I continue and then you come back? Yeah? Okay,
you go on. Let me save you from this. Oh
my god, it is it is.
Speaker 1 (09:32):
I gotta write boughta bens.
Speaker 2 (09:34):
Incredible bite, Okay. I think that. Also, it's very important
to shut out people within our communities. And I have
my list of people which I'm sure I'm missing people
from this. So you guys, I literally wrote it this morning,
like right now as we were starting to center this,
uh this podcast session. So I love you all, And
if you want to add anybody from your local communities
(09:56):
that we need to be supporting, please uh drop them
in the comm so that we can go ahead and
support themselves so that other people can see these people
that also inspire you. So I want to start off
by giving a shout out to Datiana Diaz, who is
a the Remesla and Hip Latina editor in She she's
an absolute boss. She had her podcast down to a
(10:17):
team media and I were both on it. But she
is just an absolute icon girl boss and somebody who
is actively working to support Latinos. And she is somebody
who's like in our literal communities like you will see
her at local events. You will see her supporting people
and having real conversations. So I respect to you. I
want to give a shout out to Julie C. Seprello,
who is a founder of Risos Curls That with no fundy,
(10:39):
who was able to create her own business and now
Nara Alta. She is absolutely killing the game. She just
received the Hispanic Heritage Award. She's an absolute boss. She
has outspoken about issues happening in our community and we
just love her.
Speaker 1 (10:53):
I buy her products now. I told you that coming.
Speaker 2 (10:55):
I love Reese Girls. She's the one that made me
realize that I have curls, and that's what my hair
was like. My hair was just like like just like
frizzy and wide. And then she was like, you are
have curly hair, and I was like oh. And then
I used our products and my hair was like incredible.
Speaker 1 (11:10):
Now literally, I'm growing my curls back. See they're coming in,
They're coming in.
Speaker 2 (11:13):
Oh yeah, but you shout out research Yeah, Okay, yes,
I know, I know, so not to be confused, guys,
I'm wearing a wig right now. Aj Ramos is our boy.
We love Aj Ramos. He's the last Culture of Music
expert and executive producer. He is the head of artist
Partnerships Latin Music and culturet YouTube and Google, and he
(11:34):
is an active participant of our community. You will also
see him at events. You will see him supporting people.
He's having beautiful conversations and he's one of the the
most supportive people that I have ever met. Like he has.
He's like a champion for Latinos in the space and
he believes in people of our community. So shout out
to AJ. We love him, We stand. We're trying to
get him on the podcast, but we're all traveling at
different times, so if you see an interview with him
(11:57):
everywhere everywhere, he's an absolute boss, So hopefully get him
on the podcast soon. Vicky the Fitchick, that's my girl.
She is a fitness to Latina Battie. She is out
here showing us that we can be strong, that we
can feel powerful in our bodies. Vicky the Fitchick, We
love her, follow her on social media. Obviously, we have
to talk about my Poloton girl us. First off, a
(12:18):
shout out to Marianna. Marina was actually the first instructor
to teach classes in Spanish on the platform. She launched
the Spanish language yoga program, she started doing meditations and
she was a big inspiration. I remember I was like
doing my interview and like during my interview process, I
saw she was launched and I was crying like a
baby because her launch video is so special. It was
(12:38):
like so true to who she is. And obviously our girl,
Robin out of Son big boss icon, one of my
biggest inspirations in the fitness space, especially prior to Peloton.
Jess King. We love her so much. She's an absolute
icon and she shows up exactly at herself everywhere, and
then Hannah Corbyn my little Spicy Pepper. She is an icon.
(13:01):
So those are my Latinas that are president on Poloton.
If you want to support, also want to give a
you shout out to my girl Janel Ramos. She's a
journalist for DRE and I have seen this girl work
so hard for years. That job is so challenging. She
has been doing the morning shows for so long. I'm like,
I don't know how you wake up at like two
in the morning every day and then still have the
energy to come and train with me in the afternoon,
(13:23):
But she would do it. My girl Jessica Molina, she
has a blog What's the What's that? Platform for the
the people write there are substacked. She has an incredible
substack with It's very thought provoking, it's very beautiful, and
she talks about like her journey as a mother in
this space today and I'm very proud of her for
(13:46):
for every She also doesn't stop. Santdra my last Boz
is the founder of Nopala, which is a luxury bath
goods line that started being sold in North from I
think her story is also incredible because she builds everything
up from the ground herself like she had absolutely no
experience and she made this incredible successful business and now
carries Latino Forward products that people would consider, some not
(14:10):
people would consider, but that arguably people have been told
these are not luxury goods, and she made them luxury
goods and pushed them into the luxury market and now
they're being sold at Norshrum and other places as well.
So check out for sure, and they smell incredible. Our girl, Teffi,
Teffi Bessoa. We love her. She's a boss. She's an icon.
(14:31):
That's all I have to say. You know, Teffian, if
you don't, you need to get on it. Your bestie
Issa Cheri, you want to give me a shout out?
Speaker 1 (14:38):
Heck yeah I Dori who We had her here on
the podcast check out that.
Speaker 2 (14:43):
You have to listen to that interview.
Speaker 1 (14:45):
It is so good and it was also hell of funny.
But she is not only a former teammate of mine
on the club national team, but as also my best
friend and kind a neighbor. We literally live ten minute
walk from each other, so uh lately we've been going
on our ten our sorry, on our thirty minute cheese
may runs or walks. Yeah, and it's honestly the best.
(15:06):
But shout out to her. She is not only a
badass who works for Telemundo Deportes and she covers soccer,
but she's also an incredible, knowledgeable Latina and you're gonna
see her continue to impact in so many different ways.
And when she tells me, like what her daily schedule is,
(15:26):
of what she's doing like in so many different sectors,
I'm my girlfriend, go off. So that's.
Speaker 2 (15:33):
Then we have Rachel from Buddy's Coffee. I'm not sure
if you guys saw the story of Buddy's Coffee that
was getting pushed out of Brooklyn. It's a Puerto Rican
coffee shop. It was local, it was very like community forward,
and unfortunately she got pushed out of her location in
Brooklyn because of pricing and other factors, and the community
was very upset about that, naturally, as was I. But
(15:58):
I'm very happy to announce that I saw her at
she had Pelton Run Club last week on Wednesday, and
she opening a new coffee shop on the Lower East Side.
So we have to go and we have to support.
Speaker 1 (16:07):
Let's go. I love that.
Speaker 2 (16:09):
And then so wrap things up because I just got
distracted by the coffee. Gold Mado's Coffee on the Lower
East Side of New York is so good. So if
you're in New York, you have to stop my Gold
Mallo's coffee. They have these delicious like I think it's
like mango macha situations. It's like very like traditional like
Latino like coffee drinks and macha drinks that really really hit.
I think it's very the owner's Puerto Rican as well.
(16:32):
And then the last Latina that I want to shout
out is my girl, Millie. I'm so proud of you.
Speaker 1 (16:37):
And you meet Melly every day.
Speaker 2 (16:39):
Yeah, I love you so much and I'm very grateful
for the ways that you push me every day to
be a better person, a better friend and also a
badass like professional. Melisa does not stop working, you guys.
She is. I don't know how she does it. She
(16:59):
is just a prime example of a powerhouse person that
like literally does not stop and is able to show
up professionally in every setting that she is in. So
thanks for inspiring me. I love you so much. Thanks,
thanks for being a good friend.
Speaker 1 (17:14):
Don't me me cry you.
Speaker 2 (17:18):
No, no, no.
Speaker 1 (17:19):
I want everybody to stay right there because I'm about
toss this to break because I'm about to give you
your flowers as soon as we get back from this, Okay,
stays to like, all right, everyone, we are back, and
(17:40):
as I promised, I have to throw Camilla ramon her
flowers because not only has she inspired me, but she
is inspiring so many people through something that she just achieved.
And this is this is this is incredible because this
is a conversation Comedy and I have been having for
for money now and she's been showing me snippets and
(18:02):
snipets and like the process of like what she wanted
to achieve, and she's finally done it this week. And
we talk a lot about what it takes to achieve
a dream on this very show. We've invited artists on
the show, athletes saw the show, and honestly, it takes
so many different things, right, but it takes one thing,
and that's the leap. It's the courage, and it's to
(18:27):
do what you want to do because you're passionate about
it and how important it is to have a vision
to see it, to write it down. And I'm where
I'm going with this is that our very own Camilla
Ramon shot for the stars recently with releasing her very
own single and not just a single, okay, but also
a whole music video and it's called and it's called
(18:50):
No I Photos and it dropped on September eighteenth, and
so we all have to give a huge applause for
Camilla because she just did something so incredibly inspiring. And
I know what it took out of you, Commy, because
maybe it was at some point out of your comfort zone,
but it was something that you wanted to do when
you had it in you, and you freaking did it.
(19:11):
So girlfriend, congratulations, you did it. You dropped it. No,
I fought those progress.
Speaker 2 (19:18):
Thank you. I love you. And if anybody knows more
than anyone, it's medi that I was like, wait, should
I drop this? I'm not going to drop it. I
was like I'm not going to do it, Like why, Like,
am I going to do it? No? Yeah, I'm going
to do it. Then I was like, no, I'm not
going to do it. So it's been a long journey.
I want to give you a shout out because you
have helped me emotionally through a lot of it. So
thanks for being there for me. Friend.
Speaker 1 (19:39):
Heck yeah, I remember was the beginning of this year.
You were talking about it, and I was like, you
got to do this, like this is incredible, But how
long behind the scenes has this really been going on?
Because I don't know, you know, when you started talking
to me about it, I don't know at what point
that was at. But give us give us the download
of like how this all started.
Speaker 2 (19:59):
Yeah, I think that one of the first like moments
that I realized I wanted to start like singing, was
when I guess it was a process.
Speaker 1 (20:10):
Right, So, I.
Speaker 2 (20:13):
For me, working out and training has always been like
something very personal to me, and I do it for
work all the time. Not to say that that's not enjoyable, right,
but I think something important to note is that when
an activity that you're doing is very like work related,
sometimes if you're going through something, the release is not
(20:34):
in that same activity that's relating to where your work is. Right,
and as passionate as I may be about working out
or training, right after a moment, I realized like, hey,
like running isn't necessarily having the same effect on me
because at least like for that mental release because I'm
teaching running classes number one and then also like I
(20:58):
while I'm running, I'm listening to the music, and I'm like, oh,
how can I turn this into a playlist? Like, oh,
I could be talking about this. So I was like
working while I was running instead of like just letting
my brain do its thing that I normally would. So
I was like, what if I need to like pick
up like do something different, like do something absolutely different.
And it started about like three years ago when I
(21:20):
was like, I need to try something new. And I
remember that I went to like improv classes, and I
really liked improv classes. I thought they were super fun.
But then I took my first vocal coaching class and
I was like, I was singing, and I was like
this is so meditative and this is so special. So
it became like a release to me. And then I
(21:44):
started taking more and more and more and more singing
lessons and singing classes, and I became obsessed and I
just started like singing so much, so much, so much,
and I was I started exploring music, and you know,
naturally where I work, it's like very tied in with music.
So I was like, I essentially from there just like
(22:05):
started exploring music and like different avenues and I remember
I even like googled how to write a song.
Speaker 1 (22:14):
And that's amazing.
Speaker 2 (22:15):
And then I started like, I mean, you have to
start somewhere, right, like yeah, wait, yeah, speak of somewhere.
Speaker 1 (22:22):
How was your voice in your first vocal class?
Speaker 2 (22:27):
It was pretty I mean, my vocal coaches will be
nice and say that that it wasn't so bad that
I have like good like like yeah, they would say
that it wasn't so bad, but I hated it, like
and I was like, I don't want to do anything
with it. But the thing is that I enjoyed it
so much that it didn't so much become about my voice.
Like I don't even really know today if I have
(22:48):
like a nice quote unquote nice voice. I just know
that I like to sing, you know what I mean,
and like it's it's very fun, and I think that
that's what's the most important thing. Like for me, I
never had the intention of like leasing any of it.
I'm just having fun with like a hobby and a project.
I guess it's very Sagittarius of me to turn a
hobby into something that becomes public, But I think that
(23:10):
that's that's where where the direction that we were going in,
like is just like about fun.
Speaker 1 (23:16):
I love that. So Okay, you take up vocal classes
or singing classes. You google how to write a record
one song? Yeah, but tell us what the process was like.
And you know from the very beginning, from when he
said when your brain was like, holy shit, I want
to make my own song, to the whole process and
(23:36):
the journey to present day.
Speaker 2 (23:38):
Okay, So I DM's now my very close friends Aloux,
and he is my producer now and I was like, hey,
I want to write a song. Will you work with me?
And he was like, let's talk. So like I had
a conversation with him. I told him that he was
going to need to be very patient with me, and
(23:59):
then he agreed to start working with me, and we
created our first song together along with a composer named
Silas that we worked on everything together and he we like.
I finally went to record it, and mind you, I
had sent him like so many takes of me singing
because this entire time, you guys know that I live
(24:21):
in a one bedroom apartment, right and you know that
my husband is in law school. Hashtag poor Luciano. So
I need to paint the picture for you guys, because
I do not have a desk.
Speaker 1 (24:33):
I you also didn't get him coffee this morning.
Speaker 2 (24:37):
I know, I'm such a bitch. Hi. So I'm like
on my what do I call it? Not the counter,
the dresser, I have a dresser. My back hurts because
I'm on a stool every day, leaning forward, singing into
my like really shitty mic like my voice is barren.
(24:59):
There's no protective like barrier. I'm singing it into the
microphone like so loud, and I like, send this guy, uh,
like the first take of the song. He's like he's
like okay, yeah, like that we need to and he
sends me feedback and I was like, I was so
terrified when I send it to him. I was like,
be nice. I was like, don't be me, be nice.
And he's like so straightforward with me, which is so
(25:20):
nice to work with people like that, but also like
kind and like he wants to see me get better.
Speaker 1 (25:24):
So he was.
Speaker 2 (25:25):
They were a huge, like active process, like part of
this entire process, and I'm so grateful that I found them.
The work with the world, The works in mysterious ways,
and it was just really nice to find somebody randomly
like that that's actually like really good people to work with.
What else did you? Oh? So then we made the
song and then I listened to it and I was like, wait,
this is fun because I enjoyed the whole process of it,
(25:49):
Like it's so fun to like get into like a
different world and like create something that takes you out.
And I remember when I talked to him about like
the kind of like song that I wanted to make,
I was like, I'm naturally a sad girly, like I
gravitate if you play sad music, I will be sad.
And I realized that growing up, which is why I
play primarily like reggaeton or them bo, because you can't
(26:13):
be upset you listening to them bo. You could arguably
cry in the club, but like that's not the type
of music that I listen to today, and that's not
the type of music that I want to be playing,
Like I want to make happy music because it's what
I listened to today. So it ended up being something
like a little bit more like Club Forward.
Speaker 1 (26:31):
That we ended up making.
Speaker 2 (26:32):
I don't know if I'm actually going to release that track,
because that track is the first track that I've ever made.
It might it might be the last one that we released,
but I'm not sure if we're going to release it.
Speaker 1 (26:41):
Have I listened to it?
Speaker 2 (26:43):
Yeah, I think it's the first one that I showed you.
Speaker 1 (26:45):
Okay, okay, okay, okay, Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Speaker 2 (26:48):
But I sent it so I sent it to my
manager like without like no explanation. I just sent him
the file and he's like, what is this And I
was like, I was like, just listen to it. He's like,
is this you? He's like, wait, this kind of lit
And I was like like what does this mean? Like
do you want to make music? And I was like, no,
I don't know. I'm like doing it as a hobby,
but like I really had fun with it. He's like
he's like, just make a lot of songs and then
(27:10):
see like like if you like it or not before
you decide to do anything. And throughout that entire process,
like my this has been like a year in the making.
In the middle of that process, my cousin Philip passed away,
who was a big part of my life, and I
talk about it all the time. My tattoo on my
(27:31):
wrist reminds me to live my life with levity, to
dare to do the things that like I wouldn't dare
to do or because I feel like people expect me
to lead my life in a certain way, and that
was like a big push for me, especially in the
last like four months where I was like arguing back
and forth with myself and so like should I do it?
Should I not do it? Like is there a need
(27:52):
for this? Like and at the end of the day,
it's like why not, Like you have number one, I'm
having fun with it, And the reality is that I
want to continue to have fun with it, and that's
the primary thing, Like if it's so enjoyable for me
and it's something that has made me feel really good.
And the crazy thing about like art music, it's like
not everyone's gonna like it, So I'm also exposing myself
(28:15):
to like criticism from other people in a way that
like I don't know if I'm emotionally ready for I'm
prepping myself emotionally for it. But I was like, I
don't know if I'm emotionally ready for this, Like why
am I asking for that for myself? You know what
I mean? But I think it all has to do
with intention, And my intention was to share this with
my community or with the world and hopes that people
also have fun with it and maybe somebody likes it
(28:38):
along the way, But that was like the final like
driving factor that was like, yeah, why not.
Speaker 1 (28:53):
For people who want to get out of their comfort zone,
or maybe it's not out of their comfort zone, maybe
it's it's within reach, but they're a bit fearful to
make the jump, or maybe there's so many excuses like
I don't have enough time, or I have to do this,
or I have to take my kids to soccer practice,
or I have to you know, like there's so many
(29:14):
things that people have to do in their day to day,
But how did you like prioritize doing that but then
also balance that losing the fear. There's there's fear involved,
right with launching anything new, So how how did you
balance that? And I don't know, like just really execute.
(29:34):
I think at the end of the day, action is
what really is the most important thing, all right.
Speaker 2 (29:39):
Yeah, I think the best like remedy to fear is
practice in preparation. But there's only so much that you
can practice and prepare before you have to jump. I
could have waited four more years to release something that
was quote unquote better, something that's quote unquote more my sound.
These are the first songs that I'm making I'm not
(30:01):
gonna sound like this later, my voice is gonna change.
You know. What gave me a lot of confidence too,
is going back and listening to like artists first songs.
Like I went back and I listened to Faith's first
song ever at least that's on Spotify that he like dropped,
and I was like, this doesn't even sound like fade,
And that's okay, because we all evolve, like you use
them to, like, like whoever your favorite artist is like
(30:26):
right now or whatever artists you think is poppin', that's
not the type of sound that they were expressing from
the jump, Like they were so different, and that's okay.
It's part of the human experience. Like, evolving is so great.
Sorry for the sirens, good old New York City? What
was your question?
Speaker 1 (30:41):
Ready? Oh I missed the sounds of New York. My
question is how did you balance, you know, dealing with
prioritizing that because that was your goal, but then also
dealing with maybe the fear to take action and actually,
you know, release a song.
Speaker 2 (30:56):
Yeah, I mean I wasn't thinking about like the the
fear of it, mainly because I wasn't really sure. I
was just focused on like having fun and like completing
like the things that I wanted to do. I think
the most challenging part was my schedule, honestly, because we
didn't stop. I don't know if you remember, but like February,
(31:16):
I was like in Miami, I was shooting scenic for Peloton.
Then I went I went to like fIF like five
different places in May, and then I came back, and
then I traveled more, and then I came back. In
the summer, I was traveling more, so like the weekends,
I wasn't really here too much. And then when I
was here, I also have a husband and I have
to call my auila, you know what I mean. So
(31:38):
it was very challenging for me to make time. But
like I stay home all the time just to sing,
like on a Sunday and afternoon when like sometimes I
want to be walking around outside. It also makes me
really happy to like sing, and I prioritize that I
after class. When I get home, sometimes it's like seven pm.
(31:59):
All hop on and I'll do my vocal warm ups
for thirty minutes and then I'll sing for thirty minutes
and then I'll close my laptop. This is all happening
in my bedroom while my poor husband is trying to
live his life. By the way, So Luciano's an angel.
If you see him, give him a gift because he
deserves it.
Speaker 1 (32:17):
He also deserves more closet space.
Speaker 2 (32:20):
Yeah, yeah, one thousand percent. And we know that I
don't even care about the closet space. Sometimes I do
know that he wishes it was a little bit more quiet,
but he's so kind about it. Yeah, I think. And
I traveled to Miami with my microphone so that I
could take singing lessons while we were shooting scenic in Miami. Wow,
(32:43):
and nobody from Blatan knew what I was doing. I
didn't tell anybody about it. I just wanted that consistency
for myself, like I do my vocal warm ups when
I was traveling in random hotels and people probably thought
I was insane that we're walking like across the hallway
or whatever. It's probably not the worst thing they've heard,
but at a random hotel.
Speaker 1 (33:02):
Depends at what time of the day or not.
Speaker 2 (33:04):
But I tried to be as consistent as possible because
I think this is something that I wanted to see
through as well.
Speaker 1 (33:10):
Wow, let's talk about the song itselftos, So what made
you name the song with that name? But then you
know the inspiration behind that and the lyrics.
Speaker 2 (33:26):
Yeah, I think naturally, I'm a very nostalgic human being,
Like I'm a very nostalgic girly, and I think that
the inspiration for everything that I'm doing, like at least
visually or sound wise these days, always comes back to
like where I come from and who I am and
like the way that I grew up. So it's very
(33:47):
much so giving like teenage andng nostalgia, like two thousands,
it's like very cute. See. I remember when Alonso Alac
sent me the beat and then I was like, I
was like, I want something fun and I want to
be fast and I want like just like I needed
to be, like there has to be a mix of
so many things, and he like sent me the beat
and the beat the first beat was very different from
(34:09):
what this was. The first beat was like even more so,
like very poppy. And now he sent it to me
and he's like, I don't know how you're gonna feel
about this he sent to me, and I was like,
I love it. I put it on. I was dancing
on my couch like I was hopping around my house.
I remember the first time that I heard the beat
and then I was like, we need to make it,
Like I was like, let's make a song to this,
(34:29):
right And I think the inspiration behind a lot of
the music that I'm making right now comes from like
those first moments of like my relationships when I was
like younger, and that naturally takes us to the two thousands.
So it has that like two thousands, like Angst the Nostalia,
and it essentially is like about like you know, plod
(34:51):
and like a shitty breakup like Voto, like we deleted
them all, like I'm not here for your games anymore.
A lot of people that don't speak Spanish or listening
to the tractor like I love it. What's this saying?
It's about a breakup and it's it's not that deep
like and that's okay, I love it.
Speaker 1 (35:12):
I remember when you first played the song for me,
I was like what maybe I was like your manager,
I was like, wait is this you?
Speaker 2 (35:19):
You know? You were like, what genre is this? We
don't know.
Speaker 1 (35:24):
It's all of them, which I love because as soon
as that that reggaeton part hit, I was automatically obsessed obviously,
But then when I saw your the music video, and
I know you had been planning to do this for
a while and you had inspiration behind that music video.
When I saw it and that reggaeton part hit and
you're like you like slouched over and you're like that
(35:47):
like that like that, I was, you know, like moving
your hips left and right, and I was just like, damn,
this one slaps. But about the music video, what was
the inspiration around that? Because one of the things that
I'm super cureous about on how artists do this is
like relay a message through videography of what they want
to convey through their music.
Speaker 2 (36:06):
Yeah, I was like, my best ideas happened to me
like right before I fall asleep and or while I'm journaling.
So I was about to fall asleep and I had
that's a raven vision. I said, oh, I know what
I want the music video to be, because I had
been listening to the song on the plane, and by
this point I had decided that like if, if we're
going to release it, because like literally up to the
(36:28):
day before that I posted the video, I was like,
maybe I just don't post it, Like maybe I just
don't do it, you know what I mean, Like, there's
I was like in my head, I was still like,
there's no need, you know, but like I had a
vision and I was like, oh my god. So I
went like I wrote it down and from the jump,
I was like, I need there to be abs next
to me. I was like, I need there to be
abs next to me. I spill the coffee, slap them
(36:49):
in the face. Originally I was gonna slap Adriane in
the face.
Speaker 1 (36:53):
Originally You're going to have me. But I wasn't available.
Speaker 2 (36:55):
No, for sure, I did ask you. Those abs are
great too, not as good as Adrians.
Speaker 1 (37:02):
So yo, okay, I told him.
Speaker 2 (37:03):
I told him. I was like, bitch, this needs to
be on the cover of Men's Health. I'm gonna pitch.
I'm gonna use this image because I haven't. We have
spills of no coffee on the apps, we have stills
of a lot of coffee pouring onto the abs, and
we have stills of the coffee cup bouncing off his abs.
I'm like, this needs to be on Men's Health also.
And gentlemen, you're welcome to all the Susia's out there,
(37:25):
because I know that I'm doing the Lord's work, so
you're welcome.
Speaker 1 (37:29):
Susia Susios Thullos. I'm like, I'm like, these need to
be released.
Speaker 2 (37:33):
Yeah, I wanted to be I wanted to say I
wanted the beginning of the video to be like, oh,
men are trash, and then the girl is celebrating, so yeah,
and then I was like, I want to pour the coffee.
I want somebody to pass me sunglasses. I want me
to be like this, and I want to put the
sunglasses off. Then people take off my jacket and then
I just start running. The original idea was going to
(37:55):
be a continuous shot, but like, I don't have the
fucking budget for that, and that's insane. That would be
absolutely insane. But my vision came to life. Shout out
to Bryce Saucier, who was the director for the video.
If you guys need anything, hit him up. He's an
absolute icon to work with. But yeah, it also helps
when like the people who are shooting the video like
(38:16):
know what kind of quality you're looking for and understand
the vision. I will also share with you guys, but
I have like scribble scrabbles of like each shot that
I wanted line by line that I drew on the
plane when I was coming back from I don't even know,
oh La. I think I was coming back from Lea
and I was like, I haven't like. I was like,
(38:37):
let me draw it all out. I look like Medusa
in one section because you'll see you later. I love it.
Speaker 1 (38:47):
What challenges about being a singer? Maybe you have gone
through that, perhaps you didn't expect.
Speaker 2 (38:56):
Honestly, a nun, I'm having fun and I'm trying not
to judge myself for it. Okay, So I yesterday, we're
recording this the day after my song released. Yesterday was
a very emotional day for me, not just because of
the nervousness that I was dealing with, but also because
(39:20):
it was something that was a little bit deeper for me.
I told you guys about my cousins, So it was
very emotional for me in that way. So I had
to call agus Auz Didiovanni coach, who's a mental performance
coach that we had here on the podcast, and I
was like, Hey, I want to start working with you.
What a better day to start than like the day
(39:41):
that I released my music. I helped on zoom call
with her and she's like, you look like you've been
through it today. And I was like, emotionally, yes, it
was an emotional roller coaster. I was so overstimulated. I
slept like nine hours last night, like I needed it.
I was unwell, but in the best way. Obviously these
are all amazing things. But I was like, I WO
one thing that I'm not ready for is people talking
(40:01):
shit about me online, like and that's gonna happen, and
I'm putting myself out there, but I think that preparing
yourself mentally, And She's like, I deal with athletes all
the time with these kinds of things, like professional athletes
have to deal with like so much like negative comments
coming from people online, and I think that it all
starts with the judgment that we put on ourselves. So
(40:23):
I'm actively working through not judging myself or like at
least like registering the moments where I'm like judging myself,
which is very similar I think to what my process
was when I was learning to like love my body again.
And it's gonna be a journey, and I know there's
gonna be times where like I might read something that's
like mean, and I'm like, why are you being mean?
(40:45):
Like somebody wrote a mean comment there. Honestly, I was
very surprised. All I fucking love you guys. If you're
listening to this, thank you for your love. I don't
know what I did to deserve you. The Poloton community
is something absolutely fucking incredible. I know there's people that
are not from the Pelton community that we're also commenting
on that video that are like happy for me, thank you,
(41:05):
I love you, but like, the Pelton community is just
something like I love you guys so much. The Mila Mafia,
Like you guys make me feel like so wonderful, and
I hope that that's because you guys know the intention
of how it is that I want to make you feel.
I'm getting emotional because I think that my whole life
(41:25):
and my whole career I have, oh, I have been
wanting to make other people feel good, and getting that
back from my community is so special. And it's so
nice to see that like people care about me and
like in this way, even though like you know, the
intention is for me for us to like have fun.
(41:47):
It's really nice to get like love back in that way.
And I was like, I was honestly expecting like so
much more hate and it's so nice to see that
people are like kind, you know, in this world where
like it's really tough out there right now, Like the
world is like we're all sensitive and and everything's like
so black and white, and there's so much like negativity
and like so much shit happening and so many emotions
(42:10):
that are happening in the world right now. Is just
so nice that we can have this like you know,
little nook where we just like aren't kind to each other,
nice to each other, and we like listen to silly
songs and have fun. I love that.
Speaker 1 (42:24):
This is what a moment, honestly, and you truly deserve it.
And I started this segment with you know, giving you
your flowers, but.
Speaker 2 (42:33):
I think maybe cry morely, I love you.
Speaker 1 (42:37):
Things are reciprocal in life, and you know, you give
so many so much good energy out there. You have
inspired through your platform and also through Peloton, so many
people to change their lives or even a spark of
happiness for their day.
Speaker 2 (42:56):
Uh.
Speaker 1 (42:57):
And so I think that's exactly the what you're receiving
in the comments or after releasing this song, the feedback.
It's it's uh an appreciate appreciation for the impact that
you've given right, so as I can relate like as
sometimes as like a shocking and it's like, oh my god,
like this is amazing. It's because you deserve it, you know,
(43:17):
at the end of at the end of the day.
So wipe away those tears, girlfriend, because they're happy. Tears
they're happy. You guys know that I car for everything.
You know me, this is a big deal though, Like
your love.
Speaker 2 (43:30):
Mean so much to me.
Speaker 4 (43:31):
I know that this is something that like I'm not
ashamed of crying because like of the beautiful community that
we've had that we have and it's very nice to see.
Speaker 2 (43:43):
Like literally, like I only blocked one person yesterday.
Speaker 1 (43:47):
Please tell us why.
Speaker 2 (43:49):
They just said something mean and I clicked on them
and I was like, you don't even follow me, get
out of here.
Speaker 1 (43:55):
People, Like people have the nerve of my god. It's
happened to me so many times too. It's like, who
are Like, did you just like hate yourself in your
life so much that one you don't even know me
or follow me, but then you just want to just
send out negativity the world. Dude, It's hilarious.
Speaker 2 (44:09):
Just a silly girl making music. Let me alone.
Speaker 1 (44:12):
I'm sad. Okay, okay, all right, So now that you
released your song, which you say is for fun, do
you have any goals after this?
Speaker 2 (44:24):
Honestly, to continue to have fun is number one, and
to like have a nice space with my community. I
have more music, you guys. Oh I don't more music. Yeah,
I have music. The next track should be dropping like
end of October.
Speaker 1 (44:44):
What we just got a teaser?
Speaker 2 (44:46):
Yeah? Yeah, and there's more after that. What we just
got more teasers? Yeah? Yeah, it should be. I've been
now that you know, we ripped the band aid off,
we might as well just know. And there's gonna be
tracks that people like, and there's gonna be tracks that
people hate. But at the end of the day, it's
really not that deep. Yeah, Like we're just having fun
(45:09):
and that's okay. And I hope that you guys enjoy it, obviously,
and I hope that you know if you if you
need it, it's there for you. And if you don't,
you don't, you know. But I think the primary thing
is to enjoy it and have fun. And like, I
think something that's very true to what we've all been
(45:30):
talking about is that like we can do whatever we
want with our lives and taking ownership of what it
is that you're doing with your life is something so powerful,
and if you think that it's crazy, you should do it.
And if you're like, if you're thinking about it and
(45:50):
you're or if it makes you feel good, you should
do it. And if then you want to do something
else with it, you shouldn't judge yourself for it, like
you can just do it. We have the opportunity need
to lead our lives exactly in the way that we
want to lead it. And you're allowed to change your
mind later too. If later I'm like, no, I don't
want to. I don't want to do this anymore. Like
I could not, you know, but I also could continue.
(46:14):
And I think that not judging myself for the decisions
that I'm making moving forward, taking it day by day,
track by track, song by song is what I'm focused on.
And then also like continuing to show up, uh with
our community. I don't know if you guys listen to
the episode with Aguzi Giovanni that I was like this
(46:34):
listening to her. I was literally I was like so
close to the screen listening to every single word that
she said. Was she mentioned about you being whole? Yeah,
was so important to me. Because I'm always gonna be
Camilla who's hyping you up. Also, you all need to
fucking relax that I'm atikas everyone's saying I'm leaving Paltan,
(46:55):
not fucking not. I love this job. Is my favorit
fucking job in the world. I love you guys. Like,
I'm not fucking going anywhere, Like even if I have
a like in the future, I might have a show,
which terrifies me. Lord knows, like I'm not. I'm going
to continue to like be there. What do you think
I'm gonna leave my job as a full time top.
Speaker 1 (47:13):
I have two like questions for your two quick questions.
Speaker 2 (47:16):
One is.
Speaker 1 (47:19):
Genres for the upcoming songs? Oh can I ask that?
So we have to go to break soon? So I'm
just I just wanted.
Speaker 2 (47:28):
Yeah. So I think we're going down a journey together
and we don't know where we're going yet because I
honestly don't know the order of that I'm going to
release the songs just yet. Everything's different. Okay, it's very
exploratory and as a true Sagittarius, like it's a road trip,
(47:51):
but like we don't know what the destination is.
Speaker 1 (47:53):
The next one love all right, perfect, Yeah, all right,
And this is a question that we ask ask all
of our guests, right and especially you, but there, how
would you describe your journey with Latin music?
Speaker 2 (48:09):
Oh, with Latin music. Yeah, with Latin music, it's fun.
I think it's fun. I think it's it's fun, it's joy.
It's joy, and it's fun and I always want to
keep it that way, and if ever turns to something different,
then maybe it's you know, it's time to reevaluate, like
(48:30):
the decisions that I'm making, But it's always going to
be present in my life because it brings me joy.
And I'm involved now in this way because it also
brings me joy. And the hope of me sharing it
with the world is that it also brings at least
a couple of people some joy and that we continue
to have fun in the process.
Speaker 1 (48:47):
Amen. Well, thank you, Cami, and congratulations again. Honestly, I'm
proud of you. Our listeners are proud of you. We
are super pumped and excited to keep on tuning in
and listening to your upcoming term that's gonna take us
on a journey that we don't know the destination yet,
but we're here for that. So applause for Camilla. Honestly,
(49:07):
keep crushing it, keep inspiring us.
Speaker 2 (49:10):
And again, Lavia would not be possible without you because
Millie has helped me together so many times, after so
many like breakdowns and stuff, and she has supported me
from day one. So I love you, and thanks for
listening to Malu songs with no judgment.
Speaker 1 (49:25):
Let's go all right, y'all, well we come back. We've
got sports and music for you, so do go anywhere.
Speaker 2 (49:39):
Welcome back, everybody. We call this part of the show.
Amefan Moosa. Let's take things off with some music and
then we're gonna get into some football.
Speaker 1 (49:47):
Yes, Melli, Yes, let's do it.
Speaker 2 (49:49):
The big news. Are you ready?
Speaker 1 (49:52):
Yeah, alay.
Speaker 2 (49:53):
Most people know about this already, but Goto g is
headlining Coachella twenty twenty six. I saw that and I
was like, this just makes sense, the tropic get that set.
I'm so excited. I'm so freaking excited. She joins other
headliners Sabrina Carpenter, who's also gonna be anic on the outfits.
(50:14):
There are gonna be insane. I don't know if you,
Sabena Carpenter fits. I don't want to pin two queens
against each other, But like Serena Carpenter fits versus Tropico
get that fits, it's gonna be hard for for us
to like for them to like top one another. I
feel like they're gonna be pretty parallel in the in
the wardrobe there.
Speaker 1 (50:33):
I agree they're both iconic.
Speaker 2 (50:36):
However, I do think that there might be some tassels
on the titties for Gottogee's performance, in which case I
would like to say that she will probably win. Why
do you think there's gonna be competition?
Speaker 1 (50:47):
Is it because of the penias during the NFL halftime Yeah?
Speaker 2 (50:50):
Yeah, it's giving penias during the NFL halftime show for sure.
So gottad you release her album in June and it's
gonna take the stage on April twelfth and nineteenth. I
was like, I need ticket hits. I was talking to
my friend Olivia Olivia Motto. If you know her, you
know she's obsessed with j beats. I was like, we
need to go one day for your man's and the
next day for my girls. And then she also just
(51:12):
performed at the Grace from the World concert in the
Vatican City and later this month she will be the
first Latin artists to perform at Crazy Horse in Paris,
who were just talking to our producer and.
Speaker 1 (51:24):
I was like, we need to go, yes please? I
mean I feel like, well, if you were to get
invited and you could go, would you also go in?
Did you say booby tassels.
Speaker 2 (51:36):
Titty tassels, titty tassels? Why not? It's crazy, That's right.
I feel like that's allowed, apparently from what I have seen,
at least like Poiny Madonna tits.
Speaker 1 (51:48):
See, like I could see you could totally pull it off.
I don't think I could pull that off.
Speaker 2 (51:53):
I think you could. I just think you have to
like own it.
Speaker 1 (51:57):
Maybe we talked a lot about it out of her
comfort zone. That's definitely out of side of my comfort zone.
But it's all a journey, right.
Speaker 2 (52:04):
I feel like if you just like did a one
off and like wore it, then it might be like
a little costume me. But if you slowly start to
gravitate towards twenty things. I already have spatulas in my closet,
like spatula is shoes, so I think it's not that
far off from my wardrobe.
Speaker 1 (52:18):
Maybe you're right, spatulas to titty tassels.
Speaker 2 (52:23):
She's got range range.
Speaker 1 (52:27):
I love it.
Speaker 2 (52:28):
What's up in the world of sports.
Speaker 1 (52:29):
Medi all right, and in football and women's soccer, the
NWSL is pretty lit, y'all, not only in record number,
viewership and the growing game. But I wanted to give
a shout out to the Kansas City Current, which became
the fastest team in the National Women's Soccer League and
(52:49):
WSL history to reach fifty points and they did it
in just twenty regular season matches. They are absolutely on fire.
And if you didn't know and you wanted some just
brief background, Kansas City Current has by far been one
of the most impactful clubs and organizations in women's soccer
(53:11):
the influx of ownership in MWSL. This one's led by
Patrick and Brittany Mahomes. Of course, Patrick is the NFL superstar,
and Brittany is his wife, who also played soccer both
college and pro or semi pro. She played a season
in Iceland. But with this huge motivation to impact women's soccer,
(53:33):
and so what they've done at Kansas is incredible. They
built a women's specific only stadium and training facility and
if you haven't been there, you need to go and
either catch a game or visit the facility because it's
absolutely incredible. But this is where they're at in the season.
Not only become, like I just said, the fastest team
in the NUSEL to reach those fifty points, but if
(53:55):
Washington were to tie or lose in Los Angeles, which
they tied with a two to two score line just
last night, so the Current win over Seattle Rain this
weekend would clinch the Shield. So the Shield is winning
the regular season trophy. Which so let me rephrase that
(54:18):
if Kansas City Current beat the Seattle Rain this weekend,
in which the time this podcast will be released, we'll
already know who won or lost, Kansas City could be
the Shield winners. But also want to shout out their
players to Claire Hutton. She's only nineteen years old, she's
already made it to the US women's national team, and
she's an absolute baller in the midfield. Low Labanta also
(54:42):
shout out to our veterans, the women over thirty as well.
She's absolutely crushing in the league and she also earned
a call up in the last camps to the US
women's national team. That's low Labanta and tim La Chawinga
as well. She's an absolute baller and a force. I
can't even imagine having played against her, but yeah, Kansas
(55:02):
City Current are surely leading the force, not only talent wise,
but organization wise as well. So that's that's my AGAs
a segment in the world.
Speaker 2 (55:13):
Of sports, Slay love to hear it. Well, you guys,
clearly this was an emotional episode for me, so I'm
gonna lie down. Thank you guys for being here. It
was so great. Happy Latin Hispanic Heritage Month, Melie. We're
gonna be vibing in Perano all month and all year
(55:33):
as per usual. Like I said earlier, if you have
any people that you want to shout out, any businesses,
any Latinos that are out here just killing the game,
drop them in the comments of this podcast. So we
want everyone else to see who you're really like, messing with,
vibing with these days that we can also support on
(55:55):
our end. And we're so proud of you for you know,
if you're doing your thing, chasing your dreams, We're so
proud of you. Keep going. Thank you for supporting hours
always and don't forget to stream my photos.
Speaker 1 (56:10):
Okay, yes, definitely stream no photos, true banger, I've already
been listening to it. On my music platforms. And again,
thanks for tuning in y'all and we'll catch you next
time on See you next week.
Speaker 2 (56:25):
Bye, and iHeart Women's sports production and partnership with Deep
Blue Sports and Entertainment.
Speaker 1 (56:34):
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