Sebastian Yatra is “excited” before the Oscar ceremony, which takes place this Sunday and which he will attend as an interpreter of “two caterpillars”, nominated for the best song, although he does not want to reveal if he will sing it at the gala.
“I am going to attend, and they will find out about everything else,” he said in an interview, without wanting to go into details about whether he will perform at the awards ceremony, which will be held this Next March 27 at the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles (USA).
The usual thing at the Oscars is that in each edition, the nominated songs are performed by the same artists who sing them in the movies, in this case, “Charm”, the Disney film set in Colombia.
“Two caterpillars” has been composed by the American actor and musician of Puerto Rican origin Lin-Manuel Mirandawho is up for the Oscar for the second time after the nomination he got for “How Far I’ll Go”, from “Moana”, in 2017.
Miranda was in charge of writing eight of the songs for the film, including the popular “We Don’t Talk About Bruno”but it was decided to choose “Two caterpillars” -in Spanish in all versions of the film- because it better represented the spirit of the film.
Miranda’s office also did not confirm if he will have a participation in the Oscars with Yatra, or alone, but assured that “there could be surprises.”
“Two caterpillars” compete for the Oscar for best song with “Be Alive” (“King Richard”), “No Time to Die” (from the James Bond film of the same name), “Down to Joy” (“Belfast”) and “Somehow You Do” (“Four Good Days”).
In addition to the nomination for best song, “Charm” won the nominations for best animated film and best soundtrack, for the work of the composer of Mexican origin Germaine Franco.
“And I’m there singing, representing my Colombia, which is also on the front page of the world with this movie,” said the singer of titles such as “Traicionera” or “There is no one else.”
“Encanto” “is being an absolute phenomenon both musically and visually, something that I think we all dream of but nobody expected it to reach that point,” Yatra highlighted.
After knowing the candidacies of “Encanto”, while he was with his family in his country, the singer posted a video on Instagram in which he is seen jumping for joy on the furniture accompanied by the expression: “Colombia, we are nominated”.
“I jumped like crazy, happy”, recognized Sebastián Obando (Medellín, 1994), who has made his debut as a singer in the cinema with “Charm”.
With his five nominations for the Latin American Music Awards, which will be held on April 21 in Las Vegas (USA), Yatra does not hide his pride that the name of his country will be heard in the announcements of the Oscar nominations .
“Being one of the first Colombians to represent my country at the Oscars and one of the few Latinos to have been nominated for the most important award, the most prestigious because it brings together acting, music, and culture, is something very spectacular,” he said. .
“I’m excited more than nervous,” added the interpreter of “Red high heels”, included in his latest album, “Dharma”, which he is promoting on his first solo tour in the United States and Canada.
Another song on the album is “Once upon a time but not anymore”central theme of the first Netflix musical series in Spanish, with the same title, which premiered on March 11 and marks his debut as an actor.
Although he had already had some contact with the world of television and cinema since he participated in the dubbing of “Klaus”, the animated film by the Spanish Sergio Pablos that was nominated for the Oscars in 2020.
Now it will be him who is in the Dolby, with the aim of getting what would be the second Oscar for a song in Spanish, after the one achieved in 2005 by Jorge Drexler with “Al otro lado del río”, from “Diarios de moto”. (AND)
Source: Eluniverso
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