Fresno tells how he organized a live broadcast that raised R$2 million for RS: ‘I saw my neighborhood underwater’

Lucas Silveiralead singer of the band Fresnotold how he organized a live broadcast that raised around R$2 million to help victims of the floods in Rio Grande do Sul. The event broadcast on the podcast channel Podpah was announced on the 4th and held on Tuesday the 7th, with participation from Dinho Ouro Preto, Pitty, Your Jorge, Ludmilla, Emicide and more.

In an interview with G1, Lucas revealed that he received a donation of R$1 million: “The whole of Brazil can see what’s happening. Many people are donating R$10, R$1, R$5. But also very large companies, like Kwai, took it there and, Without asking any questions, he simply made a deposit of R$1 million.”

“Ninety percent of the artists who were there volunteered. We didn’t need to invite anyone. I even said: ‘man, I won’t be able to invite everyone, if you have my WhatsApp, call me, and we’ll put you there’ “, continued.

Now explaining the emotion of the business, seeing everyone coming together and our power there to vector so many people from different lives, different backgrounds, different musical styles and, through music, unite these people through a sad and tragic cause and urgently, making music for the rest of Brazil, trying to bring a little awareness of what is happening there in Rio Grande do Sul (…), it was a business that really caught our attention and made us very proud of what we is capable of doing.

It is not the first time that the Fresno participate in campaigns like this. During the pandemic, she collected 11 thousand food baskets through a live stream called QuarentEmo. “It was a very big deal and made me understand that we have great power in our hands. A power, a responsibility and an obligation, right?”, he recalled. Lucas.

Despite being born in Fortaleza, Ceará, the singer grew up in Porto Alegre, where Fresno was raised. “We felt very compelled to do [a live]. It wasn’t even thought of, it was a reflex, you know? When you get hit in the knee — oh! – and it hurts? And that. It was a reflex,” she said.