In partnership with singer Letícia Fialho, Material brings new version of the song and brand last project before pause in the band’s activities
The last one leaves the light, but in this case it leaves the door open. After all, the band’s last project FRANCIS, EL HUMBRE It is not exactly a goodbye, but one until soon.
After 12 years of activity, Mateo and Sebastián Piracés-Augarte, Ju Strassacapa, Andrei Kozyreff and Helena Papini They decided to end the work as a band and open to new possibilities.
In honor of this moment, FRANCIS, EL HUMBRE took the last step with the release of the music video “Farewell”. Originally published in 2020, music has won a new outfit and is now available on digital platforms (watch below).
Starring by the Colombian model Jessy Castrothe audiovisual record begins with the character making the bags while the quintet of musicians chants the beginning of the song, thanking all the moments lived so far.
“This clip, which at first glance seems very simple, makes me reflect on things every time I watch it: for me, this character – who walks with a firm posture and a look of who knows that it will leave, but has not yet sure where you are going – parallel with our life on the road, “he said Helena the Rolling Stone Brazil.
We are all the time going through cities, countries, historical places, always on their way to some stage, and to find our audience to live that moment we love most in life. And then, at the end of the clip, the character leaves, without knowing where… just like us in the band, which in a few weeks we will leave and we don’t even have a complete science of fate. “
Ju Strassacapa It also emphasizes the parallel between the clip and the nomade essence of FRANCIS, EL HUMBRE:
Always with some suitcase in hand, ready to leave or be redone, with this collective, music and road as the only most constant points. You can’t know exactly what is coming, but just go out the door that the drawing begins to form.
The music video emerges as a reinforcement capable of enhancing the music and also the message that the band would like to move on. About that, Mateo comments:
I’m sure the clip will show our audience the love with which we say goodbye to the stage for a while, with no intrigue or internal fissure, but the love of what we do together. Therefore, we decided to break, for each one to have the right to live their individual wills, fly around, and then meet again to do what unites us: the best of us. “
Directed by David Carrizalesthe project was produced by Binalog in a partnership between Spain, Colombia and Brazil, taking with it cultural references from the three countries from architecture and nature, with an analog and artificial film finish. The producer, based in Madrid, develops projects with global companies such as Disney, Netflix, HBO, Sony Music, Spotify among others.
The central concept of the music video is to represent a moment of change: to end to start over, to leave to find, to say goodbye to greet. And he does it through a character who, when he is in a point of inflection in his life, begins his journey towards a new future. No hurry, but also without break. With determination and, at the same time, serenity. Valuing past experiences, while the desire to discover the future grows, ”explains David.
New version
For the song, the band brought the special participation of Letícia FialhoBrazilian singer and multi-instrumentalist of MPB. “Adding her magic from the voice and enchantment of words, she created with us an environment of nostalgia and presence,” says Ju.
This new interpretation of music brings a very intimate atmosphere, as well as the version in which we have played live. We hope that when they hear the song and watch the video, people will feel somehow giving us their hands to walk together on this end of musical and visual journey, ”he says Andrei.
In “Farewell”, FRANCIS, EL HUMBRE It reveals a more intimate and emotional side of the quintet, which since its foundation has deposited its creative power in songs with sweeping arrangements and compositions.
The violins are home to slow guitar, guitar and double bass chords, while the members’ soft vocals harmonize an instrumental in which, gradually, the sense of outcome of the history built by the group.
The music video and the song are the mark of our farewell. And, one thing I will miss, it is precisely these trips where the band and team exchange and experience so much, ”he concludes Mateo.
Beyond the track, FRANCIS, EL HUMBRE announced that “Farewell” It also names the last wave of the shows, starting in March this year. The group will pass through Brazilian cities, such as Porto Alegre, Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo, and abroad, in Porto, Lisbon and London.
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Source: Rollingstone
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