Colombian singer and songwriter Juanes unveiled his new single on Friday, Gray. The theme, accompanied by a video clip, will be part of what will be his next albumwhich will see the light of day this year.
Juanes already noted last year that for this 2023 he had prepared “a brutal album”. A news that, as he himself declared, did very happy because it made him look forward to the arrival of the new year with great joy, since he also assured that he was going make the music you love the most and wanted to make the most.
Gray it’s him second lead of a four-year period in which the acclaimed artist devoted himself to creating original material after the release of the tribute album, Origen, with which he won the Grammy and the Latin Grammy and that he was responsible for presenting during his tour Origen Tour: Europa 2022. This topic comes after Forbidden lovewhich was the first teaser presented.
It’s a very special song for the singer of The black shirt because it is a melancholic and introspective examination difficulties faced by a couple of great age due to the COVID quarantine and which leads the couple to go through a period of gray emotions. In fact, he was described by Juanes himself as “very personal and cathartic”.
In the words of the singer, “One of the most difficult things in life are human relationships, but they are also one of the most beautiful. Just over a year ago I had a very complicated situation with my wife . We have been married for 22 years, have 3 teenage children and started arguing over certain ways of thinking plus covid lockdown. These were times of great confusion“. These were complicated times in which the Colombian thought his relationship with his wife, Karen Martínez, could end.
Singer Juanes with his wife, Karen Martínez, and their three children. / Rodrigo Varela/Getty Images for LARAS
This new creative cycle by the singer combines a back to electric guitar with a deep dive into the famous artist songwriting hobbywho during the pandemic has turned her attention inward to re-examine life, love, family as well as her own emotional complexities and imagination.
Gray’s lyrics
I go alone with my love
crossing sky and sea
And though I may burn
More tenacious is my courage and my misfortune
See me erased from the mirror
For green flower and anise.
But later the gray weather
He knew how to get away from you,
I dressed in black clouds
I let you down, I lied,
It’s an endless crime
that I never did
It hurts more to be without you
If this is how death feels,
If this is how it is to live, there is no peace.
But later the gray weather
He knew how to get away from you,
I dressed in black clouds
I let you down, I lied,
It’s an endless crime
that I never did
It hurts more to be without you
If this is how death feels,
If this is how it is to live, there is no peace.
Juanes and his producer and collaborator, Sebastien Krysbelieve that this period of writing and recording represents another new creative peak for the Colombian artist and it seems that they are ready to present their new album to the public.