The day after delivering an electrifying efficiency at SummerStage in Central Park as a part of their participation within the Latin Various Music Convention in New York Metropolis, Morat mirrored on its current and its previous in the course of the first panel of the day on Thursday morning (July 10).
“It’s form of a dream to come back right here. I feel all of us grew up with many references to issues that occurred right here, and it’s a really magical expertise,” Juan Pablo Villamil, the Colombian band’s lead vocalist, mentioned about their totally packed live performance the evening earlier than. He added that it’s all a part of their “development technique” to “broaden an viewers that I additionally assume could be very actual, which is all of Latin tradition within the U.S. For us, it’s a brand new problem that excites us significantly.”
Moderated by Billboard’s Jessica Roiz, the dialog took the band — made up of childhood pals Simón and Martín Vargas, Juan Pablo Isaza, and Villamil — down reminiscence lane. They recalled how Alejandro Fernández opened doorways for them in Mexico by way of their duet “Sé Que Te Duele” and the way Camilo, who stunned followers in the course of the band’s live performance on Wednesday evening by stepping out to carry out their new hit collectively “Me Toca a Mí,” lastly recorded with them.
Morat launched their fifth studio album, Ya Es Mañana, in Could 2025, following their first stadium tour throughout Latin America and area tour within the U.S. final 12 months. They’re presently on the highway with their Asuntos Pendientes Tour, which incorporates stops in territories they couldn’t go to earlier than.
Throughout the LAMC dialog, additionally they mentioned their collaborations with Paulina Rubio and Feid. All 4 collaborations talked about made it onto Billboard charts. Right here’s what they shared:
“Mi Nuevo Vicio,” Paulina Rubio feat. Morat (2015)
“This track was the primary one we recorded with a industrial intention, and the story has two fairly humorous components. The primary is that the recording course of was sophisticated on the time; our mother and father had been a bit reluctant to offer us cash to report the track, particularly as a result of the finances we wanted was fairly excessive. What we did to complete paying for the track was toss something referred to as ‘Demolition Get together.’ It was held at Isaza’s grandparents’ home, which was about to be demolished. The idea of the occasion was: ‘Come, pay for a ticket, however you’ll be able to trash the home.’ At 1 a.m., the police confirmed up,” recounted Juan Pablo Villamil, making individuals snort.
“Sé Que Te Duele,” Alejandro Fernández feat. Morat (2017)
“This track marked a really specific second for the band, which was after I joined in 2017. Alejandro was on the lookout for songs for his album, and there have been a number of songs that Morat had already written. The story is that one among Alejandro’s daughters principally instructed him, ‘Dad, there’s a bunch my college pals are beginning to take heed to — they’re these Colombians referred to as Morat.’ Alejandro listened to us. Ultimately, the track was launched. However, true story, my first journey with these guys was on December 29, 2016 — we went to Puerto Vallarta to shoot a video with this man. It was loopy. This track undoubtedly opened the doorways to Mexico for us in an enormous method, and it was unbelievable,” mentioned Martín Vargas.
“Salir Con Vida,” Morat & Feid (2022)
“This is without doubt one of the most daring experiments we’ve performed in recent times. I feel a collaboration between us and Feid was one of many least predictable strikes for the group. On our fourth album, Si Ayer Fuera Hoy, we bought it into our heads that each one the collaborations we did needed to be disruptive — we made a track with Duki, we made one with Feid. And right here’s a joke: After we had been ready for Feid to report, we had no concept what he would do; we had been like, ‘This man may say something — what is going to he give you?’ I assumed he may go additional as a result of he despatched us a video saying, ‘Properly Morat, are you prepared in your first track with a Parental Advisory warning?’ However then he despatched us this observe, and wow, it was unbelievable,” shared Juan Pablo Isaza.
“Me Toca A Mí,” Morat & Camilo (2025)
“This track is particular for a lot of causes. First, it’s a part of Ya Es Mañana (that means: It’s Already Tomorrow), which is sort of a slogan in our minds — we need to be the band we’ve at all times wished to be. The track itself matches into this concept. However past that, having Camilo on it! He has been orbiting our lives in a technique or one other for a while, and we’d been on the lookout for a undertaking that made sense for us to collaborate on. When this track got here up, we thought it was excellent to name him as a result of although it’s not his common fashion, we felt it was a track the place he’d slot in. When he despatched us his vocals and every thing he had labored on, it was so spectacular — 10 out of 10. And performing it reside [together last night]? Unbelievable”, mentioned Simón Vargas.
