Let's say goodbye to 2019 with height!
What is a trip without music? There is no flight, train journey or road trip without the mythical video clip moment: a soundtrack chosen with care, which fits perfectly with the landscape, and which is accompanied by its corresponding melancholy look out the window, of course.
Dear music lover, we know that right now you are thinking about the number of Spotify playlists you have made throughout this year to enjoy during your getaways, in the notes that gave way to that sunset, in the loop playback of the theme that has marked your summer, in that moment in which random mode was put in accordance with the order of the universe.
January has sounded like waves and salty breeze...
We can't compile all the songs that have marked your moments of superlative happiness this 2019, but yes we have managed to gather those that have removed our spirit _ wanderlust ._ From January to December, here is a compilation of the most traveled songs of 2019.
ONE MONTH, ONE MELODY
**JANUARY: 'Isla Morenita' by Carlos Sadness **
After imagining ourselves contemplating the Perseids from Tibidabo, in Alaska with a swimsuit, on the beaches of Honolulu , in a town near the Rome ancient (Pompeia), in Greenland, in Peru, in Tibet, in Japan, on Easter Island, in the jungles of Borneo... Carlos Sadness invited us to travel with him again, but this time a somewhat mysterious fate.
'Morenita Island' It's one of those songs that comes just in time. A tropical melody that managed to make us forget (at least during its three minutes and seventeen seconds duration) the winter cold.
But it has also made us question what are the coordinates of that “island in the middle of the sea with palm trees and monkeys that know how to talk”, and who better to solve our doubts than its own creator:
“Isla Morenita is real, but it is not on the maps, or it is on all of them, because it is any place where one can get away from everything and invite someone. This is real? I suppose it depends on the desire that each one puts into it”, Carlos Sadness comments to Traveler.es.
Travel to paradisiacal destinations with Carlos Sadness? Yes, thanks!
“I imagine her from a very young age, in a couple of bus seats, on a terrace in the middle of the city. Otherwise, at Club Sant Jordi in Barcelona, next May, we will make it a reality” he confesses.
For this Catalan singer, one of the most popular artists on the Spanish indie scene, traveling is one of his great passions, so we wanted to find out which place on the planet is his favorite.
"I don't know where I would stay to live, that is very difficult, but one place where I always have a great time is in the western United States. On the other hand, of my last trips, the one that surprised me the most was Ecuador ”, He reveals to us.
Without a doubt, January 2019 came with beach airs, and if not tell the Canarian trap singer Don Patricio and his countryman Cruz Cafuné, who also released their hit ** 'Contando lunares',** one of the most listened to songs of 2019: more than 130 million views on Spotify. Well that: “From La Caleta to the whole world”.
**FEBRUARY: 'Paris' by C.Tangana **
It's not the first time we talk about Fag and the one on his side #YoSoyTraveler this year. And it is that some of the video clips of him, like the one of 'A poison' -shot at the Chateau Marmont in Los Angeles - and 'To distribute' -in Havana-, have been led by your friend Santos Bacana, one of the founders of the group Little Spain in Los Angeles.
Come with me to Paris
Although the rapper from Madrid closes 2019 with a couple of odes to heartbreak ('I shouldn't have kissed you' and 'Picaflor'), on Valentine's Day, the date on which ** 'París' was published,** he brought to light his rebellious romanticism, doing apology of luxury, of course.
“Come with me to Paris”, suggests the singer and illustrator Raquel San Nicolás in the music video, a Canarian based in the French capital. And just in case she's not totally convinced by the plan of luxury boutiques and breakfasts in hotel rooms like the Hilton or the Ritz, the Caribbean, the Bahamas or “dinners in Milan and nights in Berlin” are other options. Not bad.
**MARCH: 'Con Altura' by Rosalía and J Balvin (ft. El Guincho) **
Rosalia in the clouds? Guaranteed victory. If someone has conquered the world this 2019, that has been Rosalía. ** 'Con Altura' is one of the most listened to releases of the year,** with more than 350 million plays on Spotify and more than 1,000 million views on YouTube.
And the video clip is not for less. The Guincho, the musician who works and shares the success of 'The Bad Want' with Rosalía, he becomes the pilot of a plane in which the Catalan singer marks one of her powerful choreographies next to her dancers. The guest passenger on his private jet? His friend J. Balvin, with whom he had already shared a studio.
THE ROSALIE!
This catchy theme has been awarded with two awards at the MTV Video Music Awards (in the categories Best Latin Video and Best Choreography), another at the MTV Europe Music Awards (Best Collaboration) and, finally, one at the Latin Grammys (Best Urban Song). “So that it stays!”
**APRIL: 'Gulf Shores' by Local Natives **
Five boys from Silver Lake, California, are the members of the indie rock group Local Natives, that in his fourth album, violet street, they have baptized one of the songs 'Gulf Shores', a city famous for its endless white sand beaches located in Baldwin County, Alabama.
**MAY: 'Old Town Road' by Lil Nas X ft. Billy Ray Cyrus**
behold the most viewed video of the year on YouTube -with 400 million views- and the fifth favorite song of most Spotify listeners this 2019.
American rapper Lil Nas X and father of Miley Cyrus (country music singer and songwriter) are the protagonists of a video clip that takes place on horseback between the Wild West (1889, to be exact) and today.
As if it were a western, it makes our minds travel to the deepest United States, to that of cowboys and rodeos. Kansas? Texas? South Dakota ? Who knows.
**JUNE: 'Guantanamera' by Guitarricadelafuente **
Although this song was published in 2018, we were not able to delight ourselves with its video clip until last June. Its title is a tribute to one of the most famous songs by the Cuban musician Compay Segundo. (despite being an adaptation) , in fact, he dedicates a verse to the capital of Cuba: “Little pieces of Havana, I have danced a thousand guajiras in the morning light”.
But, surely, one of the phrases of the song that you have read the most times this year in the Instagram captions is the following: "In the Caves of Cañart, life is so beautiful that it seems real."
This Spanish town, located in the Maestrazgo, in the province of Teruel, has been the stage in which the video clip has been shot, since It is the town where his grandmother was born and where the young composer from Benicàssim spends his summer holidays.
Oh, blessed rural summers, with their poppy fields and freshwater baths in the middle of nature. And of course, blessed scratchy voice of Guitarricadelafuente, which makes us nostalgically remember “life in the square”.
**JULY: 'Millonària' by Rosalía **
Even if you have not touched the Gordo, surely you have recently questioned the following: What would I do if I were a millionaire? Well Rosalia she already had it clear a few months ago: that they close both the Louvre and the MACBA for her, have an island with her name and wake up every day in a different destination. “One day per mumbai and the second malt ", for instance.
**AUGUST: 'California' by Lana del Rey **
The unconditional fans of King's wool will remember the summer of 2019 with a special melancholy, the same that accompanies each of the songs on the long-awaited album Norman Fucking Rockwell, among which is 'California'.
Lana, luckily you exist
It wasn't easy to replace his legendary 'Summertime Sadness', a universal anthem. But she has managed to nail us a few verses full of drama. “If you go back to California, you should call me. We will travel anywhere, no matter how far away." Lana sings with that nostalgia that defines her.
It is not the first time that the artist, born in New York , she makes us dream of living a romance (or healing a heartbreak) lost by the most iconic places in the United States: from going on a road trip with 'Ride' as the soundtrack to strolling through Manhattan to the sound of 'Brooklyn Baby'. Lana has made us understand what the true "American dream" is.
**SEPTEMBER: 'Ibiza (Summer Series 3) ' by Juancho Marqués and Recycled J **
“May the summer not end, and may September die by your side.” The ninth month of the year arrived and with it the corresponding nostalgia for her. Juancho Marques and Recycled J f They were in charge of putting lyrics and rhythm to our post-summer homesickness: “That you get lost in Ibiza with me”, they intoned.
The former member of the rap group soprano-suite released in july 'Santa Monica', the first title of the 'Summer Series'. And so, while in July we were looking for the Atlantic with him, 'Benicàssim' (in collaboration with Don Patricio) invited us to celebrate the arrival of August by dancing until dawn at the festivals on the coast of Castellon .
But there is no doubt that the mecca of the Spanish summer party is the White Island, the largest of the Pitiusas: Ibiza. And how could they not compose a song in his honor.
**Party nights, salty swimsuits as an outfit, crystal clear water coves, whitewashed houses and hotels as 'Instagrammable' as Paradiso and Cubanito ** (the accommodations that appear in the video clip). Yes, we also want summer to be eternal, Juancho.
**OCTOBER: Katy Perry's 'Harleys in Hawaii'**
Touring Hawaii on a motorcycle is one of the dreams of any self-respecting globetrotter, and if it is on top of a Harley, turn off and let's go. That is the plan that Katy Perry proposes to her crush:
" Let me run my fingers through your salty hair. Go ahead and explore the vibes of the island…” That really is a proposal to conquer your better half in conditions.
Hawaii on a motorcycle... Fantasy!
**NOVEMBER: 'Flemme' by Angèle **
Angèle has been one of the great revelations of 2019. This young Belgian singer and songwriter, Known for the powerful feminist message of her song ** 'Balance ton quoi',** she debuted in 2018 with her album Brol de Ella. Due to its fervent success, ** in November she released the reissue (Brol La Suite) **, including seven new titles.
“Paris s'allume, ce qui m'manque c'est Bruxelles”, she confesses in 'Flemme' (which in Castilian means laziness or laziness). And it is that no matter how beautiful it is and no matter how famous the City of Light is, those autumn days of cloudy skies and insistent rains, Angèle misses her beloved Brussels.
And so she has reaffirmed it in the lyrics of ** 'Insomnies' ** (“And I'm cold in Paris, [...] gray skies, thunderstorms”). There is no place like home.
**DECEMBER: 'Glaze Cup' by Nathy Peluso **
As if it were an advertisement for champagne or chocolates, Argentine singer Nathy Peluso -based in Barcelona- says goodbye to 2019 with the video for 'Glass Cup', a Christmas song that fuses swing with Latin-jazz.
Happy 2020 from the Sandunguera, travelers
Nathy remains faithful to her essence and, despite having chosen a happy and festive melody, her rebelliousness is manifested in the lyrics, in which she begs the ghosts of her past, those that always appear on designated (and inappropriate) dates, Please don't even think of doing it this Christmas.
The reason? As she confesses to the microphone, she is still waiting those “weekends in Rome” and the “Serenades in Paris”, among other promises of love.