Fito Paez releases “Vamos a lograrlo“, the first single from his awaited new album Los años salvajes, available in November as part of an integral oeuvre, consisting of three different albums.
About “Vamos a lograrlo“, Paez tells us:
It’s one of the first songs I wrote for ‘Los años salvajes’. Most of the times, I start with a groove, trying harmonies, singing, and improvising melodies, dropping some lyrics that could give me a clue of what I’m trying to transmit or tell with that music. I want the lyrics and the music not to be dissociated, the two elements going in the same direction.
This song was conceived in the middle of the pandemic; the words almost appeared on their own, ‘vamos a lograrlo’ (we will make it) as in ‘vamos a salir de esta situación’ (we will get through this situation), and ‘dónde está lo importante’ (where the important things are). And history repeats itself when it says ‘Todos los caminos llevan a Roma, toda sangre lleva inscripta un dolor’ (All roads lead to Rome, all blood carries pain), also ‘Yo solo quiero tu sonrisa, una cerveza, un cigarro, una pizza y que salgamos a besarnos al sol’ (I only want your smile, a beer, a cigar, a pizza, and to make out under the sun). It focuses on the things I consider to be important, which are always small and not so vain.
The ending is like a pandemonium, we will get through this together: to face this situation we need to join our wills, intelligence, and have the clarity to face it and stop it. And something related to the collective is then born; when the collective comes to terms, things channel and take a better direction.
‘Vamos a lograrlo’ is the opening song of the record, and it’s also a pagan invitation to dance and recover the vibe. The lyric points out what we need right now, it’s a contextual song…and at the same time it’s not; ‘vamos a lograrlo’ can be a lot of things, and everyone can take it as they prefer. It has nothing to do with the idea that everything is possible, I’m not convinced by that. ‘Vamos a lograrlo’ is also the smaller…today we go out to the streets, to rejoice under the sun. We will make it (vamos a lograrlo), it’s nice to think that
Los años salvajes is the initial album-opening this trilogy. It features new songs by Paez recorded with an international cast of top musicians at Igloo Music (Burbank, California), EastWest Studios (Hollywood, California), and El Mostro de la Laguna (Lobos, Buenos Aires). It was produced by Fito Paez, Diego Olivero, and Gustavo Borner.
The second album of this collection will be available at the begging of 2022. It is a completely instrumental work, composed by Fito and recorded by the Czech National Symphony Orchestra. The third album also includes new songs written by the Argentinian artist, this time recorded alone with his voice and piano.
