"Antes Que El Mundo Se Acabe" is a single by Puerto Rican rapper Residente released on May 14, 2020, through Sony Music Latin.[1] A music video for the song was released the same day, which features Residente's friends and several famous personalities from around the world kissing with their partners.[2][3]
| "Antes Que El Mundo Se Acabe" | ||||
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| Single by Residente | ||||
| Released | May 14, 2020 | |||
| Recorded | April 2020 | |||
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| Label | Sony Music Latin | |||
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| Producer | René Pérez Joglar | |||
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| "Antes Que El Mundo Se Acabe" on YouTube | ||||
It peaked at number 92 in the Argentina Hot 100 chart.
Background
editWhile being in quarantine because of COVID-19 pandemic, Residente explained that the next song to be released after "René" would be a party song, but then he thought "I don’t even feel like partying right now". Around April 2020, he had the idea of the song, as he stated in an interview: "I got this idea of having a chain of kisses around the world. I thought, this is probably simple but I'd have to write a whole new song for this video. The [idea] was to have a chain of kisses around the world from all social classes".[3]
Residente began the recording and production of "Antes Que El Mundo Se Acabe" by himself at home, along with its music video, and said there were a lot of difficulties in the process: "I thought was going to be easy because it was just a kiss. But the difficult thing is to find all of these people wanting to kiss during a pandemic and a kiss maybe looks easy but it was very complicated and not everyone kisses. I spoke with friends that were willing to kiss for the video and also started talking to people directly on Instagram. I spoke with more than 100 people for this and explained to them that it has to be recorded with a camera and if they didn't have a camera it could be with a phone but it has to be horizontal. It was very complicated."[3]
Residente stated that when the song was finished, he needed a longer version in order to include all the kisses.[3]
Music video
editPersonnel
editCredits adapted from Tidal.[4]
Vocals
- Residente – lead vocals
- Alune Wade – vocals
- Arooj Aftab – vocals
- Ganavya Doraiswamy – vocals
- Hassan Hakmoun – vocals
Musicians
- Agustin Uriburu – cello
- Leonor Falcón – viola
- Sara Caswell – violin
- Rajna Swaminathan – drums
- Justin Purtill – guitar
- Leo Genovese – piano, arrangements
- Thomas Pridgen – snare drum
Production
- Residente – production, recording
- Ted Jensen – mastering
- Beatriz Artola – mixing
Charts
editReferences
edit- ↑ "Antes Que El Mundo Se Acabe / Residente". Tidal. Retrieved May 23, 2020.
- ↑ PLAYZ (May 15, 2020). "Los 113 besos para Residente en "Antes que el mundo se acabe"". RTVE (in Spanish). Retrieved June 4, 2020.
- 1 2 3 4 5 Flores, Griselda (May 14, 2020). "Residente Talks 'Antes Que El Mundo Se Acabe,' His Chats With Presidents & More". Billboard. Retrieved June 4, 2020.
- ↑ "Credits / Antes Que El Mundo Se Acabe / Residente". Tidal. Retrieved May 16, 2020.
- ↑ "Residente Chart History (Argentina Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved 12 July 2020.