Sebastián Yatra talks 'Dharma'
, his new set, comprised of 17 tracks, is his most eclectic yet where Yatra dabbles in punk rock , cumbia , vallenato and flamenco , reggaeton and pop .“[This album] taught me that you don’t have to limit your creativity,” says the 27-year-old Colombian singer-songwriter. “If I tell myself that I’m only good at making ballads or that I’m only good at making pop, I will only be good at that. But I’ve never questioned if I would sound good in a rhythm or not.
Going into the studio with this mentality, one that gives him creative freedom to experiment, allowed him to reach a state of mind he hadn’t before. After writing about all the emotions he had learned to embrace during the last two years of his life, he read about the meaning of dharma and “there was a click.”means accepting reality,” explains Yatra. “Many times, when we are sad, we want to stop feeling this way as quickly as possible and that causes us anxiety.
It’s just about that perfect moment in love when there’s no drama, expectations and you’re completely synchronized. You become waves that don’t crash with each other. The only way to sing this song and do it right was by looking at each other in the eye. We recorded it live with Julio Reyes Copello on the piano and me and Elena singing while looking at each other, holding hands and we sang this song out of our hearts. If you listen to this song you’ll get lost in it.
The tempo for it is like 170 and I wrote it in 150. When we recorded the song and increased the tempo, it was like I was singing a Blink-182 song. They’re like, “if you don’t do it with Aitana, you’re wasting your time.” Her and I are doingin Spain, we’re coaches, and I showed her the song and she loved it. I asked her if we could sing it together and she said, “Hell yeah let’s try it out.” It’s definitely one of my favorite songs on the album.Everything about this song is just magic.