You know we strive to keep you up to date on all things Chayanne! Today Chaf sent out a notice to fans for the debut of Chayanne's official video for Humanos A Marte. La Guerita Caprichosa has translated the release, so here you go! Great news for a Friday! ESSSSSSO!
Much love!
Pandora!
PRESS
RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
His
awaited video “Humanos a Marte” arrives on the international
market
The
Puerto Rican idol will treat his fans to a sneak peek today on Primer
Impacto (Univisión 5pm/4c)
On
Monday, June 23rd, Despierta América (Univisión 7am/6c)
will
show the video clip in its entirety which will then be immediately
available to be seen on the online channel, VEVO
Miami,
FL (June
20, 2014).– The
Puerto Rican singer, songwriter and actor, Chayanne®
is releasing his eagerly awaited video “Humanos
a Marte”.
The video, which corresponds with performance of the first single
from his new album “En
Todo Estaré”,
with be have an international premier through the television chain
Univisión and the internet channel VEVO.
Today,
the Puerto Rican idol will treat his fans to a sneak peek on the
evening program Primer
Impacto (Univisión
5pm/4c); then, on Monday, June 23rd,
Despierta
América (Univisión
7am/6c) will show the video in its entirety. Immediately after these
esclusive showings, the world will be able to see this excellent film
work on the online channel, VEVO.
In
this, the most erotic video of his career, Chayanne®
plays
an passionate photographer who falls under the spell of the
sensuality and beauty of one of his models. Film director Carlos
Pérez, who is responsible for the visual recording, converted one of
the hangars of the the well-known Opa-Locka Airport in the city of
Miami, into a luxurious photographic studio in order to create the
glamourous and passion-filled scenes.
Chayanne®
recently
released an urban version of this new single titled “Humanos
a Marte” feat.
Yandel,
in which he sings a duet for the first time with the popular Puerto
Rican reggaeton artist Yandel. Both versions are available for
download in the iTunes digital music store.
Chayanne®
is
one of the most iconic artists in the music industry, with a record
of 28 singles reaching the Top 10 on the Hot
Latin Songs chart
and boasting the privileged position of having the most #1 hits. The
singer/songwriter is also one of the most followed hispanic artists
on social media, with more than 14 million followers.
This
summer, the multiple-award-winning artist will be back in music
stores with “En
Todo Estaré”,(I will be in Everything)
a varied album, yet to be released, which will feature the
collaboration of such great producers and composers as Estéfano,
José Luis Pagán, Franco De Vita, Marcello Azevedo, Yotuel, Vladimir
Dotel, Kany García, Fernando José Montesinos, Yandel, Julio Reyes,
and Fernando Rossi.
The
new production, which will be available in both physical and digital
format, will incude eleven singles, some of which have been
co-written by Chayanne
himself.
This is a translation of a very intimate interview that Chayanne had with Susana Gimenez this past week in Argentina. The translation that you're going to read below is not a summary or a paraphrase. This is a translation of the interview in its entirety.
I have to tell you, I LOVE the way that Susana handles her interviews with Chayanne. Susana is a mater at the craft of live interviews. She is always able to get the bit of juicy information from Chayanne that no one els seems to be able to get! Bravo Susana!
So without further ado, please click the link below to access the interview on Susana's Website and read along with us as you watch.
Susana: I don’t know how you do it, to come out of the shows
unscathed! I swear!
Chayanne: No, it is always the same energy that they give
you. Susana, what a pleasure to see you!
Susana: Look there is for your mouth, right there…
(indicating something waiting on his seat, perhaps a candy or lozenge of some
sort…) there it is so you will come out with the beauty that God gave you…. Um…
Chayanne: To audience: Hi! (waves) (audience screams)
How lovely, how lovely.
Susana: Yes, honestly, how wonderful that they receive you
this way all around the world.
Chayanne: It is always a very nice energy, I’m always
grateful. As I say, you don’t, you don’t take anything for granted, and when
you come and perform although we’ve been on various occasions together before,
it is always special, and as if it were the first time.
Susana: Ay… the this is we adore you an I receive… well,
these ladies… today people have come, I swear more people couldn’t fit in here…
people that I haven’t seen in 10 years… it is all women here today. To
audience: Hi! How are you? How are you?
Chayanne: (Laughs)
Susana: I was very impressed that the album… that the album
hit gold on the first day it came out. That is very unusual!
Chayanne: That is not normal now, you know the way the
situation is, and the changes that there have been. The structure has changed
completely, and always, well… things happen that keep you moving, but when you
release an album, as we have talked about many times before, you don’t know how
people will receive it. You don’t know if they will like the new proposal.
That’s why I always say I do it with my heart in my hand, but when you feel
that support…
Susana: No, and I was watching the news before I came out of
my dressing room, and they were saying… yesterday you were in Córdoba?
Chayanne: Yesterday I was. You know my thing is very quick…
yes, I was in Córdoba.
Susana: No, no, it’s just that they were saying “He’s so
humble, so sweet, so good, so lovely, so nice!” They didn’t know what to say
anymore, truly! And it is true, I see it in your face, your smile, and
everything, and it had been 2 years that you were away from the music a little,
right?
Chayanne: Yes, well… I was… the album it was 2 years ago, a
year and a half ago that we finished the album… which started with Me
Enamoré de Tí, which was the main theme song for a telenovela (soap
opera), and then Tu Boca, which
was very successful, and like that little by little… Just now we are promoting
the song that I just performed… with much affection, you know, much affection,
and so the album has done very well…. But the tour we are finishing in the
Pacific coast of Mexico, after Argentina I’ll go there… we are finishing the
tour that started… well, the last time we were together I was still on this
tour, so it’s been a year and a half.
Susana: A year and a half on tour?!
Chayanne: I think it is the longest that I have done.
Lovely, lovely, Rico, like we say in Puerto Rico, lovely. (laughs)
(Audience screams)
Susana: Listen to me…. That is impressive. And do you go
back to Puerto Rico occasionally, back home, or to Miami I don’t know, but do
you go back?
Chayanne: Yes, I
always go home when I’m in Mexico or en Costa Rica, now when I come here or go
to Spain. A little farther away, I’m there longer, and more absent in that
aspect, but to Puerto Rico I also go in my free time, my days off, if I have 3
days I try to take it to go and see my mother, my father, my family.
Susana: Of course.
Chayanne: You know, we call it Barbecue, although I try to
make it closer to asado, I have always liked asado.
Susana: An asado is a barbecue, of course.
Chayanne: Yes, delicious, but yes, I see them, yes, I see
them. (Smiles, and audience screams)
Susana: That smile! That smile that he has… is unbelievable!
Listen, is it true that for… that you listened to 800 songs to make this album?
800 songs?
Chayanne: Yes, You listen to many songs… many songs arrive
and are maybe more “virgin”, they are only accompanied by a guitar, there are
others that have more production to them… There you have to see the essence of
the song, look at the melody, in my case, the lyrics, or the sound of it, the
rhythm, that you are going to give it, and that’s more or less how it works. In
fact I’m in the process of that now, because the tour is winding up, I and
finishing the tour and I start to listen to songs and I’m starting the first
steps…
Susana: For the next album.
Chayanne: Correct.
Susana: So an impressive job, a year and a half on tour, and
you finish and instead of staying laid out on the sand for 3 months, Wow! You
are already starting to work on the next.
Chayanne: (laughs) Now, I took a few free days between the
last leg of the tour in June, at the end of June, and I went and took a few
days like you said, on the beach.
Susana: That’s it! And you have a divine tan!
Chayanne: Miami! It’s just that there we are in summer time,
and you here are just coming out of winter, right?
Susana: Yes, yes. Here it is winter. We will be entering
spring in a few days, and that’s why I wore the orchid to receive you.
Chayanne: Beautiful.
Susana: I want to tell them just in case, but they already
know… he will be on the 20th, 21st, 23rd and 24th, AND the 24th
at Luna Park. And on the 16h in Junin. In Junin.
Chayanne: Tomorrow.
Susana: Tomorrow... Estadio Club Sarmiento... Junin is going
to explode!
Chayanne: How lovely!
Susana: It is an important city. That is where Eva Peron was
born.
Chayanne: It is the first time... Really? There?
Susana: That is where Eva Peron was born.
Chayanne: How nice. It is... it is the first time that I am
going to be in Junin.
Susana: Well, I can imagine that the people are going to go
crazy! They are going to go crazy!
Chayanne: We are going there with much affection.
Susana: Listen... and are you such a good husband, good
father, as perfect as you seem?
Chayanne: (Laughs heartily)
Susana: To the audience: Don't be jealous, crazy
women! To Chayanne: Are you like that or not?
Chayanne: I try to
give 100% of my love in everything that I do, yes... That question I can't answer for you. They
are watching me in Puerto Rico... they are watching me in Miami... and there is
an Argentine community as well in Miami that is watching me, well, I've gone
there to buy bread here, some meat there... so...
Susana: Yes, Huge! The Argentine community there is huge.
Chayanne: And from all of Latin America as well... and
really, I give myself my little escapes, my time off, but I try to do
everything.
Susana: You do everything well.
Chayanne: But, I think so, that I try to not have a lot of
repetition in what I do, but to improvise and not fall into a routine, and I
think that is what makes the relationship blossom.
Susana: And anyway, as a couple, the fact that you are
separated so much with the trips, you are on an eternal honeymoon, because when
you arrive it's “Oh my love, I missed you!” and Bing! And if you are together
everyday it starts to get to “Darling, when are you...”
Chayanne: When are you going on a tour? (laughing)
Susana: “When are you going on a tour?” To audience: Yes,
that's the way it is! Even though it be
him, even though it be him... Chayanne, with that face that he has... he can't
stay...
Well, I have so many questions to ask you, but they tend to
be things more like... more... for example, what is it that you most like to
do?... that doesn't have anything to do with your career...
Chayanne: What happens is that it is always centered around
my career... phone calls... the office...
Susana: Work
Chayanne: It is the work behind the scenes that is... it's a
lot! That's what you don't see... and then the stage set, the show, and all of
that...
Susana: The dancing...
Chayanne: The visual aspect, the TV programs that are done
are what is seen, but behind the scenes there is a lot being done, a lot of
coordination... but as far as personally, I try to take a few days around
Christmas and spend Christmas at home, living the traditions, I try to do
sports, I like sports a lot. Also because that is part of taking care of my
career...
Susana: Taking care of your body, of course!
Chayanne: … with the type of show that I do. Going to the
gym I like, and on top of that, it is part of my work.
Susana: Besides which, you have... well now you have a year
and a half on tour, and with the training... you always dance well, I can
imagine now how you must be dancing... They are going to die in Luna Park!
Chayanne: How nice... (smiles)
Susana: When you start to dance do you see them? They
move... they move! Everyone tells me... my daughter... “Is he going to dance, Mom? Will he
dance?” They never come here, but they
say “but if he's dancing, I'll go!” and I tell them, “No, he's worn out, he's
not even going to sing.” and then they told me, no, he'll sing one... because
you love me....
Chayanne: Yes... that's why... that's why!
Susana: I know, I know, I know...
Chayanne: No, in the show there is a lot of energy and
obviously after a while your just not in any condition and it's a lot of
traveling, and the dancers too, there are a lot of new ones, and some
changes... I added other songs which are new ones like “Siento”... there are
some changes in the show, always within the same concept, and framework,
right?... but very nice.
Susana: Of course. Do you know how to cook?
Chayanne: (opens mouth to reply, then just sighs and smiles)
Susana: (laughs) But the truth! You can tell me the truth,
as if I were your psychiatrist.
Chayanne: Well... I know how to cook... What do I know how
to cook?
Susana: If you don't, you don't... what does it matter?
Chayanne: Yes, no...yes, yes... A cereal?
Susana: Cereal?
Chayanne: Yes
Susana: Pour it out of the box and...
Chayanne: Yes, and add milk.
Susana: Pour the cereal in the bowl... very good, very good.
Chayanne: Eggs.
Susana: Fried?
Chayanne: However you want them.
Susana: Ah, scrambled?
Chayanne: Scrambled, fried... boiled.
(They laugh)
Susana: My love! No, because breakfast... to audience:
an American breakfast is eggs and bacon, right?
Chayanne: Eggs and bacon, or with ham
Susana: Or with ham.
Chayanne: Or you make yourself one of those little egg
sandwiches, with ham and cheese and egg. You know why I know how to make that
is because when I was 15 or 16, 14 years old... when I had to go to Spain or
Los Angeles to film a production where you stay there for 9 months, the only
thing I made, and so I specialized in, was breakfast.
Susana: And you still... you are still a specialist!
Chayanne: But no, I don't cook much.
Susana: And how much weight do you lose in a show?
Chayanne: I do grill though... well not grill, but BBQ.
Susana: BBQ
Chayanne: The meat.
Susana: And how much weight do you lose per show, for
example?
Chayanne: Per show, 2 lbs, maybe... in water, liquid.
Susana: 2 lbs is how much? 4 kilos?
Chayanne: No, 1 kilo, a kilo and a half...
Susana: Oh sorry, it is double. 1 or 1 ½ kilos.
Chayanne: 1 – 1 ½ kilos, and then, afterwards why you get
thinner is because you arrive and maybe you don't have much of an appetite, and
you go to bed like that, so that is when you start to lose weight.
Susana: Of course.
Chayanne: But I try to eat some protein, and carbohydrates.
In this case, they don't do too much to me, since I am in constant motion, I
can give myself the luxury of eating my ice cream and things...
Susana: But of course!! Poor thing... as if you weren't
going to eat your ice cream... What do
you suppose... listen... What do you like? Cars? Motorcycles? Tell me what you
like...
Chayanne: Yes. No, I like motorcycles. I used to do
motocross, when I was 12, 13, 14 years old, in the mountains in Puerto Rico.
Susana: Really?
Chayanne: And when I would get back from touring when we had
been in Guatemala, in Costa Rica or in Mexico, my distraction was to to get on
the motorcycle and head up river into the mountains.
Susana: And motocross is dangerous... did you ever break
anything?
Chayanne: Uy... yeah... not broken, but I lost some skin on
2 or 3 occasions...
Susana: Now they don't let you do that.
Chayanne: Not now. Later I changed to a street bike, but there is
no time, you know, I do more sports at least… I like tennis, or basketball… I
have played that as well a little, and golf, which I enjoy a lot.
Susana: And you can walk…
Chayanne: And you can walk, and the distraction of the view,
because you can be in the mountains, or next to a lake… the visual part of the
sport is very pretty. And it is a calm sport, but then the gym…
Susana: Always the gym. I know that you take care of
yourself a lot. Everyone says that.
Chayanne: Yes, and I
enjoy it.
Susana: Do you remember…. And you enjoy it… that is good
because if not, you get bored and then you can’t do anything.
Chayanne: Right. I go because I have a good time and I feel
good.
Susana: What was your first job, my love? Or rather what do
you remember from when you were young. How old were you when you started… when
you appeared?
Chayanne: The thing is, I started in activities at school,
you know, when the children put on plays , or you recite something, or you sing,
or dance some folk dance…
Susana: Yes, and the teacher would always call on you?
Chayanne: It was a
great grade to earn, and then…
Susana: Of course, of course. Here they do them on national
holidays or flag day.
Chayanne: Yes, there as well. Or at the end of the school
year, they would do those types of activities… Mother’s day, Father’s Day, you
know… the kids go to that.
Susana: Of course. And you sang to your mom?
Chayanne: And I sang to my mom, and those were the
activities for school, but then I started very young in the music business, to
work, to play, really, because to me it was a game. I didn’t see it as work. I
was 10 years old and I was doing shows, and we had a television program and it
really was a job… it was a job.
Susana: Of course, it
is a horrible job. People out there think that you are on the air for an hour
and that’s it, but no, no, no… you arrive 5 or 6 hours before hand and you
start to work… I love the story of why
your mom called you Chayanne.
Chayanne: No, well the Chayanne thing is because they lived
in New York… they got married in New York and had my first 2 brothers there,
and on the television there was a series, and from there comes the name that
you see on the screen.
Susana: Yes (laughing)
Cheyenne, I remember that! I remember that series… what was his
name? Clint…
Chayanne: Cheyenne, Clint Walker.
Susana: Clint Walker. The handsomest guy, your mother must
have been crazy for him!
Chayanne: I’m sure… she watched the series very often…
something…. was there.
Susana: I remember, I was little, and I would watch him…
with these light colored eyes, with dark hair… He was quite the impressive
specimen, that guy.
Chayanne: Very smart.
Susana: And so then
your mom called you…
Chayanne: So she
called me Chayanne, she saw me, or she already had it in mind…
Susana: But what a brilliant name!
Chayanne: Yes, they moved to Puerto Rico, I was born in
Puerto Rico, and she called me Chayanne, which is CHEYENNE, but to write it she
wrote CHAYA and left just the ending which isn’t pronounced. You don’t say
Chayan-nay, it is just said Chayán… that was the variation, but…
Susana: Brilliant. If not you would be called… to
audience: His real name is Elmer, you know that already, but not Elmer
Gruñon. To Chayanne: Do you
remember Elmer Gruñon? I loved him!
Chayanne: Yes, but Elmer is more serious, isn’t it?
Susana: Elmer is a man that has to be older, so you can
never call yourself that, ever! A genius… your mother, a genius! And do you remember what the first thing that
you bought with your first paycheck… the first money that was your own?
Chayanne: I bought things… a radio, little things.
Susana: Devices.
Chayanne: Little devices… which at that time it was the boom
box…
Susana: Yes they were radios that were this big… (Shows size
with hands)
Chayanne: It was the
boom box, put the motora I bought and other things.
Susana: The motora is the boat?
Chayanne: Not, the motora is the motorcycle… the boat
was later…
Susana: Ahh… the motorcycle… the boat later, of course, of
course….
Chayanne: but the Motorcycle… and my parents always… my
guidance from them was since I was a child, 10 or 11 years old, and it was to
establish that concept of… ‘be careful, organize things, life”… the concept…
Susana: So it was a training that your family gave you.
Chayanne: Oh yes. It was an orientation with this whole
world in which you were growing up and working, although I thought, as I said,
that I was playing, but they knew that I was working, and I had their absolute
support and their… in Puerto Rico we say a lot… their blessing.
Susana: Yes.
Chayanne: and I carried that with me, but it is a lot of
work, and in some ways, it was that orientation to organize all of this, that
they knew would be coming into my life and that was how, is how …I am here now!
Susana: And my love, luckily! Listen to me, already… (Screaming from the audience) To audience:
Stop! Stop!! To Chayanne: Ché,
tell me something, do they let you sing, or not?
Chayanne: They sing
with me!
Susana: To audience: But when you go to the show, do you let him
sing, do you hear him, or not?
Audience: YES!!!
Chayanne: The show is very nice.
Susana: It must be…
Chayanne: They sing… it is like a party… there is an energy…
Susana: Of course the love carries you and fills you….
Chayanne: They sing, they dance… they really lift me up. It
is very special. I see it… That is why there are so many nerves before a show
as well… I don’t want there to be any disillusionment or you don’t want…
Susana: Mo… I know this because… I’m going to explain to you
all why he didn’t want to sing… at least he doesn’t want to sing a lot… he just
sang one… that time that you came to Argentina and you got [sick]… The type of
professionalism that is Chayanne, he almost died… but do you remember? I
remember.
Chayanne: (Makes a pantomime of a stabbing himself in the
heart with a knife.)
Susana: No, but we were all saying… but it doesn’t matter!
Tell him that it doesn’t matter! Because you looked so despairing, I don’t
think you have ever suffered so much in your life, and now you are terrified of
the same thing happening again.
Chayanne: Very
careful. Yes, well, you love the country, you love the people, you want to give
them the same as you receive, all of that energy, and so… but no, you have to
take care of yourself too, Susana, because you know when you…
Susana: You never smoked, right? You never smoked?
Chayanne: No, no, no, of course not. I don’t like that.
Susana: No, that’s lucky, really. Listen to me, and your
clothes… do you buy all your own clothes?
Chayanne: Yes, I buy clothes, but I have people that guide
me and look for things for me.
Susana: Those jeans are the most beautiful jeans that I have
seen in my life. (runs a finger down the
embroidered embellishment on the leg of the jeans)
Chayanne: Thank you. Tailored and made to order.
Susana: They are Divine. They are embroidered! Ah! They’re
embroidered! Mama mía! We all want… (Screams from audience) To audience: Hush up! Because I won’t ask him…
Audience: (Chanting) We want to touch! We want to touch!
Susana: But you can’t! (Audience continues chanting)
(Chayanne stands up to show off the embroidered jeans)
Susana: To audience: Well, I want to ask something
that will be of interest to all of you, so close your mouths a minute!
To Chayanne: What position do you sleep in? On your stomach, on your back… (shout from
audience: Spooning!) shouts back to
audience: Spooning he can’t… To
Chayanne: Do you know what is spooning?
Chayanne: Yes. … I think so! I think that is on your side
with the little pillow here…
Susana: No, on your side… but why with the pillow here? No,
it’s on your side, snuggled up close… like spoons.
Chayanne: Ah! When you are accompanied, I thought alone!
Susana: No, alone, no.
Chayanne: When you are with someone spooning is very nice,
because you feel that warmth, the affection…
Susana: But when you sleep alone, there are a lot of people
who put the pillow between the legs, I don’t know why, but they do.
Chayanne: Yes.
Susana: So you sleep like that. And do you snore or not?
Chayanne: I don’t know!! We’ll have to… we’ll have to see…
(laughing)
Susana: Well, tonight expect me at 1:30!
Chayanne: In the same place as usual. As always… (laughing)
Susana: To audience: I’ll tell you tomorrow! Tomorrow
I’ll tell you everything! Honestly, the
truth is that it is always a delight for my heart to see you. I love you. I
love you and I admire you. You are such a talented person and so humble and
kind… (Shout from audience: And handsome!) Yes, on top of everything… on top of
everything, he is very handsome! It’s true. It’s true! It is the truth. He
would have triumphed just the same even if he had been ugly.
Chayanne: Thank you.
Susana: I wish you a fabulous stay, as always you have here.
I thank you for having come here, my love, I know that you are tired. I love
you with all my soul.
Chayanne: Thank you.
Susana: I love you a lot. To audience: You all stay… I’m going over to the desk. Stay
with this face giving him an ovation because then he is leaving. (kisses his cheek) I love you! Look at that face! How lovely! How lovely!
In the next few days, Chayanne and crew will be descending upon Cordoba, Argentina to "Set It Off"! I have to be honest with you, for as much as I am over joyed for the fans of Cordoba....with all my hear I wish Chayanne was bring the "NHI" tour back to the U.S. Even though he isn't I still want to do my part in helping to get this party started. What better way to do that than watching a great video interview, that have very lovingly been translated by the newest member to Pandora's Caja, La Guerita Caprichosa.
This is a long one! This clip is courtesy of YouTube! The long-time Chayanne fan Valle Martin uploaded this amazing interview. So as I like to say, sit back, relax and enjoy some Chayanne.
~Peace
Interviewer: Welcome to The Club, Chayanne.
Chayanne: Thank you very much, Alberto.
Interviewer: How are you?
Chayanne: I'm fine, Super great. Working a lot, traveling
with the tour. We just arrived from touring the United States, beautiful. We
were in Canada, and the people...
Interviewer: And when did you arrive in Barcelona?
Chayanne: I arrived this morning, and since then...
Interviewer: And you don't even know where you are yet,
right?
Chayanne: I'm with you! (laughing) I know I'm with you and
I'm in a city that I have always liked, which is Barcelona. We have always
received much love when we have come here on tour, and it's been a little while
since we've done any shows here.
Interviewer: But let's see, Chayanne, you travel all over
the world and are touring all over the world.
Chayanne: Yes.
Interviewer: Does it get to the point that you don't even know
where you are anymore?
Chayanne: It gets to the point...
Interviewer: That you can't even be sure what city it is?
Chayanne: No, no. The city I know. Definitely, the city that
I am arriving in, I know. What may happen to me is “What day is it?” “What is
it?” You know, “What time is it?”
(laughs)
Interviewer: Of course, because is it the time here, or the
time there...?
Chayanne: I said “Good Morning” to the receptionist when I
got here, and she said “Good Afternoon” (laughs) and I said, “Yes, you're
right, Good afternoon” Because also... umm...
Interviewer: For example, when you come to Barcelona to do a
show, and you arrive this morning, and tomorrow night is the concert...
Chayanne: Correct.
Interviewer: Between this morning and tomorrow night, what?
Can you go out in public? You don't do much sightseeing, right?
Chayanne: You know, sometimes you arrive in the morning, do
the sound check, and that night you have the show and you go to the next city
that same night after the show, so that you can get there in the morning and
try to get everything done and do the next show. But when you have a little
time, I'm not one to go out much to buy anything...
Interviewer: So then what? You stay in the hotel room or
what?
Chayanne: Yes, usually, umm..., I stay in the hotel room and
try to rest. Or if not, what I always enjoy is going to dinner or out to eat
with friends... and that's why I say that I enjoy the cuisine of the country
and I go and eat, I don't know, in Spain, centillo,aperceves, and I try to eat well, you
understand... all that.
Interviewer: Yeah, and if you weren't married , Chayanne,
you could have a love in every port...
Chayanne: (makes hand gesture, laughs) Ummm......
Interviewer: No?
Chayanne: Look, what can I say.... There are so many
beautiful things in life...! (laughing)
Interviewer: But are you naughty or have you been faithful?
Chayanne: I am faithful.
(pauses, laughs)
Interviewer: Now they are all disappointed, have you noticed
the disappointment?
Chayanne: Silence
Interviewer: Silence, a silence. Yes... and always that
smile. When was the last time that you cried, Chayanne?
Chayanne: Well, the last time that I cried was for my mama's
illness, my mom, my mother, which caught us by surprise and was like... as if
you walked into an invisible wall... like one of those things that you don't
expect, and then suddenly – a bucket of cold water. That was the cancer and now
it's been a couple of years... and you also run into some situations where you
know something, but you learn more as you go along and with time, you run into
that...
Interviewer: Is she your number 1 fan?
Chayanne: My mom, yes. Ever since... she said ever since she
gave birth... ever since she delivered me. (laughs) but she's a delight!
Interviewer: It's... at what age did you start? Tell the
people now how Chayanne started.
Chayanne: Look, I started with music at 5 years old, as an
act for the theater at school. My mother
was a teacher and she was my first teacher, which was an incredible
headache, because I had to behave DOUBLE well.
Interviewer: Of course.
Chayanne: To be an example, and also because you are the
teacher's... because you are my kid.
Interviewer: And that's why you turned out so well mannered.
Chayanne: That's how it turns out, but I did the theater at
school... one of those events that they do where you sing or you recite
something... and then after that, I started at 10 years of age when I recorded
my first disc for a group of boys that they formed with boys between 10 and 12
years of age. There were 4 of us in the group, the band of that era, and then I
made my first movie when I was 12.
Interviewer: Would you recommend starting at that age?
Chayanne: You know, what happens is... it's ok, it was a
game. It's not that I recommend starting at that age. Obviously you start early
and then it is part of your life and you grow up in it, and you develop a lot
of things and you have experience and you learn a lot, but...
Interviewer: And you had to leave school...
Chayanne: I had a tutor. The tutor accompanied me to
Guatemala, to Costa Rica, or wherever I went, and I studied in the room, a then
I would go and take the tests at the public school. In Puerto Rico, we would
get back and take the tests and from there the music grew little by little, and
the acting as well, although the acting is more in the shadows, because I
dedicate more time to the music, and that was how...
Interviewer: But
Chayanne you were also an actor in telenovelas.
Chayanne: Yes, I did
a lot of... soap operas you call them? I did a lot of telenovelas.
Interviewer: And what did you say? Do you remember any
phrase in one of the soap operas... the first that comes to your head.
Chayanne: Wow!
Interviewer: Or the line that you most enjoyed saying. That
you think 'how great that I got to say that' now...
Chayanne: (Thinking) You really caught me out on that....
I've has a LOT of lines... Ummm... “Chocolate is dying.” (laughs) Chocolate was the name of a horse.
Oh, what a save...
Interviewer: You had horses and did you have your shirt off
or what?
Chayanne: When I was 12 years old, one of the scenes of the
TV program that we did that was on every Saturday was of me on a horse
bareback, with the horse rearing up on two feet.
Interviewer: And you bareback...
Chayanne: You see? Bareback because at home my uncle has
cattle and horses and all that, and I don't know, it was easy.
Interviewer: You come from Puerto Rico, and I said you don't
even know what day it is, Monday, Tuesday, you don't know anything. This
Thursday? Do you know anything about this Thursday?
Chayanne: This
Thursday... I had a friend backstage who said to me “What are you going to do
this Thursday?” and it scared me, I said this Thursday I'm supposed to not have
anything to do because it's my birthday.
(laughs)
Interviewer: How old?
Chayanne: I'm turning 18 now.
Interviewer: Yeah...
Chayanne: No, I'm turning how old? 31 or 32 years...
Interviewer: 39 years
Chayanne: Yes, I'm turning 39 years and good and happy ones,
I'd say.
Interviewer: Of course. You are heading for... Chayanne, you
base part of your success on the way that you dance and you move, no? That is
something that I suppose the younger you are the better you will dance and look
physically, besides how you sing. Do you believe that that you are fighting
against the passage of time as well, or to you feel that it will be more
difficult each year that passes, all of this music, for you?
Chayanne: No, I don't believe that the music, each year that
passes, is going... umm... more things are being discovered. I always in my
career have combined dancing, singing and acting, and it has been a combination
of all of those things that has brought me to where I am today. But it is
incredible... but I have many romantic songs that are what has success on the
radio, and maybe the uptempo songs... because of the movement on the stage,
because of the dances, the choreography, and the lights and everything, that is
why people enjoy that in the show.
Interviewer: Here you
have more success with a song like Torero
or Salomé more of Chayanne than
with your ballads, is that possible, or no?
Chayanne: Yes, in the past, you could say that. What we were
promoting more than anything, and especially we were touring in the summer, the
uptempo songs were the one that were promoted. And now, the songs like Lo Dejaría Todo that started out with
their first steps here in the romantic part... or right now Si Nos Quedara Poco Tiempo, which is the
one that they have been promoting... it's like 50% of the other style, you
know? But the fast music did have a lot of success here with Torero.
Interviewer: (in Catalan announcing a commercial break) ----
---- Here I have your disc Mi Tiempo, and also that tour will begin
in August in Spain and end in September in Barcelona. They say that these shows
are wonderful. What about the legend that says you lose a kilo and a half
(about 3 lbs) in each show? Is it true? I don't know how many shows you do a
year, but you will end up...
Chayanne: Yeah, it's usually liquid, water because of moving
around so much. It's like a pound and a half more or less, and then I gain them
back, because...
Interviewer: One pound is half a kilo, not a kilo and a half
like I said. You take care of yourself almost like an athlete, no?
Chayanne: Yes. Because of... the choreography and the tour
and the traveling you know, check it
out, right now we arrived from Canada, and we were a good amount of hours
traveling, we went through Paris and then arrived here. You have to try to rest
and eat well and I try to take care of myself.
Interviewer: How do you take care of yourself, for example?
Chayanne: Well, I try to stretch so that my muscles will be
relaxed and well, so that they will have more endurance, because in a show you
can pull a muscle, so in part that is like an athlete...
Interviewer: Has that happened to you?
Chayanne: ...I go to the gym. Yes... oh, not in a show,
luckily.
Interviewer: No, in the show, in the show.
Chayanne: No, because you can feel it especially in the leg
muscles, and so you just tough it out, and what else are you going to do, it's
your body...
Interviewer: What is the worst thing that has happened to you
on stage? The worst during a show?
Chayanne: The worst that happened to me on stage was when
the audience thought that I was doing a David Copperfield act, because I
disappeared.
Interviewer: Really?
Chayanne: The wood collapsed and I went in up to my elbows.
Yes, it was during a dance...
Interviewer: So you disappeared down underneath.
Chayanne: Yes, because the wood caved in and I fell through
up to my elbows, but I got out immediately, and when I got back to the hotel
the wood had scraped my legs all the way up. I had marks from the wood on my
legs, but the show continued. The show must go on! Like they say, the show
continues.
Interviewer: Yes, always. You have a reputation for being a
very hard worker, Chayanne. Besides having talent or not, but you are said to
work a lot.
Chayanne: Thank you. Yes, I work hard. I have all of my
life. I have worked like the ants, you know? Little by little trying to make a
difference and doing things the best that I can at the moment that I am in,
always following my instinct, and common sense... that is what has marked my
career.
Interviewer: Between you and me, how does your wife handle
you being such an idol? Don't laugh, ladies.
Chayanne: Notice that they laugh, because *I've* never said
that... ( laughs)
Interviewer: But it is a lot of time away, a lot of people,
a lot of fans...
Chayanne: Yes. It has to be difficult, but since I started
so young with my career, she met me when I was already established in it, and
that is what has made the difference. But she takes it very well, she is very
happy for my success. And it is hard, because the absence is difficult, too.
But the communication now with so many things, telephone, Blackberry, e-mail,
on screen, and we're still going.
Interviewer: You have 2 children, I think?
Chayanne: They're beautiful.
Interviewer: Are they on their way to becoming little Chayannes,
or not?
Chayanne: My son likes music, but it's not like I am putting
them on that path either, to make them sing or anything like that. I give them
lots of opportunities for sports, all different kinds of sports, which is what
was done for me, and I try to be with them whenever I have time, but I give
them many alternatives. After they decide what they want to do, I will be there
to support them in whatever they decide for their lives.
Interviewer: If you weren't Chayanne, what singer would you like
to be?
Chayanne: I like... I like Bruce Springsteen. I like Sting.
I like Phil Collins.
Interviewer: But that's not the same thing, eh? What you
like, Who would you like to *be*?
Chayanne: Bruce Springsteen. I like his strength... the
truth that comes across when he sings on stage, like Born in The USA. I feel
that it is true, so...
Interviewer: How do you handle as well living with the fact
that since you were young everyone tells you you're handsome, you're handsome,
you're handsome, you're handsome, you're handsome, you're handsome. When they
tell you that so many times, what effect does that have on a person?
Chayanne: You know, I don't... it's not that I don't believe
them, it's that I don't think of it like that. Umm... what I feel that I am is
Latin, you know, that's it...
Interviewer: What does that mean, that you are Latin?
Chayanne: Latin because I feel like perhaps, the way I see
it, what they call handsome, if they say that and I hear it, is that I try to
look at the positive side of things, they see me happy, and I have my good
moments, and times that I get up on the wrong side of the bed, but I don't
think about that. I don't think about that and I feel just as normal as any
other guy.
Interviewer: I don't know how many songs you've recorded?
More than 200 probably, 20 albums.
Chayanne: 20 albums, and some songs that have been done for
different foundations and in other languages as well, but...
Interviewer: A significant percentage of those songs
dedicated to love, talking of love and couples, and I don't know what else.
That's right, isn't it?
Chayanne: Yes
Interviewer: There is a reason for that, isn't there? Why?
Chayanne: There is a reason. Because things in life repeat
themselves.
Interviewer: Is it because that is what sells, or what?
Chayanne: No, it's because I like it. Because I believe in
love. Because I believe in couples. Because there are hard times and sweet
times, and for example, right now the song that I have from Mi Tiempo from the new album that we are
promoting, Que Si Nos Quedara Poco Tiempo
talks about not letting love become a routine, so I like it. I like the lyrics,
they seem simple, but they have so much truth. With communication, a cup of
coffee, an invitation to take a walk, it doesn't have to be anything out of
this world.
Interviewer: But the lyrics of the song continue, will you
not remember them? It won't happen like with the telenovelas, will it?
Chayanne: Yes, yes I remember. I have sung so many shows,
well, and if I forget some word, believe me I will compose a new word right
then! Of course the audience helps me a lot, but I do compose new lyrics in a
show when I forget some words. That does happen.
Interviewer: They just keep going.
Chayanne: Yes, yes, it has to keep going.
Interviewer: Well, if you don't remember a line, the
audience will fill it in, there is no problem with lapses like that. Chayanne,
Thank you very much, really, for having come, but you're not going to get away
so easily, eh?
Chayanne: Oh, no?
Interviewer: You remember the last time that you were here,
and you left on the motorcycle...
Chayanne: What?! I was here, seeing you be so calm, and I
thought everything was going perfectly...
Interviewer: No, well... I'm calm, it's not my fault, it is
Cris's fault.
Chayanne: The producer?
Interviewer: No, it is Cris's fault. I'll send you over to
her now.
Chayanne: Oh yes.
Interviewer: Come on, I want to see what they have prepared
for you.
Chayanne: Whoa! I need help!
Cris: Where do you want to start?
Chayanne: With this team! (the audience) I don't know.
Cris: Look, I've made it easy for you, because the needle is
already ready.
Chayanne: The time will be up by the time I thread the
needle.
Cris: No, the needle is already threaded. And it is pink.
Everything matches... the button is pink as well. There goes the timer, you
have 30 seconds to sew that on here.
Chayanne (tries to sew button onto shirt in 30 seconds...
unsuccessfully)
Cris: Which one should be next?
Chayanne: You have made this hard, eh?
Cris: 30 seconds! (to peel an apple with a paring knife)
(Other challenges, including opening a new CD, which he does
with ease and shows Cris how; opening a new bottle of wine... the video cuts
into the clips)
Interviewer: Lets remind everyone of the album. September 8th. How many people travel with you for the tour.
Chayanne: There are 46 that travel with me for the tour, but
then in each country when we arrive there is another team that joins with us to
put on the show. We hope that everything goes well in Spain, because we know
that there are a lot of expectations, and that is why we come.
For almost 15 years she has worked with mega stars such as Jennifer Lopez, Kelly Clarkson, Britney Spears, Usher, Reba McEntire, Paula Abdul, Hillary Duff, Vanessa Hudgens, Miley Cyrus, Jesse McCartney, Aly and AJ, Ashley Tisdale, Colbie Caillat, Elvis Costello and the incomparable Latin Mega Star Chayanne, whom we hold dearest to our hearts at Pandora’s Caja.
We have been witnesses to her creativity and skill in explosive and sensual dance movements through the unmatchable choreography she has set on Chayanne for his videos and live performances. Who can forget dance pieces such as Baila Baila, Boom Boom, Caprichosa, Salome, and most recently Tu Boca? We sure can’t and we are sure neither can some of you.
In the professional dance world, she is well respected and admired by both artists and dancers alike. In our world, the world of the viewers…the fans who indulge in the artist’s performances and let’s face it, sometimes even emulate their dance moves from the videos of our favorite songs, she is just as bright a star as the artists themselves. This, on its own, is a great accomplishment. More often than not, to a fan, choreographers are an unknown person in the artist’s professional team. But ask any fan of Chayanne who Nancy O’Meara is and without a doubt, most will tell you; she is The Woman Behind the Rhythm.
Never one to shy away from adoring fans, Nancy has granted Pandora’s Caja and Chayanne Rocks an exclusive interview: an insight into her world which we have received with great pleasure and the deepest gratitude. Not only is this the first fan driven personal interview Nancy has agreed to, allowing us to learn more about her as an artist and as a person (learning more about Chayanne is a definite bonus as you will soon discover!), but it is the first time that two Chayanne fan-created entities have come together to work on a project of this magnitude. It has been a true enjoyment to have collaborated with long-time friend Anniee Renes of Chayanne Rocks, who for many years has fed the video-viewing appetite of Chayanne fans worldwide.
So dear friends, below is the first half of the interview. Please make sure to visit Chayanne Rocks to view the other half http://www.chayannerocks.com/nomeara.htmlBy viewing both sites you will be able to read the interview in its entirety.
So it’s without further ado… here she is: The Woman Behind the Rhythm.
♫Peace
Nancy the Professional (Dancer, Choreographer, Director)
Q. You started working with Chayanne as a dancer; I believe it was Baila, Baila? How did you transition into his choreographer?
A. Yes indeed Baila Baila was the first video I worked on with Chayanne.. I was the dance captain back then. I was always dancing around in my free time and especially when we had sound check. I was asked to put some choreography together for a TV show Chayanne was doing. That was the first time He saw what my choreography was like. Chayanne hired a choreographer to do Salome.. Lucky for me he was unhappy with the way it turned out so I got to re-choreograph it for the video. That was the beginning.
Q. Tell us a bit about what drives you as a choreographer? Where do you derive your inspiration?
A. I’m inspired but the people I surround myself with. I love music. And when you dance it’s so freeing and fun… It’s really as simple as that.. I’m always inspired by Chayanne because nobody works as hard as he does.
Q. Every choreographer has those special things that they look for in dancers when they are auditioning. What is it that you look for in a dancer?
A. I look for confidence, it’s so attractive.. It’s important to bring your personality to the party. Strong technique is always a plus.
Q. Do you look for something different from your male dancers than your female dancers?
A. I like my male dancers to emulate a football team. Strong, masculine, and working together is key. Ladies, I prefer them to be able to out dance the men but continue to show their feminine side.
Q. You work with many of the young and upcoming stars - How do you feel that dance for stage and video has changed over the last 10 years, and what do you to do stay current with the changes?
A. It’s a lot more commercial nowadays and some videos are like a mini production. Every artist is different, the more I get to know an artist the better I can choreograph and direct them. It’s a game of trust. I like to take the artist and make their personality bigger so it reads on stage or camera. I stay current because I stay in class. It can be dance class, acting class, hosting class, lighting, stage plots, etc. You can’t call yourself a chef and not cook. It’s important to keep up with your craft whatever it is you do.
Q. From the many hours of watching you perform, it is clear that you love being on stage; do you ever miss being on stage as a dancer?
A. HA HA I don’t miss it anymore I love being on the other side and sharing everything I’ve learned and continue learning with my clients. I still live on stage or in front of the camera... The audience doesn’t see it anymore only in rehearsals.
Q. How the he** do female dancers dance on those heels?
A. You train in them. I grew up at Gold Studios in Brockton Mass.; we had classes specifically for the ladies to learn how to dance in heels. I’m not sure how many studios offer something like that. I still have dancers that I train in the rehearsal period to make sure they look smooth and are using the right muscle groups to execute the choreography. Otherwise I could run into a bunch of injuries.
Q. As fans with websites, we serve a dual role of being both consumers and providers… dealing out the videos, pictures, interviews, ect. And, as such, we both know what it’s like to be overwhelmed with Chayanne-hungry fans screaming MORE! MORE! MORE! I think of you and all the huge people you’ve worked with so I know it’s magnified by at least 1,257 times. How do you deal with that? Do the fans ever drive your choices or visions when directing an artist?
A. Of course, I ALWAYS listen to the fans… Sometimes there might be a song that should in the set list that maybe Chayanne and I are forgetting about. Maybe there is concept that the fans would love to see that I can be inspired by. I must admit of all the artists I’ve been so fortunate to work with Chayanne has the best fans…
Q. As an athlete, what injury do you fear the most? What steps do you take to reduce the risk of injury? Have you ever had to miss work from an injury?
A. I’ve been very lucky… My body is strong and luckily I had good training. My left knee aches from time to time. When that happens I stretch a little more and drink more water and less red wine… Staying in Ballet or Pilates helps me to feel aligned and less prone to injury.
Q. You once said you would like to do a tap dance with Fred Astaire… do you really tap dance? You also spoke of a favorite bit he did with a shadow dance… was that your inspiration for the shadow dance that Chayanne performed in his “Mi Tiempo” tour?
A. Yes I’m a tap dancer and so is your friend Chayanne. He’s been tap dancing now for about 4 years. It part of our warm up and drills we do when we’re preparing for a new show. I should video that one for you guys. Chay has an impeccable sense of rhythm. I still remember his face when I brought his first pair of tap shoes to Miami… Yes indeed, Fred Astaire, Swing Time was my inspiration for Chayanne’s solo. We watched it together and had the same inspiration at the exact same time. It was a little spooky. We had a blast with that one.
Q. As a professional, what achievement are you the most proud of (to date).
A. I would have to say I’m the most proud of the recent Bill Board Awards in Puerto Rico when Chayanne and the dancers performed Tu Boca. So many things went wrong the day before that performance. I had to replace a dancer due to the fact he didn’t show up to rehearsal that morning. Very irresponsible and I hope he’s working on his issues as I write. We didn’t have the wardrobe ready. I had our stylist add something to Chayanne’s vest and when he put it on hours before the show he wasn’t sure he liked it.. Gulp.. Luckily he realized how cool it was. HA! You name it... it went wrong. The chair wasn’t there for rehearsal ahhhh. And then it was show time. Everyone’s brain was set in the right place and bang... IT WAS GREAT...I never say that about a performance... I was very happy with that one.
Nancy Who Gets to See and Touch Chayanne in Ways We Only Dream About!
Q. What do you find most pleasing about setting choreography for Chayanne?
A. The most pleasing would be when he remembers the choreography and it starts to look good on his body… That’s always a good moment. When I wanted to change the intro to Provocame and have Chayanne appear at the top of the stage and wait 5 seconds before the song kicks in... woohoo the first time Chayanne felt what I had in my head was awesome.
He and I are usually on the same page and then he gives me a high 5 that is so hard I almost fall over… I play it off and act super strong though ha ha
Q. Obviously, working with a Latin artist provides you with many opportunities to travel and enjoy different cultures. Does directing for a Latin audience present you with any special challenges?
A. I don’t feel any special challenges... The Latin culture is so passionate and honest… I love that.
Q. Tell us about the first time that you worked with Chayanne?
A. The first time I worked with Chayanne was around the time his movie was coming out. Dance with me… He had a audition and wanted girls 5’8” I wore high heels and long pants so I appeared tall. I got the job and I think he was a little surprised when he saw me in my sneakers… that was about 13 years ago,… Wow. I thought he worked hard and found him to be shy… That’s why I gave him the nickname CHAY GUY…
Q. In a recent interview for “Step It Up” you spoke about learning and honoring the different boundaries of “the star”. Can you tell us one eccentricity of Chayanne’s?
A. Here is my top 5 rules everyone should know if you want to work for Chayanne.
1. Don’t be late
2. No excuses unless you’re bleeding or dying
3. Have a positive attitude…. We always say “ happy to be here EZ to work with”
4. Laugh whenever possible
5. Never say NO….. to an idea… We always try everything.
This isn't the end of the interview! It's only the beginning! Remember check out my girl Anniee's Chayanne Rock for more of this incredible exclusive fan interview of Nancy O'Meara, The Woman Behind The Rhythm!
