NEAR TRUTHS: THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM
Nervous time in the music biz and beyond. (11/16a)
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NOW WHAT?
We have no fucking idea.
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The kids can tell the difference... for now.
WHO'S BUYING THE DRINKS?
That's what we'd like to know.
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WHAT IT IS: After breaking through with 2018’s “Andamo en la Cima” and 2019’s “Sola,” Tiago PZK (born Tiago Uriel Pacheco Lezcano) dropped “Flow de Barrio” and “Házmelo” in 2021, the latter trending at #1 in Argentina and #6 globally. He also released “Entre Nosotros” f/LIT killah that year, which peaked at #31 on Spotify Global and hit #1 on Argentina’s Hot 100. Tiago’s music has more than 1.4b views on YouTube and boasts hundreds of millions of streams across DSPs. His debut album, Portales, arrived last year.
ALBUM: Portales
RELEASE DATE: 7/21/22
SINGLE: “Bemaste”
TV: “Entre Nosotros Remix” performance at the Latin AMAs; “Traductor” performance on Los40 Music Awards in Spain
LIVE: SXSW, Festival Villa María; sold out shows in countries including Argentina, Mexico, Spain, U.S., U.K., Peru, Chile, Colombia and Costa Rica during his first world tour
INTERNET: 16.5m+ monthly Spotify listeners; +304m+ YouTube views on video for “Entre Nosotros Remix”; currently Top 50 Argentina with “Bemaste”; kicked of 2022 with four songs on Spotify’s Global Top 200 chart
RADIO: “Traductor” #7 in Puerto Rico and #24 Urban (December 2022); “Nos Comemos” #28 on Latin Urban Airplay chart
PRESS: UPROXX, Remezcla, more
BOOKING: Move Records
PUBLISHING: Sony Music Publishing
MANAGEMENT: Phil Rodriguez/Move Records