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Sheltered by caller Gen Z fans, the Mexican stone set is back.
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After astir 5 years of not making euphony and astir 3 years of not performing unneurotic onstage owed to focusing connected idiosyncratic projects, the members of the Mexican rock set Zoé admit that they felt a fearfulness of having mislaid their magic. “You consciousness precise fragile,” drummer Rodrigo Guardiola tells Billboard Español.
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“These are things you evidently question,” adds pb vocalist León Larregui. “Does the magic inactive exist? Will we get along? Will we beryllium blessed together? But erstwhile we got unneurotic and started playing again, we realized that we were inactive connected and that the magic remained intact.”
The band’s philharmonic hiatus ended successful March with their performance astatine the Vive Latino festival, wherever they delivered a amusement that was initially planned arsenic their lone 1 for the year. However, the turnout exceeded their expectations, confirming that not lone had they kept their longtime fans captivated, but they had besides gained a pursuing among members of Generation Z. Young fans had discovered immoderate of the band’s older hits, immoderate adjacent posting their ain covers connected societal media.
“We realized that, acknowledgment to TikTok, there’s a precise engaged procreation of 15 to 25-year-olds who are devouring Zoé’s songs, careless of the album,” Guardiola says. “They’re creating their ain interpretations and messages that resonate with them deeply, and that’s precise meaningful.”
The occurrence of their Vive Latino show led them to denote an archetypal amusement astatine the GNP Seguros Stadium successful Mexico City. When tickets sold retired successful a substance of minutes, further dates were added, bringing the full to 5 shows. The concerts — scheduled for Sept. 27-28, Oct. 1-2, and Nov. 13 — made Zoé the archetypal Spanish-language stone set to execute specified a feat astatine the venue, which has a capableness of 65,000 radical and has hosted megastars specified arsenic Shakira, Metallica, Taylor Swift, Paul McCartney, and Coldplay. The set volition besides execute astatine the Pulso GNP Festival successful Querétaro connected Oct. 25.
And the band’s existent streak of occurrence goes beyond their 5 sold-out stadium shows. The quintet — which besides includes bassist Ángel Mosqueda, keyboardist Jesús Báez, and guitarist Sergio Acosta — has released 2 caller singles successful caller weeks, “Campo de Fuerza” and “Rexsexex,” reaffirming their committedness to creating euphony together. Both tracks showcase a revitalized set with their signature blend of almighty guitars and mystical lyrics, a hallmark of their 30-year career.