Music

The role of the artist is to make the revolution irresistible - Toni Cade Bambara

Después del Sushi with Ceshia Ubau & Pictura

Immediately hailed as a likely “hit of the summer” by local media, Ceshia Ubau and Pictura are impossibly charming in this ultra fun banger about love springing from a sushi date. We dare you to try listening without hitting repeat!

Mujer Salvaje with Ceshia Ubau

Within hours of being released, “Mujer Salvaje” was a top tending video on YouTube Music, and had already been shared hundreds of times on social media. To power her message of liberation and freedom, Ceshia blends her classic Latin singer/songwriter lyricism with a fresh sound, in a way that is sure to send chills down any spine. No wonder it went viral, AND secured Ceshia wins in FIVE categories in the Central American music awards, Premios 503.

"Pum! Cayó" with El Gioh, AfroLegends, Caro Mosquera & TimbiÁfrica

As part of its campaign to protect the right to protest, and with the goal of creating national and international memory through art, Amnesty International teamed up in 2024 with We Could Be Music to produce a song and video commemorating the anniversary of the 2021 National Strike in Colombia. It was recorded by three emerging artists from Cali (the epicenter of the protests), including El Gioh, a young rapper who lost his eye due to the police’s brutal crackdown during the Strike. Since its release, Pum! Cayó has racked up tens of thousands of views on YouTube, driven a wave of traffic to Amnesty’s educational campaign page, and garnered significant media coverage in Colombia, and beyond, including Mexico, Panama, and Venezuela.

Going back to "Marzo 2020" with Ceshia Ubau

Ceshia Ubau is an emerging Nicaraguan singer-songwriter and pop artist based in San José, Costa Rica. With her dazzling emotive vocals and beautiful writing, her mission is to create musical spaces that heal. With her art she is also transforming cultural narratives about Nicaraguan immigrants in Costa Rica and beyond. Marzo 2020 (released March 20, 2024) is the first single off of an upcoming EP with We Could Be Music. Her growing loyal fan base has helped Marzo 2020 get national press coverage and attention.

"Sin Preguntar" with Precious Pérez

“Sin Preguntar” is an impossibly catchy single by new artist Precious Perez, also known as “the blind reggaetonera”. Born in Boston to a Puerto Rican family and currently a resident of Kentucky, Precious’s life -like her music- contains multitudes of stories. “Sin Preguntar” is the first release in a new musical era for Precious’s solo career, after graduating with a double major in Music Education and Vocal Performance from Berklee College of Music. Precious’s purpose is “To be the first blind reggaetonera in the Latin music industry, breaking the mold.” Her story and music have led her to be featured in spaces like the Kennedy Center’s Millenium Stage, grammy.com and Telemundo.

"ANDAR AL MILLÓN" with Renee Goust

Renee Goust wrote ANDAR AL MILLÓN to help Amnesty International’s “Diversxs” campaign catch fire in Latin America during Pride month in 2023. Facilitated by We Could Be Music, Renee and Diversxs are partnering to bring the song to young people across the region, and engage new young audiences in Amnesty’s campaigns to protect LCBTQI+ rights and defend everyone’s human right to protest. Watch Renee perform ANDAR AL MILLÓN live at Zócalo, CDMX Pride here.

"Abuelas" with Ch'umilkaj

“Abuelas” is the first of three singles We Could Be Music is releasing with Ch’umilkaj, the up and coming Guatemalan Indigenous artist on a mission to bring global visibility to the Mayan Kaqchikel people and culture. You can catch Ch’umil on one of her 2024 U.S. tour dates, or listen to her other two recent singles “El Sol” and “Fuimos Dos” on all music platforms. 

"Melanin Queen" with Precious Perez

With this anthem for body positivity aimed at women of all skin colors, Precious Pérez – the blind reggaetonera – shows us another side of her beautiful vocals and her brilliant English language songwriting. Cleverly sampling a recording of her grandmother taken on a shopping trip, she shares a part of her story with us too. Watch this Precious IG reel more about that shopping trip!

“Tayëla” with Icuru Tsö

“Tayëla” is the name of a song co-written by a new collective of 14 indigenous women called Icuru Tsö, founded at a songwriting camp facilitated by We Could Be Music in partnership with the United Nations and Sara Curruchich. Tayëla is a phrase used by mothers and grandmothers in Maléku meaning “pay attention”. Icuru Tsö means “seeds that exist” en Bribri. In 2023, “Tayëla” was nominated to Costa Rica’s national music awards (Premios ACAM) in four categories, including Song of The Year and Best Pop Single. Stream “Tayëla” here.

“Let's Renew” with Aint Afraid

“Let’s Renew” is a single by the “Multi-Talented Double Dose of Dopeness” Aint Afraid and when they set out to visually represent stories of love and romance in a way that honored their values, We Could Be Music’s storytelling studio helped them bring their vision of an animated music video to life. So much more than a girl band, Aint Afraid is a “movement dedicated to empowering, inspiring, and motivating people all over the world in goodness and using their talents in the arts, media, and other creative platforms to project this mission in ways that people will listen.”

“Chinga Tu Padre” with Sol Pereyra, Rebeca Lane & Dany Calvario

On a continent where gender-based violence, sexual assault and discrimination against the LGBTQ+ community is rampant, comprehensive sex education could be as close to a silver bullet as there could be. But laws protecting these programs are being systematically attacked by extremists and, as a result, many kids aren’t growing up with the tools they need to be happy healthy humans. Chinga Tu Padre is one of two songs co-created by young people all over Latin America who help lead Amnesty International’s campaign ESIgualdad, which aims to defend comprehensive sex education in schools.  Sol Pereyra, Rebeca Lane, and Dany Calvario’s “Chinga Tu Padre” has been streamed almost 100,000 times across the music platforms and they promoted the ESIgualdad campaign to their combined 4.5 million fans. 

“LA NETA YA FUE” with Renee Goust

In Latino USA, Jeanne Montalvo says “Renee Goust is a Mexican-American singer-songwriter who is working hard to reframe traditional Mexican music to be more inclusive… She is redefining how traditional Mexican music is heard.” We Could Be Music is proud to have partnered with Renee to co-create “LA NETA YA FUE”, a double single EP featuring “Me Cansé” and “Me Gusta” (and its super extra one-take music video). “Me Cansé” is poised to become Latin America’s next heart wrenching karaoke classic, so a made-for-karaoke version of the song and video is also available on the EP.

“Me Siento Alone” with Raqe

Me Siento Alone is Raqe’s brave story about her mental health journey. It was co-released for World Mental Health Day with a coalition of organizations, brands, influencers and political leaders who used the hashtag #MeSiento to collect stories from young people about their mental health during the Covid-19 pandemic and deliver them to political leaders in order to urge them to invest in mental health as a part of Covid-19 relief and recovery.

“Get Good” with SumOfUs

Get Good is an original song written by We Could Be Music songwriters and recorded by hundreds of SumOfUs members from around the world. SumOfUs is working to build stronger democracies by curbing the growing power of corporations. The song represents a personal commitment SumOfUs members to maintaining social distance, even when it’s hard, in order to set an example for the world’s corporate and political leaders.

“Cantemos en Casa” with Sara Curruchich

Cantemos en Casa is a music collection made by Central American songwriters, artists and producers in the early days of the Covid-19 crisis to help young kids (and their parents) stay on track with their schoolwork from home. The songs cover school subjects including math, social studies, English/Spanish vocabulary, as well as physical and mental health. The songs and videos have been made freely available to every education ministry in Latin America.

“Qué Pasará” with Angélica

¿Qué Pasará? (What Will Happen) is a campaign inspired by pop artist Angélica, whose mission with her new song is to make visible the epidemic of double femicides taking place in her community of Los Santos, Costa Rica. We Could Be Music produced “Qué pasará” and facilitated workshops with Angélica’s community to co-design a campaign around the its release. The community’s collective process resulted in a powerful call to media companies to change the way they cover femicide and gender-based violence, and a partnership with change.org to promote a petition at change.org/SiempreSoyYo.