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PAPA TOPO (Feat. Juliana Gattas) "Me Voy A Desenamorar De Ti" Single Digital

We have a new single for you from “Presto y con Toda la Fuerza”, the imminent new album from PAPA TOPO. “Me Voy A Desenamorar De Ti” is a new melancholic and danceable anthem from the group, in collaboration with the great Argentine pop diva, Juliana Gattas (singer of MIRANDA!, the most important pop duo in Latin America). These two artists have come together to give us a euphoric song about emotional dependence.

Adrià started to write the song when he was trapped in a toxic relationship that consumed him. Writing it set him free. After finishing the song, he saw that, even though the lyrics were intimate and personal, it was about something universal that so many people could identify with. Finishing the demo coincided with the release of Juliana Gattas’ spectacular and dramatic solo album, and Adrià realized that she was the perfect singer for the song; it was clear that they shared a lyrical and musical sensibility. He reached out to her on Instagram without much hope of hearing back, but she answered him immediately saying that she loved the song, that it had resonated so much with her and that she was 100% for the project.

The lyrics describe the confusion of someone who feels that, when they give their all, their loved one distances themselves but by doing that it creates longing. The lover is someone narcissistic who needs to be desired: they are indifferent to the unconditional love, give affection when the relationship cools off, keeping control that way. The protagonist tries to fall out of love in order to get their lover’s attention, in an emotional tug of war that becomes a vicious cycle. This senseless, paralyzing sense of contradiction seeps through the lyrics but, despite the fatality of the words themselves, the song has a message of hope. At the end, the distance doesn’t only work as a catalyst of desire, but also ends up freeing the protagonist from the yoke of dependence and makes it possible for them to escape from the situation.

Musically, the song is an emotional roller coaster of extreme musical contrasts. It has a timeless, lyrical melody accompanied by a spectacular orchestration with colorful touches that remind us of a more pop Astor Piazzolla (maybe that’s why Juliana fits in so well on this song), that turns quickly into an intense dance hit, dark and melodic, somewhere between the most playful europop and CAMELA, between SAINT ETIENNE and Sonia Y Selena, that wraps up in an apotheotic climax. The trademark chorus is a classic “papatopian” chorus: a melody that quickly inserts itself in your mind and plays over and over again, like that vicious cycle the song describes.

Juliana Gattas has been the frontwoman of MIRANDA! for more than twenty years and in 2023 started her solo career with the release of the single "Maquillada en la Cama", produced by Alex Anwandter, where she explores a more performative style, showing her artistic versatility and vocal depth. This single, "Maquillada en la Cama", was the title track for her debut album in March 2024. She is currently on tour promoting her first album, and her first lead acting role in the movie "Los domingos mueren más personas" by the Argentine director, actor and screenwriter, Iair Said. The movie was a hit at both Cannes and the San Sebastian Film Festival.

In December this year you will be able to see Juliana Gattas and PAPA TOPO together, playing this superhit live in Argentina. And last but not least, for the finishing touch, the single’s fantastic cover art is a design by Adrià himself.