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Speaker 2: Is just a very extra way of saying a podcast.

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Speaker 1: I'm Fosa fem.

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Speaker 2: And I am ma la munos. We're podcasting through another

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Speaker 1: We're still making podcasts. We're older, we're wiser, We're even

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Speaker 1: podcasting through a new decade of our lives.

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Speaker 2: Since twenty sixteen, we've been making Loca thro Our Radio

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Speaker 2: independently until we joined iHeartMedia's Michael Dura Network in twenty

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Speaker 1: From our Lips to your Ears, fall in love with

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Speaker 1: Loka to a radio like you never have before.

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Speaker 2: Welcome to Season nine, Love at First.

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Speaker 1: Listen, Ola La Loka Motives. Welcome to season nine of

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Speaker 1: loc At Dora Radio. I'm Diosa and I'm Mala. Locat

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Speaker 1: Dotter Radio is a podcast dedicated to archiving our present

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Speaker 1: and shifting the culture forward. You're tuning into Capitols two three.

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Speaker 2: Last time on Locata Radio, we talked about our time

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Speaker 2: at Endolon's ninth annual assembleal So almost mass. Go back

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Speaker 2: and listen to that episode for interviews we conducted with

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Speaker 2: Hornaleros from across the country and share with a friend.

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Speaker 1: Today, we have a really fun interview, super fun. We

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Speaker 1: are interviewing a guest from the UK and I want

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Speaker 1: to say that's our first UK London based interview, right.

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Speaker 2: I think you are correct.

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Speaker 1: Yes, We've interviewed a ton of people over the years

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Speaker 1: and if they're not from the area, they're usually traveling

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Speaker 2: Yeah, when they're on tour, when they're visiting, if they

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Speaker 2: have a show, something like that. But this time we

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Speaker 2: are interviewing a UK based, London born and raised Latina,

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Speaker 2: Sophie Castillo. She's a recording artist. She has gone viral

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Speaker 2: a couple times for her music and then recently because

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Speaker 1: And that's how you came across her. You saw this

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Speaker 2: We got to have her on. Sophie is very talented,

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Speaker 2: she's super cute and I think she might be your

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Speaker 1: Honestly, I was streaming the EP on the way over

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Speaker 1: you listen on Spotify, the algorithm, we'll put other artists

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Speaker 2: Yeah, it's really incredible. Just when you think you've heard

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Speaker 2: it all and seen it all, there's always something new

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Speaker 2: and Sophie, I think, is bringing a very like ethereal, ephemeral.

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Speaker 2: I think about her being London based really adds a

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Speaker 2: Castio opening for J Bovin in London. Sophie is a

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Speaker 2: And in the past, you know, on the podcast we've

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Speaker 2: by way of Sophie and her music. So, Sophie Castho,

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Speaker 3: Hi, guys, thank you so much for having me today.

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Speaker 1: We're so excited to have you on the podcast. Have

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Speaker 1: you on look at Radio Ken You tell us about

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Speaker 4: So I basically just received an email from them and

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Speaker 4: photo shoot for this other artist who I was like

437
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Speaker 4: a huge fan of called Desta French, and then we

438
00:22:18,080 --> 00:22:20,320
Speaker 4: all kind of connected through there. And then I started

439
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Speaker 4: going to a lot of UK Latin nights where they

440
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Speaker 4: were people were performing and there were like club nights

441
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Speaker 4: and stuff like that, and I started to get more

442
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Speaker 4: immersed in the in the world here of UK Latin music.

443
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Speaker 4: So yeah, I've definitely like worked and connected with a

444
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Speaker 4: lot of I mean, I actually I think most of

445
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Speaker 4: us UK Latin artists know each other, because there aren't loads.

446
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Speaker 4: I don't know how many there are, but like I

447
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Speaker 4: would say, we pretty much all know each other or

448
00:22:48,880 --> 00:22:52,320
Speaker 4: we've met or we follow each other on Instagram, so

449
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Speaker 4: it's a pretty tight knit community. And I've worked with

450
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Speaker 4: the girls as well, Like me and Jessica we did

451
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Speaker 4: a cover of De la Patia like Kelly She's Together,

452
00:23:01,280 --> 00:23:04,480
Speaker 4: and we did our own like DIY music video to it,

453
00:23:04,600 --> 00:23:08,879
Speaker 4: and we had like Latino creatives as well working on that.

454
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Speaker 4: It was like it was really DIY. It was like

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Speaker 4: in her house. It was so nice, and we styled

456
00:23:12,560 --> 00:23:15,280
Speaker 4: everything and I made clothes and it was really cool.

457
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Speaker 4: And then yeah, I was doing more photo shoots and

458
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Speaker 4: then I've worked with me actually recently met Jessica Desta

459
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Speaker 4: French and Milena Sanchez at their Three Colombian Artists. We

460
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Speaker 4: did a show together called Latinas of London at the

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Speaker 4: Jazz Cafe, which is like five hundred people capacity, and

462
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Speaker 4: we sold out the show and we were really really

463
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Speaker 4: promoting it so much, so we were so happy when

464
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Speaker 4: it sold out and that was Dester friendch like she

465
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Speaker 4: brought us into that because she's like quite an established

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Speaker 4: artist and she's I would say, she's like one of

467
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Speaker 4: the first UK Latin artists to really like do really

468
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Speaker 4: big things like color studio and tour and stuff like that.

469
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Speaker 4: So she brought us into that opportunity. And yeah, so

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Speaker 4: we definitely at the moment in like a collaborative mindset

471
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Speaker 4: and want to uplift each other and work together.

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Speaker 3: For sure.

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Speaker 2: I love that the Latinos in London event is an

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Speaker 2: event I want to go to.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, definitely, I hope we do more. It would be

476
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Speaker 3: so good, honestly.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I love that because it's such a testament of

478
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Speaker 1: like when you think maybe you're the only one, right,

479
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Speaker 1: you're the only one that's into something or doing something,

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Speaker 1: but there's actually like little pockets of community you just

481
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Speaker 1: have to find them. So I love how you describe

482
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Speaker 1: like started going to the clubs and the Latin nights

483
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Speaker 1: and like finding your little community there and then continuing

484
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Speaker 1: to work with each other. Because on our end over here,

485
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Speaker 1: like obviously we're in Los Angeles, there's a very big

486
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Speaker 1: Latino population, so it does not compare, but there is

487
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Speaker 1: a quite there's a pretty small indie LATINX creative scene

488
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Speaker 1: and so in that regard, I rarely I really resonate

489
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Speaker 1: and can connect to that because we like all know

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Speaker 1: each other. We're like hiring each other for everything, building together. Yeah,

491
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Speaker 1: and it sounds very similar like y'all found each other

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Speaker 1: so going to keep working together.

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Speaker 3: That's so nice.

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Speaker 4: And I think that's what's nice about indie music as well.

495
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Speaker 4: I feel like the indie artists are the ones that

496
00:25:10,119 --> 00:25:13,840
Speaker 4: are like have that collaborative mindset as well, and that

497
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Speaker 4: they all want to like.

498
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Speaker 3: Uplift each other.

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Speaker 4: They're all independent, and yeah, it's so nice that that's

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Speaker 4: what's happening where you guys are as well.

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Speaker 3: It's lovely to hear that too.

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Speaker 4: But yeah, latinas all helping each other, yeah, will empowering

503
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Speaker 4: each other is so good.

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Speaker 2: It's super cool. And I when are you coming to

505
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Speaker 2: the United States? It's like come to LA? When are

506
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Speaker 2: you coming to La?

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Speaker 3: Oh my god, I'm so like, I'm so keen to

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Speaker 3: make a trip. I've actually been speaking to my management

509
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Speaker 3: about it because I think a big big chunk of

510
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Speaker 3: my audience are all in the US and especially in LA.

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Speaker 3: So it's just like I just need to like do it. Basically.

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Speaker 4: I think it's quite nerve wracking as well, because you know,

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Speaker 4: it's such a big place.

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Speaker 3: It would be a really big trip, and I want

515
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Speaker 3: to make sure that when I go, I have like.

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Speaker 4: As much planned as possible. I don't want to waste

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Speaker 4: the trip. Obviously it's far, it's expensive, but I want

518
00:26:09,480 --> 00:26:11,639
Speaker 4: to make sure that I go and have you know,

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00:26:11,680 --> 00:26:12,520
Speaker 4: everything ready.

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Speaker 3: But I definitely will be there this year.

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Speaker 4: We're trying to see if we can get at least

522
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Speaker 4: one show out there because I just really want to

523
00:26:20,640 --> 00:26:22,560
Speaker 4: meet everybody in person as well.

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Speaker 3: Like I have some really really lovely supporters in the US.

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Speaker 4: And in like the California area, and they're always like, oh,

526
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Speaker 4: when are you coming to the US, And I just

527
00:26:31,800 --> 00:26:34,160
Speaker 4: really want to like meet them and give them love

528
00:26:34,240 --> 00:26:36,960
Speaker 4: and like connect with them and hopefully perform to them.

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Speaker 3: So fingers crossed it will be this year.

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Speaker 1: I love that. Well, you guys know we will be

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Speaker 1: there and we will we will help with promotion.

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Speaker 3: Yes, thank you nice, appreciate it.

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Speaker 2: We would love to have you here. And I can

534
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Speaker 2: just see that tour being a sold out tour and

535
00:26:53,720 --> 00:26:56,280
Speaker 2: just super like everybody's going to show up for you, like,

536
00:26:56,520 --> 00:26:57,960
Speaker 2: there's no question in my mind.

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Speaker 3: Absolutely, I hope. So it's like I've never I've not

538
00:27:02,040 --> 00:27:05,000
Speaker 3: done anything like that before, so it is nerve wracking,

539
00:27:05,080 --> 00:27:07,399
Speaker 3: but also you know, you just got to take the

540
00:27:07,480 --> 00:27:10,680
Speaker 3: leap and Thingers clussed it with will be a success.

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Speaker 2: I love that.

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00:27:12,240 --> 00:27:16,080
Speaker 1: So just to wrap up this lovely conversation, tell us

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Speaker 1: about your EP. Venus.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, So Venus is my very first EP. I'm super

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00:27:24,320 --> 00:27:27,399
Speaker 4: proud of it. It's like my little baby and I

546
00:27:27,440 --> 00:27:30,399
Speaker 4: really in that EP kind of said everything that I

547
00:27:30,440 --> 00:27:34,680
Speaker 4: wanted to say. There are songs that I'd written before,

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00:27:34,880 --> 00:27:38,320
Speaker 4: there are new songs as well, and that yeah, there

549
00:27:38,320 --> 00:27:40,520
Speaker 4: are some songs on there that I've been actually just

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00:27:40,640 --> 00:27:45,400
Speaker 4: saving for something very very special. And when I made

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00:27:45,400 --> 00:27:47,440
Speaker 4: the EP, I was like, you know, I really want

552
00:27:47,480 --> 00:27:50,040
Speaker 4: to I kind of put off making an EP for

553
00:27:50,080 --> 00:27:52,840
Speaker 4: a while because I like to work quite conceptually, So

554
00:27:53,480 --> 00:27:55,640
Speaker 4: I like projects that I do to have a really

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00:27:55,760 --> 00:28:00,000
Speaker 4: solid concept and a theme and a message. And for EP,

556
00:28:00,760 --> 00:28:04,120
Speaker 4: the whole concept was like, you know, a very ethereal

557
00:28:04,320 --> 00:28:09,520
Speaker 4: outlook on womanhood and being a Latina woman, being part

558
00:28:09,560 --> 00:28:12,040
Speaker 4: of a diaspora, and the just things that I've personally

559
00:28:12,080 --> 00:28:15,920
Speaker 4: felt or gone through and emotions that I've been through

560
00:28:16,440 --> 00:28:18,760
Speaker 4: over the past few years that I felt like I

561
00:28:18,800 --> 00:28:22,439
Speaker 4: needed to get out and like turn into songs and

562
00:28:22,480 --> 00:28:25,439
Speaker 4: it was very therapeutic for me. And every song on

563
00:28:25,520 --> 00:28:29,680
Speaker 4: the EP has a different character. So that's something that

564
00:28:29,720 --> 00:28:32,960
Speaker 4: I've wanted to do since I was like since I

565
00:28:33,000 --> 00:28:36,159
Speaker 4: was like thirteen and listened to the Marina and the

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Speaker 4: Diamonds Electra Heart album, I was like, I'm doing the archetypes.

567
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Speaker 4: One day, I'll have an album with all the archetypes.

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Speaker 4: I don't think you guys are familiar with that that album,

569
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Speaker 4: but I was obsessed with it when I was a teenager,

570
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Speaker 4: and I knew that I wanted to see the same thing,

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Speaker 4: and like I'd had the idea of the archetypes for

572
00:28:55,400 --> 00:28:58,440
Speaker 4: each song for ages and I was just waiting for the.

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Speaker 3: Right time to do it.

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Speaker 4: So, yeah, every song has a different character that I

575
00:29:03,360 --> 00:29:06,160
Speaker 4: kind of wanted to embody when I was singing the

576
00:29:06,200 --> 00:29:08,800
Speaker 4: songs and writing them, And I think that helps me to,

577
00:29:09,360 --> 00:29:11,280
Speaker 4: you know, get out of my comfort zone a bit

578
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Speaker 4: and step into another world and maybe like process emotions

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Speaker 4: that I'm feeling, but in like a different way, in

580
00:29:17,560 --> 00:29:22,320
Speaker 4: a different scenario. So yeah, it was very cinematic, very glamorous,

581
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Speaker 4: and I co produced the EP with my producer Lenin,

582
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Speaker 4: who produced with me call Me by Your Name. We

583
00:29:30,160 --> 00:29:33,120
Speaker 4: co produced that as well, and he was amazing to

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Speaker 4: work with. He really lets me have so much creative

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Speaker 4: freedom and he lets me, you know, really express my

586
00:29:40,160 --> 00:29:43,080
Speaker 4: ideas so well. And he also taught me so much

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Speaker 4: about production along the way, which was really really nice.

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Speaker 4: And I was really excited to get the team back

589
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Speaker 4: together for the making of that EP because obviously it

590
00:29:51,480 --> 00:29:53,640
Speaker 4: was a song that we did together that was such

591
00:29:53,640 --> 00:29:55,640
Speaker 4: a success and I was like, of course I have

592
00:29:55,760 --> 00:29:57,840
Speaker 4: to work with len again for the EP and we

593
00:29:57,960 --> 00:29:59,920
Speaker 4: have to rebuild that magic.

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Speaker 3: And it was received really well.

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Speaker 4: It makes me so happy that people are listening to

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Speaker 4: it and that they can resonate with the songs. And yeah,

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Speaker 4: we said that we're not going to hold back with

598
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Speaker 4: the production, like for the first VP. You know, you

599
00:30:13,400 --> 00:30:15,840
Speaker 4: can often kind of play it safe and do something

600
00:30:15,960 --> 00:30:19,800
Speaker 4: quite easily digestible, but we were like, no, We're gonna

601
00:30:20,040 --> 00:30:24,320
Speaker 4: basically go wild, do whatever we want, whatever's write for

602
00:30:24,400 --> 00:30:28,040
Speaker 4: that song, and make it every song very cinematic and

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Speaker 4: very big and kind of like.

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Speaker 3: You're stepping into a new film or a new world

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Speaker 3: for every song. So yeah, that's Venus.

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Speaker 2: Love it, go stream Venus right now. It's everywhere, like

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00:30:41,880 --> 00:30:45,360
Speaker 2: you can listen to music. It's on Spotify, it's on

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Speaker 2: Amazon Music. It's everywhere, right, Yeah, it's everywhere.

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Speaker 3: It's readily available to listen to.

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Speaker 2: And can you let our listeners know where they can

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Speaker 2: follow you and keep up with you and your work?

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Speaker 3: Yeah for sure. So my Instagram is Sophie Castillo Music.

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00:31:02,160 --> 00:31:05,280
Speaker 4: Same as TikTok as well, So yeah, I just use

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Speaker 4: Instagram and TikTok at the moment, and then yeah, on

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Speaker 4: Spotify and Apple and Amazon, it's just Sophie Castindo.

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Speaker 1: Amazing. Thank you so much for joining us, Sophie. We

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Speaker 1: hope to see you in La very soon. Thank you

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Speaker 1: for such an incredible conversation.

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Speaker 4: Thank you so much for having me, guys, been so

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Speaker 4: nice speaking to you, and yes, hopefully see you all

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Speaker 4: soon in La.

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