Yesterday, Seville became the first city outside the United States to organize a Latin Grammy gala, the most important awards in Latin American music. A party that filled the Fibes Conference and Exhibition Palace in the Andalusian capital, crowning the most recognized artists of 2023. However, not everything went as planned, with a production plagued by technical failures and criticism from a significant figure. .
Lucas González, singer of the duo Andy and Lucas, published a video on the group’s TikTok profile this Friday, raising eyebrows over the awards. In his own words, he is upset that they were not invited to the ceremony, nor to the dinner, nor that they were given any type of recognition, considering themselves heritage of music in Andalusia. Complaints that have also extended to artists, nominations and categories.
“In my point of view, an ugly gesture towards us,” the vocalist wrote in the text that accompanied the recording. “The truth is that it seems a little not up to par, that a group like Andy and Lucas, who are 100 kilometers from our house, the first time it has been done in Andalusia, that we have not even been invited to a Latin Grammy dinner. I no longer say nominated or awarded, because that is something else, that already has another debate,” he pointed out.
Lucas assured that “the numbers support us” and threw a barb at other types of guests, accusing the awards of inviting “a lot of people who don’t even sing.” The artist insisted that the Latin Grammys were becoming a concept similar to the FITUR International Tourism Fair in Madrid, in addition to criticizing the wide range of categories and nominated artists. González compared it to 2004, when Son de amores was at number 1 on Billboard’s Hot Latin Tracks list.
“Here, Spaniards, there could be just three, not like now when there are 42 nominees,” he commented, feeling that this situation “is not right.” Even so, she also had words of gratitude for her fans, stating that the greatest reward she felt recently was the tears that occurred in El Hormiguero when they announced her separation. “That means we have done something good, the entire audience was crying,” she said.
The criticism of the Latin Grammys could already be glimpsed this past Thursday, when content creator Jordi Wild interviewed the duo in an installment of his podcast, The Wild Project. Nominated in their time for several categories, both in these awards and those of Billboard, the duo was in charge of devirtualizing the ceremony (1:16:45) ensuring that only artists from the record company that organizes them are invited. “They are their own interests,” Andy highlighted.
