Presenting him as “the new OT 2023 teacher” would be an injustice. It is true that this has been his last and most popular work, but the Barcelona-born Vic Mirallas, despite being barely over thirty, already has a career that is prolific enough so that he is not limited to being a television figure. Mirallas is a good example of the quality of the city’s musical academic world. Trained in classical, he switched to modern art thanks to a scholarship from the prestigious Berklee College in Boston. From there he was called by none other than Alejandro Sanz, whom he has accompanied as a saxophonist and backing vocalist for six years.
In parallel, he began a career in which his multifaceted vision of music stands out: multi-instrumentalist, singer, composer, producer… he can now work for others as he can develop a solo career that already has three studio albums, one live and variety of singles released with the agility and periodicity dictated by current industry standards.
Beyond his collaboration with Sanz, success has come through singles with artists who generally identify with urban genres. We talked about Late Mejor, together with Camilo; Neither good nor bad, with Sabino, My Condemnation, with Maro, or Everything Changes, with Don Patricio. This is where the reproduction figures on the platforms count in the millions.
With his third studio album, doubts (Warner Music, 2024), fresh out of the oven, it is time to present it. After passing through Madrid, Mirallas will do the same this Thursday in front of the local fans, in La (2) of the Apolo room in Barcelona. He will not attend the appointment alone, but there will be guests. There are reports that Mama Dousha, Vernat or Rita Payés, distinguished collaborators on the album, will take the stage. Together with the author of the popular Rikiti, Mirallas has released one of the singles from the album, vampires, a song in Catalan that moves between pop and urban with great subtlety. The other single, relevant, has a more party touch, with a sound reminiscent of eighties funk.
Both songs are a good summary of what Mirallas is. The Barcelona native moves with ease between various genres, ranging from pop, R
Perhaps what best identifies him is his desire to sound fresh and trendy, although starting from a varied and wise musical background. He is usually placed on the urban wave frequency, but he himself is reluctant to the label. “They see me as urban music because I have collaborated with urban musicians, but I make music, whatever comes out to me,” he explained in an interview in La Vanguardia, in which he reaffirmed his commitment to attention to detail and quality. And the best thing will be for anyone who wants to classify him to go see him live and judge for themselves.
