Interscope Records and Lionfish Entertainment’s rising Latin R&B star st. Pedro will release a new single and video “Cerca Del Sol” (‘Close To The Sun’) on Friday, June 26th.
st. Pedro has risen to the limelight while in quarantine, harnessing the difficulties of this time as fodder for creativity. His music captures a very human, universal struggle, and resonates with a global audience.
Demonstrating st. Pedro’s musical range on the heels of his critically-praised tale of quarantine separated lovers (“Phone Sex”), this second single finds the multi-instrumentalist sharing a heart-wrenching, piano-driven lament on the grief of losing a loved one, and a vow to never betray their memory:
“…A veces me supera todo / A veces de verdad no encuentro el modo / No sé cómo seguir / Y siento que en verdad me hacen falta (ehh) / Los que ahora vuelan cerca del sol / Yo necesito oír su voz / Volver a sentir su color / No me importa cuánto tiempo pase / No te quiero dejar ir / Para mí olvidarte es traicionarte / Tú siempre vivirás en mí”
(…Sometimes it’s all too much / Sometimes I really can’t find the way / I don’t know how to keep going / And I feel that I truly miss / Those who now fly close to the sun / I need to hear your voice / To again feel your heat / It doesn’t matter to me how much time goes by / I don’t want to let you go / For me, forgetting you is betraying you / You will always live in me)
“This is a singer from Tenerife who… has studied music since age four… [and] landed in the music industry to stay… st. pedro has started 2020 [by] establishing himself as one of the greatest promises of R&B subtlety… Listening to his songs we can imagine a stage of sensuality, delicacy, and touch-controlled by his sounds…At LOS40 we did not take long to fall for his talent… and there is still a lot more to come”– Los 40
This Friday, June 26th will see versatile multi-instrumentalist and R&B inspired Spanish-language singer-songwriter st. Pedro release his second single with the support of Interscope Records and leading Latin music management team Lionfish Entertainment.
Written and produced by st. Pedro as well, “Cerca Del Sol” (‘Close To The Sun’) is a highly emotional piano driven lament on coming to terms with the loss of someone for whom we held an all-encompassing love.
The song resonates with the deep hurt of overcoming a key stage of grief – trying to reach an acceptance to go on, while never betraying their memory.
“Cuando perdemos a alguien, pasamos por diferentes fases; una de ellas es la negación, y de eso habla Cerca del Sol. Olvidar se convierte en traicionar porque no queremos dejar ir lo único que nos queda de esas personas… Los recuerdos” – St. Pedro
(‘ When we lose someone, we go through different phases; one of them is denial, and that is what Cerca del Sol talks about. Forgetting becomes betraying because we do not want to let go of the only thing we have left of those people … The memories’)
“Cerca Del Sol” follows close behind st. Pedro’s dramatically different, but highly time-poignant recent first single “Phone Sex” – released as a musical look at the separation hardship many young lovers across the globe have faced during the Covid-19 crisis, and the digital age coping mechanism many began to share together. Now residing in Miami, the former “La Voz” finalist continues to work on additional new music to follow.
Early Press Quotes About st. Pedro
“The multi-instrumentalist Spanish singer-songwriter st. Pedro went from being a finalist on La Voz Spain to becoming one of Interscope Records and Lionfish Entertainment’s latest bets in the R&B scene. Recently, his quarantine-inspired “Phone Sex” quickly became the ultimate social-distancing anthem for young lovers separated by COVID-19.” – Billboard
“R& B Spanish singer-songwriter gets real about feeling lonely during the pandemic. The R&B pop distancing-inspired song is about young lovers figuring out how to cope with the separation and the virtual mechanisms they’re turning to. –Associated Press (as seen in USA Today & Many more)
“st. Pedro is a true musical discovery… and this song adapts to the new reality in the complicated context of the current pandemic.”- ABC Spain
“He was born in Tenerife and now lives in Miami to pursue his dream. He [impressed] Juanes with his talent, and little by little he won all our ears… St. Pedro [is] one of R&B’s most promising international artists… Now, ‘Phone Sex’ is his letter of introduction to imminent world success. – Urban Fusions
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