Soy (Lali Espósito album)

Soy
Studio album by Lali
Released May 20, 2016 (2016-05-20)
Recorded 2016
Studio
Genre
Length 47:51
Label Sony Music Entertainment Argentina
Producer
  • Gustavo Novello
  • Pablo Akselrad
  • Luis Burgio
  • Will Simm
  • Tobias Lundgren
  • Johan Fransson
  • Tim Larsson
  • Michael Angelo[2]
Lali chronology
A Bailar
(2014)		 Soy
(2016)
Singles from Soy
  1. "Soy"
    Released: May 5, 2016
  2. "Boomerang"
    Released: September 4, 2016
  3. "Ego"
    Released: December 2016

Soy is the second studio album by Argentine singer Lali and was released on May 20, 2016, by Sony Music Entertainment Argentina. The album is the follow-up to her debut studio album A Bailar (2014). The album's lead single and title track "Soy" was released on May 5, 2016.

Background

In an interview to Argentine newspaper La Nación on June, 2015, Espósito confirmed that she had began working on her sophomore studio album while she was on her A Bailar Tour and between Esperanza mía's shootings.[3] In the same interview, the singer stated: "This second album squeezes a little more on everything, in hip-hop and dance [genres]; it is more definited. It will be such a rhythmic album, bound to dance, but I have used that title already [A Bailar]."[4] In an interview for Rolling Stone magazine, Espósito admitted: "I'm very into the soul and gospel music, but I also want to trighten nuts on the dance and hip-hop music because the performances in my shows are a very important part".[5] After a little holiday the first days of 2016, Espósito started recording the album and in April that same year, she traveled to Miami to mix it at The Hit Factory.[1] In an interview with Intrusos, Espósito said: "There are some things that are related with my relationship with Mariano [Martínez] and some other things with my previous relationship [with Benjamín Amadeo]. Every single track has something. The album is called Soy because I am sharing the truth about what I think and feel. It is super personal."[6] About the album, Espósito stated: "It is living meat, these are the songs that I wrote, it is just something that I had been waiting for a while".[7] In an interview with El Telégrafo, Espósito admitted that twenty songs were written but only thirteen of them were included in the album. As regarding to the seven excluded tracks, Espósito didn't discard the possibility of include them on a deluxe edition or on her next album.[8]

Release and promotion

On April 28, Espósito revealed the title and album cover in a fan trivia competition.[9] The album pre-sale started on May 2, 2016. The album launch party took place on May 20, 2016 and was an exclusive event for 1,000 of those who had purchased the album on the pre-sale.[10] To promote the album, Espósito made a few interviews in radio and television programs.[4][6] A few hours after its release, the album was certified gold by Cámara Argentina de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas (CAPIF) for selling over 20,000 copies in Argentina.[7] Soy reached No. 2 at the iTunes charts of countries as Argentina, Colombia, Perú or Israel, being blocked to reach the top because of Ariana Grande's Dangerous Woman.[11]

Tour

Main article: Soy Tour

Espósito announced the dates for the first leg of the Soy Tour on May 27, 2016. The tour began on September 8, 2016 in Buenos Aires, Argentina and will travel across Latin America, Europe and the Middle East.[12]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Pop en Español[13]

The album received "the best reviews from the critics".[14] Jorge Luis Santa María from the Mexican website Digitall Post summarized that Soy "is an album that shows her [Espósito] as she is without barriers, and includes stories that a person of her age can actually live or see".[15] Belén Fourment from the Uruguayan journal El País opined that "even though there is some schizophrenia in Soy because it jumps from one genre to another without cushioning the fall, Espósito takes one more step with this album, she experiments, shows herself as she is, and that is always valuable" In the same review, it is said that the album has an "electropop sound, with very explosive passages and some distorted guitars that slips, but also has some striking turns".[16]

Jenny Morgan from Pop en Español reviewed that "the album flows between a range of genres that include dance, club, pop, rock, and soul" and that "Lali’s vocal range blends well with all the genres she includes on this album". The reviewer also compared Espósito's sound with Belinda's but "with a better voice". Morgan ensured that the singer "will be breaking records with this release" and gave the album four and a half from five stars.[13] Billboard Brasil named Soy as one of best albums of 2016 and stated that it is "a very diverse album that does not lack anything".[17]

Singles

"Unico" was released as a promotional single on March 20, 2016.[18] The song was intended to be the lead single off Soy, but then it was changed to "Soy". Espósito had performed the song before its release at two previous shows of her A Bailar Tour in Buenos Aires on March 18 and 19. The song peaked at No. 5 in Paraguay and at No. 23 in Ecuador. Espósito stated that "Unico" is about "Some loves [that] are so deep and crucial that deserve to be heard as one, different and that have changed our heart[s]." The singer also admitted that the song was written to her ex-boyfriend Benjamín Amadeo by saying that "Unico is for the one who changed my way of seeing the world. Such was this love that it let me fly even though [I] was suffering. [It was] an unique love that I will always remember as a big truth. Perosnally, it [the song] is for person with whom I shared years of my life, real life. Unico is for everyone who loves beyond saying goodbye".[19]

The lead single and title track "Soy" was released as a surprise on May 5, 2016, along with the pre-sale of the album.[20] Espósito said that the song is "a simple but deep definition to understand what it means to be oneself. [The lyrics] are my thoughts, my joys, my pains, stories and beliefs made song; music that makes us feel alive, that makes us be".[19] The song peaked at No. 10 in Argentina National Top 20 and on the Ecuador Pop 20 at No. 15, both provided by Monitor Latino.

On September 4, 2016 "Boomerang" was sent to radio as the second single off the album.

"Ego" is expected to be released as the third single off Soy. Its music video has been already shot Villa La Angostura, Argentina in early November, 2016.[21] The song has been compared with the previous promotional single "Unico" as not directly compatible compositions, but they crearly reflects the life moments of a girl who still encourages to write, but now from a more intimate place.[16]

Songs

"Tu Revolución", the third track of Soy, is described as a 3.0 dubstep in which Espósito risks herself with a less self-look and tries to send to her young public a reflexive message. [The song] is a valuable effort, especially for the supposed superficiallity of her firsts songs [the A Bailar ones]. The eighth track of Soy, "Mi Religión", is said, along with "Soy", the most personal song of the album. "Amor es presente" is a downtempo ballad with a gospel influence and some pop arrangements that remind us to Bandana's style.[16] The last track of the album, "Reina", is a tribute to the British rock band Queen, which is one of Espósito's biggest influences. "The song reminds us to Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody and it has a guitar solo similar to Brian May's style."[8]

"Ego", "Boomerang" and "Ring Na Na", the fifth, sixth and eleventh tracks respectively, are the only tracks that counted with co-writers on its composition, Gavin Jones, Tobias Lundgren, Johan Fransson and Tim Larsson in the first one, Will Simm and Ayak Thiik in "Boomerang", and Michael Angelo, Eric McCarthy and David Kaneswaran in the eleventh track, aside from Espósito and her producers, Gustavo Novello, Pablo Akselrad and Luis Burgio.[2] The last one is described as a love song distinguishes between a dancehall style and a sexy pop. Meanwhile, "Lejos de Mí" is described as "a kick ass song that is strong and almost overpowers everything else on the album" by Jenny Morgan from Pop en Español. The reviewer also compared the song with Mónica Naranjo's "rock opera style of music" in 4.0.[13]

Track listing

Soy  – Standard edition[22]
No. TitleWriter(s)Producer(s) Length
1. "Soy"  
  • 3musica
 3:31
2. "Unico"  
  • Espósito
  • Novello
  • Akselrad
  • Burgio
  • 3musica
 3:42
3. "Tu Revolución"  
  • Espósito
  • Novello
  • Akselrad
  • Burgio
  • 3musica
 3:48
4. "Cree en Mí"  
  • Espósito
  • Novello
  • Akselrad
  • Burgio
  • 3musica
 3:53
5. "Irresistible"  
  • Espósito
  • Novello
  • Akselrad
  • Burgio
  • 3musica
 3:22
6. "Ego"  
  • Gavin Jones
  • Tobias Lundgren
  • Johan Fransson
  • Tim Larsson
  • Espósito
  • Novello
  • Akselrad
  • Burgio
  • Tobias Lundgren
  • Johan Fransson
  • Tim Larsson
 3:51
7. "Boomerang"  
  • Will Simm
  • Ayak Thiik
  • Espósito
  • Novello
  • Akselrad
  • Burgio
  • 3musica
  • Will Simm
 4:26
8. "Mi Religión"  
  • Espósito
  • Novello
  • Akselrad
  • Burgio
  • 3musica
 4:04
9. "Lejos de Mí"  
  • Espósito
  • Novello
  • Akselrad
  • Burgio
  • 3musica
 4:05
10. "Amor Es Presente"  
  • Espósito
  • Novello
  • Akselrad
  • Burgio
  • 3musica
 3:12
11. "Ring Na Na"  
  • Eric McCarthy
  • David Kaneswaran
  • Espósito
  • Novello
  • Akselrad
  • Burgio
  • Michael Angelo
  • Michael Angelo
 3:49
12. "Bomba"  
  • Espósito
  • Novello
  • Akselrad
  • Burgio
  • 3musica
 2:54
13. "Reina"  
  • Espósito
  • Novello
  • Akselrad
  • Burgio
  • 3musica
 3:37
Total length:
 47:51

Chart performance

Chart Peak
position
Argentine Albums (CAPIF)[24] 1
Israeli Albums (IFPI)[25] 1
Italian Albums (FIMI)[26] 5
Mexican Albums (AMPROFON)[27] 27
Peru Top 100 (UNIMPRO)[28] 31
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[29] 6
Top 40 Albums Venezuela (APFV)[30] 1
Uruguayan Albums (CUD)[31] 1

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/Sales
Argentina (CAPIF)[2] Gold 20,000*

*sales figures based on certification alone

Release history

List of release dates, label and reference
Region Date Version Format(s) Label Ref.
Worldwide May 20, 2016 Standard edition
[22]
Argentina
[32]
Uruguay June 3, 2016 [33]
Peru June 10, 2016 [34]
Venezuela [35]
Chile June 15, 2016 [36]
Costa Rica June 17, 2016 [37]
Ecuador June 20, 2016 [38]
Spain June 24, 2016 [39]
Paraguay July 11, 2016 [40]
Israel July 14, 2016
[41]
Mexico July 15, 2016 Sony Music [15]
Italy September 16, 2016
[42]
El Salvador November 11, 2016
  • Sony Music
Argentina November 30, 2016
[23]

Credits and personnel

The following people contributed to Soy:[43]

  • Nano Novello – engineer, musical direction, production, management, booking, composer, piano, programming, bass, guitar
  • Facundo Yalve – engineer
  • Dario Calequi – engineer
  • Julián Burgio – assistant
  • Emilio Oivero – master tune
  • Tobias Lundgren – engineer, production, composer, background vocals
  • Johan Fransson – engineer, production, composer, violin
  • Tim Larsson – engineer, production, composer, programming, drums
  • Will Simm – engineer, production, composer, drums, violin, bass, synthesizers, piano, programming
  • Michael Angelo – engineer, production, composer, drums, synthesizers, bass, piano, programming
  • Antonella Giunta – vocal coach, background vocals
  • Roberto Tito Vázquez – mixing
  • Chris Gehringer – mastering
  • Peter Akselrad – musical direction, production, management, booking, composer, guitar, talk box, background vocals
  • Luis Burgio – musical direction, production, management, booking, composer, drums, background vocals, kazoo
  • Ariel Chichotky – production, management, booking
  • Pablo Durand – A&R direction
  • Javier Caso – A&R
  • Lali Espósito – primary artist, composer, lead vocals
  • Josefina Silveyra – background vocals
  • Gavin Jones – composer
  • Ayak Thiik – composer
  • Alan Ballan – bass
  • Diego Mercado – background vocals
  • Eric McCarthy – composer
  • Davin Kaneswaran – composer
  • Alejo von der Pahlen – sax, background vocals
  • Ervin Stutz – trumpet, trombone
  • Omar Souto – art direction
  • Machado Cicala Morassut – photography
  • Juan Manuel Cativa – hair stylist
  • Marina Venancio – make-up, styling
  • Geri Capucci – assistant
  • Gime Catalano – nail art

See also

References

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