Following the criticism that Yahritza y Su Esencia acquired weeks in the past for feedback about Mexican meals, for which the Mexican-American group has already apologized, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador advocated for the sibling trio on Thursday (Aug. 31), and mentioned that he would agree that they be invited to affix Grupo Frontera on Sept. 15 on the Zócalo in Mexico City.
“Yahritza and her brothers have a musical group. They were born there, in Washington, their parents are Mexican, I think from Chiapas, and they did an interview where they said they ‘don’t like Mexican food,’ [or] something like that,” the president mentioned in his morning press convention. “It was very bad for them, but they did not do it in bad faith. It is that they were born over there, they did not want to offend.”
The dad and mom of the trio, José Francisco and Rosa Martínez, are initially from the state of Michoacán, in western Mexico.
Earlier this month, the members of Yahritza y Su Esencia apologized in a video posted on their TikTok, after receiving extreme criticism from Mexican followers for his or her feedback.
Specifically, Yahritza jokingly mentioned that she didn’t like listening to “the cars and police sirens and everything” when she awoke within the metropolis, whereas Jairo and Mando mentioned they didn’t love native meals. The statements generated sturdy criticism from a sector of Internet customers.
“We want you to know that what motivates us every day to write songs and music is the great pride of having Mexican blood in our veins,” mentioned Yahritza, the band’s vocalist, in her apology. “We are proudly Mexican and we greatly appreciate the love of the public, especially in Mexico.”
Some Mexican media even revealed that the group’s participation within the Fesitval Arre, which is able to happen on Sept. 9-10 on the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez in Mexico City, had been cancelled. That info has not been confirmed by the promoter Ocesa, and the identify of the band remains to be on the official poster. A rep for the trio instructed Billboard Español that they’re confirmed to carry out on Sept. 10.
“We cannot do that, we cannot in any way (cancel their concerts),” López Obrador mentioned in the course of the convention. “I am sure that they will reflect and we have to grant forgiveness. In other words, we always have to forgive if someone is wrong or makes a mistake, but they are also children and there is an explanation. They were born there. Their parents are Mexican, but they already have their life over there.”
When requested if he thought-about it a good suggestion that Yahritza y su Esencia joined Grupo Frontera on the Zócalo to carry out their hit collaboration “Frágil” — which landed the trio their first No. 1 on Billboard’s Regional Mexican Airplay chart (dated Aug. 12) — the president agreed.
The music is even half of López Obrador’s playlist that cope with corridos tumbados, a style that the president has criticized for holding some songs that advocate drug trafficking.
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