Sony is not messing around when it comes to promoting Ana Mena’s collaboration with Lola Indigo. And the latter is actually signed by Universal. They describe it in a press release as “the most anticipated and important event of the year.” Exactly the same words are repeated by Ana Mena’s promotion team in a similar note.
They say that “the expectation surrounding the project has been extraordinary” since the appearance of Ana Mena as a surprise guest during the Lola Índigo concert in Granada. Since then, both have continued to speak online, fueling speculation about a collaboration that people were asking for. ‘pa ti toa’ is the result of their contacts, under the production of Tunvao.
‘Pa ti toa’ is a song of love and desire in which both Ana Mena and Lola Indigo address a man they have “handcuffed like a prisoner” and who knows how to take away “their stress if I get stressed.” The club is full but he is “my favorite.”
By introducing some words in English like “dive” or “lova” (“lover”), the artists maintain a good flow and sensuality; Mena introducing the song alone, Lola taking the longest verse, all on a pop merengue base. A style that Rosalía and Karol G have worked on in recent years, and that avant-garde artists like Rusowsky have deconstructed.
The objective of ‘pa ti toa’ is not so much to break structures a la Russia-IDK, but rather to become one of the songs of the summer. That’s what the choral ending points to, a trick that ‘If I Had Met You Before’ already used. That is why – and because its bpm’s are lower – that this song would appreciate a video clip or some visuals that finish elevating it. Many people are asking for it. Either that or that “Éxitos España” gives her the love that she sometimes denied to these artists.
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