Mau y Ricky Are Continuing Their Father Ricardo Montaner’s Legacy

Although some superstars shy away from the topic of their famed parents, that’s in no way been the case for Mau y Ricky. The Venezuelan singer-songwriters are the sons of Latine pop icon Ricardo Montaner. Even so, the talent in the Montaner loved ones would not close with Mau, Ricky, and Ricardo. Mau and Ricky’s sister, Evaluna Montaner, and their brother-in-legislation, Camilo, are also impacting the sector. If you listen closely, the elder Evaluna and Camilo’s voices can be listened to on Mau y Ricky’s new album “Resort Caracas,” which also marked the brothers’ return to Venezuela for the 1st time in around a decade. Family and group are main tenets for the duo.

“You will find no hiding the clear,” Ricky Montaner states of his popular family members. “I am happy as a relatives that we’ve been in a position to elevate each and every other up, inspire every other, and join with men and women in this way. It’s lovely and specific.”

Increasing up in Caracas, Mau and Ricky saw their father execute major-time hits like “Tan Enamorados” and “Bésame” to offered-out crowds. He would even provide them onstage to sing with him sometimes. Ricardo also the moment experienced a history label with Venezuelan brothers Servando and Florentino. They normally rehearsed at home and confirmed the more youthful Montaner brothers that a sibling duo in Latin songs was possible. Now, the sons are inviting their dad to sing their songs. In a hidden element on the song “Muriendo De Miedo,” Ricardo’s voice wonderfully harmonizes with his sons’.

“It can be full circle,” Mau Montaner states. “I really feel like he had to be in it. We’re so grateful for what he has intended to us as a father, clearly as guidance in the early yrs and as an impact. It is really like paying out homage to him and musically thanking him for all the things he has intended for us and honoring what he’s accomplished.”

Irrespective of owning the Montaner relationship, Mau y Ricky still experienced to do the job difficult on their very own to obtain regard inside of the field. Although building their musical act, they also fashioned a songwriting collective that provided their longtime collaborator, JonTheProducer, and their future brother-in-regulation, Camilo. They aided pen hits like Becky G and Natti Natasha’s “Sin Pijama,” Karol G’s “Pineapple,” Ricky Martin’s “Vente Pa’Ca” with Maluma, and their personal breakthrough hit “Desconocidos,” which served as a launching pad for Camilo’s pop career. Mau y Ricky co-wrote a track on Camilo’s recent album “Cuatro,” and their brother-in-legislation is also showcased on their tune “Karma.”

“It is really ridiculous and wild to imagine again on what we were being capable to achieve that started out from currently being these fucking 4 hopeful young ones [Mau, Camilo, JonTheProducer, and I] that had large dreams to one working day make it in audio,” Ricky recalls.

“We did it our way, and it was in a collective with persons we really like,” Mau says, “Being ready to get with each other and have these tiny times of creative bonding is stunning. We produced some of my most loved tunes alongside Cami.”

“Hotel Caracas” alerts a new period in Mau y Ricky’s songs. In partnership with Warner New music Latina, this marks the initial album release on their individual label, Why Club Records. The LP also arrives on the heels of Mau y Ricky increasing their individual people. In 2022, Mau and his spouse Sara Escobar welcomed their initial youngster, Apollo, and Ricky later on married Argentine design Stefi Roitman. It is really their most private and daring album, with tracks about romance, heartbreak, and sexual intercourse.

“Getting married and starting our have families has presented us a sense of stability,” Ricky says. “At this position, my wife is aware of me precisely as I am, and I can notify the stories I’m telling, and many of them discuss of my previous or Mau’s earlier. Prior to, we could have been like, ‘You’re not heading to say that.’ With that sense of safety, I am like, ‘I’ve been via all this, and I bought to say it since I know that it can enable somebody.'”

To market the “Lodge Caracas” album, Mau y Ricky are placing on intimate Lobby Bar concert events around the US and Latin America. The brothers also approach to hit the road with a tour at the end of the year. Mau admits that he is changing to juggling getting a father to Apollo and dwelling out his dreams as a pop star with his brother.

“To be genuine, it is really hard, but it is also super enjoyable,” he claims. “Let’s say 60 several years from now, I really like knowing that all those tracks [on ‘Hotel Caracas’] are a portion of his childhood. I appreciate the strategy that he learned to say specified phrases and that he discovered to play faux drums or pretend trumpets since he listened to these music. They’re a component of his improvement, and songs has much more of a advancement in kids’ brains than we even realize.”

“Resort Caracas” also marks Mau y Ricky’s return to their dwelling country of Venezuela. The tunes drip with Venezuelan swagger and use community slang. All 15 new music movies for the album have been shot in towns close to Venezuela, with an future documentary that captured their working experience. Mau y Ricky worked with about 200 crew customers based mostly in Venezuela for the task.

“We necessary to reconnect,” Mau claims. “We felt like we had been heading through this identification crisis or lack of feeling a portion of somewhere. For the longest time, we felt that, and as you mature, you get started noticing those tiny wounds that you have to mend. That was just one of them. It was lovely when we received to heal that [wound] when we went back to our nation. It was 3 months of having to know our place in the best way probable, furthermore filming the video clips to signify the attractiveness of Venezuela.”

Lucas Villa is a Mexican American songs journalist who covers pop and Latin songs. In excess of 11 a long time, he has interviewed pop queens and Latin music superstars for places like PS, Attract, Elle, Rolling Stone, Billboard, MTV News, Paper, W Journal, Vibe, and LGBTQ Nation.