Oscars 2022: Yatra calls ‘Encanto’ a gift from God

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SEBASTIÁN Yatra calls his expertise with Disney’s “Encanto” a “reward from God.”

The Colombian singer-songwriter performs “Dos Oruguitas,” written by Lin-Manuel Miranda and nominated to the Oscars for greatest unique tune. The film can be nominated for greatest animated movie and greatest unique music.

“Being current this manner on the Oscars, not solely with this tune however with the film ‘Encanto’ which is impressed by my nation, is a present from God, a present from life,” Yatra stated.

“Being the voice chosen to sing this tune amongst so many great Colombian artists and performers is solely a matter of being very fortunate, being in the precise place on the proper time,” he stated in an interview from Medellin, Colombia.

Set within the land of magical realism, “Encanto” follows Mirabel Madrigal, a teenage woman pissed off by the truth that she is the one member of her household with out magical powers. The solid, led by Argentine-American actress Stephanie Beatriz, consists of Diane Guerrero, John Leguizamo, Wilmer Valderrama and Angie Cepeda.

It’s the first Walt Disney Animation Studios movie to be co-directed by a Latina, Charise Castro Smith, and options unique songs by Miranda which have topped the Billboard charts, akin to “We Don’t Discuss About Bruno,” which turned probably the most listened to theme of a Disney animated movie in additional than 26 years, surpassing “Let It Go” from “Frozen.”

However when it got here to submitting a tune to the Academy Awards, the chosen one was “Dos Oruguitas.”

The shifting allegorical ballad is the primary Spanish-language tune nominated for an Oscar since “Al Otro Lado del Río” from “The Bike Diaries” gained Uruguayan Jorge Drexler the award in 2005. That yr, the academy invited Spanish star Antonio Banderas, a face higher identified than Drexler’s, to carry out it on the ceremony in a bittersweet second for the songwriter and his Latin American followers.

However Yatra’s 28.9 million followers on Instagram (and 17.1 million on TikTok) might probably enhance the Oscars’ rankings, which final yr plummeted to an all-time low of 9.85 million viewers.

“I believe there are massive possibilities of making historical past not just for Colombia however for the Spanish language and Latin artists normally,” Yatra stated. “I believe Drexler undoubtedly put up just like the stepping stones and now, an increasing number of, all people is open to having new faces on the Oscars … If I’ve the chance to be that new face there, I’m undoubtedly gonna take pleasure in it and simply sing my coronary heart out.”

“Dos Oruguitas” will compete for the Oscar with “Be Alive” from “King Richard,” “Right down to Pleasure” from “Belfast,” “No Time to Die” from “No Time to Die” and “Someway You Do” from “4 Good Days.”

The 94th Academy Awards ceremony shall be aired dwell on March 27 on ABC from the Dolby Theater in Hollywood. (AP)