translated from Spanish: Young Cister: “At first there weren’t many people who understood it, but today the trap is the new pop”

On a hot summer day, Esteban Cisternas, better known as Young Cister, met in the studio with Taiko (Nicolás Jaña) and his producer Mati Alegría. As a normal thing Taiko, who was the producer of J Balvin’s “Red”, wanted to share some of the work he was doing. At the time, Young Cister told him about his plan: a quieter theme, with a smoother pace. “Taiko started riding a well-relaxed track and the theme came out on its own,” says the artist. The lyrics were composed on that day and the piece was ready by midnight. So “I Keep Thinking To You,” young Cister’s new single she released today, what did they want to show you with “I Keep Thinking To You”? We seek to narrate that even though one continues to think of that person, we have a chance to get on with our lives. The song has sad nuances but in itself the song is that: go ahead and meet yourself. You started your music with the cumbia villera, how did you get to the trap? The cumbia villera was something but hiphop was always there, from a very young age I heard Eminem, to the rappers of the USA. In 2014 I saw that there were other types of rap, which was the trap. It was very different and I felt that they had a freedom to be able to talk whatever they wanted and at the same time they were more versatile. I didn’t want to be locked up in just one style, so I started trying and I was left to like it. Obviously at first there weren’t many people who understood what it was, but now the trap is like the new pop so to speak. I think my thing is the music, now with the songs that I’m going to take out you realize that it’s not just trap either.Do you think there are different types of trap, like what Paloma Mami does with Pablo Chill-e? Obviously, I feel that on various sides of Latin America they associate the trap with any urban rhythm. For example Paloma Mami and Princess Alba are not trap, they are pop. They have more dancehall songs, something like that. There’s a mix-up in the artists. For example now with my new song that has more R&B or dancehall lines it’s possible in the media to say it’s trap but it’s really another rhythm. Trap is Pablo Chill-e, he’s the cover of the genre. You’re more versatile in that areaClaro, I’m looking to break up a little bit with that. The truth has me a little annoyed when in the media they say “the Young Cister trapero” and I really do trap but I consider myself a musician. There’s a reason I’m also a producer and I do other rhythms. I can cover any kind of music without complication and that’s what I want to do always, I don’t know, at 50 I hope I’m doing a salsa concert for the most grown-up people (laughs). Although your audience is also going to be that age… (Laughter) Of course, I still don’t think I can sing youthful styles at that age. I see it as a race to die. People are going to realize over the years.

Original source in Spanish