Wikipedia Genre: Latin trap, EDM, hip house, Latin pop
Home: Buenos Aires
Poster Position: Third Quarter - Line 16
Day: Sunday.
Both Weekends.
5:30 pm on the Tito's Stage.
Thoughts: This is going to sound sort of weird, but after three songs, I sort of feel like this is Spanish K-Pop. And I know little to nothing about K-Pop, but these guys sound like they are making cutesy little pop nuggets and rap tracks over generic trap and pop tunes, just like I felt when I listened to Riize from Saturday. I definitely hate this.
Thoughts: This is going to sound sort of weird, but after three songs, I sort of feel like this is Spanish K-Pop. And I know little to nothing about K-Pop, but these guys sound like they are making cutesy little pop nuggets and rap tracks over generic trap and pop tunes, just like I felt when I listened to Riize from Saturday. I definitely hate this.
Catriel Guerreiro and Ulises Guerriero make up the group, and I'm still weirded out by the fact that they are not siblings and spell their last names just one letter differently. They met in elementary school when a teacher mistook them for brothers and started collaborating in 2010. Why did they make up the Paco Amoroso name? What is going on here? The first one - makes sense, I guess, to replace the "t" with a 7, and the name Catriel has Indigenous Mapuche origins in Argentina and means "the one who cuts" or "small cutter," a reference to someone sharp and capable. Something I found on the Internet tried to explain the other name and it makes less sense: "The stage name "Paco" is a common Spanish diminutive for Francisco." Sure, okay. But the dude's name is Ulises? Why are we talking about Francisco? "The surname "Amoroso" means "amorous" or "loving" in Italian, Spanish, and Portuguese. While it's a play on his real last name, Guerriero, his chosen stage surname is a reference to a much-loved or affectionate person." How is that a play on his real last name? WTF are you talking about?
They apparently did a Tiny Desk in 2024 that went viral and helped them gain global recognition. They will be opening for Kendrick Lamar - which really seems like a bummer for the audience who wants to see Kendrick rap and then have to sit through this mess instead?
Okay, actually, that is pretty enjoyable. Even if I have no idea what they are singing about, the Tiny Desk, muted vibe is much better than the normal stuff. Especially when the band goes wild with those horns and whatnot.
Years of singles, followed finally by 2024's Baño Maria. I thought a bano was a bathroom, which made me think that they were calling poor Maria a bathroom with that album title. But Google Translate is telling me it means "double boiler"? Really? Weird. Their 2025 album named PAPOTA has four regular songs and then five recorded from that Tiny Desk show. Trying to keep the NPR crowd in their streams!
Top track is "DUMBAI" from that 2024 album. 44.1 million streams.
Meh. Not my thing at all.
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