3 | 03/03/2021 – 14:29 (GMT-4)
With only 4,500 likes and 48,135 likes on YouTube, the song from Raul Torres “Homeland or death for life” seems doomed, despite the author’s attempt to reverse the trend by reproducing a post – it has already been deleted – in which appreciations for the subject were requested.
Sunk in less than 72 hours, the response of the cultural bureaucracy that tried to face success “Homeland and life“, was hit by a series of comments and reactions that demonstrate the degree of unpopularity of the initiative.
“Friends, I invite you to support Raúl Torres’ song, to like it on YouTube. Homeland or Death for Life, ”he asked official journalist and investigator Raúl Antonio Capote Fernández through your Facebook account.
The post – already deleted – was reproduced by the singer-songwriter on his Facebook page, highlighting the need for help from people with the same idea, such as Capote and his nearly five thousand friends on the social network, to try to revive a shameful public product the opinion rejected for servile, manipulative and, above all, of a terrible artistic quality.
“Hood, damn it! There’s no way you’re going to like that, man, “a user commented to the journalist from Granma and collaborator of Cuban which was mobilized to try to minimize the damage and correct the course towards the rock, which seems inevitable and which is strengthened as the ruling party waves more.
Transformed into a loyal troubadour of continuity, Raúl Torres quickly jumped to defend the “counter-revolutionary” attack of popular artists Yotuel, The people in the area, Descemer Okay, Maykel Osorbo Yes Funky, which -with them Homeland and life– They have caused an unprecedented phenomenon in Cuban society and moved the regime’s council to world public opinion.
With a repertoire that includes numerous songs commissioned by the Cuban leadership, Torres urgently set to music a poem of his with stanzas like this: mortgage your time / Because the Revolution / May has more than 62 millennia “.
Failed to music and lyrics, Torres theme it sparked a rain of memes and critical comments from users of the social networks in which they were revealed. Compared to the mysterious sound attacks on embassies, the song was ridiculed and the classic Creole choteo. “Achievement as original as a CDR guard,” one affected commenter, while another thought, “I’d rather be deaf than listen to this m … again.”
The official platform Cubadebate, in charge of promoting the song, is not at the best level. Just like the official media that came out to counter the effect Homeland and life with messages that do not match a growing number of Cubans, Cubadebate He is responsible for one of the biggest fiascos in the Cuban regime’s propaganda communication.
This Wednesday, the site the publication of the survey has disappeared that it realized the public’s perception of the implementation of the so-called “command task” in the face of negative user feedback and the results of the survey itself. The unpopularity of monetary unification and that of the subject “Homeland or death for life” undoubtedly marked the coverage of the news of this environment.
In the meantime, Homeland and life It is now approaching 3 million views and has provoked many enthusiastic reactions on and off the island. Yotuel’s proposal to remix the song once the number of views has been reached seems like a better promotional strategy than the sad call to like the lamp of a regime that overshadows the common affinity of Cubans: music.
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