The singer-songwriter El David Aguilar presents his new single “Lumbre”, the third on the way to his most recent album project that will be released this year, and he does not do it alone, as he joins his voice with that of Jay de la Cueva in this song with seventies inspiration and that functions as a key point within the composer’s new creative stage.
In interview with Forbes Mexicoboth tell us in more detail about this collaboration, as well as what it seeks to convey and the process in which it was recorded.
The collaboration between El David Aguilar and Jay de la Cueva on “Lumbre” was born from creative naturalness rather than from prior planning, as both artists agreed that the meeting occurred organically, allowing the song to be built from intuition and musical affinity, rather than from an expectation of formal collaboration.
“It is the most organic collaboration I have ever had, in the sense that it is the result of a very natural coexistence there, at a party that we were in the context of spending a few days together, Jay and I with other friends (…) we are always sharing music, and in that context I showed them a song that was under construction,” Aguilar says about how it came about, adding that it was already in mind to invite De la Cueva in this project.
On that side, Jay agrees that everything happened “in a super natural way, as has also been our relationship, our brotherhood,” also commenting on his admiration for his fellow bandmate in The Guapos, noting that “there is always something nice to learn and I am always grateful that such a talented being and someone who inspires me a lot is in my life.”
“One of the many meeting points that David and I have is that, that we are at the service of music, at the service of songs and that has made us communicate in a deep and very honest way (…) David was showing me what he had been writing on the plane, like he had this idea and I had a portable keyboard and we started singing it, I said, this song fascinates me, I couldn’t imagine where it could take the direction,” says the former member of Moderado.
In the end, they point out, both agreed that this topic connected in a particular way with moments that they were both going through, and Aguilar pointed out that despite having a joint project and other individual projects, we always “try not to lose that human contact.”
“Lumbre”, beyond the musical aspect – which recalls seventies ballads – also raises an emotional reflection that is uncommon in contemporary discourse: the idea that asking for love is not an act of weakness or something that should be hidden.
“I think that the song can be seen as asking for love, but inside, it is a request and at the same time it is the manifestation of an initial feeling that ends up being seen as a cry for love,” says the Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter. “It appears (…) as a confession of something, of a thirst, which in this case is the thirst for passion, for love, to feel yourself, to close something that you have there.”
For both musicians, this notion continues to be a challenge in an era where vulnerability is often interpreted as fragility, and where expressing what one feels continues to be a pending learning process.
Likewise, he added that it is a passionate song from a perspective that has a closing of death, making the message go beyond love, feeling like “mystical or simply beyond.”
“I think it’s never wrong to ask for love, but you also have to know how to receive it, right?” Aguilera points out.
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A song that accompanies from vulnerability
The song is also positioned from a desire that does not seek balance or containment, but rather intensity. In contrast to many current proposals that rely on irony or emotional distance, “Lumbre” allows itself to inhabit emotion without filters.
From his perspective, singing again from that place is not only necessary, but almost urgent in a musical panorama that sometimes fears emotional honesty and, above all, is increasingly dominated by new technologies such as AI.
“There are different forms of expression and part of what is also beautiful is the diversity, the fact that there are different ways of being able to write or to be able to make music,” reflects De la Cueva, adding that, in the case of both, it is a space in which they come together. “Each form and each artist finds a different way of expressing themselves, of being able to communicate and, well, in this case (…) we are more in the artisanal intelligence of making a song, more than in a subject of artificial intelligence, I agree much more with the human.”
Finally, both El David Aguilar and Jay de la Cueva agreed that “Lumbre” aspires to accompany intimate moments in the life of those who listen to it. Rather than defining a specific context, both left the interpretation open, betting that the song finds its place in those moments where desire, nostalgia or longing need to be named.
“It’s good that in a lot of different moods, although the song has a melancholic quality, because suddenly the contrasts are interesting, as if friendly. Yes, I can imagine being on a road trip, for example, with a certain feeling of even ecstasy and listening to the song, sharing with friends,” Aguilera points out about its composition. “It is a song that gives room, that is open, I interpret it as open, I don’t think it is such a specific song.”
For his part, Jay de la Cueva agreed once again with his friend, pointing out that “it is something that has so much content for me and that this motif lends itself to different things. I really like something that makes me feel like the performance of love, that love can be in many forms, (…) but the song has been accompanying me since that day (when it was recorded) in many processes of high vulnerability, also of surprising me with the life of very beautiful moments and moments that are also vulnerable.”
Thus, “Lumbre” is presented as a piece that invites us to inhabit emotions without reservation and to recognize the strength that exists in vulnerability.
The union of El David Aguilar and Jay de la Cueva finds meaning in that emotional combustion that does not seek easy answers, but rather to accompany the listener in moments where feeling intensely is inevitable.
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