Half a year After releasing her seventh album, All newborns screamSt. Vincent re-recorded the vocals entirely in Spanish for the re-release titled We are all fineThe first single is a remake of “Broken Man” titled “Hombre Roto”, which maintains the despair and panic in the English version. The full album will be released on November 15.
The artist, who goes by her real name Annie Clark, worked on the Spanish translations of each track with Alan del Rio Ortiz, whom she describes as her best friend. Ortiz is a filmmaker who has directed music videos for Ice Cube, Elle Fanning, Maggie Rogers and Fetty Wap.
“Origins We are all fine “This can be traced back to some of the most memorable performances I’ve ever given, in Mexico, South America and most recently at Primavera Barcelona in 2023,” Clarke explained in a statement. “Despite being separated by time and geography, and across a variety of settings and venues, these crowds were united in their passion – singing every word of every song in perfect English. It was truly inspiring.
“Ultimately, I asked myself: If they can sing in a second or third language, why can’t I meet them halfway?” she continued. “So I enlisted my best friend and occasional co-worker Alan Del Rio Ortiz to work on translating these lyrics, tweaking them here and there for melodic reasons, and doing everything possible to stay true to the song at hand without sacrificing accuracy. After rewriting and re-singing every track on the album, the result was We are all fine“Equal parts labor of love and tribute to the people who inspired it.”
It is worth noting that this album is not the first time that St. Vincent has reworked one of her albums. In 2018, she released mass educationQuieter, piano-focused versions of the songs on her album. mass seduction The LP had been released the previous year.
It is also noteworthy how We are all fine The tradition of artists releasing albums in English and then releasing versions of the same songs entirely in Spanish continues. Over the years, Sting, David Lee Roth, and Christina Aguilera have re-released records in Spanish, and in 1999, Phil Collins re-released his song Tarzan The soundtrack is in Spanish (as well as French, German, and Italian). In 2021, Elvis Costello produced a compilation of every song from his album This year's model An album sung in Spanish by Juanes, Luis Fonsi, and others.
The Spanish-language album is a way for her to open up more than she already has on the album. Earlier this year, Clark said, Rolling Stone How she hid her identity less in the songs on All newborns scream“In previous recordings, I was very interested in the idea of character and symbolism,” she said. “I realized that I did that in my work because I’m gay. I knew that gender was a performance since I was a child. But this record isn’t about character or identity. It’s just about life and death and love, and how life is impossible in some ways but we live it.”
We are all fine Playlist:
1. “The Inferno is a Circus”
2. “Salvage”
3. “Roto Man”
4. “Bulga”
5. “Miro Ciro”
6. “Hard Times”
7. “Si fo la almond”
8. “Mas Dulce Fruit”
9. “Tantus Planetas”
10. “All Our People Are Gritty” (presented by Kate Le Bon)
