Entre la numerosa población mexicana de Yakima Valley en el estado de Washington (EEUU), hay una gran afición general a la música tradicional de su país, lo que se denomina hoy el género regional mexicano. You could say that music is in the air there, a fundamental part of life in the community. Two young siblings, Mando and Jairo Martínez, inspired by some of their musician relatives, got good at their guitar playing, and decided to form a band. They called themselves Esencia Privada. Soon after, their then 13-year-old sister Yahritza surprised everyone in the family with her vocal talents, and the two musical siblings became three. Now they were Yahritza Y Su Esencia.
Yahritza Y Su Esencia became viral when they posted on TikTok a video of themselves playing Soy el único, a song Yahritza wrote when she was 13.
Soy el único es una balada de ruptura amorosa - it’s a break-up ballad. Yahritza, a sus 13 años, nunca había experimentado una ruptura amorosa. La cantante se inspiró en vídeos de TikTok donde chicos y chicas jóvenes hablaban de sus amores y desamores. Concretamente, escuchó a alguien decir la frase “no encontrarás a alguien mejor que yo” - ‘you won’t find anyone better than me’ -, and that phrase gave her the idea for the song.
Soy el único pronto se convirtió en el primer gran éxito del grupo. Este mismo mes de septiembre, los tres hermanos Martínez han recibido un Disco de Oro en México por la canción y uno de Diamante en los Estados Unidos. El vídeo oficial en YouTube lleva ya más de 81 millones de reproducciones… And counting.
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