Yes, SebastianYatra is having a moment — and 'Encanto' is just the beginning.
he chose to submit the song he felt exemplified “the spirit of the movie” for official Oscars consideration, and that was"Dos Oruguitas."
While not anxious, Yatra is aware of the gravity of the moment. He says he has a “lot of respect” for the Academy Awards, and wants to get the performance right. Ahead of the performance, Yatra is working with his vocal coach in Colombia and perfecting his look for the big night. His plans to pay homage to his roots. “I want to represent my country, Colombia,” Yatra says.Yatra may be having a moment on the heels of “Encanto” and his collaboration with Legend, but he’s already a household name in his native Colombia and throughout Latin America.
From starring in a middle school production of “High School Musical,” Yatra realized that his love for acting and singing could actually become a career. In short, he found his calling. “I was like,After a brief stint at Boston University, Yatra moved back to Colombia with the intention of launching his career — and that, he did. In 2016, his song “Traicionera” became a hit, and he has had 18 songs ont since 2018, when his debut album"Mantra" came out.
Yatra doesn’t call the song a"remix." Instead, he describes it as a song for English speakers to enjoy and call their own. While it has the same feel-good, happy-go-lucky essence as the original, he says Legend brings something “so magical and different” to this song that it feels like a new single entirely. “It brings so much joy to the world,” he says.
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