Initially starting her career in earnest back in 2015 under the name Cristina E, emerging Miami-based Latin music artist CENCA released her debut single “Recommitted,” before joining a local band by the name of Lovechild. After a four year stint as Lovechild’s frontperson, CENCA decided to step out into the spotlight as a solo artist.
As a solo artist, the emerging Miami-based artist found and gradually transitioned to a new sound that features elements of Reggaeton, Latin pop and Afrobeats. CENCA’s latest single “Tequila” is a buoyant, sultry and summery bop that reveals a grown and sexy, club and lounge friendly quality — but as the Miami-based artist explains, the song is anchored around a defiantly feminist anthem, featuring a message about freedom and inner strength.
“‘Tequila’ is a song that reflects the struggle to free oneself from a dead-end relationship and find the courage to go against the current.” The song encourages the listener to trust themselves, recognize that they’re enough and leave anything behind that no longer serves them. And the song also encourages the listener to have the courage and clear-headedness to see dysfunctional and repetitive cycles and to break them, in order to achieve significant change.
Directed by Andre Nagle, the accompanying video for “Tequila” sees CENCA recognizing that she’s in a dead-end, dysfunctional relationship and finding the courage to leave it for the comfort, emotional sustenance and support of her friends.
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