| "Bailando" | ||||
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| Single byRouge | ||||
| Released | February 4, 2018 (2018-02-04) | |||
| Recorded | November 13, 2017 (2017-11-13) | |||
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| Length | 2:48 | |||
| Label | Sony Music | |||
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| Producer | Umberto Tavares[2] | |||
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| "Bailando" onYouTube | ||||
Bailando (transl. Dancing) is a song by the Braziliangirl groupRouge, released as the group's first return single on February 4, 2018, and is distributed bySony Music. The song was recorded on the night of the 13th at dawn on November 14, 2017, and was composed and produced by Umberto Tavares and Jefferson Junior, with additions in the composition of the memberFantine Thó. "Bailando" is the first single from Rouge since 2005 (the last being "O Amor é Ilusão") and the first with its original line up since 2003 (when "Vem Cair na Zueira" was released, being the last single counting with memberLuciana Andrade).
"Bailando" is a song that derives from the stylespop anddancehall, counting on strong elements ofLatin pop.Musical Criticism defined the song as a new dance hit and emphasized the song's chorus. To promote the song, the group performed for the first time onGlobo TV on the "Ding Dong" panel of theDomingão do Faustão TV show on February 4, 2018. Themusic video, directed by the pair of directors Os Primos, was released right after the song is played, counting more than 1 million views in less than 24 hours. In the music video, the group appears using three different costumes, besides the members appear amid the effects ofLED lights interspersing with a choreography done by the choreographer of the group. The group performed the song for the first time on the show inFlorianópolis, on February 9, which is part of the15 Anos Tour.
After the release of the third and final single from the group's secondstudio album,C'est La Vie (2003), the song "Vem Cair na Zueira" in November 2003, rumors that memberLuciana Andrade would leave the group started to appear in the media.[3] On February 11, 2004, the news was confirmed and Luciana left the group.[4] The group also released two albums between 2004 and 2005 with the remaining four members, and by the end of 2005 several media reported that the group would split the following year.[5] In December 2005, the group officially announced its end.[6] In 2012 rumors surfaced that the group would meet again, after a social networking move calling for the return of the Rouge, with the band's former music producerRick Bonadio, who would use the premiere of his show,Fábrica de Estrelas, in theMultishow, to bring them together.[7] In 2013, the group met briefly - without Luciana again - to record two new songs.[8] Due to bureaucratic issues, the singers did not go on tour - as promised - and the meeting ended only with the participation in the reality musical and two songs that ended up not being worked and released commercially.[9] In 2016, the four members met for a return attempt,[9][10] but the meeting was only held in mid-2017, when actor and manager Pablo Falcão, organizer of the "Tea of Alice" party, contact with the five members to carry out a commemorative edition of the party.[11]
After the invitation accepted, on September 12, 2017, it was announced that the group was back with the five members to hold the commemorative shows.[12] Then, after the success of the concerts held together with the "Tea of Alice", the group announced exclusively to the magazineContigo!, who would definitely be back, announcing a tour for the year 2018, in addition to the release of a new DVD.[13] In parallel to this, Pablo Falcão officially became the group's manager, announcing also recording new songs.[11] On November 10, 2017, the Rouge team confirmed toPopLine that the group would release a new single as early as 2017 and that the title of the song would be "Bailando."[14] Weeks later, in an interview withJornal do Commercio, Pablo confirmed that the song would be released in January 2018, and that themusic video for the song would be recorded in December.[11] On November 13, 2017, the group entered the studio to record the song.[15] On December 1, 2018, in an interview withPopLine, the singers revealed that composer and music producer Umberto Tavares had written "Bailando."[16] Although promising the song for January, Pablo said that the song would be released before thecarnival of 2018, without giving further details, although he promised that the song would be released in national network.[17]
On January 29, 2018, the cover of the single was released, showing each of the five members wearing a windbreaker of each fluorescent color, with the title scratched above their heads, as well as square fluorescent scratches around them. The photo was made by Rodolfo Magalhães and the cover art by Hugo Pontes.[18] On the same day, a "pre-save" was initiated in the service of streamingSpotify, besides the group to have summoned the main vehicles of the press for a meeting inSão Paulo to show the track and to grant interviews to promote the new work.[18] On February 4, 2018, the song was leaked on the internet, in bad quality.[19] On the same day, Pablo published a music video teaser on his Instagram page with the caption: "Leaked, right? Wait!".[20] On February 4, 2018, "Bailando" was released, becoming the debut song with the original line-up since 2003.[21]
"Bailando" was composed by Umberto Tavares, Jefferson Junior andFantine Thó, and was produced by Tavares.[22] The song was given to the girls by Tavares, and when they arrived at the studio, they decided to tinker with the intention of adding more substance, with unpublished verses written by Fantine.[23] According to her, "we add" the energy of sound has power, comes that everything can happen, being happy is allowed, comes here that the world is colored. "Composition is a continuous attempt and a continuous process of maturing to be able to say and find the words that translate what is really in our heart ... our dream of unity, acceptance, peace, understanding can not stop."[23]
"Bailando" is apop anddancehall song with strong elements ofLatin pop,[24] which had already been confirmed by the memberLi Martins, who added: "We always work a lot with Latin because it was kind of an identity of ours. that, with a new job, it could not be different.We needed to print this in this new work".[17] Producer Umberto Tavares, in an interview withBillboardBrasil, explained:" I wanted to bring their identity. I wish I did not stay away from what people keep from them in remembrance". [...] "I knew their discography and this relationship with theSpanish was marked in my mind".[24]
The editors of the newspaperCorreio said that the song "has a Latin footprint and a remarkable refrain, as well as the band's biggest success in the "Ragatanga" in the 2000s".[25] Already the writing of theIBahia called the song of "a new dance hit and with a Latin hint."[26] Leonan Oliveira of theShow Livre defined "Bailando" as a song "lively and [that] mixes expressions in Spanish with Portuguese - a characteristic that has always been with the girlband."[27] The Southern radio FM website has emphasized the fact that the song has a "chewing gum refrain."[28]
The music was officially launched worldwide for online retailers and broadcasting services bydigital download andstemming on February 4, 2018.[29][2]
Recorded at dawn on January 13, 2018, in the city ofSão Paulo, themusic video of the song was directed by the pair The Primos, and has choreography by Rômulo Morada.[28] The video was released on February 4, 2018, on the group's official channel onVevo andYouTube, where, on the first night of the release, the video reached more than 120,000 views and topped the charts in addition to have reached more than 1 million views in less than 24 hours.[30] The video brings the group using three different costumes and "shows choreographed members and playing with the effects of productionLED lights."[27]
On February 1, 2018, dancer Camila Hindi posted a photo with Rômulo Morada, the group's choreographer, on the same day as the recording of the "Ding Dong" painting of theDomingão do Faustão TV show in herInstagram stories.[31] In the picture, the presenter gathers personalities in a musical fortune-telling contest, where the artist responsible for the song 'secret' presents itself. "Ragatanga" was the song chosen to be guessed. After talking toFausto Silva and singing "Um Anjo Veio Me Falar" at the chapel, the group made the first performance of "Bailando", in addition to performing atGlobo TV, for the first time.[31] TheHashtag #RougeNoFaustão tag ranked first in trend topics in Brazil with more than 34,100 tweets onTwitter, and the audience of the show has increased its audience by 20% over the previous four weeks.[32] The previous day, during the dawn of February 3, 2018, during the15 Anos Tour inBelo Horizonte,Minas Gerais, the member of the groupKarin Hils sang an excerpt from the song, amid fans' requests.[33] On February 7, 2018, the group announced that "Bailando" would be part of the soundtrack of the filmPeter Rabbit, a film where the group will perform a dubbing of the film, as well as singing threePortuguese versions of songs of thesoundtrack.[34] The song was included in the Rouge 15 Anos tour for the first time on February 9, 2018, at the show inFlorianópolis, entitled to a bis with the red body used in the music video.[32]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Bailando" |
| 2:48 |
| 2. | "Bailando (Peter Rabbit (film version))" |
| 2:48 |
Credits adapted fromTidal.[22]
| Region | Date | Label | Format | Ref. |
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| Brazil | February 4, 2018 (2018-02-04) | Sony Music | Digital download | [35] |
