“Creating a song with Juanes that celebrates our roots and Christmas traditions is really cool,” says Castro
Ryan Castro and Juanes are kicking off the holiday season with some classic chucu chucu dance moves. On Thursday night, the pair of stars linked up for “El Chucu Chucu,” a dancey track that hears the Colombian legend and reggaetonero take it back to the Seventies.
“December without Richy is not December!” joked Ryan Castro about his alter ego, which comes out during the holidays. (He’s known for bringing the character out for songs at the end of each year.) “Get ready to dance ‘El Chucu Chucu’ with your tías and the whole block!”
“Creating a song with Juanes that celebrates our roots and Christmas traditions is really cool,” he added. “Long live Colombia!”
The video is filmed like a classic family party — vintage camera and all — as Richy and Juanes (jokingly named Toño in the video) celebrate a Colombian family party. Food, drinks, gifts, balloons, and Jesus-themed party favors decorate the silly video.
“In 1967, Pedro Jairo Garcés released his album Playa Brisa y Mar, a classic of the paisa chucuchucu sound,” Juanes said. “I love that so many years later we can come out with this beastly chucuchucu to move to on the dancefloor. I thank Ryan Castro for the invitation and the interest in rescuing this Christmas tradition and this genre of our roots.”
So far, Castro has released several holiday singles from his Ricky alter ego: 2021’s “Mijeriego,” 2022’s “La Garrafa,” and 2023’s “Ricky el Pichón” and “El Bote.” This year, Castro released his third LP, El Cantante del Ghetto, in May. Juanes’ last album, Vida Cotidiana, dropped in 2023.
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