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\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPhotograph by JES\u00daS SOTO FUENTES<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\tThat need to build community, especially within the Venezuelan diaspora, runs throughout the whole album. Here, Danny not only opens his creative space; he shares it. In each song, there\u2019s a gesture of generosity, of giving voice to other perspectives, of multiplying in more tones. \u201cWhat I take away from this isn\u2019t just artistic, it\u2019s human. Getting to know the person. That\u2019s the real collaboration.\u201d Babylon Club <\/em>sounds like a club, like a gathering of friends who understand each other without talking too much.<\/p>\n\n\tThere\u2019s an invisible thread uniting everything Danny Ocean has done: Venezuela. It might not be obvious in every song, but it\u2019s always there, like a background vibration. On Babylon Club<\/em>, that bond is stronger than ever. Even though the album is full of colors, beaches, and danceable sounds, there\u2019s a deep nostalgia underneath. That kind of nostalgia is deeply felt by those who left, who miss, who sing with their bodies in Miami or Mexico City, but with their soul in Caracas.<\/p>\n\n\tDanny is part of a generation that emigrated en masse, pushed out by a political, social, and economic crisis that forced him to leave behind his country, his friends, his childhood, everything. And although his music has reached millions, the pain of not being able to sing in Venezuela remains a void that no sold-out show can fill.<\/p>\n
\n\tHe says this without resentment \u2014 not from a place of anger, but from the conviction that being Venezuelan an identity and a mission. Every time he sings, he sings for those who stayed, for those who left, for those still resisting. That\u2019s why he chooses his words so carefully and why he takes such care in what he stands for. \u201cIf it were up to me, I would have stayed a songwriter. But what drives me is something external: Venezuela. I run away from that and disconnect myself from the universe.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\tIn a Latin American scene where immediacy often erases history, Danny insists on carrying the weight of his country. Babylon Club <\/em>is also that: a party album born out of mourning. In the end, the life that Danny tells \u2014 through rhythms, breezes and beats \u2014 is the life of thousands of Venezuelans who left.<\/p>\n\n\tBefore he became a global star, he was a graphic designer. From cover art to videos, wardrobe, colors, live show aesthetics, and promotional cuts, Danny is involved in everything. \u201cI went to Madrid to sit down with the video editor. I said, \u2018I want to see all the shots, let\u2019s put everything together.\u2019 It\u2019s my name on the cover, and if you don\u2019t put 110 percent into it, no one\u2019s going to do it for you,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n
\n\tA video that accompanies the album plays like a short film. Starring Mar\u00eda Gabriela de Far\u00eda (Superman<\/em>) and Christian McGaffney (Sim\u00f3n<\/em>), it tells the story of a group of friends \u2014 exiled, hard-working, exhausted \u2014 that reunite once a year at the beach. It\u2019s a story that reflects the reality of the Venezuelan migrant, which can feel fragmented, scattered around the world, yet deeply connected by memory and the desire to reconnect.<\/p>\n\n
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\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPhotograph by JES\u00daS SOTO FUENTES<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\tThe aesthetic is defined by golden sand, green jungle, and turquoise water. Danny chooses to relate from a place of emotional simplicity, with the warmth of the tropics as a kind of spiritual refuge. \u201cI wanted to convey that feeling of escaping in order to reconnect. Sometimes, when you emigrate, you only think about surviving. And you forget to live,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n
\n\tBabylon Club<\/em> isn\u2019t just something you hear. You see it. You feel it. Throughout the interview, Danny keeps repeating one word: genuine. \u201cTo do something I\u2019m not comfortable with, it\u2019s just not me. I\u2019ve always been that way. My team knows that. I have no problem saying no,\u201d he says. \u201cI don\u2019t like talking about ego in songs. That\u2019s not my flow. Music is spiritual. It\u2019s for connecting, not for bragging.\u201d<\/p>\n\n
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\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPhotograph by JES\u00daS SOTO FUENTES<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\tWhat\u2019s most impressive is that Danny never sounds rigid. On the contrary, his music is flexible, curious, and playful. He risks making salsa without being a salsa expert, explores merenguet\u00f3n, flirts with the sugariest pop. \u201cWhat I take away the most from this is that I\u2019ve done it for fun. I never left behind the kid who gets excited doing things for the first time,\u201d he says, smiling.<\/p>\n
\n\tSomething he has learn over the years is that music that truly connects can\u2019t be fabricated. Some artists spend their entire career chasing a hit. Danny Ocean, on the other hand, got his too soon. His first song \u201cMe Reh\u00faso,\u201d from 2018, went viral and catapulted him to the top of Latin music. In the beginning, he started in his bedroom with a laptop, a quiet studio where he could make music without exposing himself. He was shy, and it was hard to imagine himself in front of a crowd. \u201cMe Reh\u00fas\u201d\u2019 pushed him out into the world. But when a debut is that massive, a question inevitably follows: How do you live with a song so big?<\/p>\n
\n\tDanny doesn\u2019t hide from the answer. \u201cDo I think there\u2019s ever going to be another song like \u2018Me Reh\u00faso?\u2019 Of course, I think about it. But I\u2019m at peace with it. If that was the song, my song, then so be it. I\u2019m not going to fight the wind.\u201d<\/p>\n
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\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPhotograph by JES\u00daS SOTO FUENTES<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\tThat shows maturity. Danny understands what \u201cMe Reh\u00faso\u201d meant, not only for his career, but for thousands of people who found in it a way to express the separation, the pain, and the hope of migration. It was a love song, yes, but also a song of rupture with a country, with a previous life. It was a farewell disguised as a pop song, a protest with an electronic base.<\/p>\n
\n\tToday, years later, Danny sings it without cynicism. He is not one of those artists who deny their early success. \u201cI\u2019m very grateful for how things went. I\u2019m not going to get into that \u2018I don\u2019t want to sing it\u2019 nonsense,\u201d he says. In Babylon Club,<\/em> there\u2019s a sense of reconciliation with that past. Danny no longer sings from the vertigo of having blown up overnight. It\u2019s no longer just about hits, but about creating an experience. That\u2019s why he\u2019s put together a solid band, with musicians like \u00c1lvaro, from Bogot\u00e1 \u2014whom he calls \u201cthe mastermind\u201d behind the sequences\u2014 and Mauri, his accomplice in the show\u2019s execution. Together, they\u2019ve crafted a live show that flees from pre-recorded tracks and embraces spontaneity and human energy. \u201cThe band gives you those crescendos, those dips, those moments of improvisation. It\u2019s not the same with a track. It\u2019s real, human communication,\u201d Danny explains.<\/p>\n\n\n \t\tTrending Stories<\/p>\n<\/h2>\n<\/section>\n
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\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPhotograph by JES\u00daS SOTO FUENTES<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\tDanny approaches the live show like an emotional puzzle. It\u2019s not just about which song to play, but how to make it work in that space, with that audience, with that vibe. Some songs shine in the studio, but need some tweaking to really hit home in a live performance. For him, the challenge is transforming each track without losing its essence. \u201cSometimes there are magical songs in the studio that don\u2019t resonate the same live. You have to find the angle. Maybe it\u2019s acoustic. Maybe it comes from another place. But it has to connect with me,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n
\n\tAfter all, Danny Ocean is still Daniel, the guy who made beats in his bedroom, who studied graphic design, who dreamed up a place called Babylon Club <\/em>without even knowing it. Today, he has millions of listeners, a global career, and a message that represents an entire diaspora. But he hasn\u2019t lost the thread of what brought him here. Sometimes he can get lost between dates, commitments, and decisions. But he\u2019s learned to let go, to look back with gratitude, and to honor his journey without obsessing over what\u2019s next. His mission, he says, is simple: To make room for those who come after. \u201cSometimes you can go crazy with so many details. But you have to learn to let go, enjoy it, look back and be thankful. That\u2019s what I\u2019m holding on to: never stop having fun. Always stay true to myself.\u201d<\/p>\n\n
PRODUCTION CREDITS<\/p>\n
Creative Director & Photographer JES\u00daS SOTO FUENTES<\/strong>. Executive Production ALEJANDRO ORTIZ<\/strong>. Videography, Editing, Color Editing MANUEL G\u00d3MEZ GONZ\u00c1LEZ<\/strong>. Stylist Director JORDAN P\u00c9REZ & LUI<\/strong>. General Production DANIELA GARC\u00cdA<\/strong>. Director of Photography MARCO ORNELAS<\/strong>. Photography Assistants MARCO ORNELAS & MANUEL G\u00d3MEZ<\/strong>. Makeup and Hair LUZ GONZ\u00c1LEZ<\/strong>. Stylist Assistants ISABELLA WILSON & ALEXA MANCILLA<\/strong>. Production Assistants DIDIER MOLINA<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nSource link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"D anny Ocean is at a strange moment. He has just released the most tropical and accessible album of his career, but also the…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":44494,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-44493","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latin","article","has-excerpt","has-avatar","has-author","has-date","has-comment-count","has-category-meta","has-read-more","thumbnail-"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44493","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44493"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44493\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/44494"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44493"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44493"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44493"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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