Bands of Enchantment
Girl Ultra
Season 3 Episode 10 | 27m 46sVideo has Closed Captions
Mexico City’s Girl Ultra is an undeniable talent.
Singing lush, tender, R&B steeped in sensuality and caressed by slippery Latin, hip-hop, and jazz beats, Mexico City’s Girl Ultra is an undeniable talent. Her 2019's "Dame Love" (featuring Cuco) netted over a million-and-a-half views during its first two weeks and her irresistible set on NPR’s Tiny Desk Concert pulls you in and leaves wanting more. She lights the stage on fire and is proudly our s
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Bands of Enchantment is a local public television program presented by NMPBS
Bands of Enchantment
Girl Ultra
Season 3 Episode 10 | 27m 46sVideo has Closed Captions
Singing lush, tender, R&B steeped in sensuality and caressed by slippery Latin, hip-hop, and jazz beats, Mexico City’s Girl Ultra is an undeniable talent. Her 2019's "Dame Love" (featuring Cuco) netted over a million-and-a-half views during its first two weeks and her irresistible set on NPR’s Tiny Desk Concert pulls you in and leaves wanting more. She lights the stage on fire and is proudly our s
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(dramatic rock music) - [Presenter] "Bands of Enchantment, Albuquerque Sessions filmed live at the KiMo Theatre in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
(dramatic rock music) (audience cheering) Tonight's band, from Mexico City, Mexico Girl Ultra (audience cheering) (dramatic rock music) -[Ken] Give it up for Girl Ultra!
(audience applauding) Hey everybody!
(audience applauding) Yeah!
[In Spanish] Go Albuquerque, Go Mexico!
(audience applauding) [In English] I want to see you having a good time [Singing in Spanish] You know that I know you better than others can tell And I really don t know where I m keeping us when you re gone.
To love you is hard.
But comes to me naturally.
You know I would be capable of mess it all.
The things no one else sees.
What we do, that no one else sees.
It s violent times.
To love each other secretly.
Friends see when we burn silently.
It s our time to lose and for our picture to be taken.
To love you is hard.
But I don t want to keep silent.
You know I am capable of mess it all up.
Those things no one else sees.
Things we do no one else sees.
It s violent times.
To love each other secretly.
Those things no one else sees.
Things we do no one else sees.
It s violent times.
To love each other secretly.
(audience cheering and applause) (audience cheering and applause) [Spoken, in Spanish] Thank you.
(audience cheering and applause) [Spoken, in English] This next song is about love and lust in Mexico City.
(audience cheering and applause) [Singing, in Spanish] Careful waking up in the crazy people s jungle, we are not alone We are not alone.
My legs want to run away from the concrete.
To the place where for one last time I loved you so much.
So, so, so much.
I try hard, to return to the sea.
And comb your hair with my fingers, in silence see you inside.
Be inside.
Careful waking up in the crazy people s jungle, we are not alone We are not alone.
Careful waking up in the crazy people s jungle, we are not alone We are not alone.
Silence.
It s what I need to love you.
I almost forget the taste.
Turn off the sirens.
And the screams outside.
That won t let me listen to<br/> my voice in your waves, and the noise of the bed when you are inside.
You are inside.
Careful waking up in the crazy people s jungle, we are not alone We are not alone.
Careful waking up in the crazy people s jungle, we are not alone We are not alone.
(audience applauding) [Spoken, in Spanish] Thank you!
[Mariana] This is how you apprec Frederico s work in my opinon [Mariana] I really love like the you picture like working class little moments.
I m very far away from home right now I just feel very close [Frederico] How long have you been performing?
- For like 8 years now -8 Years?
- Yeah It s hard to just like, keep the pace.
The little things sometimes like this Kind of remind me of that initial like chispa - [Frederico] Chispa, yeah.
That s nice.
- [Ken] What was your spark to get into music?
- [Mariana] I feel like it was through my dad and his enjoyment of music.
He s not a musician or anything.
He s a dentist.
He paints as well.
Like, I come from a family of dentists and painters.
I don t know I just feel like um, like an ignition within music at a very young age.
[Singing, in Spanish] Wild love no one ties it down.
Perfumes the streets, with no name, no course Wild love no one ties it down.
Leaves its trace, night time traveller.
[Singing, in English] Love Brand new love Love Brand new love -[Saul] The acoustic here is beautiful.
- [Mariana] It just lifts you up, yeah.
-[Saul] It s amazing.
Then where are you going to take me, Albuquerque?
Where s the after-party?
[Singing, in Spanish] To fall in love, it s a modern danger.
It s not like before, it s another time.
I make up a thousand names for you.
Faces and voices I wasn t born to fall in love.
What a mess Ooh-ooh I wasn t born to fall in love.
What a mess Ooh-ooh I wasn t born for love.
I ll whisper it to you So the neighbors won t hear us.
Love is out of fashion.
F*** drug-love.
F*** that s***.
No one taught me to love.
No one taught me to love.
Ooh-ooh No one taught me to love.
I wasn t born to fall in love.
What a mess Ooh-ooh I wasn t born to fall in love.
What a mess Ooh-ooh I wasn t born to fall in love.
Modern danger It s not like before, it s another time.
I make up a thousand names for you.
Faces and names.
[Spoken, in English] Give it up for Shao!
Ooh-ooh And Sammy on the drums!
(audience applause) [Singing, in Spanish] I wasn t born to fall in love.
What a mess Ooh-ooh I wasn t born to fall in love.
What a mess Ooh-ooh I wasn t born to fall in love.
What a mess I wasn t born to fall in love.
[Spoken, in English] Okay, let s bond.
Keep it going.
Albuquerque!
You got it.
You got it, I know that you got it.
You get this, Albuquerque.
On the count of three, let s dance.
Just a little bit.
1-2-3, go!
Alright!
(audience applauding) (audience applauding) [Spoken, in Spanish] Thank you.
[Singing, in Spanish] I fall in love with jazz.
-[Mariana] Which one is your favorite part?
-[Frederico, in Spanish] I like everything.
-[Mariana, in Spanish] Everything?
-[Frederico, in English] Your music, when you sing, the passion that goes into creating something, each one has a little struggle to it -[Ken] It s the same question to you.
-[Mariana] It s impossible to say.
I can choose one per day.
It changes.
-[Ken] Yeah, sure.
[Singing, in Spanish] Wild love, no one ties it down.
Leaves its trail, night time traveller.
[Singing, in English] Love Brand new love -[Frederico] I taught fresco to young artists and one young man says Mr. Vigil, how much do they pay you an hour?
and I says You know what, if you have to worry about that, you better find another job.
[Everyone laughs] -[Frederico] How do you count hours?
You just- -[Mariana] Time streches [Frederico laughs] whenever you re working in somethng that you like sometimes it s heavier than other times I feel like that s creation.
Just like, time bending.
(speaking inaudible} [Singing, in Spanish] The sun is so pretty, your skin.
-[Ken] People ask, like what genre?
Do you find that sometimes?
People like, people putting things in boxes?
Yeah.
I mean I feel like it s easier for everybody to just like tag stuff.
-[Ken] Yeah.
It s just too much information going on in the world.
I like to do that sometimes um, but then it s just like I just allow myself to take it wherever it has to go.
I m just like the vessel.
It s just more enjoyable that way.
-[Saul] We are definitely having a good time and it s an honor to be here.
-[Mariana] Feels like home, and having Frederico s blessing with the mural and everything it just feels holy.
-[Ken] Beautiful.
[Singing, in English] Love Brand new love -[Mariana] We re just like closing our tour and just like finishing in this kind of, like bonding, self aware moment, it s to be remembered.
Brand new love (audience applauding) [Spoken, in Spanish] One more and we ll see?
[Spoken, in English] One more and we ll see?
(audience applauding) Let s slow it down.
Keep it sexy, keep it cute.
(audience cheers) This song is called DameLove [backing track, in English] So, yeah.
You should come through.
Like, I m in the mood for some Jack-in-the-box [Spoken, in Spanish] We could smoke, [Spoken, in English] Or maybe we could like Watch the Simsons or whatever The Simsons or whatever [Mariana, in English] Whatever she said.
(slow etheral music plays) (music speeds up) [Singing, in English] I won t tell you twice, amor Feelings always come and go<br/> [Singing, in Spanish] If you have it give it to me.
Give me love, give me love.
[Singing, in English] I won t tell you twice, amor Feelings always come and go<br/> [Singing, in Spanish] If you have it give it to me.
Give me love, give me love.
[Singing, in English] There s something about you, something There s something There s something about you, something, There s something [Singing, in Spanish] Waiting so long.
To become more than friends, I m not lying Seated in the living room with you.
Searching for the appropriate time.
So close but so far.
Wanting our bodies to touch Your face against my breast.
Dense smoke floating slowly [Singing, in English] I won t tell you twice, amor Feelings always come and go<br/> [Singing, in Spanish] If you have it give it to me.
Give me love, give me love.
[Singing, in English] I won t tell you twice, amor Feelings always come and go<br/> [Singing, in Spanish] If you have it give it to me.
Give me love, give me love.
[Singing, in English] There s something about you, something There s something There s something about you, something, There s something Ooh, aah.
Ooh, aah.
Ooh, aah.
Ooh, aah.
Ooh, aah.
Ooh, aah.
[Singing, in English] Who are you?
Why are you making me feel like I m walking on clouds I ve been feeling so alone an I know that I want you around [Singing, in Spanish] So close but so far.
Slowly I come closer My hand against your breast.
The smoke covering the sky.
[Singing, in English] I won t tell you twice, amor Feelings always come and go<br/> [Singing, in Spanish] If you have it give it to me.
Give me love, give me love.
[Singing, in English] I won t tell you twice, amor Feelings always come and go<br/> [Singing, in Spanish] If you have it give it to me.
Give me love, give me love.
[Singing, in English] There s something about you, something There s something There s something about you, something, There s something Ooh, aah.
Ooh, aah.
Ooh, aah.
Ooh, aah.
Ooh, aah.
Ooh, aah.
(whistling a tune) (whistling a tune) (whistling a tune) [Spoken, in Spanish] Thank you!
(Audience applause) [Spoken, in English] Usually, in my live shows, I bring people up because I feel kinda lonely.
So, would you be down to join me?
(Audience applause) In here.
Like, come close.
Yes!
I think we can fit in here!
[Audience member, in Spanish] Morena Mia please!
Okay!
(Audience applause) Okay!
Alright, here we go!
[Singing, in Spanish] My brunette, I ll count to ten.
One is the sun that brightens, two are your leading legs, It s three of us in your bed My brunette, fourth comes afterwards.
Five your continents, Six the half days of my warmth in-between I m still counting.
Good, good, good.
My brunette seven are the sins, I add to eight Nine the ones I charge you more than ten I have felt And on my part, about art, What you give me, give me good.
A bit like this and a bit, to whom?
When your mouth, touches me, turns me on and I want Bites me and obliterates me Always a bit, move well, Because no one knows how to make coffe like you Precious brunette, you kill me once and again.
Let s go to hell perhaps it s not eternal.
Easy and good, nice, because no one makes coffee like you When your mouth, touches me, turns me on and I want Bites me and obliterates me Always a bit, move well, Because no one knows how to make coffe like you Good, good, good.
My brunette if this isn t happiness, let God come down and see it.
And even if he doesn t believe it, this is glory.
And on my part, about art what you give me, give me good.
A bit like this and a bit, to whom?
When your mouth, touches me, turns me on and I want Bites me and obliterates me Always a bit, move well, Because no one knows how to make coffe like you Precious brunette, you kill me once and again.
Let s go to hell perhaps it s not eternal.
Easy and good, nice, because no one makes coffee like you Easy and good, nice, because no one makes coffee like you When your mouth, touches me, turns me on and I want Bites me and obliterates me Always a bit, move well, Because no one knows how to make coffe like you (vocalizing) Ooh (audience applause) Good, good, good.
(vocalizing) (audience applause) [Speaking, in Spanish] Thank you!
(audience applause) (mysterious music)
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