The singer Romeo Santos started this Friday afternoon the video clip from his single “mother-in-law‘, a visual work that pays homage to the late comedian and singer Luisito Martin and be Balbuena characterin a fun video in which the city participates bull 47 and with an unexpected ending.
The mother-in-law is recreated by the very first actress and singer Cecilia Garcia. She represents them mother-in-law that she doesn’t want to know anything about her daughter’s boyfriend and prefers a better match.
The Bachatero reacted with this clip and “sang” it to him National Public Entertainment and Radiophony Commission (CNEPR), which, through Resolution No. 001/2023, prohibits the dissemination of “mother-in-law“, consider that has “inappropriate, inconsiderate, and overbearing” language“.
The singer-songwriter said the visual work has been recorded Sep 2022 and that after the censorship he decided to push it forward. Next to, described as “yellow, ignorant sound engineers” to those who exposed the subject of national radio “not to notice the black humor of this bachata” of his production “Formula Vol.3”, which according to him emphasizes Dominicanism.
what Romeo said
“Ironically, we have the video of ‘mother-in-law‘ September 2022. It wasn’t in my plans to release it for now.
However, due to this censorship in the DR stations, I will move forward with my plans. (WARNING): It takes a lot of tabloid, ignoramus, sound engineer or all three not to realize that both the song and the video were meant to pay homage to the Dominicans ONCE AGAIN,” the King said in a statement of la bachata” uploaded to his Instagram account.
In fact, you can’t hear bachata on Dominican radio”mother-in-law“, from Romeo Santos. However, it can be heard on all digital platforms.
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Another answer from Romeo
Lawyer Victor Pavona member of the Central Directorate of the People’s Armed Forces and candidate for the deputy office of that unit in Santo Domingo Norte, searched for Santos’ new hit to stop playing on local radio and his appeal was heard later (this Friday).
On February 27, National Independence Day, the artist released a preview of the video clip and was responding to comments from some critics who claimed the song had a black humor component.
“In addition to many positive things, the Dominican is characterized by his cheerfulness and creativity. Another element that sets us apart is our black humor. Perhaps I’m still proud of my Dominican roots, although in my position some would be dissuaded from representing a beautiful but sometimes difficult culture to please,” he told critics of the song’s controversial lyrics.
At the same time he congratulated the Dominicans on their Independence Day.