Inside Eslabon Armado's 'Nocturno' Album Release Party

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Young Hollywood heads to City Club LA where chart-topping, award-winning pioneers of modern sierreño music, Eslabon Armado, are celebrating the release of their 9th studio album, 'Nocturno'! We catch up with members Pedro Tovar, Brian Tovar, and Damián Pacheco backstage to hear their thoughts on what they want fans to take away from the new record, plus they discuss how their career has changed since they first started releasing music on social media, how they choose their collaborations (including their dream collab!), and share a crazy fan story!
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All right, guys, look who is here. What's up, guys? First guest: Soy Pedro de La Bon Armado. Second guest: Bryan Tovar. Third guest: Damien from La Bon. First guest: Es La Bon Armado. Say it with me. Es La Bon Armado.
So, the album drops in what? Less than an hour. First guest: Less than an hour, yeah.
What's the vibe right now? You have people coming in up the elevator, up the escalator. It people are here for you. First guest: Yeah, honestly, we're super excited. We've worked on this album for a little over four months.
Okay, if you can describe this album in three words each of you, what would it be? First guest: Sexy, nocturnal, dark. Second guest: Erotic, last word.
Okay, so what do you think the biggest difference is between the music you're making now to the music you made back in the day uploading videos from home? First guest: I feel like every year it's it's a new year and I feel like it's always kind of like a learning experience to like go back and see what I I used to write. Mainly with our shows. Our shows have progressed a lot since we started. Now we implement a bunch of different kind of music and I feel like it's what the fans deserve.
You've got some collaborations going on as well. How do you choose who you're going to work with? First guest: It's kind of a a mix of everything because there's sometimes that artists can because of their times, the schedule and it's hard but like this one came out super like organic. I feel like I I just I I know everyone on the album so like, you know, I just I just texted them and like, hey, I have a song. Hop on. Second guest: Yeah, Yeah, basically. It's not hard, you know, it's I feel like it just like uh you have to have the right song one uh and then and then you have to know like, you know, who who you're going to collaborate with, basically.
Any collabs you want to work with? First guest: Justin Bieber. Second guest: Usher. First guest: Why not, bro? Hey, Justin Bieber, if you're watching this, oh, hey, I love you. I know, I love I've seen you in Coachella and time, you know.
He's a he's part of the Young Hollywood family. Oh, yeah. So maybe we can make this happen. First guest: Maybe. I hope. One day, yeah. That'll be fire.
Maybe do a little A Cappella for him right now. From this album for anything. The album's dropping in less than an hour. I want this album. All right. Come on, Justin. Being California natives, what's it like to be back? First guest: I love California. There's no other state. I'm sorry, Florida, Texas, and all that, but there's no other state that I'd rather choose over Cali. If all it takes is to pay a little bit more tax at the end of the year, I think it's worth it. Second guest: I'm from AZ, bro, and I'm I might do the move because it's too hot out there.
You've said the word fans quite often. They're everywhere and they're here for you. They love you. On social media, they are obsessed with you guys. Take me into that relationship with your fans. First guest: Honestly, we love our fans. We always have a steady fan base and they grew up with us, basically.
Give me like a really cool fan interaction because they're all here for you. First guest: Okay, a really cool fan interaction. Uh, we were at a show and a fan threw her thong. Can't have it to me. They threw it. They threw, you know, like a a thong and then like I I put it on my head.
Do you got you have a good story for me? Second guest: Yeah, that was that was actually my thong. I went to go watch them, yeah. First guest: When people throw shirts, anything. You guys can throw out of it, just not your phones.
All right, the party is just about to start. What do you want people to take from this album? First guest: Everything. I feel like there's a mix of every emotions. There's there's love, there's heartbreak, you know, there's there's that like, oh, you know, I I can bump this during the day, not just at night. And the and the album's called Nocturno. It means at night. So, you know, we just want our fans to enjoy the album, you know, to like So I I just hope you guys enjoy it. You know, we did with a lot of love and care. And yeah, we love you guys. We love all the fans, honestly.
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PEOPLE MENTIONED
- Pedro Tovar
Member of Eslabon Armado, discusses album and career.
- Brian Tovar
Member of Eslabon Armado, discusses album and career.
- Damián Pacheco
Member of Eslabon Armado, discusses album and career.
- Justin Bieber
Mentioned as a dream collaboration.
- Usher
Mentioned as a dream collaboration.
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