If it were a fiction, the life of duki It could be told as a classic hero journey: it would begin with his first recital, the Underwater Concert of Charly García in Vélez in 2009, which he attended with his father when he was still known in his circle as Mauro Lombardo and no other nicknames.
In that account of his rise there would also have been narratively curious moments: the first artist he went to see live was the same one who, in full swing after saying goodbye to freestyle battles, asked for that autotune, used among the new lineage of artists not only to correct vocal defects, but also as an aesthetic resource.
But Duki’s life is very real. His characteristic way of improvising, with flows that differed from the rest by appealing to the musical; Being the first trap importer in the country and the advantage of leveraging his career without the need to sign with a record company has led him to be the only urban artist with his back to fill the José Amalfitani four times in the space of a month. A total of 180 thousand spectators. A record where you watch it.
How are the dressing rooms
With a sky that seems to want to give another cinematic touch to Duki’s latest show in Vélez, parents, friends and couples flock to their respective seats to prepare for the big date. While in the stalls they settle down and in the field they crowd to get as close as possible to the stage, Clarin only visits the backstagepassing through the dressing rooms of the invited artists.
In a small suburban space, the Argentine Basketball Confederation (CAB) – Duki’s favorite sport, in fact, his uniform has the logos of the NBA teams – had a circle for the moment of relaxation.
Inside, in addition to salty food, popcorn served in World Cup bags and drinks, there is the space for the after party where Nicki Nicole was encouraged to leave some clues the night before.
Hidden behind Duki’s dressing room, between a large and long black cloth, he hides a foosball table that Lauría, the artist’s producer, will give him once the show is over: the stadium is not just any stadium, it is José Amalfitani himself and, instead of the classic rossoblù players, the protagonists are all mini Dukifaithfully adorned with their tattoos and clothes.
The recital begins
Out, frozouda He’s in charge of staging the music: one of the first to release practice songs in the country, he thanked Duki for the opportunity to let him open for both the October and November dates. And it is that, like the rest of his litter, Duki has managed to seal a solid attitude of camaraderie towards all members of the urban scene.
And while this is the subject of most of his show, the first part of the concert seems to be more about the introspection of his career: from last to first, intimate and explosive, he is accompanied by his two star producers: Asan backing vocals and keyboard and Yesan, in a white tank top with a kanji printed on his chest, on guitar.
Begins with Givenchy Y rock star, the song that meant his return to trap and, on the other hand, the one that explains all the themes that the sub-genre covered at that time, when it was far from the mainstream and the charts. The ovation from the public and the intention to underline that this milestone is no coincidence continue sweat and work Y Fly lowuntil it comes time for the box.
When he leaves the scene, the voice of Osvaldo Principi presents the two challengers: Mauro, the person version, dressed in the iconic AC Milan champion, and Duki, the eccentric artist. Both are in the press conference as a pre-fight warm-up. Everything stops when the real Duki manages to reach the walkway between the field and the VIP and arrives in the ring, in the midst of the Amalfitans.
Although it would be logical that it sounded Hi Cottothere is a repeated figure: he sings again Givenchy and, at the end, briefly thank the audience and return to the main stage. As he does so, the public remembers that there are exactly ten days left until the Argentina national team debut at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar and accompanies it with “The one who doesn’t jump is an Englishman!” and “That at the hands of Leo Messi we will all turn upside down!”.
Paired with a lot of patriotism, Duki, already back on the main stage, grabs a Uruguayan flag that was waving in the audience and puts it on his shoulders to sing to level upwith which he closes the first quarter of his performance, but not before thanking the Uruguayans who had come to see him for their presence.
Emilia, his girlfriend, approached
It is there that the collective begins to prevail over the individual. With Emilia Mernes inaugurates what has been the hallmark of his three previous exhibitions: the presence of a large number of invited artists. And is that Duki has a total of 228 songs published; very few of them alone. This feature was almost mandatory in his show.
“I will defend her for life. She is the only person who lives the dream like me,” he told her. the duko to the public, to present it, discarding any kind of relevance towards criticism on social networks. Then they sing like it doesn’t mattershe greets him with a kiss and affirms: “Love is good. Everyone likes love. And the trap is also good, right? They said that the trap was a fashion”.
More guest figures
Then comes the turn Obie Wanshotwith whom he sings ICE, a song anthem to bling bling (another of the ragtag tropes). Followed by the Dominican Fuego (with a plateau in the euphoria of the public), Asan, Nicki Nicole with fashion Already left, Tiago PZK, The ghetto Y Eladio Caroni.
The beautiful potato arrives for the last stretch of the night. Although previous presentations had had stellar appearances such as Paulo Londra’s (on his return to the stage) on day three, Saturday’s could not be left behind. So, after years, Duki joins Neo-Pistaea And Ysy A to relaunch the Diablo Mode project, even if only for a few minutes.
They sing Trap and export a capella after some technical glitches e bring down the club twice for the fainting of a person in the VIP field. After everyone retires, Duki is left alone and Dedicate a few words to those directed by Lionel Scaloni: “We wish him luck. We all want our team to win, don’t we?”
With the keyword verbalized, the flute of Malbec. And Duki’s loneliness is short-lived: he appears from behind a DJ booth bizarrewhich remixes the theme to make it much more epic.
Before leaving, Bizarrap assures that “Duko is a living legend” and backs off with what anyone might think was the announcement of the long-awaited Music Session (“I was going to say something else, but I better say nothing”), which could have been the icing on the cake of an evening which, barring a few technical errors, was dreamed of for the man born in Paterno.
It is in the only private moment of the last stretch that he addresses his followers and reveals the formula for his success: “Sometimes it seems difficult to see the next goals, what is the next thing to do… but having followers like you, those faithful, who accompany me in everything, it is very easy: whatever I do, you are there to caress me”.
Perhaps knowing it, or perhaps not, Duki also speaks to his colleagues and family, who in all these years of sweat and work have been there to show him that, both on stage and on the ground, they never get tired of patting him on the back. .
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Source: Clarin
