Alexander Delgado, a member of the Cuban duo Gente de Zona, was the center of a comical moment that quickly went viral during an interview with the Spanish YouTuber MOWLIHAWK on his informal format “#BatMowli,” posted last Wednesday on Instagram: in the middle of the conversation, the artist openly confessed that he was feeling sleepy.
The moment came when the interviewer asked him how he had met Enrique Iglesias, and Delgado interrupted the flow of the conversation with a declaration that was as spontaneous as it was disarming: "I'm sleepy, bro. I don't know why I'm feeling sleepy."
MOWLIHAWK quickly responded with humor: "I see you, I see you. I know," he said, without missing a beat in the interview.
The two-minute and 22-second clip garnered over 22,000 views and 2,486 likes within just a few hours, with the full interview video promised for 7:00 PM the same day on the interviewer's YouTube channel.
The "#BatMowli" format is known for generating these types of spontaneous and unexpected moments, as it unfolds informally inside a car, making Delgado's confession an episode that aligns particularly well with the spirit of the show.
But the interview wasn't just laughs. Before the viral moment, Delgado spoke candidly about the situation in Cuba and confirmed that neither he nor his partner Randy Malcom can return to the island due to their participation in "Patria y Vida," the song that became the anthem of the protests on July 11, 2021.
"There is no freedom of expression; one cannot voice any opinion about the government that will defend the prisoner," Delgado stated regarding the Cuban reality, in a statement that the duo has echoed during their media tour in Spain.
When MOWLIHAWK commented that listening to them talk about Cuba felt like talking about North Korea, Delgado did not hesitate: "No, no, almost, almost."
The artist also pointed out that a liter of gasoline in Cuba costs 10 dollars and was blunt about the island's future: "Until that dictatorship ends, things will not improve. These people have destroyed the country."
Gente de Zona has been denouncing the Cuban dictatorship from exile for years, a stance that has resulted in a permanent ban on the island since their participation in "Patria y Vida" in February 2021.
In an interview on COPE on April 16, the duo was even more straightforward: "The dictatorship must be eliminated. We cannot return to Cuba unless that dictatorship is gone."
In the same interview with MOWLIHAWK, Delgado reviewed the achievements of the duo —6 Latin Grammys and 9 Billboard awards— and announced the release of a new song in May that, according to him, "could be a summer hit."
He also recalled that "Bailando," his collaboration with Enrique Iglesias, the song that changed their lives, has surpassed four million streams on Spotify, a figure that Delgado himself admitted he couldn't even read.
The moment of the dream, however, was the one that remained etched in the memory of the fans, and the interviewer's reaction sums it up better than any description: “I see you, I see you. I know”.
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