Liturgical music or music in the liturgy?Daniel Martín SalvadorMusic must reinforce the Word".This week Eva Baroja published in a Spanish newspaper an interview with Iñigo Quintero in which, among other topics, he also talked about his faith. His testimony is brave, among other things because he recognizes that he was a bit cowardly when it came to showing the Christian background of the song that led him to be number 1 worldwide, with 800 million listens on Spotify, and has earned him a nomination for the Latin Grammys.
In times when it seems that reggaeton is the catchiest music that can be created, an unknown artist managed to get a song about God to the top of the music charts. Quintero admits in the interview with El País that he found it hard to acknowledge that the song's lyrics were about God because "I was afraid of being labeled something I'm not because I don't do Christian music. I simply wrote about what was inside me, but it doesn't mean that all my songs are about that, far from it".
The interviewer then asks him if admitting that one is a believer arouses prejudices nowadays. Quintero gives an answer that we could all sign: "it is difficult to talk about God because there are people who reject Him", something perfectly understandable for a young man of 22 years old. However, what he adds next is very interesting: "it is nonsense, it should be said more because it is supernormal. Unfortunately, today some people refuse to listen to your music if you say something they don't like. We should be free to talk about whatever we want".
This is not so normal anymore. It is a full-fledged coming out of the closet for an artist with the pretension of making a career in the music world. In other statements Quintero had already spoken about the real meaning of the song, but to see him do it in such a contrary medium with such naturalness is a bold testimony, showing a maturity in faith that can be an example for many.
Editor of Omnes. Previously he has collaborated in various religious and cultural media. He has been a high school philosophy teacher for 18 years.
