Английская Википедия:Cuco (musician)

Шаблон:Use mdy dates Шаблон:Infobox musical artist Omar Banos (born June 26, 1998), known professionally as Cuco, is an American singer-songwriter from Hawthorne, California.

His fame escalated after releasing "Lo Que Siento" (2017), which as of December 2023, has attracted over 310 million streams on Spotify alone. Cuco self-released his first two EPs, Wannabewithu (2016) and Songs4u (2017) after graduating from Hawthorne High School. In 2019, he released his first studio album Para Mi with Interscope Records. His music has gained approximately 290.6 million streams according to Nielsen Music. He released his second album, Fantasy Gateway in 2022, made with the help of producer, Manuel Lara and includes appearances from Bratty, DannyLux, Adriel Favela, and Kacey Musgraves. He released his third EP, Hitchhiker on November 10, 2023.

Early life

Omar Banos was born an only child in Inglewood, California, on June 26, 1998, to immigrant Mexican parents.^[1]^[2]^[3] His mother, Irma, came from the city of Puebla, while his father, Adolfo, came from Mexico City.^[3]^[4] He grew up in the city of Hawthorne, California,^[5] and began playing music at the age of eight. He had experimented with trumpet, guitar, keyboard, drums, bass guitar, mellophone and french horn before the age of 15.^[6] Banos attended junior school in Lennox and graduated from Hawthorne High School where he played in the school marching band as well as the jazz band.^[7]^[8]^[9]

Career

2015: Heavy Trip

After graduating, Banos uploaded a slide guitar cover of Sleep Walk by Santo & Johnny to YouTube, which gained thousands of views.^[10] He began producing and releasing songs from his parents' home and releasing them onto Bandcamp and SoundCloud.^[11] In January 2015, Banos released his first EP on Bandcamp, titled Heavy Trip.^[12] In the same year, Banos had released his first song, "Yeah" on SoundCloud under the moniker of Heavy Trip.^[8]^[13] He then switched to Cuco, which was a nickname given to him by his mother as a child.^[14]

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Cuco performing at Primavera Sound in May 2019

2016–2017: Wannabewithu and Songs4u

By the age of 18, Banos had self-produced his first EP Wannabewithu in 2016, after teaching himself how to use Ableton Live.^[5]^[15] Cuco released his second EP, Songs4u in 2017 when he started playing at clubs in Southern California, selling out his first two venues.^[16] Cuco released his first single "Lo Que Siento" in 2017, which has reached over 128 million streams on Spotify alone.^[17] Following the success of "Lo Que Siento," Cuco dropped out after a year of attending Santa Monica City College to pursue a career in music.^[3]

2018–2019: Para Mi

Шаблон:Main Cuco collaborated with American singer Clairo for the single "Drown", which was released in August 2018.^[18] He then collaborated with Polyphia on a track called "So Strange" off their album New Levels New Devils, which was released in October 2018.^[19] Cuco played alongside saxophonist Kenny G at Coachella in April 2018,^[20]^[21] as well as at Lollapalooza in October 2018.^[22] In February 2019, he collaborated with his childhood Chicano rap idols MC Magic and Lil Rob on a track called "Search".^[23] After a bidding war that lasted two years, Banos signed under Interscope Records in March 2019.^[24] On April 2, 2019, Cuco released "Hydrocodone," the lead single for Para Mi, before releasing "Bossa No Sé" with Jean Carter on May 22, 2019.^[25]^[26] Cuco later released his debut studio album, Para Mi, on July 26.^[17] The album touches on recent problems that Cuco has experienced first-hand, including a tour bus accident that sent him and his band to hospital.^[10] It debuted at 94 on the US Billboard 200.^[27]

2022-present: Fantasy Gateway and Hitchhiker

On April 29, 2022, Cuco released "Caution" as the lead single from his sophomore studio album, Fantasy Gateway. On July 22, 2022, Fantasy Gateway was released via Interscope Records. The 12-track LP includes appearances from Kacey Musgraves, Adriel Favela, Bratty, and DannyLux.^[28] On March 10, 2023, he collaborated with indie pop band the Marías on the song "Si Me Voy", later performing at the Camp Flog Gnaw music festival in November of that year.^[29] He released his third EP, Hitchhiker, on November 10, 2023, which included 6 tracks.

Artistry

Musical style and songwriting

Banos' musical style blends elements of bossa nova and indie pop.^[30] Suzy Exposito from Rolling Stone described his music as "psychedelia-soaked love ballads".^[3] Brett Calwood told LA Weekly that Banos's music has "smooth Latin influences with a nostalgic lean".^[31] Banos blends English and Spanish lyrics over what he describes as "alternative dream pop" melodies that have "a lot of synthesizers" and "a lot of 808's".^[32]^[33]

Influences

Banos grew up listening to Chicano rap from names such as Lil Rob, Baby Bash and MC Magic,^[15] as well as Spanish rock, boleros and other old ballads that his parents would play around the house.^[9]^[34] He listens to jazz, classical music and trap music, and has cited Kevin Parker of Tame Impala and Ariel Pink as some of his major musical influences.^[14] In an interview with Jesse Thorn from Bullseye, Banos described how the song, "Feels Like We Only Go Backwards" by Tame Impala helped him with visualizing his career in music and navigating his life in high school.^[35]

Discography

Albums

List of studio albums, with selected details and chart positions.
Title	Album details	Peak chart positions
Title	Album details	US ^[27]	US Alt. ^[36]
Para Mi^[37]	Released: July 26, 2019 Label: Interscope PS Formats: CD, digital download, streaming, vinyl	94	6
Fantasy Gateway^[38]	Released: July 22, 2022 Label: Interscope PS Formats: CD, digital download, streaming, vinyl	62

Extended plays

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Singles

As lead artist

Year	Title	Certifications	Album/EP
2017	"Lo Que Siento"		rowspan="2" Шаблон:N/a
2018	"Sunnyside"
	"CR-V"		Chiquito
	"Drown" Шаблон:Small		rowspan="2" Шаблон:N/a
	"Lucy" Шаблон:Small
2019	"Hydrocodone"		Para Mi
2019	"Bossa No Sé" Шаблон:Small	RIAA: Gold^[39]	Para Mi
2022	Caution		Fantasy Gateway
	Time Machine
	Fin Del Mundo Шаблон:Small
	Aura
2023	"Si Me Voy" Шаблон:Small		Non-album singles

As featured artist

Year	Title	Album
2018	"So Strange" Шаблон:Small	New Levels New Devils
2019	"Search" Шаблон:Small	rowspan="3" Шаблон:N/a
	"DameLove" Шаблон:Small
	"Fix Me" Шаблон:Small
	"777" Шаблон:Small	Jesus Said Run It Back
	"Take Me Before I Die" Шаблон:Small	The South Got Something to Say
2020	"Off the Goop" Шаблон:Small	Baby Gravy 2
2022	"La novela" Шаблон:Small	Шаблон:N/a

Bandcamp releases

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Music videos

List of music videos, showing year released and directors
Year	Title	Director(s)	Шаблон:Abbr
2018	"Sunnyside"	Ambar Navarro	^[40]
	"Summertime Hightime" Шаблон:Small	Mu$ty Boyz	^[41]
	"CR-V"	David Gantz & Theo Cohn	^[42]
2019	"Search" Шаблон:Small	Ali Zamani	^[43]
	"Hydrocodone"	Jazmin Garcia	^[44]
	"Bossa No Sé" Шаблон:Small	Pasqual Gutierrez	^[45]
	"Feelings"	Francisco Outón	^[46]
	"Keeping Tabs" Шаблон:Small	Pasqual Gutierrez & RJ Sanchez	^[47]
2021	"Paradise"	Cliqua	^[48]
	"Forevermore"	Cliqua	^[49]
	"Under The Sun"	Carlos Lopez Estrada & Jeff Desom	^[50]
	"Piel Canela"	Basa	^[51]
2022	"Caution"	Cole Kush	^[52]
	"Sitting In The Corner (feat. Kacey Musgraves & Adriel Favela)"	Dan Streit	^[53]
	"First of The Year"	Suscato	^[54]
2023	"Best Disaster"	Eric Foster	^[55]
2023	"Si Me Voy (feat. The Marías)"	Carlos Lopez Estrada & Jeff Desom	^[56]

External links

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Official website

References

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