José González shares video for new single ‘Pajarito’

JOSÉ GONZÁLEZ SHARES VIDEO FOR SINGLE ‘PAJARITO’

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Watch the video for ‘Pajarito’ here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6-22AMMT4w

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Swedish-Argentine songwriter José González has today shared a playful, lighthearted, Spanish-language track ‘Pajarito’ and its accompanying video. The track, written with his children in mind, blends his tender acoustic guitar with bright melodies. The track had its exclusive first play this morning on Lauren Laverne’s BBC Radio 6 Music show.

Speaking of the track and artwork he says:
“Now and then I want to write songs that are timeless, simple, and carefree. Pajarito is about growing up, learning things, and eventually becoming independent. As usual, there’s also an existential undertone—the meaning of life is something that can emerge gradually as one gets to know the world, more as something you discover for yourself and not necessarily something dictated from above. This one is inspired by songs like “59th Street Bridge Song” (Simon & Garfunkel) and “Río” (Silvio Rodríguez). But also by all the children’s songs that have become part of our everyday life in recent years (Alice Tegnér, Georg Riedel, María Elena Walsh).

This is the follow-up to Lilla Gumman (Lilla G), which I wrote when I was thinking of Laura. Of course I had to write a song dedicated to Mateo as well!

The cover is inspired by Swedish folk art – allmoge and the Dala horse. Here is a “Dala bird”. Painted by Hannele Fernström and layout by Robert Samsonovits.”

Watch a befeathered José bring this playful concept to life performing for Mateo here:
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DQoWPXlgY0f

Speaking on the video, he says:
“I’ve been curious about technology and how it has led humanity to where we are. Understanding the huge potential and unforeseeable implications of artificial intelligence, I felt curious to explore current tools in a playful and simple way for this light-hearted song.

We started prompting Sora and VEO in September with lines like “A little bird and its parent by the Swedish archipelago, late summer. Clumsy, cute, adorable”. After a chat with video maker Jonny Sanders we decided to make it a concept video, so we let the models come up with a plot and video-prompts. We chose the bullfinch because of its nice colors.”

González is about to embark on a North American tour which will see him visit many cities that he has not performed in for over a decade and will span his entire career and catalogue. Full dates can be found here.

José is currently in the studio working on new material for what will become his fifth studio album, his first full-length collection of original songs since Local Valley in 2021. More information is forthcoming.

Purchase or stream ‘Pajarito’ here:
https://josegonzalez.lnk.to/Pajarito

Watch the Mikel Cee Karlson-directed documentary about José, A Tiger In Paradise, here:
https://mubi.com/en/us/films/a-tiger-in-paradise

Photo credit: Fredrik Egerstrand

High-res images can be found here