{"id":156856,"date":"2025-05-09T00:05:29","date_gmt":"2025-05-09T04:05:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2025\/05\/09\/ela-taubert-breaks-down-5-essential-tracks-from-her-debut-album-preguntas-a-las-1111\/"},"modified":"2025-05-09T00:05:29","modified_gmt":"2025-05-09T04:05:29","slug":"ela-taubert-breaks-down-5-essential-tracks-from-her-debut-album-preguntas-a-las-1111","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2025\/05\/09\/ela-taubert-breaks-down-5-essential-tracks-from-her-debut-album-preguntas-a-las-1111\/","title":{"rendered":"Ela Taubert Breaks Down 5 Essential Tracks From Her Debut Album, \u2018Preguntas a las\u00a011:11\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n\tAfter winning the Latin Grammy for best new artist in 2024, Colombian singer-songwriter Ela Taubert finally released Preguntas a las 11:11<\/em>, her debut album, on Friday (May 9). The 16-track set, which took two years to bring to life, is a reflection of her deepest thoughts and her tendency to overthink.<\/p>\n

\n\tAll the song titles are framed as questions except for one, which is simply titled \u201cPregunta\u201d (Question) and is the 11th track on the album.<\/p>\n

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\n\t\u201cI\u2019ve always overthought things since I was little, and that hasn\u2019t changed now that I\u2019m an adult,\u201d explains the 24-year-old artist to Billboard Espa\u00f1ol<\/em>. \u201cWhen I started writing [these songs,] I realized all that came out were questions, which I think reflect my tendency to question everything. Obviously, when all the songs started to have this kind of title, we said, \u2018Well, it\u2019s going to be Preguntas<\/em>, and a las 11:11<\/em> (at 11:11) because at home we always make a sacred wish at 11:11. So we unified these two universes.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tSonically, Taubert says that for this album \u2014 released under Universal Music Latina and featuring the singles \u201c\u00bfC\u00f3mo Pas\u00f3\u201d (with and without Joe Jonas, and in a third live version with Morat), \u201c\u00bfQui\u00e9n Dir\u00eda?\u201d and \u201c\u00bfC\u00f3mo Haces?\u201d, among others \u2014 she drew inspiration from the pop superstars she grew up listening to.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cI used to watch the Hannah Montana<\/em> movies. I literally wanted to be like that, a pop star. I\u2019d wear sparkly gloves and everything,\u201d she says enthusiastically. \u201cMaybe I\u2019m still holding on to that childhood dream of bringing the sound of the artists I listened to as a kid, like Miley [Cyrus], Taylor Swift, and Adele, to our language, Spanish \u2014 obviously while keeping my Latin roots super present, because I also grew up listening to Reik and Jesse & Joy. So I\u2019d say it\u2019s like a fusion.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tDesigned to be listened to from start to finish, the LP weaves a narrative that feels both intimate and universal, addressing themes like love, heartbreak, and the complexities of human connection in songs like the focus tack \u201c\u00bfTrato Hecho?\u201d as well as \u201c\u00bfEs En Serio?\u201d, \u201c\u00bfTe Imaginas?\u201d, \u201c\u00bfQu\u00e9 M\u00e1s Quieres?\u201d, \u201c\u00bfSi Eras T\u00fa?\u201d, and more.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cThis album is like a midnight diary for me. It\u2019s about those moments when there\u2019s no TV, no phone, nothing, and you can\u2019t sleep, so you start thinking about 45,000 things at once,\u201d Taubert summarizes. \u201cI hope that the people who listen to me, who support me, find refuge in each of these songs and see themselves reflected in them. That\u2019s been one of the most beautiful things about these last two years \u2014 growing the family, realizing I\u2019m not the only one who feels the way I feel, and learning to grow together through this whole process.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tBelow, Ela Taubert breaks down five essential tracks from Preguntas a las 11:11<\/em>. Listen to the full album here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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\n\tContextually, the album as a whole is a love story with all its ups and downs and emotions. But \u201c\u00bfQui\u00e9n Dir\u00eda?\u201d (Who Would Say?) is precisely the track that starts it all. It\u2019s the only love song on the album, so it opens up this universe and speaks about the first time I truly felt I was in love. I was always very rebellious about that kind of thing on a personal level \u2014 like, \u201cI\u2019m not going to fall in love, I\u2019m not in love, I don\u2019t like anything romantic.\u201d And in the end, I fell in love, and that\u2019s how the story begins. That\u2019s why it\u2019s so special, because it opens up this world. And also because fans were always asking me, \u201cWhen are you going to release a love song?\u201d So it\u2019s like giving them a little taste of the fact that love has existed in my life \u2014 and it still does.<\/p>\n

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