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Lido Pimienta's Complicated Life

"I am a complicated person who writes songs. If you’re into complexity and the search for the self, I’m your artist."

 Lido Pimienta's Complicated Life

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It’s not a secret that my country is in perpetual political turmoil. But never in my 30 years have I ever seen my country so united for such a stupid thing. Left, right, centre, everyone’s saying, ‘They stole the crown from our beautiful queen.’ It got me thinking. Here I am in Canada romanticizing living in Colombia. It’s so easy to be an immigrant, a person involved in activism, to think it’s so much better back home. I started writing this cynical love letter to my country. Canada is also problematic, but it has given me my independence, my son.


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Through all the difficulties, it’s important to understand the complexities of the world, and how the world is not yours if you’re not rich or born a certain way. I am a complicated person who writes songs. If you’re into complexity and the search for the self, I’m your artist.

– Lido Pimienta — a misfit finds a home on stage; Greg Kot, Chicago Tribune

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