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Mariposa (song)
"Mariposa" (Spanish for ''butterfly'') is a single by the Bay Area collective Peach Tree Rascals, released on August 28, 2019 by Homemade Projects and 10K Projects. The song went viral on TikTok, being used for more than 1.6 million videos, and peaked at 2 on the ''Billboard'' Hot Alternative Songs chart. Background and composition "Mariposa" was created because of member Joseph Barros's love of guitar. The framework for the song was completed in nearly a day. The group cited Yosemite National Park as a key role in the song's production, with the title being a reference to both Mariposa Grove and metamorphosis. The reference to metamorphosis represents growing as a human. The group recorded the song in a wooden shed. The saxophone outro was recorded by Dominic Pizano's friend Francis Salamanca. The music video was released on the same day of the song's release. The acoustic version of the song was released on July 17, 2020. Chart performance "Mariposa" peaked at number 14 on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peach Tree Rascals
Peach Tree Rascals are a music collective from San Jose, California. The group achieved fame with their song, "Mariposa (song), Mariposa," which went viral on TikTok. The group has been featured on Global Release Day, New Music Friday and has received critical acclaim from Billboard (magazine), Billboard, Pigeons and Planes, and MTV. The group is composed of singer-rappers Isaac Pech, Tarrek Abdel-Khaliq and Joseph Barros as well as producer and mixer Dominic “Dom” Pizano and creative director Jorge Olazaba. History The group formed as a group of friends in high school, with many of them being second-generation children of immigrants. Pech moved to Khaliq's and Pizano's high school and became a part of their friend group, creating CD's and inspiring the group to create music. A week before their release of "Glide," the group were camping trying to figure out a name, to which Olabaza suggested "Peach Tree Village." Pech suggested that "village" be replaced with "rascals." The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |