Fito Paez about 'Novela' film, 'terrible' immigration policy: Watch

At 62, Fito Páez keeps “the curiosity and the desire” of the early years and an energy that does not allow him to stop creating. Music above all, but also cinema and literature – passions that he has developed in parallel over the decades. And NovelaHis last album could finally combine them all.

The 25-song project, which Páez wrote for almost 40 years and was published on Sony Music Spain on March 28, tells the history of Villa Constitución, a city in the province of Santa Fe, Argentina to revolutionize the life of its inhabitants. His unique characters are presented through songs such as “Universidad Prix”, “Cuando El Circo Lega al Pueblo”, “Superextraño” and “El Triunfo del Amor”: the dean of the school, Rectituduus Martirius; The witches maldivina and turbialuz; The young lovers Loka (daughter of the circus owner) and Jimmy (singer of a rock band) and more.

“We are already talking to many producers to film the film as soon as the tour ends next year,” says Páez In conversation with Billboard Español in New York. “And I also start an adaptation [to] carry out Novela Live in Full, where the audience can see a show that is not a musical – it is the band that happens the album and everything at once. “

The publication falls in the same year as for the 40th anniversary of GirosThe second studio album in its expansive discography and the one that really started his career with classics such as “11 y 6”, “Cable A. Tierra” and “Yo Vengo a Ofreecer Mi Corazón”.

“It resembles a beach Giros. It was like having arrived in the river or in the sea and said: “Ah, I did it here,” he thought about what the 1985 set meant. “There are many elements that define many things about the place where I grew up where I learned music, where I was loved and in which I was shaped. It is an album that I am very interested in, and I think it was a strong first step in the direction of looking for a more personal voice.”

In this new edition of En conversaciónThe singer of hits like “El Amor Después del Amor”, “Tumbas de la Gloria” and “Mariposa Tecknicolor” also discusses current events such as the immigration policy that the fans have caused to avoid concerts in the US Jail “); And the ban on narcocococoridos in some states in Mexico (“It is a cultural expression that was born from lived experiences … and now it is the fault of the singers! No, boys, it doesn't work that way”).

Take a look at the full interview in the video above.