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How Carlos Santana and Natalia Lafourcade Came Together for ‘Hermano,’ an Ode to Migrants

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"I don’t walk around with my tail between my legs and apologize for being a Mexican in the United States," Santana tells Rolling Stone

“Hermano,” a heartfelt ode to the immigrant community, came to Natalia Lafourcade in a dream. “I turned around and told my husband, ‘Please hold the baby, because there’s a tune in my mind and I have to get out of bed,’ and started singing it,” she tells Rolling Stone . “It is not common for an idea to arrive so fully formed like that.”

The track finds the singer/songwriter teaming up with iconic Latin rock pioneer Carlos Santana and hit-making producer Edgar Barrera . It follows the release of Santana’s “Mi Gran Amor” — a high-profile duet with Becky G — last May, and his 2025 collabs with Carín León and Grupo Frontera.

An earthy ballad with touches of traditional son jarocho , “Hermano” is a call for unity at a particularly bleak time for the Latino community in the U.S.…

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