{"id":617245,"date":"2024-04-17T17:06:45","date_gmt":"2024-04-17T14:06:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/cover-story-this-is-grupo-frontera\/"},"modified":"2024-04-17T17:06:45","modified_gmt":"2024-04-17T14:06:45","slug":"cover-story-this-is-grupo-frontera","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/cover-story-this-is-grupo-frontera\/","title":{"rendered":"#Cover Story: This is Grupo Frontera"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"content_blocks\">\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<style>\n<p> article.custom .custom-title, article.custom .custom-media .caption {\n   color: #b5003e;\n }<\/p>\n<p> article.custom .custom-attribution, article.custom .custom-attribution a {\n   color: #b5003e;\n }<\/p>\n<p> article.custom .content_block blockquote.pull_quote {\n   color: #b5003e;\n }\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-261130\" class=\"content_block flush title center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"custom-title\">\n      <i>This<\/i> is Grupo Frontera\n    <\/div>\n<div class=\"custom-description\">\n      They rose from Rio Grande Valley quincea\u00f1eras to sold-out arenas worldwide in less than two years. With their next album, <i>Jugando Que No Pasa Nada<\/i>, they\u2019re aiming even higher.\n    <\/div>\n<div class=\"custom-attribution\">\n<div class=\"author\">\n    <span><br \/>\n      By <span class=\"credit_name\">Paula Mej\u00eda<\/span><br \/>\n  <\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"photographer\">Photographer <span class=\"credit_name\">Maya Fuhr<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"photographer\">Fashion by <span class=\"credit_name\">Oscar Montes de Oca<\/span><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"custom-media\">\n<div class=\" image center_align\">\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1440,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Grupo_Frontera_FADER-Posters-9x10.875_vhvuhi\/cover-story-grupo-frontera-interview.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_220,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Grupo_Frontera_FADER-Posters-9x10.875_vhvuhi\/cover-story-grupo-frontera-interview.jpg 220w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_300,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Grupo_Frontera_FADER-Posters-9x10.875_vhvuhi\/cover-story-grupo-frontera-interview.jpg 300w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Grupo_Frontera_FADER-Posters-9x10.875_vhvuhi\/cover-story-grupo-frontera-interview.jpg 400w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_600,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Grupo_Frontera_FADER-Posters-9x10.875_vhvuhi\/cover-story-grupo-frontera-interview.jpg 600w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_750,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Grupo_Frontera_FADER-Posters-9x10.875_vhvuhi\/cover-story-grupo-frontera-interview.jpg 750w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_840,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Grupo_Frontera_FADER-Posters-9x10.875_vhvuhi\/cover-story-grupo-frontera-interview.jpg 840w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_960,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Grupo_Frontera_FADER-Posters-9x10.875_vhvuhi\/cover-story-grupo-frontera-interview.jpg 960w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1260,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Grupo_Frontera_FADER-Posters-9x10.875_vhvuhi\/cover-story-grupo-frontera-interview.jpg 1260w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1800,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Grupo_Frontera_FADER-Posters-9x10.875_vhvuhi\/cover-story-grupo-frontera-interview.jpg 1800w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_2400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Grupo_Frontera_FADER-Posters-9x10.875_vhvuhi\/cover-story-grupo-frontera-interview.jpg 2400w,\" sizes=\"100vw\" alt=\"Cover Story: &lt;i&gt;This&lt;\/i&gt; is Grupo Frontera\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"custom_share_buttons_top \" style=\"\">\n<div id=\"new_socials_bottom\" class=\"new_socials_footer  \">\n<p>      <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thefader.com\/assets\/FDR_SocialSharing_Facebook-747312c39722d47504a80f02500b8d4ad2e36acf922bad1c83799db1bc77f605.png\"><!-- <span>Share<\/span> --><\/p>\n<p>  <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thefader.com%2F2024%2F04%2F17%2Fcover-story-grupo-frontera-interview%3Futm_source%3Df%26utm_medium%3Dtw%26utm_campaign%3Dshare&amp;text=Cover%20Story:%20This%20is%20Grupo%20Frontera&amp;via=thefader\" class=\"new_social_footer_button twitter new_social_share_button\" data-ga-event-category=\"Social Share\" data-ga-event-label=\"Twitter\" data-ga-on=\"click\" data-ga-event-action=\"cilck\"><\/p>\n<p>    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thefader.com\/assets\/FDR_SocialSharing_Twitter-8d78f695280aa3f8a4461702c68e9fcbfd6042af1600c62d49fdec4b735fb57a.png\"><!-- <span>Tweet<\/span> --><\/a><\/p>\n<p>        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thefader.com\/assets\/logo-snapchat-5f1563935ac089d0cf1773f642ddbfb6cdb16e8c4ac14fec95a3c11b6f963389.svg\"><!-- <span>Snap<\/span> --><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-261131\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>            <i>Lee en espa\u00f1ol.<br \/><\/i><br \/><i><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/shop.thefader.com\/collections\/grupo-frontera-cover-art-collection\">Shop the Grupo Frontera cover art collection<\/a>.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<hr>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-261132\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>            <span class=\"lead-text\">A few years ago,<\/span> a cattle rancher and a wedding photographer in Texas\u2019s Rio Grande Valley <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>roached a local car dealership finance manager to ask if he\u2019d like to join a band and gig at quincea\u00f1eras on weekends. <\/p>\n<p>            The band\u2019s guitarist, Alberto \u201cBeto\u201d Acosta, was working full-time shooting weddings, birthdays, pregnancy reveals, and quincea\u00f1eras. The idea was that they could offer a package deal to prospective clients: Acosta would take photos, then he\u2019d strap on a bajo quinto and, along with Juan Javier Cant\u00fa, a nimble accordion player and vocalist, and Julian Pe\u00f1a Jr., an energetic percussionist and hype man, they\u2019d get crowds moving to covers of classics by Ram\u00f3n Ayala, Duelo, and other icons of m\u00fasica Mexicana.<\/p>\n<p>            Then one of Grupo Frontera\u2019s songs \u2014 <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=VtKcDwz6hiM&amp;ab_channel=GrupoFrontera\">a joyous cover<\/a> of Colombian pop band <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=USDX0X-d588&amp;ab_channel=MoratVEVO\">Morat\u2019s song \u201cNo Se Va\u201d<\/a> \u2014 went mega-viral on TikTok, when a couple in Chihuahua, Mexico, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/features\/grupo-frontera-no-se-va-tiktok-chartbreaker-interview-1235164963\/\">danced to it together<\/a> in lockstep. It rocketed into the <i>Billboard<\/i> Hot 100 charts, where it hovered for nearly five months and peaked at No. 57. A few months later, the band <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">travel<\/a>ed across their home state to play shows, first in Houston and then several weeks later up at Rodeo West in Dallas, to find massive crowds singing the lyrics to \u201cNo Se Va\u201d back to them.<\/p>\n<p>            Acosta takes his phone out of his pocket and pulls up a video of the Houston concert to show me the energy reverberating in the room that night. I can barely discern the guys\u2019 voices from the din of people screaming the song\u2019s chorus: \u201cQu\u00e9date otra vez \/ Qu\u00e9date toda la noche.\u201d (Stay again, stay all night).<\/p>\n<p>            Shortly after those shows, Pe\u00f1a made a life-altering decision. \u201cI called Juan and Beto and I was like, \u2018Dude I put in my two weeks,\u2019\u201d he recalls between rips of a coffee-flavored electronic vape. \u201cAnd both of them were like, \u2018What!? What\u2019s wrong with you bro, what the hell?\u2019\u201d As Pe\u00f1a saw it, either he could do music full-time or continue his 9 to 5. <\/p>\n<p>            Cant\u00fa and Acosta were wary \u2014 \u201cIt was the first song we\u2019d had that hit,\u201d Acosta says of \u201cNo Se Va\u201d \u2014 but soon every member of Grupo Frontera had followed Pe\u00f1a\u2019s lead and left their day jobs. Acosta put down his camera, Cant\u00fa hung up his hat (though you still might see him wearing one on stage), Guerrero put on hold the trucking company he owned, and Sol\u00eds, who made fences for a gated community, put down his hammer. Brian Ortega, who\u2019d joined the band temporarily as bass player and traveled in from Houston, moved to the Valley and joined permanently.<\/p>\n<p>            Their gamble paid off. Now Grupo Frontera is selling out arenas all over the world; collaborating with Shakira, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/grupofirme\/?hl=en\">Grupo Firme<\/a>, and Peso Pluma; and taking their influence way beyond the Valley and TikTok. Their songs have been nominated for VMAs, and Barrera took home a Latin Grammy last year for their Bad Bunny collaboration \u201cUn x100to,\u201d a song that has nearly 750 million views on <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">YouTube<\/a>. They\u2019ve been nominated for 11 Latin American Music Awards this year, including Album of the Year for their debut, <i>El Comienzo<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p>            Though they\u2019ve gatecrashed the zeitgeist, they\u2019re hardly riding TikTok micro-trends or indulging in passing fads. Everything they release is rooted in traditional musicianship and emotive songwriting. \u201cThey know how much to play and not overplay on the songs, which is something that not every musician knows how to do,\u201d says Edgar Barrera, a Grammy-winning songwriter and frequent collaborator of Grupo Frontera\u2019s who also works with Shakira and Maluma, among others.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div class=\"content_block flush image\" id=\"content_block-261133\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1440,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/MAYA_FUHR_sycglv\/cover-story-grupo-frontera-interview.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_220,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/MAYA_FUHR_sycglv\/cover-story-grupo-frontera-interview.jpg 220w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_300,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/MAYA_FUHR_sycglv\/cover-story-grupo-frontera-interview.jpg 300w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/MAYA_FUHR_sycglv\/cover-story-grupo-frontera-interview.jpg 400w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_600,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/MAYA_FUHR_sycglv\/cover-story-grupo-frontera-interview.jpg 600w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_750,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/MAYA_FUHR_sycglv\/cover-story-grupo-frontera-interview.jpg 750w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_840,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/MAYA_FUHR_sycglv\/cover-story-grupo-frontera-interview.jpg 840w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_960,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/MAYA_FUHR_sycglv\/cover-story-grupo-frontera-interview.jpg 960w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1260,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/MAYA_FUHR_sycglv\/cover-story-grupo-frontera-interview.jpg 1260w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1800,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/MAYA_FUHR_sycglv\/cover-story-grupo-frontera-interview.jpg 1800w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_2400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/MAYA_FUHR_sycglv\/cover-story-grupo-frontera-interview.jpg 2400w,\" sizes=\"100vw\" alt=\"Cover Story: &lt;i&gt;This&lt;\/i&gt; is Grupo Frontera\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-261216\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-261141\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>\n            Grupo Frontera\u2019s newest album, <i>Jugando Que No Pasa Nada<\/i> \u2014\u00a0announced today and out this spring \u2014 is a boundary-pushing next step primed to catapult them further into stardom. Their signature cumbias urbanas remain at the core of their sound, but the new songs see the band taking those traditions and putting inventive spins on them, experimenting with genres as varied as electronica and country. \u201cWe have R&amp;B, bachata, all these different things,\u201d Sol\u00eds says of the new album, reclining on a plush pink couch. That\u2019s intentional, he says, so people \u201ccan find their beat, in our album, with their cultural language.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>            Grupo Frontera\u2019s ascent has coincided with an explosion of m\u00fasica Mexicana over the last few years that\u2019s touched every part of the globe. A catchall for a wealth of subgenres spanning corridos to norte\u00f1o to banda Sinaloense and other musical movements, regional Mexican music \u2014 a reference to the distinct areas of Mexico where each of these genres originated \u2014 is being reinterpreted by a new generation of musicians including Peso Pluma, Junior H, Eslabon Armado, and DannyLux. In Grupo Frontera\u2019s case, they\u2019ve infused cumbias urbanas with beats and other contemporary flourishes. In 2016, when the Grammys removed the ranchera category from its honors because a dearth of bands had been nominated for it, this would have seemed inconceivable.<\/p>\n<p>            \u201cI don\u2019t think it was classified as regional because we\u2019re from a small region, but I think it\u2019s because of the subgenres,\u201d Barrera says. \u201cOur music is global. Now you have artists like Bad Bunny hopping on our genres \u2014 the biggest artists in the world. We\u2019re making a huge movement.\u201d<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-261167\" class=\"content_block diptych triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper half_gutter_right gutter_btm\">\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_760,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:eco\/MAYA_FUHR100_pzlfhi\/cover-story-grupo-frontera-interview.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_220,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:eco\/MAYA_FUHR100_pzlfhi\/cover-story-grupo-frontera-interview.jpg 220w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_300,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:eco\/MAYA_FUHR100_pzlfhi\/cover-story-grupo-frontera-interview.jpg 300w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:eco\/MAYA_FUHR100_pzlfhi\/cover-story-grupo-frontera-interview.jpg 400w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_600,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:eco\/MAYA_FUHR100_pzlfhi\/cover-story-grupo-frontera-interview.jpg 600w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_750,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:eco\/MAYA_FUHR100_pzlfhi\/cover-story-grupo-frontera-interview.jpg 750w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_840,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:eco\/MAYA_FUHR100_pzlfhi\/cover-story-grupo-frontera-interview.jpg 840w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_960,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:eco\/MAYA_FUHR100_pzlfhi\/cover-story-grupo-frontera-interview.jpg 960w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1260,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:eco\/MAYA_FUHR100_pzlfhi\/cover-story-grupo-frontera-interview.jpg 1260w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1800,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:eco\/MAYA_FUHR100_pzlfhi\/cover-story-grupo-frontera-interview.jpg 1800w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_2400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:eco\/MAYA_FUHR100_pzlfhi\/cover-story-grupo-frontera-interview.jpg 2400w,\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 50vw\" alt=\"Cover Story: &lt;i&gt;This&lt;\/i&gt; is Grupo Frontera\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"media_wrapper half_gutter_left\" style=\"\">\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_760,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:eco\/MAYA_FUHR400_pfbipr\/cover-story-grupo-frontera-interview.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_220,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:eco\/MAYA_FUHR400_pfbipr\/cover-story-grupo-frontera-interview.jpg 220w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_300,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:eco\/MAYA_FUHR400_pfbipr\/cover-story-grupo-frontera-interview.jpg 300w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:eco\/MAYA_FUHR400_pfbipr\/cover-story-grupo-frontera-interview.jpg 400w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_600,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:eco\/MAYA_FUHR400_pfbipr\/cover-story-grupo-frontera-interview.jpg 600w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_750,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:eco\/MAYA_FUHR400_pfbipr\/cover-story-grupo-frontera-interview.jpg 750w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_840,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:eco\/MAYA_FUHR400_pfbipr\/cover-story-grupo-frontera-interview.jpg 840w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_960,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:eco\/MAYA_FUHR400_pfbipr\/cover-story-grupo-frontera-interview.jpg 960w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1260,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:eco\/MAYA_FUHR400_pfbipr\/cover-story-grupo-frontera-interview.jpg 1260w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1800,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:eco\/MAYA_FUHR400_pfbipr\/cover-story-grupo-frontera-interview.jpg 1800w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_2400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:eco\/MAYA_FUHR400_pfbipr\/cover-story-grupo-frontera-interview.jpg 2400w,\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 50vw\" alt=\"Cover Story: &lt;i&gt;This&lt;\/i&gt; is Grupo Frontera\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-261143\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>            When I ask Grupo Frontera if they\u2019ve had time to digest everything that\u2019s happened in just two years \u2014 and it really hasn\u2019t even been two full years since \u201cNo Se Va\u201d was released \u2014 I get the impression that they\u2019re still trying to sit with the way the accolades and opportunities keep arriving at such a relentless clip. They seem stunned. \u201cPeople always ask us: \u2018Oh, you\u2019re living the dream? How does that feel?\u2019 I mean, it feels great,\u201d Sol\u00eds says. \u201cBut I don\u2019t really know how to answer your question. You get me? Because everything\u2019s moving really fast. I\u2019m trying to move with the light.\u201d<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-261148\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>\n            <span class=\"lead-text\">On this warm Sunday in Los Angeles<\/span> \u2014 Oscars Sunday, as it turns out \u2014 Grupo Frontera has descended into a loft space downtown. They hadn\u2019t had time for much on the West Coast, save for grabbing some tacos (consensus: not the same as the tacos they\u2019re used to back home) and a little walking around before arriving at their FADER cover shoot. The guys try on a flurry of sparkling sweater vests, puffy loafers, mesh shirts, and Hot Topic-esque leather pants, jamming to songs by Carin Le\u00f3n and other contemporaries of theirs while snacking on Red Vines and chips. <\/p>\n<p>            \u201cYou look fucking fire,\u201d Sol\u00eds tells Ortega when he busts out in a beige and blue matching suit and jacket from behind a curtain. The band members crack wise and trade barbs while Guerrero brushes the back of Acosta\u2019s hair between snaps. Cant\u00fa sneakily throws up bunny ears behind Ortega\u2019s head in one shot. <\/p>\n<p>            Tonight the band is flying home to the Rio Grande Valley for a brief respite before a two-week tour of South America in the lead-up to their new album. All six of Grupo Frontera\u2019s members grew up in the region, a place they describe as follows: \u201cThere\u2019s a highway that\u2019s been under construction for, like, 40 years,\u201d Sol\u00eds says. According to Pe\u00f1a, there\u2019s a rug store in town that\u2019s been advertising its wares as \u201con the final sale, for, like, 15 years.\u201d There\u2019s a big offroading culture in the area, given that there\u2019s so much space to do it; Pe\u00f1a jokes that there are roughly \u201ctwo buildings\u201d where they live.<\/p>\n<p>            \u201cSkyscrapers,\u201d Ortega deadpans, adjusting a chain that glitters with tiny butterflies.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-261140\" class=\"content_block breaker triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left pull_quote\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"pull_quote\"><p>\u201cOur music is global. Now you have artists like Bad Bunny hopping on our genres \u2014 the biggest artists in the world. We\u2019re making a huge movement.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-261150\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>            Conversation turns to where the Valley begins and ends, exactly. \u201cTo me, personally, the Valley ends at Mercedes,\u201d Cant\u00fa observes. The guys start talking over each other, jostling over the sofa to hear each other speak. \u201cI think it\u2019s more ranches, and when you\u2019re closer to McAllen it\u2019s more city life,\u201d Guerrero offers. \u201cEs todo el condado de Hidalgo,\u201d Sol\u00eds rebuts. He starts gently razzing Ortega, who\u2019s from Harlingen, not too far from Edinburg and McAllen, the two cities in the Valley where most of Grupo Frontera\u2019s members grew up. \u201cHave you ever seen those scenes in <i>Breaking Bad<\/i> when they cross the border and it turns yellow?\u201d Sol\u00eds asks the group. \u201cThat\u2019s how I feel when I get into Harlingen.\u201d The guys start chortling. <\/p>\n<p>            Every member of the band grew up crossing the U.S.-Mexico border weekly to see family. \u201cSince I was born, my parents would take us to our rancho every weekend,\u201d Sol\u00eds says. \u201cLike, half my life has been there and half over here.<\/p>\n<p>            Sundays also meant church, where most of the group\u2019s members started playing music. Ortega started out playing piano at his family\u2019s church, and Guerrero took up drums at church and hasn\u2019t played another instrument since. \u201cI\u2019m faithful to that instrument,\u201d he says. <\/p>\n<p>            Though they didn\u2019t attend the same churches, \u201cI know we heard the same music,\u201d Ortega says. \u201cThat\u2019s for sure.\u201d Pe\u00f1a, whose seen his father and uncle play in bands and has been accustomed to being onstage since he was three years old, also cut his teeth playing in church bands. <\/p>\n<p>            Acosta is a rock guy through and through \u2014 a Red Hot Chili Peppers fan whose love of music grew out of riffing on the electric guitar. Raised near Monterrey and then McAllen, Cant\u00fa played the flute in school, and then took up trombone in junior high. \u201cMary had a <i>bom bom bom<\/i>,\u201d he goes, playing an air trombone. Later, a cousin lent Cant\u00fa an accordion. It was missing three buttons, but he started tinkering with it and learned to play via YouTube. <\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-261165\" class=\"content_block breaker triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left image\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1440,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/MAYA_FUHR102_pbwtfk\/cover-story-grupo-frontera-interview.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_220,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/MAYA_FUHR102_pbwtfk\/cover-story-grupo-frontera-interview.jpg 220w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_300,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/MAYA_FUHR102_pbwtfk\/cover-story-grupo-frontera-interview.jpg 300w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/MAYA_FUHR102_pbwtfk\/cover-story-grupo-frontera-interview.jpg 400w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_600,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/MAYA_FUHR102_pbwtfk\/cover-story-grupo-frontera-interview.jpg 600w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_750,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/MAYA_FUHR102_pbwtfk\/cover-story-grupo-frontera-interview.jpg 750w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_840,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/MAYA_FUHR102_pbwtfk\/cover-story-grupo-frontera-interview.jpg 840w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_960,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/MAYA_FUHR102_pbwtfk\/cover-story-grupo-frontera-interview.jpg 960w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1260,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/MAYA_FUHR102_pbwtfk\/cover-story-grupo-frontera-interview.jpg 1260w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1800,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/MAYA_FUHR102_pbwtfk\/cover-story-grupo-frontera-interview.jpg 1800w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_2400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/MAYA_FUHR102_pbwtfk\/cover-story-grupo-frontera-interview.jpg 2400w,\" sizes=\"100vw\" alt=\"Cover Story: &lt;i&gt;This&lt;\/i&gt; 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is Grupo Frontera\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-261152\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>            One way or another, almost every member of Grupo Frontera realized as a young man that he had a natural aptitude for performing in front of people. While playing in the drumline, Guerrero knew that he enjoyed \u201cthe challenge of remembering the steps\u201d despite the thrum of his heart, and those nerves, in his ears. <\/p>\n<p>            But the same can\u2019t be said for Sol\u00eds, the group\u2019s lead singer. He\u2019s been singing since childhood, and he learned to play the accordion by ear, but public performance didn\u2019t come naturally. \u201cI was a really shy kid,\u201d he says. His father would sometimes hire a band to play at family reunions and carne asadas, and \u201che would tell the group: \u2018Do you guys know this song? My son wants to play the accordion,\u2019\u201d Sol\u00eds says, shuddering. <\/p>\n<p>            Debilitating shyness aside, Sol\u00eds possessed a preternatural sense that he was destined for fame. When he was a sophomore in high school, he told his mother he was going to be a star. \u201cI don\u2019t know if it\u2019s gonna be YouTube, TikTok, music. But I feel like I\u2019m gonna be famous,\u201d he remembers saying. \u201cAnd she told me: \u2018I believe you. I just want you to graduate high school, and you can do whatever you want after.\u2019 I graduated high school. And I kid you not, one year later I got into Grupo Frontera.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>            \u201cWhen I first heard him, I thought it was like an older guy, like a 40-year-old guy singing,\u201d Barrera says of Sol\u00eds\u2019s voice. \u201cAnd then I meet this kid who\u2019s 19 years old, singing with so much power.\u201d<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-261172\" class=\"content_block breaker triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left embed\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"\">\n    <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Grupo Frontera x Christian Nodal - YA PEDO QUI\u00c9N SABE (Video Oficial)\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/F6NiSxaNdUM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-261217\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div class=\"content_block flush image\" id=\"content_block-261144\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1440,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/MAYA_FUHR300_k7lzpg\/cover-story-grupo-frontera-interview.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_220,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/MAYA_FUHR300_k7lzpg\/cover-story-grupo-frontera-interview.jpg 220w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_300,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/MAYA_FUHR300_k7lzpg\/cover-story-grupo-frontera-interview.jpg 300w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/MAYA_FUHR300_k7lzpg\/cover-story-grupo-frontera-interview.jpg 400w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_600,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/MAYA_FUHR300_k7lzpg\/cover-story-grupo-frontera-interview.jpg 600w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_750,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/MAYA_FUHR300_k7lzpg\/cover-story-grupo-frontera-interview.jpg 750w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_840,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/MAYA_FUHR300_k7lzpg\/cover-story-grupo-frontera-interview.jpg 840w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_960,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/MAYA_FUHR300_k7lzpg\/cover-story-grupo-frontera-interview.jpg 960w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1260,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/MAYA_FUHR300_k7lzpg\/cover-story-grupo-frontera-interview.jpg 1260w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1800,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/MAYA_FUHR300_k7lzpg\/cover-story-grupo-frontera-interview.jpg 1800w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_2400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/MAYA_FUHR300_k7lzpg\/cover-story-grupo-frontera-interview.jpg 2400w,\" sizes=\"100vw\" alt=\"Cover Story: &lt;i&gt;This&lt;\/i&gt; is Grupo Frontera\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-261176\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>\n            While his voice resounded throughout theaters and then arenas, the timid Sol\u00eds was trying to adjust to having a stage presence in real time. \u201cI would be so nervous that I used to go up with a guitar, even if I wasn\u2019t playing,\u201d he says. Some of his bandmates would have to give him pep talks to amp him up before shows. They\u2019d say: \u201c\u2018You\u2019re a freakin\u2019 star, you have to move around with the crowd, you have to dance!\u2019\u201d Sol\u00eds recalls. These days, he moves around with conviction. He even looks like he\u2019s having a good time.<\/p>\n<p>            \u201cHe\u2019s one concert away from crowd-surfing,\u201d Cant\u00fa says, beaming.<\/p>\n<p>            \u201cI\u2019m like five shows away from taking off my shirt,\u201d Sol\u00eds quips.<\/p>\n<p>            \u201cWe\u2019re going to do a Red Hot Chili Peppers tribute,\u201d Acosta says, in reference to Anthony Kiedis\u2019 proclivity for going bare-chested on stage. <\/p>\n<p>            Pe\u00f1a jumps in: \u201cLike Jacob from <i>Twilight<\/i>!\u201d<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-261154\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>\n            <span class=\"lead-text\">One afternoon in late March 2022,<\/span> Grupo Frontera played a gig in the Valley \u2014 the opening of a new tire shop in McAllen. After the show, the owner said the tire shop called his brother-in-law, a songwriter named Edgar Barrera, and raved about the band he\u2019d hired to play at his store. <\/p>\n<p>            A hitmaker who had grown up between McAllen and Miguel Alem\u00e1n, Mexico, Barrera had been looking to find a local act from his hometown to support with his new label BorderKid. \u201cI just wanted to wait for the right time and build myself into the music industry, have a career first as a songwriter and a producer before taking that step,\u201d Barrera says. Grupo Frontera started making noise in the Valley in early 2022 with \u201cLa Ladrona,\u201d but hadn\u2019t quite become a global hit yet. Then, later that year, \u201cNo Se Va\u201d became a viral sensation. \u201cWhen I heard \u2019No Se Va,\u2019 I was like: \u2018Dude, I actually like this,\u2019\u201d Barrera remembers thinking. <\/p>\n<p>            As Barrera saw it, Grupo Frontera had keyed into something unique: The regional Mexican band\u2019s covers were decidedly <i>not<\/i> regional Mexican mainstays. \u201cInstead of doing the obvious covers that everybody does over there in McAllen, or everybody does at weddings, the guys are doing covers that nobody else was doing,\u201d Barrera says. \u201cNobody was doing a cover of Morat at the moment. Nobody was doing a cover of Juanes at the moment. It was just the guys doing that.\u201d Barrera, who\u2019d been sitting on a few songs he\u2019d written for other artists, had an idea: \u201cWhat if I give these guys my songs that are more urban-driven? What if they did that in norte\u00f1o?\u201d<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-261159\" class=\"content_block breaker triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left pull_quote\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"pull_quote\"><p>\u201cOne way or another, you\u2019re gonna sing our songs because you\u2019ve been through it, or you\u2019re going through it, or you\u2019re going to go through it.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-261155\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>            Still, when Barrera first met with the band, at a Starbucks in McAllen, he tried to temper their expectations. It would be challenging, if not impossible, to follow the massive \u201cNo Se Va\u201d with another smash. \u201cThe first thing that I told them was that having a hit is the easiest thing you can do in the music industry,\u201d Barrera says. \u201cLightning striking twice in the same spot is very, very, very hard.\u201d Instead, he proposed that their strategy center on having fun and pursuing the songs that felt right for them.<\/p>\n<p>            The first song Grupo Frontera and Barrera worked on together, a collaboration with Mexican multihyphenate star Carin Le\u00f3n called \u201cQue Vuelvas,\u201d was released on December 9, 2022. It became a hit. A week later Grupo Frontera unveiled \u201cBebe Dame,\u201d a song with Fuerza Regida that the bands recorded in a single take. That one debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 chart \u2014 another hit. Grupo Frontera had, improbably, notched three hit singles in less than a year. <\/p>\n<p>            \u201cIt surprised me that it didn\u2019t take that long for the band to be considered as not only a one-hit wonder,\u201d says Barrera. But he has a theory as to why that is. \u201cWe weren\u2019t looking for that hit. I told them, \u2018We can\u2019t focus on trying to look for a song that sounds like \u201cNo Se Va,\u201d because that\u2019s not going to happen.\u2019 And it just so happened in the same year that every song the guys were putting out was connecting.\u201d One reason for m\u00fasica Mexicana\u2019s astonishing global popularity might be that first and second-generation Latinos are more visibly \u2014 and proudly \u2014 fusing genres that draw from their cultural background and pop music, hip-hop, and other genres they may have experienced living in the United States, displaying the multifacetedness of their identities. <\/p>\n<p>            Even with these back-to-back successes, the band faced a steep learning curve with the whims of the music industry. \u201cIn this day and age in music, if you don\u2019t release music [constantly] you\u2019re gonna die down,\u201d Sol\u00eds says. \u201cSomeone told us that before, if you released an album you\u2019re good for the year. Then, if you released a song you were good for two [or] three months. Now? You release a song, and in a few weeks you release another song.\u201d There were still haters in their YouTube comments telling the band that, despite having three hits, they were one-hit wonders.<\/p>\n<p>            But when they started touring more aggressively \u2014 and \u201cUn x100to\u201d went nuclear \u2014 the tone started to shift, they say. Pe\u00f1a remembers reading the comments under their videos after that: \u201c\u2018These guys are great, they deserve it. They\u2019ve been doing all this work all year round and all this and that\u2026\u2019 That\u2019s when we started being like, \u2018Okay, you know what, we\u2019re starting to win people\u2019s love. They\u2019re starting to understand us.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>            That connection partially stems from the way all six members of Grupo Frontera and Barrera share a psychic understanding from growing up in the same part of the world. \u201cWe speak the same language,\u201d says Cant\u00fa of working with Barrera. In working with other songwriters over the years, Barrera says that he\u2019s had \u201cto sometimes camouflage myself and be like [other artists] to fit in.\u201d With Grupo Frontera, \u201cI feel that I am myself,\u201d he says. \u201cWe have the same\u2026 As we say in Spanish, \u2018tenemos la misma cura.\u2019 We have the same sayings, the same jokes. We share a lot of similarities in everything in the way we grew up, the way we were raised, the places where we used to go as kids.\u201d <\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-261171\" class=\"content_block breaker triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left embed\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"\">\n    <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Grupo Frontera - QU\u00c9DATE BEB\u00c9 (Video Oficial)\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/h0P3VM0mhg4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-261195\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>Stories the band tells Barrera also have a way of cropping up in songs he writes for them. \u201cIt\u2019s like he analyzes us,\u201d Acosta says. For instance, last year Grupo Frontera was nominated for the Best Latin VMA for \u201cUn x100to.\u201d But a confluence of unfortunate mishaps \u2014 including a delayed flight and a three-hour traffic jam \u2014 meant they missed the vast majority of the ceremony in New Jersey. (They lost out to Anitta, who won for \u201cFunk Rave.\u201d) The band recounted the missed flight story to Barrera, and \u201cthen the next song he sent us had all those things in them,\u201d Sol\u00eds says. \u201cWhat a coinkydink, brother!\u201d You can hear a snippet of the VMA story immortalized in the lyrics for \u201cQu\u00e9date Beb\u00e9,\u201d one of the new album\u2019s singles, with the mention of \u201clos tiquetes que compr\u00e9 pa Nueva York\u201d (the tickets that I bought for New York). <\/p>\n<p>            \u201cIn his interviews, and he\u2019s said to us, when [Barrera] writes a song he puts himself in the shoes of the artist,\u201d Sol\u00eds says. \u201cHim being from where we are, I think it just makes it a lot easier. So when we tell them stuff that\u2019s going on in that week, really on that day, in that month\u2026\u201d <\/p>\n<p>            \u201cHe identifies,\u201d Pe\u00f1a adds. <\/p>\n<p>            \u201cI always try to write songs, or try to co-write songs with the artists, that help them express what they\u2019re going through at the moment,\u201d Barrera says. That involves listening to their stories, like the ones Sol\u00eds tells him about \u201cups and downs in his relationships\u201d or a breakup. The other five members of Grupo Frontera are married, but their songs, as Pe\u00f1a describes it, tend to revolve around either \u201clove, [being] in love or out of love.\u201d<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div class=\"content_block flush image\" id=\"content_block-261137\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1440,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/MAYA_FUHR45_vi4k0x\/cover-story-grupo-frontera-interview.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_220,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/MAYA_FUHR45_vi4k0x\/cover-story-grupo-frontera-interview.jpg 220w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_300,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/MAYA_FUHR45_vi4k0x\/cover-story-grupo-frontera-interview.jpg 300w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/MAYA_FUHR45_vi4k0x\/cover-story-grupo-frontera-interview.jpg 400w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_600,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/MAYA_FUHR45_vi4k0x\/cover-story-grupo-frontera-interview.jpg 600w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_750,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/MAYA_FUHR45_vi4k0x\/cover-story-grupo-frontera-interview.jpg 750w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_840,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/MAYA_FUHR45_vi4k0x\/cover-story-grupo-frontera-interview.jpg 840w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_960,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/MAYA_FUHR45_vi4k0x\/cover-story-grupo-frontera-interview.jpg 960w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1260,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/MAYA_FUHR45_vi4k0x\/cover-story-grupo-frontera-interview.jpg 1260w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1800,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/MAYA_FUHR45_vi4k0x\/cover-story-grupo-frontera-interview.jpg 1800w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_2400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/MAYA_FUHR45_vi4k0x\/cover-story-grupo-frontera-interview.jpg 2400w,\" sizes=\"100vw\" alt=\"Cover Story: &lt;i&gt;This&lt;\/i&gt; is Grupo Frontera\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-261158\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>            In this way, the band\u2019s songs aren\u2019t that unlike the rich lineage of cumbias Mexicanas that preceded them, which often spoke of heartbreak through forms like snail mail. In Grupo Frontera\u2019s songs, broken hearts and romantic rendezvous are viewed through the vantage point of social media, with song lyrics that touch on sending DMs, receiving surprising text messages, and reining themselves in from making ill-advised late-night phone calls. <\/p>\n<p>            \u201cOne way or another, you&#8217;re gonna sing our songs because you&#8217;ve been through it, or you\u2019re going through it,\u201d Pe\u00f1a says. \u201cOr you\u2019re going to go through it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>            Sol\u00eds grins, revealing several tiny jewels glinting on one of his canines. \u201cAnd you\u2019re gonna dance to it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-261160\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>\n            <span class=\"lead-text\">Back in L.A.,<\/span> I meet up again with the band at an upscale Mexican restaurant with a clubby atmosphere. The guys are in unwinding mode (their publicist, who took their phones away during the initial interview, has returned them). Sol\u00eds is scrolling through videos while Pe\u00f1a glances at photos from last night\u2019s Oscars parties. Guerrero, seated next to me, watches a live Monterrey v. Mazatl\u00e1n soccer <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">game<\/a> on his phone. <\/p>\n<p>            We order rounds of guacamole and esquites dusted with Flamin\u2019 Hot Cheetos for the table. Most everyone gets individual cuts of meat, while some opt for lobster mac and cheese. Acosta, who\u2019s been keeping to himself in one corner, swiftly orders an entr\u00e9e and is already quietly eating dessert by the time everyone else is getting their main courses. Then, he peaces out and says his goodbyes as the rest of the band razzes him. <\/p>\n<p>            After the meal, Grupo Frontera head to Burbank for a quick go-karting session before catching their late-night flight back to the Valley. This brisk schedule notwithstanding, they tell me that they\u2019re consciously trying to make their tours less of a vexing whirlwind than they were in the past. \u201cWe feel like we toured 366 days last year,\u201d Pe\u00f1a says. When they toured South America in 2023, they did a breakneck nine dates, across various countries, in 10 days. This time around, while touring ahead of their new album, they\u2019re taking their time \u2014  they\u2019ve got five dates over two weeks in the likes of Buenos Aires, and they plan to eat, sightsee, and hang out with friends.<\/p>\n<p>            They\u2019re trying to more consciously enjoy these moments. But there\u2019s a point where bodies just give out. Last year, a <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@tomasmier\/video\/7302881050659802399\">video of an exhausted, sick Sol\u00eds<\/a> made the rounds \u2014 his voice simply was not working onstage. \u201cI was just feeling really sad,\u201d he says. \u201cI was like, \u2018Bro, we\u2019re doing all these concerts that people paid to come see, and they\u2019re not getting what they want to hear, what they should be hearing.\u201d During that nonstop era of touring, at a show where they performed at 3 a.m., Cant\u00fa admits that once he briefly fell asleep onstage.<\/p>\n<p>            But the band seems invigorated these days by the new songs, which harness their upward momentum and penchant for trying new things. These emerge in unexpected ways: When I first heard a stream of their new album, the propulsive opening notes of \u201cDesquite,\u201d a collaboration with Argentinian artist Nicki Nicole, threw me so much that I thought I\u2019d mistakenly opened another tab on my phone at first. Cant\u00fa seems thrilled to hear this. \u201cThis album feels really fresh,\u201d Cant\u00fa says, in between bites of queso fundido. \u201cIt\u2019s super diverse, which is what all of us like.\u201d It also sees them taking on even more collaborations with the likes of Christian Nodal (\u201cYa Pedo Qui\u00e9n Sabe\u201d), as well as more left-field features from the likes of Maluma and Morat \u2014 yes, that Morat.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-261174\" class=\"content_block breaker triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left pull_quote\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"pull_quote\"><p>\u201cEvery carnita asada, every Christmas, everything, we\u2019re still karaokeing to the same style of music. Just now we added the Frontera songs because everybody wants to sing them once we\u2019re there\u2026 and they don\u2019t understand that we don\u2019t!\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-261162\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>            Even with the excitement of touring ahead, and promoting a new album that will likely be a soundtrack to the summer, Grupo Frontera relish being home just as much. Sol\u00eds waxes poetic about going out to \u201ccruise nights\u201d in the Valley \u2014 where people meet up with their tricked-out trucks and sound system in parking lots and chill while listening to music. At home, the guys also pull light-hearted pranks on one another. Cant\u00fa, who has an impish air about him, lives next door to Ortega. One morning, Ortega woke up to music outside. It was Cant\u00fa, who\u2019d decided to roll out of bed and serenade his friend outside of his window with an accordion ditty. <\/p>\n<p>            They still have no intention of leaving their communities. \u201cWe would never move from the Valley, because the Valley\u2019s small,\u201d says Sol\u00eds. \u201cWe\u2019ve been here [in L.A.], Miami, Houston. There\u2019s so much more traffic; the world moves faster.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>            Cant\u00fa nods. \u201cEn McAllen, it moves slow,\u201d he says. \u201cM\u00e1s como laid back.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>            Beyond the pace, proximity to their loved ones has also kept them in the Valley. \u201cIt feels, like, warm,\u201d Cant\u00fa adds. \u201cThey\u2019re there. No somos de la cultura de \u2018let\u2019s move out.\u2019\u201d <\/p>\n<p>            Guerrero looks up from the soccer match he\u2019s watching: \u201cEvery one of us, we\u2019re happy with our families there.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>            Even though their lives have changed over the last few years, some things have stayed the same. \u201cEvery carnita asada, every Christmas, everything, we\u2019re still karaoking to the same style of music,\u201d says Pe\u00f1a. \u201cJust now we added the Frontera songs because everybody wants to sing them once we\u2019re there\u2026 and they don\u2019t understand that we don\u2019t!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>            For now, they\u2019re happy to zip from the Valley all over the world to keep going even further with their sound. Recently the band released a song with Colombian legend Shakira, which happened fortuitously when she was recording songs with Barrera in Malibu for her new album <i>Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran<\/i>. Grupo Frontera happened to be shopping in West Hollywood at the time, and Barrera called them, asking if they could drive out to Malibu in the next half-hour to record with him and Shakira. \u201cStuff like that happens with me and [Grupo Frontera] and we don\u2019t plan anything,\u201d laughs Barrera. \u201cThat\u2019s a problem. And that\u2019s a blessing. Because we don\u2019t expect anything and we just play everything by ear and everything by instinct, and that\u2019s the way we work.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>            That session, which resulted in the musicians\u2019 collaborative song \u201cEntre Par\u00e9ntesis,\u201d stayed with Barrera. \u201cI can\u2019t believe I\u2019m here with a band from McAllen, that does regional Mexican music, that\u2019s from my hometown, that they\u2019re my friends,\u201d he says. \u201cWe\u2019re all together working with the biggest artists in the world. It\u2019s one of those \u2018pinch me\u2019 moments that\u2019s huge for our community. It\u2019s huge for our culture.\u201d<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-261170\" class=\"content_block diptych triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper half_gutter_right gutter_btm\">\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_760,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:eco\/MAYA_FUHR41_kljrnx\/cover-story-grupo-frontera-interview.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_220,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:eco\/MAYA_FUHR41_kljrnx\/cover-story-grupo-frontera-interview.jpg 220w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_300,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:eco\/MAYA_FUHR41_kljrnx\/cover-story-grupo-frontera-interview.jpg 300w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:eco\/MAYA_FUHR41_kljrnx\/cover-story-grupo-frontera-interview.jpg 400w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_600,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:eco\/MAYA_FUHR41_kljrnx\/cover-story-grupo-frontera-interview.jpg 600w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_750,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:eco\/MAYA_FUHR41_kljrnx\/cover-story-grupo-frontera-interview.jpg 750w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_840,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:eco\/MAYA_FUHR41_kljrnx\/cover-story-grupo-frontera-interview.jpg 840w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_960,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:eco\/MAYA_FUHR41_kljrnx\/cover-story-grupo-frontera-interview.jpg 960w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1260,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:eco\/MAYA_FUHR41_kljrnx\/cover-story-grupo-frontera-interview.jpg 1260w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1800,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:eco\/MAYA_FUHR41_kljrnx\/cover-story-grupo-frontera-interview.jpg 1800w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_2400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:eco\/MAYA_FUHR41_kljrnx\/cover-story-grupo-frontera-interview.jpg 2400w,\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 50vw\" alt=\"Cover Story: &lt;i&gt;This&lt;\/i&gt; is Grupo Frontera\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"media_wrapper half_gutter_left\" style=\"\">\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_760,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:eco\/MAYA_FUHR40_dymglf\/cover-story-grupo-frontera-interview.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_220,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:eco\/MAYA_FUHR40_dymglf\/cover-story-grupo-frontera-interview.jpg 220w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_300,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:eco\/MAYA_FUHR40_dymglf\/cover-story-grupo-frontera-interview.jpg 300w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:eco\/MAYA_FUHR40_dymglf\/cover-story-grupo-frontera-interview.jpg 400w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_600,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:eco\/MAYA_FUHR40_dymglf\/cover-story-grupo-frontera-interview.jpg 600w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_750,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:eco\/MAYA_FUHR40_dymglf\/cover-story-grupo-frontera-interview.jpg 750w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_840,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:eco\/MAYA_FUHR40_dymglf\/cover-story-grupo-frontera-interview.jpg 840w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_960,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:eco\/MAYA_FUHR40_dymglf\/cover-story-grupo-frontera-interview.jpg 960w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1260,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:eco\/MAYA_FUHR40_dymglf\/cover-story-grupo-frontera-interview.jpg 1260w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1800,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:eco\/MAYA_FUHR40_dymglf\/cover-story-grupo-frontera-interview.jpg 1800w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_2400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:eco\/MAYA_FUHR40_dymglf\/cover-story-grupo-frontera-interview.jpg 2400w,\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 50vw\" alt=\"Cover Story: &lt;i&gt;This&lt;\/i&gt; is Grupo Frontera\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-261164\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>            Grupo Frontera seems similarly floored by every step, every gig, every nuance they\u2019ve experienced that\u2019s gotten them to where they are at this moment. Pe\u00f1a tells me that after the initial success of \u201cNo Se Va,\u201d the band played Citibanamex in Monterrey \u2014 a city that\u2019s a proving ground for regional Mexican music. Back then, they\u2019d been dismayed to hear that some locals had dismissed them as merely \u201clos que copiaban a Morat\u2019\u2019 (the ones who copied Morat). That accusation hit them hard. <\/p>\n<p>            A year later, Grupo Frontera came back to Monterrey. That time they sold out the much-bigger Arena Monterrey, with a capacity of over 17,000 people. Twice. \u201cFor us, all of us that grew up there, Arena Monterrey\u2026 That was big because that\u2019s where we all went to see the biggest artists that we can think of,\u201d says Pe\u00f1a. The disbelief is palpable in his voice. <\/p>\n<p>            The 2023 shows they did at Arena Monterrey were momentous for a different reason: It had been practically a year to the day since Pe\u00f1a had made the call to leave his job, to take a chance on himself and his bandmates. It\u2019s taken him and his friends, born and brought up in a constellation of cities and towns that dot the expanse of South Texas, towards futures more extraordinary than they ever could have imagined.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-261219\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-261173\" class=\"content_block breaker triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left pull_quote\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"pull_quote\"><p>Jugando Que No Pasa Nada <i>is out this spring<\/i>.<\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"author\">\n    <span><br \/>\n      By <span class=\"credit_name\">Paula Mej\u00eda<\/span><br \/>\n  <\/span><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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