Íñigo Quintero is the man of the moment. The Galician singer-songwriter was completely unknown to the general public just a few months ago and, now, he has the most successful song in the world to his credit: If you are not.
A few days ago we were able to see how the 22-year-old from A Coruña performed his viral song in front of an audience of more than 15,000 people at the Porlas concert organized by Cadena 100. The presence of the young artist surprised and enamored the attendees in equal measure, for which many left a record on social networks of how much they had enjoyed Quintero's performance.
Although in March 2023 it had a loyal audience of 30,000 monthly listeners on the Spotify music platform, it currently has almost 20 million monthly listeners, an exorbitant figure that great established artists in our country dream of.
This Tuesday, the Spanish singer-songwriter woke up with the good news that his song is ranked number 1 in the global top 50 ranking. This is a great achievement for a person who is just beginning his musical career, since in our country only Rosalía and Quevedo, two of the most important national figures, have managed to reach this position.
Quintero has reached this point thanks to the power of social networks. His song has been playing very loudly on TikTok for two months, a platform that has a great pulling force and a great consumption capacity.
In addition, countless celebrities have used the song for their publications, as well as wanting to help the young singer-songwriter and give him a voice so that he can make a living from music and become the next 'Pablo Alborán'.
Everyone sings it, but very few know what 'Si te vas' is really about. According to different experts and followers, Quintero talks in his song about the loss of religious faith and how this influences people's lives. "You dream high / it's the power / that they have given you from heaven", "Your few signs are of no use to me / Nothing is like before / I forget who I am / What have you done to me?", etc. These are some of the verses in which you can sense that it speaks of divine force.
Although the author did not want to reveal the true meaning of the song in order to continue growing musically without prejudice and has preferred not to reveal if God is his main source of inspiration, fans have discovered that Quintero studied at a religious school (where he sang many other songs of a Christian nature) and that maintains a relationship with the institution that welcomes members of Opus Dei.
