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Sometime last year I decided I needed more Latin vibes in my Spotify, so I created a playlist titled “Feelin Ethnic‰Û, which is a stupid name because we are all ethnic one way or another, but clearly I was thinking more along the lines of “wow this playlist makes me feel REALLY Hispanic‰Û.

Naturally, I started adding my childhood jams like Bacilos, Julieta Venegas and Sin Bandera. I won‰’t tell you that I may have added Daddy Yankee to that list just like you won‰’t tell me that you listen to Pit Bull on private session.

I stumbled through many of my favorite childhood artists through the “similar artists‰” option, but there was an unfamiliar suggestion that kept repeating itself.

Sidenote: I‰’m beginning to think that the “similar artists‰” option is composed of suggestions that sound 30% alike, look 50% the same (look at Ciara‰’s related artists, all black females), and 20% most popular in that genre.

It was Carla Morrison, staring into your soul, face slanted sideways, and what appeared to be a drawing on her face. Her voice is angelic, her melodies are beautiful, the rhythms smooth and simple, and her lyrics will make your heart melt. Imagine the tenderness of your mom reading you bedtime stories while on a cloud, with cotton candy pillows, and you can feel an ocean breeze (even though we established we‰’re on a cloud).

My favorite song off her album Dejenme Llorar (“Let Me Cry”) is “Eres Tu‰” (“it is you”), which is about loving someone so much that they become a part of you. Here‰’s an excerpt translated:

“I want to draw you purely from my thoughts, in my mind mark your lips and your kisses‰Û

The best part is that it is not about a girl professing her love for a boy, or vice versa. The lyrics are presented in a brilliant gender-neutral manner, which paves the way for the music video to be about a gay couple getting married.

The fact that she serves a minor role in her own music video goes to show how invested she is in the message of her music. She‰’s not some sad girl in front of the camera waving her hands and dramatically looking to the side as an ambiguous expression lies on her face (throwing shade at you, Britney Spears).

Carla Morrison is straight and forward: Here is my music, these are the lyrics, think what you want of them but put love above it all.