Ateo Explained

Ateo
Cover:AteoTangana.jpg
Type:single
Artist:C. Tangana and Nathy Peluso
Album:La Sobremesa
Language:Spanish
English Title:"Atheist"
Released:8 October 2021
Genre:
Length:3:59
Label:Sony Spain
Producer:
Chronology:C. Tangana
Prev Title:Ya No Vales
Prev Year:2021
Next Title:Tocarte
Next Year:2021

"Ateo" (Spanish for "Atheist") is a song recorded by Spanish singer C. Tangana and Argentine singer Nathy Peluso.[1] Written by both performers alongside Alizzz and Víctor Martínez and produced by the mentioned plus Rafa Arcaute, the track was released on 8 October 2021 through Sony Music Spain as a single from the reissue of the 2021 album El Madrileño, titled La Sobremesa (2022).[2] "Ateo" met great commercial success, debuting at number one on the Spanish charts, becoming Peluso's first number one single in the country as well as Tangana's fourth.[3]

Its music video, filmed inside the Toledo Cathedral, sparked enormous controversy between the Spanish ecclesiastical community, eventually causing the resignation of the cathedral's dean Juan Miguel Ferrer after discrepancies of opinions between him and the archbishop Francisco Cerro Chaves.[4]

Background

Rumors about a possible collaboration between the two performers started in mid-September after they were both spotted in Toledo.[5] The track was officially announced through social media on 6 October 2021, alongside a trailer that featured an ensemble cast of journalists talking about a non-shared picture of Tangana grabbing Peluso's hair, "ironizing past sexist allegations of Tangana in the media".[6]

Music video

The music video for "Ateo" premiered on YouTube alongside the song. It was written and directed by C. Tangana and produced by his company Little Spain, which also produced all music videos extracted from El Madrileño. It was primarily filmed inside the Toledo Cathedral in mid-September after filming permissions being denied at the Burgos and Segovia Cathedrals.[7] The production reportedly paid €15,000 to shoot in the cathedral.[8]

The video features Tangana and Peluso dancing in the cathedral grinding against each other,[9] as well as guest appearances by Brays Efe, Elizabeth Duval, Josep Pedrerol, Cayetana Guillén Cuervo and Miranda Makaroff, among others.[10] [11] The last four are seen debating in a panel about some images of C. Tangana pulling Peluso's hair.[12] The cover art of the single is directly inspired by one of the mural paintings displayed in the cathedral's chapter house that features a woman held by her hair by a demon to prevent her salvation at the Last Judgment.[13]

Controversy

Controversy rose upon the release of the music video as Catholic purists expressed their repulse against it. Juan Miguel Ferrer, dean of the primary council of the Toledo Cathedral, stated that "the video presents a story of conversion though human love (...) that opposes "the understanding and acceptance of the Church" in a provocative visual language that does not affect faith". Ferrer continued to say that "the goal was exclusively to favor the dialogue with contemporary culture, always preserving faith and Church".[14] Despite the statement, multiple gatherings against Ferrer and the project took place outside the cathedral; resulting in the dean's resignation over discrepancies with the archbishop Francisco Cerro Chaves.

A purification of the Toledo Cathedral, conducted by Cerro Chaves, took place on 17 October to "repair the sins".[15]

Personnel

Adapted from Jaxsta.[16]

Production

Technical

Charts

Chart (2021–2022)Peak
position
Colombia (National-Report)[17] 83
Mexico (Airplay)[18] 30

Release history

CountryDateFormatLabel
Various8 October 2021Sony Spain
Spain17 October 2021Contemporary hit radio

References

  1. Web site: 2021-10-06. C. Tangana anuncia tema con Nathy Peluso. 2021-11-04. Estación 40. es-AR.
  2. 2021-10-05. Nathy Peluso y C. Tangana buscan 'provocar y algo más' con el anuncio de su colaboración. 2021-11-04. Rolling Stone. es.
  3. Web site: 2021-10-19. 'Ateo' de C. Tangana y Nathy Peluso, número 1 en España. 2021-11-04. jenesaispop.com. es.
  4. Web site: 2021-10-12. Ateo: Dimite el deán de la Catedral de Toledo por la polémica del videoclip de Nathy Peluso y C.Tangana. 2021-11-04. La Vanguardia. es.
  5. Web site: Cero. Milla. Cómo C. Tangana moviliza a una ciudad entera para purificar una Iglesia. 2021-11-04. Milla Cero. 2 November 2021 . es.
  6. Web site: Bravo. Eduardo. 2021-10-16. La Iglesia contra el pop: siete escándalos que precedieron al de C. Tangana. 2021-11-04. El País. es.
  7. Web site: Camazón. Alba. 2021-10-20. La Catedral de Burgos rechazó la propuesta de C. Tangana y Nathy Peluso para grabar el videoclip de 'Ateo'. 2021-11-04. ElDiario.es. es.
  8. Web site: Bachata en la catedral de Toledo: C. Tangana y Nathy Peluso arman un gran revuelo en España con su video 'Ateo'. Univision. 13 October 2021.
  9. Web site: Archbishop apologises for steamy video filmed in Spanish cathedral. The Guardian. 8 October 2021. Sam. Jones.
  10. Web site: Aragón. Heraldo de. Polémica por la publicación de 'Ateo' de C. Tangana y Nathy Peluso rodado en la Catedral de Toledo. 2021-11-04. heraldo.es. 8 October 2021 . es.
  11. Web site: De Pedrerol a María Pombo: quién es quién en 'Ateo', el nuevo videoclip de C. Tangana. HuffPost. 8 October 2021. Marina. Prats.
  12. Web site: La 'pasión religiosa', según C. Tangana y Nathy Peluso en su explícita canción 'Ateo'. El Confidencial. 8 October 2021.
  13. Web site: El videoclip de la discordia: bronca entre el arzobispo y el deán de la catedral de Toledo por C. Tangana y Nathy Peluso. eldiario.es. Fidel. Manjavacas. 8 October 2021.
  14. Web site: 2021-10-14. El deán Juan Miguel cayó en la tentación de C. Tangana por 15.000 €: su liturgia en Radio María. 2021-11-04. El Español. es.
  15. Web site: La catedral de Toledo celebra un acto de "purificación" después del videoclip de Nathy Peluso y C. Tangana. 2021-11-04. www.publico.es. 18 October 2021 .
  16. Web site: Jaxsta. 2021-11-04. jaxsta.com.
  17. Web site: Top 100 Colombia – Semana 4 del 2021 – Del 21/01/2022 al 27/01/2022. National-Report. 3 February 2022. es. https://web.archive.org/web/20220203030004/https://national-report.com/top-colombia/. 3 February 2022.
  18. C. Tangana. 2021-11-04. Billboard.