turns out Sebastian Yatra it’s actually called Sebastian Obando Giraldo and is the son of one of the most influential families in Colombia. He chose the surname Yatra because it is a spiritually charged Hindi word that means “Sacred Path to the Divine”.
Sebastian Obando Giraldo was born on October 15, 1995 in Medellin. When he was 5 years old, his family moved to Miami, where Sebastian grew up, took singing and theater lessons, and discovered his passion for music.
At the age of 12 he began to write songs and at 18 he began his artistic career, with the release of the pop ballad The psychologist. But it was his single treacherous the theme that made him an international star in 2016, with the support of the distribution of the theme made by the Universal record company throughout the world.
Watch the video of Sebastián Yatra alone with TN. (Photo: Twitter / sebastianyatra)
His father is Aníbal Obando Giraldo and his mother, María Adelaida Giraldo Moreno. He has two older brothers, Juan Manuel and Andrés. His family has owned an important logistics and transport company for more than fifty years., Commercial Coordinator. And he left the city of Medellin out of fear of drug trafficking and in search of safety. From that city they continued with his business.
This is how the singer told it about what it meant to live in the headquarters of the cartel commanded by Pablo Escobar Gaviria: “Medellín was at that time a place full of drug trafficking, which was very difficult. My dad walked around with a revolver to defend himself against any attack or kidnapping attempt.”
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His uncle Iván Obando Giraldo is also a very influential person in the Colombian media, since he was the founder of the production company Cosmovisión more than three decades ago.
Sebastián Yatra: a surname full of spirituality
It was his mother, María Adelaida, who recommended to Sebastián, when he began his musical career, that he not use his paternal last name, loaded with so much history in Colombia. And she suggested that he choose a new, artistic one.
“I chose Yatra because it hides a great meaning and the sacred path has taken me very far -explained the singer of Red high heels Y Brown eyes to Elle magazine. My mother is a very honest person, very intuitive and pure, who has brought me intensely closer to her spirituality”.
Sebastián Yatra: a race without limits
Sebastian Yatra He is not pigeonholed into any genre: he bare his soul in ballads, reggaeton is encouraged and he has pop songs, cumbia and flamenco rumba. He has already released three albums: Mantra (2018), Fantasia (2019) and Dharma (2022).
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He also made his debut on television, in the program “Guerra de Idols” on Telemundo, in 1018. He was also a judge in “La voz infantil” and “La Voz” in Colombia and Spain, and starred in the series “Érase una vez… pero ya no” from Netflix.
And in 2021 he participated in Disney’s animated film “Encanto” with the song two caterpillars, who sang in both Spanish and English. The theme was nominated for an Oscar for best movie theme, but did not win.
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The first time that Sebastian Yatra visited Argentina was on a trip with his parents, when he was 11 years old. At that moment she decided that he wanted to live in Patagonia. And there she returned to record the video clip of her song There is no one elsein the snowy mountains and the magical forest of El Chaltén.
In 2017 he launched There is no one to stop us with Tini Stoessel and the singer invited him to accompany him at the concerts of his tour “Got me started Tour” at the Gran Rex Theater. The following year they did together I want to come back, the single with a video clip that named Tini’s second album. By 2019, one of the most followed romances on social networks began, which also left the successful theme Hears and it only lasted a year.
Sebastián Yatra: a very influential family and the forced surname change