Argentine rock legend Fito Páez presents “Superextraño” the second single from his eagerly anticipated forthcoming album, Novela alongside the tracklist for the 25-track project. The single is accompanied by an original lyric video designed and produced by Cornáscavia Estudio and produced by Antiestático //watch here//.
The earworm chorus and layered arrangement on the new single “Superextraño” pays homage to Páez’s classic sound while embracing a modern, polished production in theme with the project’s circus setting.
The release follows the first release from the album, “Cuando el circo llega al pueblo,” which translates to “when the circus comes to town”); a track that welcomes audiences into Novela’s immersive world. An explosion of saturated colors and whimsical characters in the video amplifies the magic of the music with a dazzling array of surreal imagery and dreamlike settings.
On “Superextraño,” the 12th song on the 25-track project, the ‘Novela’ story continues when the protagonists Jimmy and Loka see each other for the first time. It sets the stage for the most intense moments of this incredible story – advancing the narration between moments of darkness and the development of the characters. Everyone knows something they don’t say. Enhancing the uncertainty about the secrets of characters Jok, Julius, Loka’s mom, and desire, Maldivia and Turbialuz accomplish their initial goal: Jimmy and Loka crossing paths. And as it is the moment where love should awaken, with the two witches flying while surrounding the couple, other turbulent scenes, with doubts and mistrust, are ahead.
The 25-track album Novela which translates to Novel, is a great musical oeuvre that the Argentine icon Fito Páez began writing in 1988, finished writing in 2024, and will finally see the light on March 27th, 2025. The album tells a magical story with original characters of rebellious and passionate spirit. The scenario is a particular town in Santa Fe, Argentina; where a freak circus arrives and revolutionizes the lives of its inhabitants. Composed by Fito Páez and produced by Paez himself, Gustavo Borner and Diego Olivero, recorded between Abbey Road, London and Sony Music Studios 5020 Madrid Novela is a work of art with infinite dimensions that will not leave anyone indifferent.
Known for his monumental contributions to Latin rock music, Fito Páez blends jangle-pop guitar lines with punchy percussion and a lush wash of vocal harmonies, delivering a track that bridges the past and present. With a career spanning over four decades, Páez’s achievements include timeless hits like “El Amor Después del Amor” and “Mariposa Tecknicolor,” 11 Latin GRAMMY awards, and many sold-out world tours. His story began in Rosario, where he formed the band SUMA and played with legends like Charly García and Luis Alberto Spinetta. Over the years, Páez has continually reshaped his artistry, experimenting with rock, jazz, tango, and folk on chart-topping albums like Abre Paez and Circo Beat.
THE STORY OF THE ALBUM ‘NOVELA’
The story begins in Prix University, where two witch students, Maldivina and Turbialuz -brilliant, although picaresque-, must fulfill a mission as a test/punishment, dictated by the rector of the place, the evil Rectitud Martirius: to find the perfect love in Villa Constitución, small town where the whole imaginary of the story takes place. There they meet Loka, the daughter of the owner of a poor traveling circus. And Jimmy, an orphan boy who has a rock band and lives with his aunt Charo. From now on, the story concentrates on a parade of charming characters, who run parallel to the exposition of Turbialuz and Maldivina’s acts, as they seek to concretize the bond between Loka and Jimmy. Fantastic adventures, cabarets, disturbing mobs. Neighbors, darks and freaks. Characters with anguish, tragedies, lights and shadows, who go through their days in the limit between a town and a poor circus that defines the antagonism and the staging of everyday life and its reaction to supernatural events that constantly occur, among them, the appearance of love.
ABOUT FITO PAEZ
Fito Páez, born in Rosario (Argentina) in 1963, is one of the greatest Latin American musicians of all time, and his work has been recorded in all languages by artists from all over the world. Throughout his extensive career, he has performed in concert throughout Latin America, the United States and major European cities, in such emblematic venues as Carnegie Hall and Radio City Music Hall in New York, the Dolby Theatre and the Fillmore Theatre in Los Angeles, the National Auditorium in Mexico City and the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires; and major festivals: Vive Latino, Rock al Parque, Lollapalooza and Viña del Mar, among many others.
He has shared stages and recording studios with countless colleagues: Elvis Costello, Charly García, Pablo Milanés, Luis Alberto Spinetta, Caetano Veloso, Joaquín Sabina, Gerardo Gandini, Alejandro Sanz, Paulinho Moska, Andrés Calamaro, Rita Lee, Nathy Peluso, Armando Manzanero, Hugo Fattoruso, David Lebón, Fabiana Cantilo, and a long etcetera. He received the international Master of Latin Music award from Berklee College of Music in Boston, being the first Latin American rock musician to receive this prestigious worldwide award. In 2021 his album “The Conquest of Space” was a winner at the 63rd GRAMMY® Awards as the best album of the year. “Best Latin Rock or Alternative Album” (his second nomination 20 years after “Abre” in 2000). His most recent albums include the multi-award winning “La conquista del espacio” and the trilogy “Los años salvajes”, an immense work composed of three episodes that show different facets of Paez’s musical art: the album of new songs with his band that gives it its title, “Futurología Arlt”, an orchestral album inspired by the literature of the great Argentine writer Roberto Arlt, and The Golden Light”, in which he performs original compositions alone with his piano in an intimate context. The Latin Recording Academy presented him in 2021 with an Award for Musical Excellence, recognition for the exceptional artistic significance of his creative contributions to the field of recorded music throughout his career. Among multiple nominations, he won 11 Latin GRAMMY Awards® gramophones, in addition to countless awards and distinctions received throughout the continent during his career. Since September 2022, the “El Amor 30 Años Después Del Amor” Tour has been a milestone in Argentina, with 8 sold-out shows at the Movistar Arena Buenos Aires that year and more than 70 thousand people selling out tickets during two historic nights at the Velez Sarsfield Stadium in early April 2023. The tour celebrating one of the most transcendental works of his career continued touring the interior of his country and adding international destinations in cities in the United States, Spain, Brazil, Colombia, Chile, Uruguay, Paraguay and Venezuela. He is also a screenwriter and director of two films: “Vidas Privadas” and “De Quién Es El Portaligas”. In addition, he is the author of 4 books published throughout the Americas: “La Puta Diabla”, “Diario De Viaje”, “Los Días De Kirchner” and Ïnfancia y Juventud¨. Netflix presented the series “El amor después del amor”, fiction based on the life of Fito Páez. As one of the most outstanding premieres in the region, it has led the ranking of the most watched content on the platform, with great repercussions in the media and generating trends in social networks. The recording of the new version of the classic album of the same title began in August 2022 in Los Angeles, with Paez accompanied in the production by Gustavo Borner and Diego Olivero.
“The idea was to transform it, revisit it and do new things to it”, declared the artist from Rosario, who recorded original new versions for this unforgettable repertoire, with a truly modern look. Accompanied by great musicians, he counts on luxury guests from different latitudes and generations. Titled EADDA9223, the acronym that gives it its name is made up of the initials of the original album, El Amor Después Del Amor, adding the last two digits of its year of release, 1992, and the current release year, 2023. After performing in March at the Vive Latino Mexico festival, 2024 found him based in Madrid, developing Novela, his next studio material, which will also have its own film. From Spain he traveled to the emblematic Abbey Road studio in London, where he began recording the album, along with Gustavo Borner and Diego Olivero in the production. They were five wonderful days, with the musical commitment and sessions of Ian Thomas on drums (he has worked with Eric Clapton and Mick Jagger among others), Adam Goldsmith on guitars (Gloria Estefan, Seal, Robbie Williams) and violinist Everton Nelson (Ryuichi Sakamoto). The track continued at the 5020 Studio in Madrid, where the recording was completed in July, after six months of hard work. At the same time, he was working on the live presentation of the anniversary of two of his most outstanding albums: “Del 63” and “Circo Beat”. Finally, under the name “Paez 4030”, these two emblematic albums of his career were celebrated, commemorating 40 years since the release of his first album “Del 63” and 30 years of the iconic “Circo Beat”.Thus, while working on new material, Fito Páez revisited his history with a current perspective on these two works that have marked generations and have become anthems of rock in Spanish. November was the month that initiated this exclusive encounter with these albums, with a cataract of shows at the Movistar Arena of Buenos Aires, also Rosario, Córdoba, Santiago de Chile and Montevideo (Uruguay), were able to enjoy these unique moments.
He begins 2025 by resuming the El amor después del amor tour with concerts pending in 2024 in his beloved Mexico: two shows at the Auditorio Nacional in Mexico City, one in Guadalajara, and the expected massive event in the Zócalo, which will bring together the inhabitants of the city as well as those of the Valley of Mexico. While we are waiting for a preview of the new album at the end of January, we are eagerly awaiting the release of Novela, scheduled for March, which will undoubtedly be an unprecedented work of art that will take us on an exciting excursion into the creative talent of Fito Páez.
