Yolanda Be Cool
A Sober “Detox” Music Festival Is Coming to Colorado
Within the last five years, sober-curious lifestyles and addiction prevention initiatives have steadily grown in popularity. This September, Colorado-based Ignight Entertainment will take this progress one step further with the inaugural edition of their Sundown music festival. Scheduled for September 11th, the all-ages show will be the state’s first “detox” music festival, Fox21 News Colorado reported. Organizers have also put out a call for visual artists, with applications open until August 7th. Check the form out here. Flyer for Sundown, Colorado’s first “detox” music festival. Sundown Colorado In addition to headlining performances by Autograf and Yolanda Be Cool, Sundown will host an array of mental wellness and mindfulness ini...
DCUP Shares Firsthand Success Story Behind Creation of “We No Speak Americano”
Creating an organic number one hit in the modern era has proven to be extremely unlikely, but 10 years ago Yolanda Be Cool and DCUP achieved the feat on a profound scale. In a new video uploaded by Sol State, a YouTube channel dedicated to revealing production secrets and untold stories from the world’s most impactful producers, DCUP gave his firsthand account of how “We No Speak Americano” went from humble beginnings to mainstream hit. “We were aiming for an underground club track,” DCUP recalls of their studio session. “On the last day one of the two Yolanda guys asked me ‘Is there anything different we can do in the last breakdown?'” That simple question led DCUP to go sample hunting, where he discovered a saxophone sound that w...
Yolanda Be Cool Celebrates 10 Years of “We No Speak Americano” With International Remix Package
In 2010, Australian duo Yolanda Be Cool recruited their brother DCUP to create a party track their DJ friends could play. Little did they know that “We Speak No Americano” would become a worldwide sensation with Gold and Platinum accreditations across numerous territories. Even if you’re not familiar with Yolanda Be Cool, chances are this song has been stuck on repeat in your head at least once. Whether it was from the radio, Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted, Zumba Fitness 2, or even Just Dance 4, it’s a classic that everyone knows. As “We Speak No Americano” spread throughout the world, it reached the Top 10 in more than 40 countries and earned the duo the title of Australia’s biggest selling domestic artist of 2010. Now, with over one bil...
