Ileana Cabra, known as iLe, was at home in Puerto Rico during lockdown, working on a song teeming with rage. “It was coming from a place of frustration, when frustration and anger mix,” she explains. “When we as women fight and work as collectives to destroy the patriarchy, to end femicides, to stop violence against women, and there’s always something that tries to minimize or devalue our struggle.”
The track became “Algo Bonito,” a defiant highlight from her 2022 album Nacarile. Around the time she was writing the song, one...
The track became “Algo Bonito,” a defiant highlight from her 2022 album Nacarile. Around the time she was writing the song, one...
- 3/2/2023
- by Griffin Lotz
- Rollingstone.com
Stepping onstage at Brooklyn’s Public Records one night late in October, Puerto Rican singer-songwriter Ileana Cabra carried herself delicately, dressed like an indie Alice in Wonderland in a puff-sleeved mini dress. The artist, who goes by iLe, was getting ready to serenade the crowd with her brassy voice while performing songs from her new album Nacarile — and didn’t look at all like she was about to burst into a bullish rap. But halfway through “Ningún Lugar,” a slow rock number written with Argentine freestyle rapper Trueno, iLe launched...
- 11/9/2022
- by Jenzia Burgos
- Rollingstone.com
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