"Caos" ("chaos" in Portuguese) is a song and single by Brazilian rock band Titãs, released on 14 July 2022 via Midas Music and produced by Sérgio Fouad and Rick Bonadio, taken from the trio's seventeenth studio albumOlho Furta-Cor.[1][2][3][4][5][6]
| "Caos" | ||||
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| Single by Titãs | ||||
| from the album Olho Furta-Cor | ||||
| Language | Portuguese | |||
| English title | Chaos | |||
| Released | 14 July 2022 | |||
| Recorded | 2022 | |||
| Studio | Midas Studios | |||
| Genre | Rock | |||
| Length | 3:14 | |||
| Label | Midas Music | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Rita Lee, Roberto de Carvalho, Beto Lee | |||
| Producer(s) | Sérgio Fouad, Rick Bonadio | |||
| Titãs singles chronology | ||||
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The song was composed by Rita Lee, Roberto de Carvalho and their son Beto Lee, who's a session guitarist for the group.[4][5][7][6][3][1][8][2][9][10][11] The track ended up being the last ever written by Rita Lee, who would later die in May 2023.[12]
Lyrics
editThe chorus incorporates the anarchist slogan "hay gobierno soy contra" ([if] there's government, I'm against (it)) which, according to vocalist Sérgio Britto, is directed to "the ones who are in power",[9] while also serving as "a warning to society as a whole to keep ever vigilant in regards with those who are in power".[4] Producer Rick Bonadio stated that it manifests the message "that I myself would like to deliver to Brazil in this political moment: it's chaos!".[9][3][4]
Britto said the track alludes to the moment lived by Brazil under Bolsonaro, but in a humorous way, which was typical of Rita Lee.[13]
Video
editThe single received a video directed by Otávio Juliano, who had already worked with the band in other occasions. The effort is mostly black & white, with colors used occasionally to highlight members, and includes distorted images on the background.[14]
Reception
editCritical reception
editOn Fórum magazine, Julinho Bittencourt criticized the lyrics, labeling the mentioned "chaos" as something "make believe, ludic". He accused the band of throwing everything "in the same bag in the old, worn and alienated idea that 'all politicians are the same'" and saw many platitudes on the lyrics. He concluded by saying that "demanding political stances from artists is messed up. However, criticizing them when they're extemporaneous and detached from the political time in which they are released is more than necessary."[10]
In his website Farofafá, Pedro Alexandre Sanchez saw a "common graveyard of lavajatism 'against all of this that's there'" on the chorus, which according to him would "sound passable in countless other historical Brazilian moments, but in this dark 2022 it's worth tapping into the worn idea that omission before fascism is not omission, it's adhesion and complicity, if not bovine approval." He also accused members of, on the verse "Sou hippie das antigas / do velho e bom paz e amor" ("I'm an oldschool hippie / of the good old peace & love"), ignoring "blatantly that the anti-politics and anti-system speech, which once belonged to the hippies, is currently kidnapped in Brazil by a (ex-)military called Jair Bolsonaro".[2]
In his blog on G1, Mauro Ferreira saw "Caos" as something that promotes "the connection of the first lady of Brazilian rock [Rita Lee] and Roberto de Carvalho [...] with an emblematic band of the pop generation revealed and projected throughout the 1980s". He compared the lyrical themes with the output of albums Cabeça Dinossauro and Jesus Não Tem Dentes no País dos Banguelas, although he doesn't see it with "the virulence of that time". He concluded his analysis claiming that "it would be cruel to demand from the 2022 trio the relevance and the heaviness of the 1980s band. However, Titãs honor their rocker past in the recording [...]. Caos is rock without a real originality touch, but neither is it the plastic pop frequently created by bands conducted under Bonadio's market-oriented baton
mas tampouco é o pop plastificado feito muitas vezes por bandas regidas sob a batuta mercadológica de Bonadio.[6]
Track listing
edit| No. | Title | Music | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Caos" | Rita Lee, Roberto de Carvalho, Beto Lee | 3:14 |
Personnel
edit- Titãs
- Titãs - arrangements
- Sérgio Britto - lead vocals
- Tony Bellotto - guitar
- Branco Mello - bass
- Supporting members
- Beto Lee - guitar
- Mario Fabre - drums
- Technical personnel
- Rick Bonadio - production, recording and mixing engineering, mastering, general and artistic direction
- Sérgio Fouad - production, recording and mixing engineering
- Junior Lanne and Ozeias Matos - additional recording engineering
- César Botinha - editing and guitar tech
- Matheus Peixoto - digital distribution
- Gabriela Bonadio - marketing and product
- Léo Mergulhão - product manager
- Technical personnel (video)
- Otávio Juliano - direction and conception
- Luciana Ferraz - direction and montage
- Interface Filmes - production
- Diego Garc - photography direction
- Fabio Braga - camera assistang
- Los Angeles Filmes - finalization
- Anna Rita Trunkl - make up
- Edilson "Tio Edi" - electric
References
edit- ^ a b Teixeira, Lara (15 July 2022). "Titãs antecipam novo disco com inédita escrita por Rita Lee; ouça "Caos"". Tenho Mais Discos que Amigos!. Retrieved 6 December 2024.
- ^ a b c Sanches, Pedro Alexandre (15 July 2022). "Titãs fazem de conta que estão "contra tudo isto que está aí" no single "Caos"". Farofará. Retrieved 6 December 2024.
- ^ a b c Pinheiro, Magda (11 July 2022). "Titãs em dose dupla: banda estreia novo single e documentário em julho". Popline. Retrieved 6 December 2024.
- ^ a b c d Assis, Marcelo de (14 July 2022). "Exclusivo: Titãs lançam a inédita "Caos". Assista". Terra. Telefónica. Retrieved 6 December 2024.
- ^ a b "Ouça: Titãs lançam inédita "Caos"". 89 FM A Rádio Rock. Grupo Camargo de Comunicação. 14 July 2022. Retrieved 6 December 2024.
- ^ a b c Ferreira, Mauro (14 July 2022). "Banda Titãs honra o passado roqueiro ao mostrar 'Caos' de Rita Lee e Roberto de Carvalho". G1. Grupo Globo. Retrieved 6 December 2024.
- ^ Suzuki, Leonardo (18 July 2022). "Titãs lança novo single, "Caos". Assista ao clipe!". Mix FM. Grupo Objetivo. Retrieved 6 December 2024.
- ^ Marmella (15 July 2022). ""Caos": Titãs lança faixa composta por Rita Lee". Band Multi. Grupo Bandeirantes de Comunicação / Grupo Folha. Retrieved 6 December 2024.
- ^ a b c Diniz, Titãs lança 1° single do álbum de inéditas: ‘Hay gobierno soy contra’ (24 July 2022). "Titãs lança 1° single do álbum de inéditas: 'Hay gobierno soy contra'". CartaCapital. Basset. Retrieved 6 December 2024.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ a b Bittencourt, Julinho (15 July 2022). "Titãs lançam canção de Rita Lee na onda do: "todos os políticos são iguais"". Fórum. Publisher Brasil. Retrieved 6 December 2024.
- ^ Resende, Lucas Lanna (11 September 2022). "Titãs comemoram 40 anos de estrada com o disco "Olho furta-cor"". Estado de Minas. Diários Associados. Retrieved 2 December 2024.
- ^ Cruz, Felipe Branco (9 May 2023). "Como foi a última parceria musical de Rita Lee com os Titãs". Veja São Paulo. Grupo Abril. Retrieved 1 December 2024.
- ^ Silva, Flávio Max da (6 September 2022). "Grupo Titãs celebra 40 anos de carreira com álbum inédito, 'Olho Furta-cor'". Educadora FM. Grupo Paranaíba. Retrieved 1 December 2024.
- ^ Assis, Marcelo de (14 July 2022). "Exclusivo: Titãs lançam a inédita "Caos". Assista". Terra. Telefónica. Retrieved 6 December 2024.
External links
edit- "Caos" video on Midas Music's official YouTube channel