A new collaboration, Mi Gran Amor, brings together three Mexican and Mexican-American artists from different generations and corners of Latin music to speak to the fear, grief and instability caused by immigration enforcement and family separation in many Latin families in the U.S. The song marks Santana's third single tied to his forthcoming album and features Becky and Barrera, who both acknowledge the limits of their own point of view while still feeling a responsibility to speak up. They plan to donate all royalties from the song to families impacted by ICE detentions in the border region.
Mexican and Mexican-American artists from different generations and corners of Latin music have come together to create a new collaboration, Mi Gran Amor , which speaks to the fear, grief and instability caused by immigration enforcement and family separation in many Latin families in the U.S. The song, set for release on Thursday, May 28 at 8 p.m. ET, brings together three artists from different generations and backgrounds.
It marks Santana's third single tied to his forthcoming album, following recent team-ups with Grupo Frontera and Carín León. For Santana, Mi Gran Amor was an opportunity to make his playing communicate something bigger than the lyrics alone. The song frames immigration policies not as an abstract political debate, but as an everyday rupture felt inside homes, relationships and working-class routines. On the track, Becky sings about the fear and uncertainty caused by immigration authorities.
For Becky, stepping into that story required humility and acknowledging her privilege as someone born in the States. Instead, she says, she approached the song by allowing herself to be a vessel for those voices that can't speak up right now. The song's origins were pressing and personal for Barrera, who began writing it in McAllen, Texas, after learning that a friend had been detained by ICE that same morning.
He says the song is a way to help those people who don't have a voice. Like Becky, Barrera acknowledges the limits of his own point of view while still feeling a responsibility to speak up. He plans to donate all royalties he earns from the song to families impacted by ICE detentions in the border region, including for legal support.
Santana, who is set to carry the same spirit onto the road with his ongoing Oneness Tour with the Doobie Brothers, returns to the message he hears inside the song itself: connection over division. Later this year, he'll also bring it to Las Vegas for his An Intimate Evening With Santana: Greatest Hits Live.
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