PREMIERE: Juan Wauters Is Just a Man on the Street in “El Hombre de la Calle” Video

The Uruguayan songwriter introduces Juan Pablo, among other identities, in the new video.
PREMIERE: Juan Wauters Is Just a Man on the Street in “El Hombre de la Calle” Video

The Uruguayan songwriter introduces Juan Pablo, among other identities, in the new video.

Words: Dean Brandt

photo by Daniel Topete

April 16, 2019

At the end of May, former Beet and current Captured Tracks–signee Juan Wauters will be releasing his fourth solo studio album for the label just four months after dropping his LP La Onda de Juan Pablo back in January. As a prequel, Introducing Juan Pablo is designed to reorient listeners to Wauters’ Uruguayan roots, reclaiming the “Pablo” of his birth name, which his adopted country tends to dismiss as a negligible middle name.

As a part of this campaign, Wauters is sharing a new video for his interpretation of “El Hombre de la Calle” by Uruguayan singer and composer Jaime Roos, taken from the forthcoming Introducing. In Matthew Volz’s video, Wauters takes on a number of different identities, each wandering New York’s Grand Central Station with profound uncertainty—an apt complement to the distinctly somber tune.

Introducing Juan Pablo is out May 31 on Captured Tracks. Catch Wauters on the road at the dates below the video.

Juan Wauters Live Dates: 
04/27 – Brooklyn, New York – 3 Dollar Bill
05/03 – Ciudad de México, MX – Multiforo Alicia
05/04 – Queretaro, MX – Cine Tonalá Hércules
05/05 – Puebla, MX – 1940 Café
05/09 – Morelia, MX – Giraluna
05/10 – Celaya, MX – Frtr Under
05/11 – Monterrey, MX – Agua Fria
05/15 – Leon, MX – El Callejón
05/16 – Guadalajara, MX – Café Bretón
05/18 – Tijuana, MX – Cine Tonalá Tijuana
05/24 – Bogotá, CO – Espacio Odeón
05/25 – Medellín, CO – Teatro Pablo Tobón Uribe
06/09 – Paris, FR – Festival Villete Sonique
06/14 – 06/15 – Merthyr Mawr, UK – Camp Elsewhere Festival
07/17 – 07/21 – Lugano, CH – Lugano Buskers Festival
08/01 – 08/04 – Valle D’Itria, IT – VIVA! Festival
08/03 – Katowice, PL – OFF Festival
08/09 – Amsterdam, NL – De School
08/10 – Ghent, BE – Different Class Festival
08/16 – Leysin, CH – Hautes Fréquences
08/17 – Bioul, BE – La Carrière Festival