Colombian music continues to open roads in international stages and, this time, did it unexpectedly in the capital of Spain.
This was demonstrated on the night of March 8, 2025, when the Italian businessman and DJ Gianluca Vacchi offered a recital in Madrid, Spain, where he incorporated into the musical repertoire a song that, although it is very popular in Colombia, few hoped to listen to an electronic music set: if my heart does not fail.
The inclusion of this issue, famous in the Vallenata tradition, surprised both those present and the fans of the genre, which caused a wave of reactions in social networks.
An Italian DJ that is committed to Colombian rhythms
Gianluca Vacchi, known worldwide for his extravagant style, his viral choreographies and his business facet, has led his media life to music, consolidating himself as a DJ in several internationally renowned festivals and discos.
Its sets usually include a mixture of house, dance and Latin rhythms, with which it sometimes pays tribute to Spanish -speaking artists. On this occasion, he wanted to bet on fusion with the vallenato, a genre of the Colombian Caribbean coast.
“Friends and friends, I am preparing the set for tonight in Fitz of Women’s Day, I made a set thinking only about you,” Vacchi said on his social networks through a state.
The DJ decided to include the subject if my heart fails me in its proposal, generating astonishment and enthusiasm to see how a vallenato classic rumbled in an electronic music enclosure in the heart of Madrid.
From Alex Manga to Rafa Pérez: The story of “If my heart does not fail me”
The song if the heart does not fail me was composed of the accordion and composer Omar Gels, a pillar of the vallenato and architect of an endless successes; However, the fame of this issue initially grew with the voice of Álex Manga when it was part of the Los Diablitos group, at the end of the 1990s, since then, the piece became one of the emblematic of the vallenato discography.
In 2024, singer Rafa Pérez, former member of Kvrass, decided to record his own version of this classic as part of his album Rafa Pérez sings Vallenato Vol. 3.
The project paid tribute to legendary composers of the genre, including Omar Gels, Iván Ovalle, Israel Romero and Wilfran Castillo, in that live DVD, if my heart does not fail me with a new force: it went from being a “sleeping success” to trend on digital platforms, capturing the attention of new generations, even its video clip on YouTube of reproductions.
The resurrection of the subject was not exempt from controversies. Rafa Pérez, in one of his concerts, dedicated a few words to Álex Manga, which he thanked for originally interpreting the song, but also reminded him that the current version has a renewed success:
“The song is stuck 27 years ago, as he says, but it is a trend four months ago. We all loved her for a while and that has no owner: the owners are the followers.”
For his part, Álex Manga has been cautious to pronounce himself, since he had expressed disagreement for re -recording of issues that he popularized in his stage with the devils, criticizing colleagues for exposing “their successes” with new arrangements or versions without asking for his opinion.
However, this time, Manga shared the video of Rafa Pérez’s statements in her networks without further comments, holding a more discreet position before the controversy.
Omar Gels’s legacy and his musical “prediction”
The song does not fail my heart arose in the middle of the prolific career of Omar Gels, which is considered one of the most outstanding figures in vallenato.
Although Gels died in May 2024, he left a legacy of more than a thousand compositions that have marked Colombian musical history, so issues such as the paths of life or late I met him are an essential part of the country’s soundtrack.
Interestingly, in recent months there has been talk of an alleged premonitory message in the letters of Gels, following his departure; However, the rise of whether the heart does not fail that the composer’s musical catalog remains alive and continues to gain adherents.
Even fans have commented on networks the irony that a song released almost three decades With Infobae
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