Ryan Castro takes us to Curaçao, where he shows us where he used to work and live and talks about why the island is so special to him. He talks about his career trajectory, explains why his new album, ‘SENDÉ,’ is sentimental to his roots, defines what “awoo” means, and more!
Ryan Castro:
Good morning, what’s up? It’s a beautiful day. I’m Ryan Castro and we’re here with Billboard to spend 24 hours together. Let’s go! We’re here ein Curaçao, an island that’s really special to my life. I really enjoy being here. I like to come here to create music, to come for vacation, to visit my family because I have family here,too. I have my mom and my brothers here. We’re on our way to have lunch because we’re a bit hungry. We’re on our way to a restaurant called Perla del Mar. Almost every time I’m in Curaçao I come here. I like to come to this restaurant a lot because it was a restaurant I used to work at. I feel really happy because I feel like the fans missed out not knowing this side of me. They know a lot about me, I’ve let them know a lot about my story in Medellin, in the ghetto, on the buses I used to sing on which is how I blew up. It was on this island that I got stuck on Colombia. So I think it was the right time for me to tell them and let them know about what I was experiencing here because of my cultural influences, why I like dancehall because I’m also creating this album, too. The words that I normally use like “awoo” and all that so they know where all that comes from and where it’s like all those things that Ryan Castro does.
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