Nuuro's World: 2004-2011
Despite the fact that there is no official Nuuro channel on Youtube, there are a number of reuploads of the albums and EPs released under this moniker through the Mexican netlabel Poni Republic over an 8 year period, from 2004 to 2011. The most popular reupload is Nuuro’s “Un Paseo,” posted by the channel Angel raN, sitting at approximately 36,000 views as of November of 2023.
Released under the 2008 Amigos EP, it is one of three songs that makeup this project–all of which were written, produced, and performed by Nuuro. At a length of 3:06, “Un Paseo [A Walk]” is a subtle mix of genres including Intelligent Dance Music (IDM) and Electronic, with underlying Latin R&B influences. The song revolves around the theme of taking a journey or a walk, both literally and metaphorically, “Pido un paseo/Juntos, siempre hasta el fin [I ask for a walk/Together, always until the end]”. It’s essentially a love song revolving around the scenario of a romantic walk and the desire to remain on this walk forever, to be alongside them forever “until the end.”
Each verse becomes more specific about the ultimate goal of the journey being to establish a commitment or relationship, with the chorus repeating this desire to touch and love, “Con ganas de ser lo que tu quieras de mi/Aunque para tocarte, dejarte tal como eres [Wanting to be what you want from me/Although to touch you, leave yourself as you are]”. Interestingly, although the song falls under the category of Latin R&B, the track differs from the expected content of the genre because it seldom describes the body of the partner. Even in the chorus where Nuuro is describing their desire to touch their partner, there are no specifics about their body, and this desire seems to be relatively innocent, with an emphasis on the emotional over the physical.
Although Nuuro’s sound eventually comes to change, there are still hints of their signature electronic and IDM blend that only comes to be more pronounced later in their career–as they seemingly come into their own. And it is really only when Nuuro changes their moniker to Arca that she begins to incorporate her primary themes of today which are alternative storytelling, gender intersectionality, and posthumanism.
