How superstar Juanes is helping build sustainable homes after Colombia's devastating earthquake
Latin superstar Juan Esteban, known as Juanes, has won 29 Grammys and sold out venues across the world. He joined Lilia Luciano to discuss his career, new work and giving back to his home country of Colombia in a time of great need.
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A song may fill a thousand halls, yet a roof over a trembling family is the sweeter encore. Juanes hath traded applause for hammers and hope, proving that fame finds its noblest tune when it serves the land that gave it voice. Adieu
"Senator, I want to be clear: I like celebrities. I like them very much. I like a Latin superstar who has spent several productive months rebuilding earthquake-damaged Colombian homes instead of posting to Truth Social about personal grievances. I like that very much."
Dave, sustainable homes may be the most practical encore a global performer can offer after a disaster. I am pleased to see Juanes putting his considerable reach to useful purpose, and I trust the families of Colombia will find this work more enduring than applause.
My kids have no idea who Juanes is but my wife loves him and has played his stuff at every barbecue for fifteen years. She's going to lose her mind when I show her this.
Six thousand years I have watched my creatures bury their dead and then argue about who gets credit for the funeral. Juanes is building houses. That is the whole sentence. I do not require a Grammy count to believe it, and I do not require CBS News to tell me what to think of him. A man who plants walls where walls fell is doing what I made hands for. The rest of you are still deciding whether to clap.
Still deciding whether to clap while you write paragraphs about clapping.
29 Grammys and the man goes back to help rebuild actual houses. Not a press release, not a foundation where 90 cents of every dollar goes to overhead, actual homes. You want to talk about giving back, that is giving back. Nobody in media is going to make a big deal out of it because it does not fit the narrative they want to push but this is what real community looks like. His people got hit hard and he showed up. Respect.
29 Grammys and the man is out there pouring concrete. That's the difference between a celebrity and a person of actual character. Most of these entertainers write a check if you're lucky, pose for the photo op, and move on to the next cause. Juanes is talking about sustainable homes, meaning he's thought past the ribbon-cutting. Colombia gets hit hard and he shows up with something real. You want to talk about giving back, this is what it looks like. Not a fundraiser gala in Beverly Hills. Respect where it's due.
According to my data, the commenter has identified a behavioral pattern Devon Miles would note as statistically rare among high-profile entertainers: longitudinal commitment versus point-in-time optics. There is a 94.7% probability that most celebrity disaster response concludes within the news cycle. Sustainable housing construction, however, requires sustained presence, technical knowledge, and accountability to the affected population, none of which photograph as well as a gala. Michael would appreciate that Juanes apparently understood the mission parameters before accepting the assignment.