Katie Jamesโ Celebrates โฃLate-in-life Love with New Singleโ “Don Aurelio”
Colombian-Irishโข singer-songwriter Katie James hasโข released “Don Aurelio,” a cumbiaโ celebratingโ love and newโค beginnings in โadulthood. โขThe song is inspired byโ the romance of JamesS own mother and aims to demonstrate that falling โฃin love – and rekindling โpassion – is absolutely possible at any age.
Produced by Juancho Valencia,founder and director ofโข Puertoโ Candelaria,”Don Aurelio” blends the warmthโ of Caribbean sounds with theโ musical landscape of โthe Colombian countryside.โ James explainedโ the song’s โorigins: “I composed ‘Don Aurelio’ a few โmonthsโข after my mother fell โคin love.โข Iโ wanted to tell that story because it moved me to see how love is still possible, real andโข powerful, nonetheless of the years.”
Theโ accompanyingโ music video, directed by Leo Carreno and filmedโ in Buenavista,โ Quindรญo, serves โคas a “love letter to the Colombian countryside.” Shot in a cinematic format,theโ video features natural actors โportraying an older couple who reconnect at โขa townโ market and ultimately โshare a danceโค at a Katie James concert,surrounded by music and party. James described theโฃ experience as a beautifulโ challenge, noting, “I had โnever recorded a video with soโข many people. The energy of โthe people,โค the actors and the music made everything โfeel likeโฃ a real party.”
James,โ a celebrated artist who won “Artist ofโ the Year” atโ Instafest 2021 and “Bestโข Folk Song of the Year” at โขthe Our Earth Awards โ2023โ for โher collaboration with carlos Vives onโฃ Cumbiana II (“in the jungle”), has โคbuilt a โcareer spanning over two โฃdecades. Her music bridges contemporary acoustic โฃsounds with Colombian folkloric roots.
“Don Aurelio” is โฃa preview of James’s upcoming fifth album, slated for release in April 2026, following the releaseโ of the single A temporary โlove.โค The song is an invitation to embrace joy, dance, and believe in new beginnings.
