Friday, June 4, 2021

Check Out Renee Goust's “LA APUESTA”, a queer ranchera leading up to release of her debut album “RESISTER”


Queer artist and activist Renee Goust continues to surprise audiences with her musical excellence, introducing multiple releases this week. Among them is her latest single "La Apuesta", an LGBT+ ranchera song that is part of her new album "Resister", which is now available on all streaming platforms.

"La Apuesta" is a coming out song, a strong statement, a reminder to stand up for yourself in pride, a call to live your life to the fullest, regardless of society's prejudices.. The song was composed, arranged and performed by Renee Goust, accompanied only by Jhoely Garay on acoustic guitar, and Julie Acosta of Flor de Toloache on trumpet. The song was produced by Renee herself, engineered and mixed by Jeanne Montalvo and mastered by Margaret Luthar, an engineer nominated for 5 Grammys in 2020, of which she won two.

"Open LGBT+ people deserve a place within regional music and we are no longer asking for it, we are simply taking it. With Chavela Vargas' high spirits in mind, I decided to break into the ranchera song genre and narrate what for me has been almost a lifelong journey 'out of the closet'. La apuesta is my way of doing justice for those former minorities who didn't feel free to live as they wanted to be. It is dedicated to anyone who is struggling to cope with the rejection of their own identity. I want to ask them to resist and promise them that they will be okay," said Renee Goust.