Ya know…I thought I knew everything there was to know about Brazilian heart-throb and new electro-pop maven Rodrigo Moratto. But as his UK press campaign starts to kick in with the release of the brilliant "Whatever Whatever" on October 19th, there are a few things that have been uncovered lately that I didn't know about…
For example…
- Some of Lady Gaga's dancers appear in his video to "Whatever Whatever"…well they certainly do get around then don't they…
- Rodrigo used to be an insurance consultant. Can you blame him for jumping ship and focusing on electro-pop then? I think not.
- Rodrigo is a hero…and in the literal sense. He used to work in the Twin Towers and narrowly missed the 9/11 attacks by a few hours and was heavily involved in the rescue effort – just wow.
So there you have it – three random facts about Rodrigo Moratto. I have actually interviewed Rodrigo shortly after his appearance at EQ in July (in which everyone thought was bloody amazing) and will be posting that conversation very soon…but in the meantime, go listen to some of his newer tracks on his MySpace – I quite like his track "Budz In A Soundrop" – it's 80's synthpoptastic…
But just so you know too – he's holding back some of his amazing tracks (like "Rrandom Ffreakness") so just keep an eye on him ok – he's not too bad to look at really.