Spanish artist C. Tangana and Argentinian singer Nathy Peluso filmed components of the video for their track “Ateo,” meaning “Atheist,” at the 13th-century Toledo Cathedral, among Spain’s most well-known religious buildings.
The video, released Thursday, shows C. Tangana and also Peluso grinding versus each other and dancing the bachata style in the basilica and also consists of close-ups of the art work featured on the sanctuary’s walls.
“The Archbishop deeply regrets these events as well as condemns the scenes shot in the initial church of the Archdiocese,” a declaration provided Friday by the Archdiocese on behalf of Archbishop Francisco Cerro Chaves stated.
“We humbly and also best regards ask for mercy from all the lay faithful, the consecrated and also the clergymans, that have felt appropriately injured by this improper use of a sacred place,” the statement added.The tune’s
lyrics consist of a carolers of “I was an atheist, and now I believe, because a wonder like you must have come down from paradise,” while the very first knowledgeable asks mercy from the Virgin of Almudena for “what I perform in your bed.”
Somewhere else in the video clip, a naked and also partly pixelated Peluso is shown holding Tangana’s decapitated head, and also at the end of the song, both singers present for a photo with clergymans as well as choirboys outside the cathedral.Tangana also pulls on Peluso’s hair in a resemble of one of the paints inside the cathedral, which reveals a demon pulling a lady’s hair to stop her getting to redemption at the Last Judgment. The paint is likewise made use of as the song’s artwork.While the Archbishop pledged to” revise the treatments in position to avoid anything such as this occurring once again,” the Dean struck an extremely various note in a statement additionally released Friday. Saying the track”informs the story of a conversion through human love,”Dean Juan Miguel Ferrer Grenesche stated the video clip’s final scenes where the singers pose for a picture showed the “understanding and inviting of the Church.” Although he acknowledged the “intriguing visual language “utilized, he safeguarded the decision to enable recording in the cathedral, saying the “sole objective has been to boost dialogue with modern society while preserving faith in the Church. “Ferrer further said the tune can “do great for those distanced from the Church”but apologized to those who had been harmed
by it.As of Saturday, the music video had greater than 2 million views on YouTube.