This Thursday afternoon, two days before his first concert at the River Stadium, Duki received the press in a room of the Monumental.
The appointment was at 16 p.m. and he showed up about 25 minutes later, visibly proud and happy. It was no wonder: River Plate sold out two stadiums, selling more than 150,<> tickets in just a matter of hours.
"Until a couple of days ago," he said, "I was fine, but when I entered the stadium it was crazy, I understood what River means at a milestone level. For me, River is about showing people how much I've matured, how much I've improved."
Duki in a room at the River Plate stadium, in his meeting with the press before his two shows. Photo: Emmanuel Fernandez
With these shows, the maximum reference of the urban movement reaffirmed his convening power and became the youngest artist to sell out the full capacity of the court, thus adding a new record in his meteoric career that last year filled four Vélez.
A year with more success
Flyer of Duki's shows at River.
Duki has just performed on his first completely sold out North American tour with powerful shows in cities such as New York, Chicago and Miami. During June and July he was touring Spain with special dates in Asturias, Bilbao and Madrid, in front of more than 250 thousand fans.
"The thing about Spain is very crazy," he said at the press conference. "At first I was afraid of how they would know me outside Argentina. When I became known in Spain, people prejudged me. At one point I slowed down the process, but after the pandemic people treated me with respect. People in Salamanca, ladies greeting me because they saw me in El Hormiguero. I feel at home: now we go there and everyone jumps, they do pogo and I feel like we connect a lot."
The new album
In the middle of this year he released his latest album, Antes de Ameri, which he presented as a surprise on his social networks: "My devils and my devils, here the Duko speaks to them. I wanted to inform you that the Apollo 13 mission failed. However, we are about to start a new program, this program is called Ameri. But I wanted to leave them a gift before I left."
Prior to Ameri he had the collaborations of artists such as Jhayco, Quevedo, Lucho SSJ, WE$T DUBAI, Akapellah, Neutro Shorty, Micro TDH, C.R.O and Salastkbron.
He defined it as a trap album. In his words: "This album listens to the whole from beginning to end, it's all connected, and it was put together with the purpose of the experience being the whole album, not song by song."
What's next: the Bernabéu
In 2024 Duki will meet his fans from the old continent again at the mythical Bernabéu Stadium in Madrid, on June 8 with tickets sold out months before, another unparalleled milestone for the young musician.
(developing story)