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Speaker 1 00:00:10 On January 5th, 2022 fans finally got their long awaited reboot of the internationally successful Mexican novella, 16 years after the originals and the Mexican reboot teen drama series is based on that innovator of the same name aired from 2004 to 2006, the original director, which was based off of the Argentinian telenovela river, the way was an international success with the cast forming a pop group that topped the charts in the early two thousands, the group who were known as released nine studio albums received Latin Grammy nominations sold out various concert venues and sold over 15 million records worldwide. The group disbanded in 2009, but according to the Washington post, their fans have stayed active throughout the years with a virtual concert at reunion and their music being added to streaming services like Spotify, the new reboot, similarly to the original centers on students at the elite way school, part of the music excellence program who form a band to compete in the school's famous battle of the bands. It has also maintained certain elements from the original, such as the secret society. Lolo has returned to ELs as well as the original cast and characters coming back to be a part of the reboot Weinberg. First year, Denise Sanchez believes that the reboots been highly awaited because of the original success.
Speaker 2 00:01:26 It was like such an iconic show and like, there's, they have like, so, so many fans from like all over like a lot in America. And since he got so much attention and like so much popularity, like within like these past few like years, and I feel like a lot of like, people have tried to like remake the show in like different ways. And I feel like Netflix, um, kind of like wanted to like, um, bring it back and like introduce it to like new audiences. Um, I haven't watched it completely, but so far. I mean, I guess it's like really interesting. Um, I do think that there are like moments that I just like, oh, like, I mean, it's like, whatever, like it's not going to be like the original, but I read, I like how, um, it's a little bit like more diverse or they're trying to make it a little bit like more diverse and inclusive. Um, but I do, um, I don't think it obviously like lifts up to the original,
Speaker 1 00:02:32 The series has received praise for its attempts at being more inclusive than the original. There was incorporation of more LGBTQ plus storylines and a more racially diverse cast. Now to be completely honest, I have never watched the original directly, but was very curious as to what the reboot would be like. So I convinced my roommates to binge-watch it with me and see what the hype was about. Despite not being able to catch nods to the original. The plot was easy to understand for someone who had never seen the first version, the series took the classic twists and turns of what they are novella. But at the end of the day, what stood out to me most was the music. The reboot, like the original version came out with its own original soundtrack, including their more modern take on classics.
Speaker 1 00:03:23 American pop songs Popular to get thrown anthems And their own new tracks that dip their toes into John was like trap the original song. Ben was released ahead of the reboot to build up excitement and succeeded.
Speaker 1 00:04:06 One of my roommates, not that yet Camino also found that the music was what brought together, both the old and new fans of
Speaker 4 00:04:12 It's something else I really liked was just like they're modern takes on popular songs. Um, as well as like some like covers of the original songs as well. I think it's like a way to like bring together a gen Z and the millennials just bringing us all together under this like cultural phenomena that is driven today. And I think that's really cool. I think on, on the, um, which is like an original song I made for the show is really good. Like I listened to it on my free time, not just like from the show. Um, I think some of their covers are also really good. So yeah, I, I like the music in general.
Speaker 1 00:04:50 Um, on January 9th, 2022, the series was renewed for a second season and you best believe I'll be watching for w in your news. This has been
