Yasuri Yamileth reappears 16 years after the release of her song - People - Culture

“My name is Yasuri, Yasuri Yamileth. You mess with me, I’ll take the Gillette out of you. She left you a ‘ye’, which is not from yeye, but from Yasuri, Yasuri Yamileth ”Sounds familiar, right? And it is not for less, that is the lyrics of the song that, in 2006, flooded social networks.

There are millions of videos that go around the net, but few, or rather none, like the one interpreted byr ‘Yasuri Yamileth’, a fictional character who became famous for a few peculiar reasons: “take out the Gillette” when they messed with her, use the disco like Mercedes-Benz and, of course, be a jerk girl.

The video, like the lyrics of the song, is still immortalized in the minds of millions of people who, amid laughter and jokes, sang and danced to one of the best-known, most popular, and funniest singles the internet has ever seen. spread ever.

Don’t feel guilty if you haven’t been able to get over it. Leaving behind the image of a woman who calls herself ‘Yasuri Yamileth’ and who, to the rhythm of a particular harmony and singular lyrics, eclipses all device screens, is not an easy task.

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However, what if you were told that the woman who rose to international fame for starring in the ‘Gillette’ video is not really the one to whom we owe the invention and interpretation of this popular song? That title goes to model, radio host and interior designer Katherine Severino.

Katherine Severino, the real ‘Yasuri Yamileth’

Being nicknamed “yeyé” – a wealthy person who boasts of her condition and commonly uses Anglicisms in her speech – more than a destructive criticism, became the greatest inspiration for Katherine Severino to create a song as viral as it is unforgettable.

In an attempt to win the contest against his detractors, he created the fictitious character of ‘Yasuri Yamileth’, who transformed into a controversial and funny representation of the women belonging to the Panamanian neighborhoods.

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Without the model’s consent, her friends took it upon themselves to make musical arrangements for the theme and, as expected, spread it. From Panama to Costa Rica, Colombia, Argentina, Chile and Venezuela, the phenomenon of ‘Yasuri Yamileth’ spread like wildfire to all corners of Latin America. There was no one who was oblivious to the success of the ‘Gillette’.

Even so, Katherine did not want to be part of the recording of the music video clip because “I didn’t want the character to be related to who she really was”, that is, a girl who loves extreme sports, an interior design student and a well-known model.

It was there that Marlene Morales entered the scene, who has taken much of the credit for showing her more urban, multifaceted and dancing side in the 1 minute and 40 second footage that has transcended more than a decade.

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“This song came out at a party. I wanted to graduate from university, which was the most important thing, and I didn’t want to appear in the video clip.. Better because that’s how everyone imagines ‘Yasuri’”, said Katherine, on one occasion, according to the Mexican media ‘Tribuna’.

Yasuri Yamileth was a fictional character created in 2006 by the Panamanian model and radio producer Katherine Severino who at that time was in Los 40 Principales (over there) and produced the song.

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Although she has left behind the woman who brings out ‘the Gillette’ in the face of any attack, the fact that her song continues to reverberate in the ears, resurface in memory and hum in the voices of thousands of people across the globe fills her heart. .

“It fills me a lot that my song is still stuck. I never thought it would be so viral,” Severino said in an interview with the Panamanian entertainment and entertainment newspaper ‘Día a Día’.

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For 2020, the voice of ‘Yasuri Yamileth’ worked at the National Immigration Service, in the Department of International Affairs of Panama. “I love what I do, it’s an area where you learn a lot,” she told the aforementioned medium, and spoke a little about her new passion: being the mother of two children.

“My children have me madly in love and I try to dedicate as much time as possible to them, because they grow up fast and I want to make the most of them,” he revealed.

Marlene Morales, the one who takes the ‘Gillette’ from you

17 years have passed since the premiere of ‘Gillette’, but there is a fame that still haunts Marlene Morales: that of ‘Yasuri Yamileth’.

According to one of Katherine Severino’s representatives, during a press conference, Marlene Morales came to star in the iconic video by chance.

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Juan, a renowned Panamanian reggaeton producer, insisted so much on obtaining the rights to record the video clip that, in the end, he ended up taking command of this necessary and important task. And fortunately he did it, can you imagine what the single would be without the particular setting, the distorted image and the memorable protagonist?

“Give me (the rights) and I’ll take care of finding a person who is ‘Yasuri,'” declared the Panamanian producer, who went to the El Chorrillo neighborhood in Panama to hire the star of the video clip. For a few pesos, she ended up being Marlene Morales.

There was no one better to interpret ‘Yasuri Yamileth’, Marlene had the aura, the style and the flow that inspires the unique lyrics of ‘Gillette’. “That is why the video does not have the quality that it is, because it was a relaxation, just like the song. That’s how the video for ‘Yasuri Yamileth’ came out,” said Katherine’s representative before the cameras.

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What is known about Marlene’s life is only what she wanted to share with her followers through her Instagram account @yassuryisback. Apparently, both ‘Yassuri Yamileth’ and music continue to be an indispensable part of her life. Great proof of this is that he has starred in some reggaeton music videos.

Although nothing remains of her straight, dark hair, as she now sports a long, curly, blonde mane, her urban style, her passion for music and her dance moves are still intact. After all, Marlene was and always will be the iconic and remembered ‘Yasuri Yamileth’.