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Cuco (Omar Banos)
Omar Banos (born June 26th, 1998), better known after his moniker, Cuco, is a Chicano artist from Hawthorne, California. Songwriter of most of his discography, he first became known after his approximately 30-seconds of rendition on Twitter of “Sleepwalk” by Santo & Johnny became viral in 2016, attaching millions of views to the cover-clip and to one of his first- and, in 2019, still one of his most known- project, “Lover Is a Day”, pinned oh his Twitter profile (@Icryduringsex ).

Cuco is an artist that works on his own productions and releases by himself, he is an artist without a label (AWAL). The musician owes the beginning of his career and fame to social media, and the latinx digital community that follow and appreciate him and his content all around the world. The musician has done over 50 shows covering North and South America, and Asia (by 2019).

Posting his content on Soundcloud since 2015, Cuco has grown exponentially throughout the years. He has shared opened shows for Portugal. The Man, released themes with Clairo, and more. Reaching the 1.9mi listeners a month on Spotify, the Chicano musician steaks to his Mexican roots and produces lovelorn lyrics that explore boleros, eighties reverbs, and trumpets; merging it with jazz synthesizer , pop and rock. Often combining English and Spanish lyrics, Cuco creates a style of ‘synthesizer ballads or serenatas’.

1998-2016:
Omar Banos, as it is his given name, was born on June 26th of 1998 in Hawthorne, California. Mexican ascendant, Bano’s mother is from Puebla and father from Mexico City, both migrated to the United States seeking better opportunities. The immigrant struggle did not directly affect Banos, a born and rise in California, but it did (and still does) affect his family and consequently affects him. The way to be a provider to his family is always in mind and is always something he takes care of whenever is in his possibility with the earning from his touring and releasings.

Within his house; Banos listened to Mexican music and Spanish speaking. His parents gave him his first trumpet as he was already drawn into music since he was eight years old. At the age of sixteen; Banos played the guitar, keyboard, and drums; and was already posting own creations on Soundcloud. Creations that were defying the style and beat he will later be known of. Banos graduated from Hawthorne High School in 2016 and attended Santa Monica City College for one year, until he dropped to pursue his music aspirations.

2016-Present:
After officially adopting Cuco, as his artistic name, the musician has released a large variety of content. Powerful and large Extended Plays, some consider albums, Cuco has not stopped releasing music since 2016. As he is currently working on his first album, planned to be out in 2019.

His most loyal companion is his manager, Doris Muñoz. Muñoz finds Cuco in 2016, as she was working freelancing, and decided to leave it all and dive in to convince Cuco of becoming a big and long term project. They have worked together ever since and have a strong connection due to their shared ethnicity. Muñoz (23) also considers herself Chicana and is very supportive with his family and all the Mexicans that struggle when migrating to the United States. She constantly promotes fundraising events, “Solidarity for Sanctuary” that aim to help immigrants families’ legal fees and procedures.

Cuco has gone on tour during 2017 and 2018, visiting the States, South America and will continue during 2019 visiting some remaining parts of North America, Canada included.

Current Projects:
Cuco’s first full-extended album is planned to be release during 2019. Hydrocodone is the first content of that album shown. Moreover, decided to visit to his fans, the songwriter announced the North American tour dates as he was in South America having some shows as well (Peru May 5th and Colombia May 6th, 2019):

North America Tour 2019
Jun 17 Washington DC // Jun 19 Boston, MA // Jun 20 Brooklin, NY // Jun 24, Chicago, IL // Jun 25, Colombus, OH // Jun 26, Toronto, ON // Jun 28, Chicago, IL // Jun 29 St. Louis, MO // Jul 1 Kansas City, MO // Jul 2 Oklahoma City, OK // Jul 3 Dallas, TX // Jul 5 Houston, TX // Jul 6 Austin, TX // Jul 7 San Antonio, TX // Jul 18 Portland, OR // Jul 19 Portland, OR // Jul 20 Vancouver // Jul 24 Anaheim // Jul 25 San Diego, CA // Jul 26 Pomona, CA // Jul 27 Los Angeles, CA

Influences
Cuco grew up listening to Baby Bash, Bossanova, joined by Italian and French music. As his music took a more concrete form/style, it was influenced by a lot of physcoledic music like Olivia Tremor Control and Chapman Hip-Hop, while it also held a strong nostalgia for mariachi trumpets, Morrissey’s romance. He also recommends listening to Omar Apollo and Jasper Bones, other Chicanos artists.

Wannabewithu (2016)
- Lover is a Day (7:36)

- Cupid’s Quiver (4:20)

- Amor de Siempre (5:21)

- When We Meet (4:37)

- Mindwinder (1:56)

- Lonelylife (5:20)

- 1Night (2:19)

Songs4u (2017)
- One and Only (3:26)

- Winter’s Ballad (4:37)

- We Had to End It (5:49)

- Neon (3:54)

- Stay for a Bit (4:05)

- Lava Lamp (5:08)

- Rest Easy, I’ll See You Again (3:58)

- Lost / Heart (4:32)

- I’ve Left My Body and I Don’t Want to Come Back (1:30)

Audiotree Live (2018)
- Lo que siento (Audiotree Live Version) (4:14)

- Lava Lamp (Audiotree Live Version) (4:57)

- Lover is a Day (Audiotree Live Version) (7:43)

- Summertime Hightime (Audiotree Live Version) (2:17)

- Amor de Siempre (Audiotree Live Version) (5:12)

- We Had to End It (Audiotree Live Version) (5:05)

Chiquito – EP (2018)
- Lucy (feat. J-Kwe$T) (4:47)

- Dontmakemefallinlove (3:27)

- Sunnyside (4:13)

- Summer Time High Time (feat. J-Wes$T) (3:28)

- Mi Infinita (4:32)

- CR-V (2:27)

Singles
- Lo Que Siento – Single (2017) (5:12)

- Sunnyside – Single (2018) (4:13)

- CR-V – Single (2018) (2:27) - Lucy (feat. J-Kwe$T) – Single (2018) (4:47)

- Drown – Single (2018) (3:54) [Cuco x Clairo]

- We Had to End It – Single (2018) (5:49)

- Amor De Siempre (Mariachi Version) – Single (2018) (4:08)

- Fix Me – Single (2019) (3:20) [Cuco x Dillon Francis]

- Hydrocodone – Single (2019) (2:32)

Appears On
- Mi Locura Más Cuerda (feat. Cuco) [Amarte Así] – Single by Fer Román (2016) (3:16)

- Search (feat. Cuco & Lil Rob) – Single by MC Magic (2019) (3:26)