Marc Seguí Presents “No Haberte Conocido”: An Eclectic And Uncompromising Spanish Singer-Songwriter Delves Into New Sounds And Heartfelt Emotions

For Marc Seguí, making a mark in the music scene is not about saturating the market, and that’s one of his strengths. The singer-songwriter from Mallorca, Spain has had a few hits, including “360” and “Tiroteo” with Pol Granch as well as a remix of the latter with Latin music superstar Rauw Alejandro, but instead of pumping out single after single every week, he’s taking his time to refine his sound and put out music he truly believes in. The proof is on his latest single, “NO HABERTE CONOCIDO,” a major step for Seguí and a hint of his intentions for the new era he’s working on.

Released in June, “NO HABERTE CONOCIDO” is his first song since he dropped “Muuurakami” back in November but that doesn’t mean he’s abandoned his music. On the contrary, Seguí has been working hard on the concept of his next project as well as new songs that he will be dropping next in September. “I’ve given myself the chance to make the music the way I like it,” he says when we spoke with him on a Zoom call. “It’s been more relaxing. This way, I’m not making moves I don’t want to make and that makes me happy, really. The song has had a great reaction. I’m enjoying how this release is going.”

“Relaxed” is a great way to describe Seguí and his trajectory so far. Even though he was a huge fan, he says that he never considered that music was his way of making a living; that is until a fateful party when a friend brought out a guitar and he sang a song. This impromptu performance was filmed and later uploaded to social media where it became viral. After that, he discovered a new career path. “I thought I could try to at least make one song,” he says, “Then I had the good fortune that the song became viral here in Spain and multinational labels started knocking on my door; then I decided to leave everything behind. I quit my job and moved to Madrid to take music seriously.”

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Then “Tiroteo” came along and brought with it “a ton of blessings,” according to him. Like many hit songs, the creative process and how it caught on with the public was an event of improbability as well as everything coming together as if preordained. Seguí came up with “Tiroteo” during lockdown using a beat he found on YouTube, “and I knew right after I wrote it that it was a great song with something very special within it,” he says. Then, he reached out to Pol Granch to hop on it. Once out, it became a hit not only in Spain but also in Latin America. Then Rauw Alejandro came on board and took it further into the stratosphere.

Seguí calls Alejandro’s contributions “a gift” and that he enjoyed the whole experience of “Tiroteo” “like a little kid when something huge happens to him. It was an experience that I will treasure my whole life,” highlighting the filming of the video in Colombia which was such a big production that it required them to close down a street to film it. However, it gave him the chance to center himself and to reaffirm his principles as an artist and person. “I keep trying to be true to myself and my principles and not be obsessed with the ‘hit syndrome.’ I felt like, if I come up with an even bigger song, it’ll happen because of being true to myself and to what I feel when I write the songs.”

For Seguí, keeping it real means enjoying himself while working on his music and putting out stuff he’s proud of. “In the end, it’s not about making the same song over and over even if it did well [commercially]. It’s about having a good time. I try to be innovative, not for the public but for myself. What makes me happy is having a job in music which is something that I love and I don’t want to lose the happiness it gives me.”

“NO HABERTE CONOCIDO” is the result of this love and dedication to music. Produced by Richi López (Shakira, Bad Bunny, Tainy), the track is a narrative around toxic relationships and the emotional toll it takes on the people involved. For the first time, Seguí delved into the regional Mexican genre that is rapidly gaining an international following thanks to figures such as Peso Pluma and Natanael Cano, among many others. Marc says he’s been a fan of this style for a bit, loving the music, lyrics, aesthetic, and social media presence of the musicians around it. Having said that, he says that it was the song itself that dictated what sound it needed to become what it is now. “We spent many days writing in Miami and we got overwhelmed,” he says. “We wrote too many songs in a long stretch of time. We found some chords that we liked a lot and we couldn’t figure out what genre fit into the chorus, and then we fell into regional Mexican and we saw a clear path. It was not like an experiment to try it in that style, the song told us where to go. I’m very happy about it.”

His willingness to try something else—to obey where the song should take him—opens him to many possibilities. While not specifying what sound he would like to delve in in the future, he says it’s all part of the work he puts on everyday. “I want to try everything in my career,” Seguí tells us. “I would love to do an album of elevator music, if that’s what I need to do, you know? As long as I’m entertained, it fulfills me [artistically] and I find it fun, I’m all in. I always want to try new things and experiment because, otherwise, I would get bored.”

About his upcoming project, Seguí says he feels more confident and mature than ever. He initially thought he would lean more towards pop “but my head is in a totally different place,” he says. “I think I made a very mature decision to not rush things, and rather, take my time and take a break from the public and them from me. This way, I can bring out something that really fulfills me and that ages well with time.”

Marc Seguí is in for the long haul and he surely will be an artist we’ll be talking about in years to come.