Olga Merediz - In The Heights Reunion Concert (2013)

[@sheasully8365]

During the other performances, everyone sang along, while during this, nobody says a word. They just listen to this amazing woman sing her heart out

[@bwcbiz]

I'd love to see her do a Celia Cruz memorial concert.

[@moreblack]

I think this one rattles everyone because they all either know, or grew up with that relative.

[@elmarito007]

This song basically encapsulates everything an immigrant has go through when they come to the US the first time.

[@eahsdramaplays1410]

I like how she actually sings it out not like other productions they dont sing it out

[@darianeal8307]

because NO ONE can sing it like Ms. Olga

[@offbrandhandymanny]

in an interview Olga said she was singing it to and for her mother

[@SENTERSJA08]

She's in the movie I can't believe it

[@haechanverse]

Hard to replace her 💙 she's a gem

[@aimei1590]

YES I WAS LOOKING FOR THIS NEWS, SHE'S SO GOOD

[@madiroser1546]

This is gonna be so good in the movie cause she is actually gonna sing it, and also she sounds so amazing 😆

[@Nightwing184]

10 months later: Narrator: It wasn't good in the movie. It was GREAT.

[@madiroser1546]

@@Nightwing184 exactly, that was amazing

[@PlaidBoyPDX]

The movie version is perfection. So powerful.

[@spartanK42]

Most visually striking musical number in the film.

[@m.c24601]

@Ethan Spiro flash forward a month, they didn't recognize it, still legendary!

[@PierceMartinez]

This song is so emotional for me. I guess it makes me think of my parents and their parents and so forth. The struggles they went through to give me the life I have today. With every listen my gratitude grows.

[@アシュリーメイ]

I love both versions, though this one has a different vibe because in the movie, it's the last time we hear from her, and at the end she goes to where her mother is, and I feel like that makes it sadder, whereas this one is more triumphant to me.

[@JuanSosa-qu2ge]

Yeah, I actually prefer the live version: like you said, it has like a more triumphant vibe, and I loved it; the lyrics are melancholic and nostalgic, but the joyous music and how she sings it makes sense, since she is remembering her life and times were she was happy (even though she had to deal with immigration, she still finds joy, and makes sense, she was a child with her mother, remembering Cuba, etc.), which makes the music and the vibe fit perfectly. In the movie, the vibe and the singing is sad and melancholic, which conventionally, fits the lyrics, but I would’ve liked if they would’ve kept this concept. Also, I would’ve liked if there was more Spanish in this song, and even more when she talks to her mother. But this song is great anyways lol.

[@bree9980]

i felt the same way at first but tbh in the movie her triumph is leaving behind a better life for her "kids" 🥹

[@phoebeb3212]

This song gives me so many chills💙

[@michaelermcgowaniv]

Phoebe B every time.

[@jonathanrio6587]

SOOOOO glad she's in the movie!!!!!! She's out of this world!!!!!

[@blind_t2]

I Dunno! I like both this and the movie, however, in the movie, just the way she begins it so softly. It’s just, like, a different mood.

[@TheLoreSeeker]

The situation here where she's wrestling with what to do with her winnings is amazing... but the movie's version, where its her coming to terms with her life before she passes is so heartbreaking. Truly an amazing piece of music in both situations.

[@blind_t2]

@@TheLoreSeeker we can agree, both require tissues when you hear them!

[@natalivargas8375]

What miserable souls disliked this?

[@andreajuradom1721]

Trump

[@stefshiddles]

Every time I listen to this I got chills 😭

[@tigeyavengerpotter8276]

Same 😢

[@JoshPearceTheNintendoGamer]

ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING IT ENDS BEFORE THE LAST NOTE

[@fernandabluntkrasinski9026]

At the end when everyone stands up reminded me to the film version when the dancers sing calor calor calor in the subway tunnel

[@bummedoutforlife]

thank you thank you!!!!

[@mullet5203]

I really feel this song.

[@OmegaTrainer]

2 dislikes... WHY??!! this is the most beautiful song in the musical

[@alexanderirby3338]

Probably because the person recording cut the end of it

[@cargo71]

I would`ve loved to be there!

[@sebastianvelarodriguez9364]

...calooooooor 🎶

[@jazmynbloomfield-nishimura7640]

is it weird that pacencia y fe is my most used phrase?

[@yaeleah0722]

Jazmyn Bloomfield-Nishimura no

[@ProfessorWhooves11]

Honestly, I adopted the phrase as well. It's helped me get by so far.

[@saneplathreader637]

who disliked? i just want to _talk_

[@mashupotato_]

And that's how you win a Tony

[@cpt0118]

Immigration reform now!