CICI Turns Charly García’s “Andan” Into a Storm of Electro-Trash and Orchestral Fire

When an artist dares to take on Charly García, the godfather of Argentine rock, the stakes are never small. For CICI, reimagining “Andan” — a track from La Hija de la Lágrima — wasn’t just about paying homage. It was about cracking open a piece of music already soaked in mystery and finding her own reflection inside it.

The result? A feverish, high-voltage reinvention that collides orchestral grandeur with raw electro-trash grit. Her voice doesn’t simply sit atop the track — it commands like a beacon in the middle of a storm, holding together a universe of strings, synths, and rhythmic thunder.

But beneath the sonic drama lies something deeper: a personal quest, an artistic battle between destruction and rebirth. In our conversation, CICI opened up about the ghosts she found inside García’s composition, and how this track became the first pulse of her upcoming EP due this October.

“Andan” already carries this air of mystery and drama. When you cracked it open and rebuilt it, what did you find hidden between its original notes?

CICI: I found the heartbeat. The ghosts in my mind, the shadows that live inside me… and the rush of its melody pulled me to the edge of my own expression.

Your version feels like a collision between a cathedral and a nightclub at 3 a.m. Where do you think it truly belongs?

CICI: That collision between something sacred and something nocturnal fits perfectly in a space from some distant past — one that came back to wake a sleeping destiny, only to turn into something hopeful.

In this track, the strings sigh, the synths cut through, and your voice commands like a beacon in the middle of a storm. What was the real heartbeat of the song for you?

CICI: The voice moving through a state of pain. The thunderous punch of the synth and the strings that pull you into a dreamlike state.

You’ve said “Andan” resonates with your own artistic style. Do you see that connection as fate, rebellion, or something stranger?

CICI: Yeah, there’s a connection to all of that — a place where infinite expressions break free, where the strange comes alive… and suddenly turns into something revealing.

A lot of artists cover songs; you detonated one. What does destruction mean in your creative process?

CICI: It means kicking the door open, playing with what’s already there, and making it mine. Pushing it way further, without limits.

The orchestral elements feel cinematic, while the electronic textures feel almost post-human. Do you see yourself as a bridge between past and future, or burning the bridge entirely?

CICI: If that bridge didn’t exist, I couldn’t evolve. It’s the connection to the world — and the deeper mission of creating something that resonates hard, somewhere out there.

In this sonic redesign, the listener is carried from heat to cold, from intimacy to vastness. Was that emotional swing intentional or just a byproduct of chasing the sound?

CICI: Charly’s music lays the path for you — it’s crystal clear. The sound is right there, exposed, and the emotional ride is like a rollercoaster.

Your work flirts with both chaos and precision. How do you decide when to let chaos win?

CICI: Chaos hits in that state of desperation during the track’s most epic moment — when a whole constellation of sounds crashes together in disaster, just to let the sunlight break through.

This track is the first glimpse of your upcoming EP. Is it the opening scene of a bigger story, or a stand-alone statement carved in stone?

CICI: It’s a statement — but it’s also the start of something bigger. Where there’s existence, there are stories… and some never die.

If Charly García is the prophet of Argentine rock, what role do you think you play in this evolving musical scripture?

CICI: To stand my ground. And to follow exactly what my heart tells me.

CICI’s “Andan” is not a cover in the traditional sense. It’s a controlled detonation — a way of breaking apart García’s legacy only to stitch it into something unrecognizable yet fiercely alive. It’s both reverent and rebellious, cinematic and violent, chaotic and precise.

As the first shot of her upcoming EP, the track plants a flag: CICI isn’t just revisiting Argentine rock history — she’s reprogramming it for a new dimension.