What happened to Lola, Pilar and Lucía Muñoz, members of Las Ketchup and responsible for the success of “Aserejé”

The ketchup a trio of sisters named after themselves for being the daughters of flamenco guitarist Juan Muñoz, ‘El Tomate’, obtained a one hit wonder with their single “Aserejé”, a success that happens only once. The song was included in his first album “Daughters of the Tomato”.

In October 2002, “Aserejé”, a flamenco-pop mix, became the song of the moment around the world and raised the three very young Andalusians Pilar (23 years old), Lola (21) and Lucía (20) to fame. for which they were not prepared. The boom was such that the single is still in second place as the best-selling in Spanish music, the first is still “Macarena”, by Los del Río.

A summer hit, Las Keptchup’s “Aserejé” sold eight million copies, according to Media Traffic, and ranked 103rd among the best-selling singles in music history.

It also won a Latin Billboard Award for best tropical-salsa song by a group. In addition, being part of the album “Hijas del tomato” won another award for best new generation pop album.

The popularity of the theme occurred in countries where Spanish was spoken, such as Japan, and was known as “The Ketchup Song”. However, the catchiness and incomprehensibility of her chorus was also a factor in the decline in the careers of Lola, Pilar and Lucía Muñoz.

The urban legend about the occult and satanic meaning of “Aserejé” began in Honduras. A group of religious educators identified the protagonist of the song Diego as ‘Lucifer’ and his ‘cockiness’ as witchcraft.

“It was a misinterpretation to veto us in some countries. It scared me a lot, but it didn’t make any sense.” Pilar said in an interview for El Mundo, in 2017.

“Why do people think that?” I asked myself as soon as we found out. I didn’t like it, it made me very sad. And I think that at the marketing level we didn’t get any benefit from it, because we didn’t need that publicity at all,” Lola said.

After this, Las Ketchup were pigeonholed, their career did not stand out again, they had problems with their record company and in the end they left the stage.

After some lukewarm attempts to come back, like in 2006 with his single “Blood Mary” and their participation in the Eurovision Song Contest that same year (they came in 21st place out of 26 participants), Las Ketpchup finally returned to their lives before fame.

“Everything in life is a cycle, really. After a lot of action, you have peace of mind again. And also in our inactivity we were mothers, we attended to other priorities” admitted Pilar, who set up a hairdressing salon and has two children, as did Lola, who managed to finish her degree in Work Sciences at the university. Lucía has a girl and tries to break through as an actress.

Yes ok The ketchup they made money with “Asejeré”, they admit that they did not become millionaires. “If we were, I would not go to work, I would live divinely. Leave my daughter at home while I go out there… imagine. We earn money, but not to go back to work, well no” Lola assured.

Finally, in December 2021, the Spanish trio joined a series of concerts in support of the Polish soldiers displaced to the border with Belarus due to the migration crisis; however, his presence, despite not having an impact, was not very well received.

Source-larepublica.pe