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In his love experiences, Joan Sebastian he found the inspiration to create most of his greatest musical hits.
The singer, who passed away on July 13, 2015, was in various rumors of platonic romances with famous artists, but he also had platonic love, one of them was his admiration for the actress Salma Hayekto whom he sent gifts several times and even composed a song for him.
The Mexican was the muse of the ‘Poet of the People’, who, in addition to dedicating some of his compositions to her, also gave her jewelry and a horse, which the famous woman spoke of in 2017 during an interview for the “First Impact” program.
With her charisma and beauty, Salma Hayek won the heart of Joan Sebastian. Although they never had a relationship, the singer did declare his love for her with a romantic song that bears the title ‘That and more’which he published in 2006 and is on his record album ‘Más allá del sol’.
Joan Sebastian’s song for Salma Hayek
“I will cross the mountains, the rivers, the valleys to find you,” says one of the verses of the song that the artist born in Juliantla composed in honor of Salma Hayek, which also has phrases like: “I would save storms, cyclones, dragons without exaggeration / For being able to look into your beautiful eyes / And live the glory of being by your side.”
In 2016, during an interview for Despierta América, Joan Sebastian’s son, José Manuel Figueroa, declared about his admiration that his father had for the protagonist of Frida.
“There are things I can’t deny” Figueroa said. “At the end of the day, I think the only person who can really say exactly who, how and when he made the song, or not, is my father… but he did make the song to Salma Hayek. Probably, he did it very excited. It’s a beautiful song, I love singing it.”
His friends even knew about this platonic love, one of them Diego Verdaguer who assured, on the “Hoy” program in 2016, that Joan Sebastian dedicated several songs to the Mexican actress: “He didn’t write one, he wrote at least four”.
Despite the fact that Salma Hayek has never spoken in detail about her friendship with Joan Sebastian. in 2017 He confessed that he still had the horse that the singer gave him.
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