The group Kingto is an Argentine cumbia band that has gained great popularity in recent years, especially through social media. Their unique style and the authenticity of their videos have turned them into a viral phenomenon.
Origins and Formation
Kingto emerged from the friendship of a group of young people from the San Rafael neighborhood in San Fernando, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. They knew each other since kindergarten and their passion for music brought them together. The band's story began casually, playing with instruments at one of their houses, whose father is a musician. At first, they were shy, but the father of one of the members encouraged them to form a band, seeing their potential even though they had no formal musical training and played by ear.
One of the key moments in their early days was recording a video playing cumbia on their neighborhood sidewalk, spontaneously and with a very homemade aesthetic (sitting on paint buckets, surrounded by dogs, even in...