Xavier Cervantes recounts, in his Katy Perry concert report At the Sant Jordi, the singer brought five audience members up on stage, "including a girl dressed as a shark." And one of those audience members "taught her how to say 'I love you very much' in Catalan." Perry then "improvised a chorus, 'I love you very much, I love you very much,' to the delight of the Sant Jordi crowd."
Our best music critic (Xavier Cervantes reads music so well) only lets us know that the boy "was from Reus." I remember that at a Bruce Springsteen concert in Barcelona, ages ago, he brought a female audience member up on stage (I think she was with Dancing in the dark). Later, they showed the Madrid concert on television, and it was the same girl. I don't know if that guy from Reus was "arranged" or if it was spontaneous.
This unknown person has managed to get Katy Perry to say and sing "I love you." It's a global action for Catalan culture comparable to that of the Vall Llach winery, which managed that the NBA gave LeBron James a Catalan winebought in Los Angeles. Or comparable to that of Ariadna Gil, who managed that Viggo Mortensen talked about the uncle, our favorite tradition (mixing violence with poop), in a late show In English. I therefore ask you, from here, to please identify yourself, because, like those mentioned above, you must be a recipient of the Creu de Sant Jordi. At this time, all those who, involuntarily or voluntarily, carry out concrete actions for our language deserve a pin on their lapel and, above all, a subsidy.
