“Telo Catch You” was about Brazilian pop singer Michel Telo, whose viral, global hit “Ai Se Eu Te Pego” (Ay, If I Catch You) was booming around the world when Telo came to Miami to perform on the Billboard Latin Music Awards in late April. The Brazilian community in Miami is one of Miami’s fastest-growing and biggest immigrant communities, but it is also a recent presence in the city with little connection to the rest of Miami’s ethnic groups. “Telo Catch You” captured a sense of Brazilian culture and character for the rest of the city, as well as the pride Brazilians’ felt in Telo’s success and their country’s growing presence on the world stage.
Jordan Levin has been an arts and entertainment reporter and critic at the Miami Herald since 1999, covering dance and performance, Latin and pop music, and cultural features. Since 2010 she has been writing and producing radio features for WLRN-Miami Herald News, two of which aired on NPR. As a freelancer, she has written for the Los Angeles Times, the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, and Latina, Billboard and Ocean Drive magazines, among others. Before turning to journalism, she was a dancer/performer in New York City and an arts presenter in Miami.
