FROM: ARTSY BABY Editorial Board

DATE: September 29, 2025

SUBJECT: Special Promo Request: “Selena y Los Dinos”

Selena Quintanilla-Pérez is not just an artist. She’s not only an eternal flame in Latino culture, but American pop culture. Every song, every smile, every sparkle in her wardrobe lives in our collective memory.

With Hispanic Heritage Month ending October 15, we can’t help but wonder: what if you gifted the world even a small archival treasure from the Selena y Los Dinos documentary?

It doesn’t have to be long. A rehearsal laugh, an unseen moment backstage, a flash of Selena being the icon she always was. Her fans would celebrate it like gold, and it would ripple far beyond the Latino community.

In the end, this is about honoring a legacy, creating joy, and reminding the world that Netflix doesn’t just stream stories, you curate culture ideally to meet a moment. In this case, with three words: “Anything for Selenas”

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TAKES.

“Don’t sleep on endorsements.”

“What’s Big Cartel? I want a Big Cartel!”1

“The biggest takeaway from Sedona was ‘Fuck it, I’m homeschooling.”

“My goal for the rest of 2025 is to push other bitches out of the way and take the spotlight for me.”

“Anytime Melania shows up looking like fifty billion bucks, that’s real motivation for the art revolution.”

“Oh my Goddd, <whispers> look at those two Gen Z boys smoking cigarettes over there … and how neither one of them knows how to properly hold a cigarette with authority, el oh el”

WET PAINTINGS:

• KARINA: “Sedona 1”, “Sedona 2”, “Sedona 3”, “Sedona 4”, “Sedona 5”, “Sedona”6, and more. Cylic series inspired by last week’s hiking trip to Arizona with the girls.

• PABLO: “Portrait of Doctor Nasouli” and “Portrait of Steven Cheung” (both 2025) remain wet to the touch, but are curing nicely (esp Cheung) and nearly done.

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MOOD BOARD:

• “Selena y Los Dinos” (2025)

• Gen Z boys smoking cigarettes.

• Taco Bell’s Cantina Chicken Menu.

• Photoshoots of Sophia Vergara in the 90s.

• Mercedes Sosa En Vivo En Argentina (1982).

• National Guardsmen pressure washing sidewalks.

• A full case of Sambazon Original Frozen Açaí Bites.

SOUNDTRACK:

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Some Takes:

• “Wa’ya won for et?” — Derrick

• “A watched pot never boils, liberals.” — Pablo

• “Don’t remove art you disagree with. Add bigger, better art alongside it. That’s just a mark of a sophisticated city.” — KMG

• “We didn’t need trophies. We just did it for the pizza party and the neighborhood glory and that was enough.” — KMG

Wet Paintings:

• KARINA: “The Wave 2” in copper, blue, and naples orange, plus three yet-unnamed figures, all on 8x8inch canvases, including a figure in black casting a long shadow across a canvas primed in Gamblin’s luxurious gold pigment.

• PABLO: oil portraits of Stephen Cheung (24x36 inch canvas) and Dr. Nasouli (24x30 inch canvas), plus a wood burned effigy of Frederick Douglass (12x12 inch board), his first artwork using heat as a medium.

Mood Board:

• All of Melania’s UK fits, esp. the yellow dinner dress with lavender sash.

• One tiny gold earring depicting Saturn ringed in silver.

• Six Ranch Water cans icing in an Igloo cooler, to share.

• A pried open can of turkey and giblets by Fancy Feast.

• National Guard (aka “los federales") mulching McPherson Square.

Le Playlist:

Sign-off:
Mucha crema en los tacos te hace mal. The healthy choice is always the best choice. Don’t look back in anger. Instead, look forward to next week’s Artsy Baby. Good luck!

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