Cobra Starship： Placer Culpable - Cobra Starship： Placer Culpable

What this video is

Released June 6, 2008, 'Placer Culpable' is the Spanish-language re-recording of Cobra Starship's 'Guilty Pleasure,' produced as a deliberate gesture of outreach to Hispanic audiences by frontman Gabe Saporta, one of two Latino members in the band. The title itself required creative problem-solving, as 'guilty pleasure' has no direct Spanish idiomatic equivalent; the final title was inspired by a Chilean reporter's…

Why it matters

Represents a rare bilingual crossover artifact from the mid-2000s post-emo/dance-pop moment: a full Spanish-language re-recording and re-release of an English pop-punk single by a New York scene band with Latino membership. Historically significant as an early example of Latin-market music video…

The director

John Stalberg Jr. (born March 7, 1976, Los Angeles, CA) is an American film director, producer, and screenwriter. He began his professional career with the 2005 short film Mr. Dramatic. His feature debut High School premiered at the Sundance Film Festival…