S01E12 Amy Melendrez, In the Heights, Spring Awakening, Theatre Actor, Mexican Baby | Music Retrospective Pt. 1, Stories Behind Glasspirits Songs Pepe and Ybra

The following is a conversation with Amy Melendrez, a theatre actress and singer from Los Angeles, CA. Amy and I talk about her impressive acting education at USC and England, her appearance in Spring Awakening and In the Heights, being cast as the lead in Glasspirits' 'Mexican Baby' and body positivity in the age of social media.   Afterwards, we'll have a special friend, Coco, to join us on our new aftershow segment: Music Retrospective, Part 1.



FULL EPISODE ON YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/od7DrNNxVrQ

Sponsor: Valle Vocal Studios https://www.vallevocalstudios.com

'Mexican Baby' on Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3kGJfLh

More About Amy Melendrez https://www.amymelendrez.com



TIMESTAMPS:

00:00 Who is on this episode? Amy Melendrez

00:29 What Pepe and Ybra is all about

00:59 Our current schedule. 2nd season possibility.

01:33 Sponsors

03:19 Support Pepe and Ybra for Free

03:41 Countdown with "Something Unspoken"

03:56 AMY MELENDREZ: Filming 'Mexican Baby' at the Cusp of Covid

10:30 AMY MELENDREZ: Early beginnings

13:37 AMY MELENDREZ: Studying abroad

26:06 AMY MELENDREZ: Spring Awakening

34:02 AMY MELENDREZ: Diversity Casting

48:56 AMY MELENDREZ: Fatphobia in Society

1:01:42 AMY MELENDREZ: Glasspirits' Music Video 'Mexican Baby'

1:07:28 AMY MELENDREZ: In the Heights

1:15:02 Surprise Segment

1:17:39 MUSIC RETROSPECTIVE Part 1

1:20:39 MUSIC RETROSPECTIVE: 'Deified'

1:33:50 MUSIC RETROSPECTIVE: 'Something Unspoken'

1:46:45 MUSIC RETROSPECTIVE: 'Charlize'

1:53:53 MUSIC RETROSPECTIVE: 'Love Sick Love'

2:10:08 MUSIC RETROSPECTIVE: 'Mexican Baby'

2:18:28 Outro: What's next, support us, our music



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Theme Song "Something Unspoken"

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