The Current | Vol. 31 Issue 24

March 2, 2021 | nsucurrent.nova.edu 6 Arts & Entertainment The new Winx Saga is a must-see “Fate: Winx Saga” is a new series on Netflix created after the original Winx Club show, and both series are incredibly well made in their own way. In both “Fate: Winx Saga” and Winx Club, the main character, Bloom, discovers she is a fairy and is trying to control her fire powers. “Fate: Winx Saga” has made their own version of the beloved Nickelodeon show, but the writers still try to include things from the original. Overall, the series is great and appeals to the audience that the creators are targeting, which are both new viewers and old fans. Most of the people that would and are watching the show have watched the original when they were younger. However, there has been controversy with some aspects of the new series. There is no transformation from civilian to fairy and the personalities of the characters are different. Where are the witches and where are the wings? It was a little upsetting to see the creators throw away some of the best parts of the original series and watch what they came up with instead. Brian Young, the creator of “Fate: Winx Saga” changed the show in order to appeal to an older audience, and while some viewers might miss the nostalgic aspects, I cannot help but praise him. The amount of plot twists and drama the show emulates is truly amazing. One of the best things about the original Winx Club was the diversity of the characters in the series. The original show represented many different ethnicities. However, the new series is whitewashed. The cast of “Fate: Winx Saga” has only a Black girl and a gay Black man. It is wonderful that Winx Saga included the LGBTQ community but according to many LGBTQ+ viewers, the show is still painfully heteronormative and ends up casting out the only gay character. In the show when Dane is being bullied for being gay, instead of showing the struggles he is having, he becomes friends with his bully. The show also replaced Flora, originally a Latina teenager with Terra, a plus-sized teenager. I am Latina and would have liked to seemy culture being represented in the show, but I also could not help but fall in love with Terra. I see myself in Terra as I am a plus sized woman myself. Some of the things that Terra experiences in the show I experience on a daily basis: insecurities, discomfort and feeling of unworthiness and a bit of self-hate. Brain Young took advantage of the chance of gaining a wider audience and represented a lot of people in the show, and although many fans were upset by his choices in representing different races, ethnicities and sexual orientations, “Fate: Winx Saga” is still a must-see. The Polar Boys: on new music, first singles and individual sound The Polar Boys is a Miami-based band consisting of three members; Andy Zambrana, Alex Ramon and Andres Baquerizo. The three friends formed the group in 2017, releasing two tracks across several music platforms that year. The group has been growing, not only in experience, but in musical sound. If you like indie pop-rock and indie pop-punk, The Polar Boys are for you. “We used to describe [our sound] as retro pop-rock, but the band has gone through quite the evolution of sound. At the beginning, we had a style quite like the Beach Boys. It was like pop-rock, you know?” said Ramon. He went on to explain, “With our upcoming music -- and we don’t want to spoil anything -- but it’s definitely not pop-rock. I wouldn’t still describe it as retro pop-rock, but I would put it within the realm of indie pop- rock. It’s hard to really categorize it because it draws from a lot of different inspirations across a lot of genres. It really draws influences from everything.” The Polar Boys plan to release their first official single onMarch 4, titled “BlackDog.” The song gets its namesake fromAce, a black dog, who belongs to a member of the band and is always around when they’re creating music. The single is a jazzy tribute to their funky canine friend. The Polar Boys have even more upcoming music planned for release throughout 2021. It’s different from their previous tunes in both sound and content. Not only does their new music transcendgenres, but itwas created almost entirely in 2020 during the national pandemic. “Sometimes, it is hard to pinpoint where it comes from when we write. It’s a collective sound of everything we listen to and love, and the collection of all of our individual experiences and feelings during all of this. It comes together to form our sort of signature eclectic Polar Boys sound,” said Ramon. Their upcoming releases draw from not only different genres, but different generational trends of music. “In this project, there’s a lot of derivatives from a lot of 90’s music, as far as melodies and harmonies go. For me, I can listen to part of a song and think, ‘Oh, that definitely sounds like something from the 90s.’ It just feels like with this newmusic, the projectwas jumping around, but not in away that is separated. It isn’t separated into 60s, 70s and so on. It just feels like all of those sounds thrown into a bag and shaken,” said Zambrana. “We drew from a lot of different inspirations and genres for ‘Black Dog.’ We really write however we feel, and all of our influences go into the music. Those influences go from the Bee Gees, to the Beatles, to even artists like Mac Miller. One of our biggest musical inspirations was definitely Daft Punk. It really is just a variety of sounds we like to incorporate,” said Baquerizo. The Polar Boys should be on your radar if they aren’t already. They can be found on almost all music platforms. Be sure to keep an eye out on March 4 for their latest single, “Black Dog.” By: Sofia Gallus Arts & Entertainment Editor By: Ashley Diaz Contributing Writer PHOTO PRINTED PERMISSION BY UNSPLASHED.COM PHOTO PRINTED PERMISSION BY THE POLAR BOYS The Polar Boys are a talented, high-energy group of life-long friends from Miami, Florida: Andy Zambrana, Alex Ramon, and Andres Baquerizo. Their sound reflects a strong influence from indie rock to hip hop and jazz, creating a genre-bend- ing sound that mirrors the band’s unique place on the stage.