Brazilian superstar Alok is set to kick off the official one-year countdown to COP30 on Saturday (November 23). Set in the Amazon jungle in Belém, Pará, Brazil, at the 55,000 capacity Mangueirão Olympic Stadium, the free event is a celebration of the upcoming international climate summit and also part of Alok's Áurea tour.
During the event, the Brazilian bass DJ will host six indigenous ethnic groups that are part of the Future Is Ancestral project supported by the United Nations. The stage itself will be a technological marvel, featuring a pyramid-like structure with more than 100 tons of equipment, a 360-degree rotating platform that rises as high as a ten-story building, and more than 2,000 LED panels.
Alok was recently nominated twice at the Latin Grammys in the new category of Best Latin Electronic Music for two tracks: “Drum Machine” with Pickle and “Pedju Kunumigwe” with Guarani Nhandewa. On Friday (November 15), he released his latest track, “Looking For Love” featuring Anitta.
As Alok continues to promote cultural celebration through his music and influence, his commitment to ensuring justice has also been remarkable.
In a court battle in June, the civil court of São Paulo ruled in favor of Alok against Kevin Daniel Brauer de Oliveira, confirming the DJ as the creator and owner of the adaptive rights to the song “nananana Un Ratito”, which subsequently expanded to ” Un Ratito” with Luis Fonsi, Lunay, Lenny Tavárez and Juliette, according to court documents. The ruling requires Brauer de Oliveira to pay Alok $20,000 Brazilian Real ($3,475.78) as compensation for “moral damage.”
The legal outcome is the culmination of several clashes between Alok and the Brauer brothers – Kevin and Sean – who previously worked with Alok as part of the duo Sevenn. Over the years, their partnership helped elevate Brazilian bass music to the world stage, but that partnership eventually soured. As formulated in a 2022 Bulletin board article, the Brauer brothers had accused Alok of exploiting their work – including their contributions to at least 14 tracks – without proper credit or compensation.
“I have always had complete confidence in the judicial system. My work is transparent and everything is cleared and proven,” Alok said in a statement on the court's decision. “I will take this opportunity to give the compensation from this case to the victims in Rio Grande do Sul. This is the best way to answer the wrong they tried to do by doing good to those who need it most right now. I hope the compensation will also serve as a lesson to deter malicious people from defaming the honor of others with a simple sense of impunity.”
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