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REVISTA SOUNDLOOP 2/27/26 *** Chris Oledude imagina otro mundo posible con su nuevo single “If a Woman Had Made the World”:
Nacido como Chris Owens en Puerto Rico y criado en Brooklyn, su trayectoria artística está atravesada por la música, el activismo y la reflexión espiritual. Hijo de la maestra, Ethel Werfel Owens y del ex congresista, Major R. Owens, Oledude creció en un hogar donde convivían Bach, el folk de protesta, el funk y el pop. En los años 80, editó el cassette Anyone’s Revolution y recibió el aliento nada menos que de Pete Seeger para continuar escribiendo canciones comprometidas con la paz y la justicia social.
Décadas más tarde, tras la muerte de su esposa, Sandra Dixon, y en plena pandemia, renació artísticamente como Chris Oledude. Desde entonces, su obra se sembró sobre raíces “old school” —R&B, gospel, funk, blues— canciones como George Floyd: Say Their Names, No Crowns For Clowns y su álbum debut, Preacher Man – VOL. 1.
“If a Woman Had Made the World” es una canción cristiana con espíritu soul con una interesante ética por detrás y un acto de memoria dedicado a las mujeres que marcaron su vida. Vayamos a descubrirlo.
Una canción con memoria y visión
“If a Woman Had Made the World” fue escrita originalmente en 1983 en honor a su madre. Esta nueva versión —publicada en 2026— actualiza la producción y concreta una idea que Oledude arrastraba desde hace décadas: convertirla en un dueto con una voz femenina potente. La colaboración con Kiena Williams aporta esta dimensión artística y espiritual que la canción necesitaba.
El single tiene una cadencia soul con un aroma clásico, inspirado por referentes como Ella Fitzgerald, Lou Rawls y Al Jarreau.
Un mundo hipotético como espejo crítico
La letra plantea una hipótesis central: ¿cómo sería el mundo si hubiera sido creado por una mujer? La respuesta no es ingenua, sino profundamente teológica y social, que expone los problemas sociales del presente. En sus versos imagina un planeta sin hambre ni pobreza, sin “pesadillas nucleares”, donde la empatía, la confianza y el cuidado reemplazan la competencia y la codicia. El estribillo repite una idea central: “I’d be unafraid”, que no es solo un deseo, es una crítica al presente.
Desde el inicio, la canción plantea el diagnóstico actual de las cosas: “Take a look at the world today! / We’ve got to find a better way!”. El mundo actual está en crisis y necesita una transformación. El primer verso instala el núcleo del argumento: “Families would live” y “Everyone would freely give”. La vida y la generosidad aparecen como principios rectores frente a un orden capitalista que, implícitamente, privilegia la competencia y la acumulación.
A medida que avanza la letra, el contraste se vuelve más explícito. En el segundo verso afirma: “There’d be no word called ‘poverty’” y “no selfishness and no greed”. No se trata solo de carencias materiales sino de categorías culturales. Oledude sugiere que la pobreza y la codicia no son inevitables: son construcciones históricas. La hipótesis femenina funciona entonces como una crítica estructural al capitalismo agresivo y a la desigualdad global, aunque la canción nunca use esos términos de manera directa.
Brothers look around you!
What do you see?
Your efforts at creation: war and misery!
En el puente, la letra interpela a los “hermanos” señalando guerra y miseria como fruto de una lógica histórica dominada por la violencia, y convoca a las “hermanas” a romper cadenas y tomar el liderazgo. En ese gesto, el single trasciende el homenaje personal y se convierte en un manifiesto. La canción, por lo tanto, no idealiza pasivamente a la mujer; la convoca a ejercer el poder transformador.
En el último tramo, la visión se amplía al plano global:
Nations would be sane
Peace and harmony as guides
Sympathy and trust would reign
La frase “There’d be no nuclear nightmares” sitúa la crítica en la era moderna, subrayando que el miedo no es abstracto sino tecnológico y militar. El miedo es el efecto psicológico de la violencia estructural; la ausencia de miedo sería el signo de un orden más justo. De este modo, la canción lleva a otra reflexión social para una sociedad mejor: vivir sin temor.
En conjunto, bajo la letra hay una teología social implícita. Aunque se enmarca dentro del ámbito cristiano, su mensaje es humanista. La figura femenina simboliza empatía, cuidado y comunidad frente a un modelo histórico asociado con la dominación y competencia. Más que afirmar que las mujeres “harían todo mejor”, la canción cuestiona la narrativa que ha naturalizado un único modo de ejercer el poder.
Fe, justicia y canción
“If a Woman Had Made the World” nos invitación a repensar las bases morales de nuestra convivencia. Es una reflexión espiritual con anclaje social, coherente con la trayectoria de Oledude dentro de su activismo cultural y político. Propone revisar los relatos que hemos naturalizado sobre el poder, el progreso y la civilización.
El propio artista lo resume con claridad: si queremos salvar nuestro mundo, debemos cuestionar la idea de que solo los hombres impulsaron los avances de la humanidad y recuperar formas de vida menos dominadas por la competencia feroz.
Con artistas como Chris Oledude, no hay duda, otro mundo es posible.
Full review at https://www.revistasoundloop.com/2026/02/chris-oledude-if-a-woman-had-made-the-world.html
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SOUNDLOOP MAGAZINE 2/27/26 *** Chris Oledude imagines another possible world with his new single "If a Woman Had Made the World":
Born like Chris Owens in Puerto Rico and raised in Brooklyn, his artistic career is crossed by music, activism and spiritual reflection. The son of the teacher, Ethel Werfel Owens and the former congressman, Major R. Owens, Oledude grew up in a household where Bach, protest folk, funk and pop coexisted. In the 80s, he released the cassette Anyone's Revolution and received encouragement from none other than Pete Seeger to continue writing songs committed to peace and social justice.
Decades later, after the death of his wife, Sandra Dixon, and in the midst of the pandemic, he was artistically reborn as Chris Oledude. Since then, his work has been planted with "old school" roots—R&B, gospel, funk, blues—songs such as George Floyd: Say Their Names, No Crowns For Clowns, and his debut album, Preacher Man – VOL. 1.
"If a Woman Had Made the World" is a Christian song with a soul spirit with an interesting ethic behind it and an act of memory dedicated to the women who marked his life. Let's find out.
A song with memory and vision
"If a Woman Had Made the World" was originally written in 1983 in honor of her mother. This new version – published in 2026 – updates the production and concretizes an idea that Oledude has been dragging for decades: to turn it into a duet with a powerful female voice. The collaboration with Kiena Williams brings this artistic and spiritual dimension that the song needed.
The single has a soul cadence with a classic flavor, inspired by references such as Ella Fitzgerald, Lou Rawls and Al Jarreau.
A hypothetical world as a critical mirror
The lyrics pose a central hypothesis: what would the world be like if it had been created by a woman? The answer is not naïve, but profoundly theological and social, exposing the social problems of the present. In his verses, he imagines a planet without hunger or poverty, without "nuclear nightmares", where empathy, trust and care replace competition and greed. The chorus repeats a central idea: "I'd be unafraid", which is not just a wish, it is a criticism of the present.
From the beginning, the song raises the current diagnosis of things: "Take a look at the world today! / We've got to find a better way!". Today's world is in crisis and in need of transformation. The first verse sets up the core of the plot: "Families would live" and "Everyone would freely give". Life and generosity appear as guiding principles in the face of a capitalist order that, implicitly, privileges competition and accumulation.
As the lyrics progress, the contrast becomes more explicit. In the second verse he states: "There'd be no word called 'poverty'" and "no selfishness and no greed". It is not only a matter of material shortages but of cultural categories. Oledude suggests that poverty and greed are not inevitable: they are historical constructs. The female hypothesis then functions as a structural critique of aggressive capitalism and global inequality, although the song never uses those terms directly.
Brothers look around you!
What do you see?
Your efforts at creation: war and misery!
On the bridge, the lyrics question the "brothers" pointing to war and misery as the result of a historical logic dominated by violence, and summons the "sisters" to break chains and take the lead. In that gesture, the single transcends the personal tribute and becomes a manifesto. The song, therefore, does not passively idealize the woman; it summons it to exercise transformative power.
Nations would be sane
Peace and harmony as guides
Sympathy and trust would reign
The phrase "There'd be no nuclear nightmares" places the critique in the modern era, stressing that fear is not abstract but technological and military. Fear is the psychological effect of structural violence; the absence of fear would be the sign of a more just order. In this way, the song leads to another social reflection for a better society: to live without fear.
On the whole, underneath the letter is an implicit social theology. Although it is framed within the Christian sphere, its message is humanistic. The female figure symbolizes empathy, care and community in the face of a historical model associated with domination and competition. Rather than affirming that women "would do everything better", the song questions the narrative that has naturalized a single way of exercising power.
Faith, justice and the song
"If a Woman Had Made the World" invited us to rethink the moral bases of our coexistence. It is a spiritual reflection with social anchorage, coherent with Oledude's trajectory within his cultural and political activism. It proposes to review the stories that we have naturalized about power, progress and civilization.
The artist himself sums it up clearly: if we want to save our world, we must question the idea that only men drove humanity's advances and recover ways of life less dominated by fierce competition.
With artists like Chris Oledude, there's no doubt that another world is possible.
Full review at https://www.revistasoundloop.com/2026/02/chris-oledude-if-a-woman-had-made-the-world.html
FREQUENZE MUSICALI 2/27/26 *** L’utopia necessaria di Chris Oledude:
“If a Woman Had Made the World” è un viaggio rock nel cuore dell’empatia: Cosa accadrebbe se le redini del mondo non fossero mai state nelle mani degli uomini? Se il potere, anziché dividere, fosse stato usato per curare? A queste domande non risponde un trattato di sociologia, ma l’energia travolgente dell’ultimo singolo di Chris Oledude: “If a Woman Had Made the World”.
Chris Oledude non è nuovo a sfide ambiziose, ma con questo brano alza ulteriormente l’asticella, regalandoci quello che potremmo definire un “inno rock orchestrale”. Il pezzo non si limita ad essere ascoltato; si manifesta come una visione, una narrazione cinematografica che esplode in un arrangiamento potente, dove le chitarre elettriche incontrano una grandiosità quasi teatrale.
Sin dalle prime note, veniamo proiettati in un universo parallelo. La voce di Chris, carica di una saggezza ruvida ma profondamente emotiva, ci guida attraverso una serie di “E se…”: E se le nazioni fossero sicure? E se non ci fossero bambini affamati? E se la pace e l’armonia fossero le nostre uniche guide?
Il brano evita sapientemente ogni retorica scontata, puntando invece sulla forza delle immagini e sulla vibrazione pura del suono. Il ritornello è un’esplosione di energia liberatoria: è il grido di chi riconosce la necessità di un cambiamento radicale, di una “prospettiva femminile” che metta al centro la cura, l’ascolto e la condivisione.
Musicalmente, “If a Woman Had Made the World” è un gioiello di produzione. La dinamica è impeccabile: parte con una tensione crescente per poi aprirsi in una sezione ritmica solida e trascinante che non lascia scampo. È un rock maturo, che strizza l’occhio alle grandi produzioni internazionali pur mantenendo l’anima autentica e riconoscibile di Oledude.
Il video che accompagna il brano è altrettanto potente, un gioco di contrasti che sottolinea la distanza tra il mondo che conosciamo e quello che Chris osa immaginare.
In un periodo storico in cui il rumore della guerra e della divisione sembra sovrastare tutto, Chris Oledude ci invita a chiudere gli occhi e ascoltare un’altra possibilità. “If a Woman Had Made the World” è molto più di una canzone: è un manifesto di speranza, un sogno rock che merita di essere ascoltato a volume altissimo.
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MUSICAL FREQUENCIES 2/27/26 *** Chris Oledude's Necessary Utopia:
"If a Woman Had Made the World" is a rock journey into the heart of empathy: What if the reins of the world were never in the hands of men? What if power, instead of dividing, had been used to cure? These questions are not answered by a sociology treatise, but by the overwhelming energy of Chris Oledude's latest single: "If a Woman Had Made the World".
Chris Oledude is not new to ambitious challenges, but with this song he raises the bar even further, giving us what we could call an "orchestral rock anthem". The piece is not limited to being listened to; It manifests itself as a vision, a cinematic narrative that explodes in a powerful arrangement, where electric guitars meet an almost theatrical grandeur.
From the very first notes, we are projected into a parallel universe. Chris's voice, charged with rough but deeply emotional wisdom, guides us through a series of "What if...": What if nations were safe? What if there were no hungry children? What if peace and harmony were our only guides?
The song wisely avoids any predictable rhetoric, focusing instead on the strength of images and the pure vibration of sound. The chorus is an explosion of liberating energy: it is the cry of those who recognize the need for radical change, for a "female perspective" that focuses on care, listening and sharing.
Musically, "If a Woman Had Made the World" is a production gem. The dynamics are impeccable: it starts with a growing tension and then opens up into a solid and enthralling rhythm section that leaves no escape. It is a mature rock, which winks at the great international productions while maintaining the authentic and recognizable soul of Oledude.
The video that accompanies the song is just as powerful, a game of contrasts that emphasizes the distance between the world we know and the one Chris dares to imagine. In a historical period in which the noise of war and division seems to drown everything, Chris Oledude invites us to close our eyes and listen to another possibility. "If a Woman Had Made the World" is much more than a song: it is a manifesto of hope, a rock dream that deserves to be listened to at a very high volume.
"If a Woman Had Made the World" is available now on all digital platforms. Get ready to change your perspective.
DE OCHTENDSCHIJN 2/27/26 *** “Een soulvolle meditatie over herinnering, erkenning en respect.”:
If a Woman Had Made the World van Chris Oledude is een reflectieve soul-geïnspireerde compositie die de invloed van vrouwen op cultuur en persoonlijk leven eert. Samen met Kiena Williams creëert het nummer een brug tussen vintage R&B-elementen en hedendaags vertelwerk. De track brengt een boodschap van erkenning, respect en historische reflectie, ondersteund door warme harmonieën en subtiele instrumentatie. Invloeden uit jazz- en soultradities worden verwerkt zonder het moderne karakter van het werk te verliezen. Het lied functioneert zowel als eerbetoon als maatschappelijke reflectie.
THE MORNING SHINE 2/27/26 ***
"A soulful meditation on remembrance, recognition and respect.": If a Woman Had Made the World by Chris Oledude is a reflective soul-inspired composition that honors the influence of women on culture and personal life. Together with Kiena Williams, the song creates a bridge between vintage R&B elements and contemporary storytelling. The track brings a message of recognition, respect and historical reflection, supported by warm harmonies and subtle instrumentation. Influences from jazz and soul traditions are incorporated without losing the modern character of the work. The song functions both as a tribute and as a social reflection.
Full review at https://www.deochtendschijn.com/post/nieuwe-muziekupdate-met-kat-madleine-chris-oledude-en-siren-section
KORLIBLOG 2/27/26 *** ‘If A Woman Had Made The World’ by Chris Oledude: When Classic Jazz-Soul Meets Modern Reflection:
With IF A WOMAN HAD MADE THE WORLD, Chris Oledude delivers a thoughtful soul record that feels both timeless and deeply connected to today’s conversations. Teaming up with vocalist Kiena Williams, the track leans into classic jazz-soul influences while carrying a clear social message about empathy, balance, and the power of women’s perspectives in shaping society.
The song draws inspiration from legends like Ella Fitzgerald, Lou Rawls, and Al Jarreau, blending warm instrumentation with smooth melodic phrasing. The arrangement feels nostalgic without sounding dated, gentle grooves, expressive vocals, and a steady rhythm that allows the lyrics to lead the experience.
Oledude imagines an alternate world shaped by compassion instead of competition. Lines envisioning generosity, shared care, and freedom from fear give the song a reflective tone rather than a confrontational one. The repeated idea of being “unafraid” becomes the emotional anchor, turning the track into a hopeful meditation on what humanity could look like if guided more by empathy than power.
After decades balancing activism and music, Oledude approaches songwriting with purpose, and that intention is clear throughout the performance. The collaboration adds warmth and emotional depth, reinforcing the song’s central message of unity. IF A WOMAN HAD MADE THE WORLD feels like a conversation across generations, classic soul energy carrying a forward-looking vision rooted in justice, healing, and possibility.
Full review at https://korliblog.com/if-a-woman-had-made-the-world-by-chris-oledude-when-classic-jazz-soul-meets-modern-reflection/