‘Rage Against the Machist’ - A look into the music of the contemporary protest scene in Chile The case of the song “Un violador en tu camino”

A look at the new agenda of protest music in Chile. Music as a vehicle to denounce the political and social situation in which people live, is a very significant matter in the present international protest panorama. As social discomfort remains high, political friction has increased and there is strong outrage that reigns on social networks. Appears like a song with a social message, seems propitious for many artists and musicians nowadays. At present, protest music is a key element in developing, that can provide feelings of collective identity, create bonds between people and encourage social political involvement towards a common cause. In this research, a qualitative study was carried out, with the purpose of examine to which extent the use of protest music generated social cohesion in the particular case of the phenomenon of the song "A rapist in your path”, written by the Chilean feminist collective Las Tesis. To collect information, a research design was applied in which interviews were conducted with Chilean women of different ages, who had participated in feminist manifestations and performed the song of “A rapist in your path”. In this way, the present thesis reflects on how the expressive resources in music, such as social media, collective identity, emotional relieve, lyrics, dance and clothing. Are used by the protesters to express contained feelings, narrate shared sufferings, question adversaries and democratize the field of visibility.