Charade is a ska song, inspired by second and third-wave ska bands such as Streetlight Manifesto, Madness, and Sublime, about the 1973 Chilean Coup, and the Pinochet government. The song also includes elements, and conventions of other genres, such as Afro-Cuban jazz, as well as lyrical techniques such as metaphorical language, and allusion to explore this central theme, and specifically the impact of both the coup, and the Pinochet government on Chile as a country.
