☆ –– who is ARISTOTELES 'ARI' PINEDA anyways? ew. you don’t know about HIM, we’ll bet you want to. they’re feeling 33 and WRITING SONGS ON HIS GUITAR feels like a perfect night to them. rumor has it they’re HOT-HEADED and AIRY because they care, but they’re also ALLURING and DAUNTLESS in the best way. HE works to make a little money as an OWNER OF OUR SONG. they’ve rented a place on cornelia street in the form of BROWNSTONE #11. NEVER GROW UP ( MUSE A ) , GLITCH ( MUSE B ) is the song they could dance to the beat of forevermore.
BASICS
full name: aristoteles pineda
nickname: ari, aris
age/date of birth: 33 / december 18th, 1989
zodiac sign: sagittarius ☼ scorpio ☾ aries ↑
gender identity: cis man (he/him)
current location: cornelia st, new york
sexual orientation: pansexual
occupation: owner of our song record shop.
plots: never grow up (muse a), glitch (muse b)
PERSONALITY
labels: the virtuoso, the loose canon, the dynamo, the phoenix
positive traits: alluring, charming, affable, dauntless, gregarious
negative traits: hot-headed, airy, cynical, impetus, flirty
fears: losing the people he loves
hobbies: playing music, socializing, wood-working
languages spoken: english, spanish, portuguese
instruments played: guitar, piano, drums, bass, marimba, harp, accordion, armonica, guiro
favorite color: green, orange, fuschia (vibrant colors in general)
favorite food: mexican cuisine
allergies: n/a
APPEARANCE
height: 5'11
distinguished characteristics: n/a
tattoos: an arrow made out of a soundwave on his back
piercings: n/a
right or left-handed?: left-handed
RELATIONSHIPS
parents: mercedes pineda (seamstress), rafael silva (politician)
sibling(s): 2 older half siblings
children: isabella pineda, 7 years old
pet(s): none, yet (his daughter has been begging for a puppy lately whatsoever, and he can never say no to her, it's only a matter of time)
LINKS
spotify
wanted connections
BULLET POINTS
tw: car accident, death mention
Aristóteles was born in Oaxaca, Mexico, product of the love affair between Mercedes, a seamstress and Rafael, a Mexican politician who ran away quickly from his responsibilities the minute Mercedes gave him the news to marry the child of a wealthy businessman. Alone, Mercedes raised Ari, along with his older siblings from a previous relationship. Although the family wasn't wealthy, the mother worked hard to make sure her kids never lacked anything while still being as involved in their lives as humanly possible, giving them all the love and care she could provide as a single mother of three.
At age ten, after seeing his mother struggle to make end meets, Ari decided to step in: he put his name on for a talent reality show in Mexico and got selected to compete. Although he didn’t win, Ari charmed the audience with his voice and personality, receiving a second place and deal for his own album. Not a year later, Ari was promoting his album and a soap opera he would be a part of. He used the money he was payed to buy his mother a house so she would never have to worry about not having a place to call theirs ever again.
His career took off after that. Soap operas, movies, awards, albums, tours… México couldn’t get enough of him, became the youngest solo number to sell out the biggest arena in mexico at the age of fifteen. It was traced in the stars, Aristóteles would become a legend.
Turning sixteen and having all the fame and fortune his stardom had brought with him affected the young star. Although he loved his country and his audience, the millions of kids, young people and eldest who would sing along to the songs he had written, he needed a bigger challenge and thus, the entire family decided to move to the USA as he tried and make it in Hollywood. Soon enough his luck and talent proved to work on his favor and he began getting small roles in commercials and some roles in shows and independent movies, until he landed an opportunity of a lifetime in a little indie movie that happened to resonate with the public, catapulting him to international fame. He even got some Oscar buzz at age 21 because of it. He wasn't nominated, but the buzz itself was enough to make his fame reach a new peak, and it landed him more scripts and offerings.
That’s where he met Natalie, one of his costars. She was beautiful, bright, gentle… Ari fell in love quickly and a year later, he proposed. Natalie said yes and just like that, the couple got married in a little ceremony by the beach two years later. Everybody told them they were far too young to take such life-altering decision, warning them it could not work but they paid no attention to any of it; both of them knew they were meant to spend a lifetime together.
He took a year off from acting to travel the world with his wife, learning about other cultures and simply being in love. They finished their year-long trip in New York City, Nat's hometown, right around Ari's 24th birthday where Nat informed him she was 4 months pregnant, they would be having a baby girl.
Isabella was born 4 and a half months later, crying to the moon and instantly stealing her parents heart. The family spent a year of pure bliss, splitting their life between New York and California while the actors auditioned for numerous movies, shows and plays, with little to no success; after a year their names had already been forgotten. Ari ended up booking a role in a movie that claimed would be his big comeback, just in time for Isabella's first birthday.
TW Then, the world stopped. Natalie went out one night to run some errands and she was involved in a big car crash, she was pronounced dead on her way to the hospital. Ari's whole life collapsed on itself, he had lost his partner and better half, his best friend and his child had lost her mother. It took him three months to be able to leave his bed, ultimately finding the strenght to do so thanks to his family and his baby. However, he decided, he would give up acting. He couldn't find it in himself to do it without Nat by his side.
Wanting to escape the Hollywood scene and wanting his child to be as close to Natalie's family as possible, the now single parent moved to Cornelia Street with his child and decided to open a record store, both as a way to make money and to get back to his roots as a musician. Thus, Our Song was born.














