“Love hits people; we need it in all its forms”

With a career as successful as yours, how did the need to review the past on your new album arise?

I’m at a time when my recordings reflect something I’m thinking about, the stage in my life I’m going through. They’re like little snapshots of different situations, and I’m at a point now where I’m accepting the past. I was always one of those people who said good-bye as soon as a story was over, but I was one of those who defended that everything that is good for me and not good for me is me at the same time. We try to forget things, to erase things, but I think you should make it part of your fabric, because it’s part of our learning.

In “Tu historia” you sing about heartbreaks and breakups, is it the result of applying this philosophy?

Yep, there’s a lot of heartbreak on the record, it’s a lot like crying dancing and that’s how it suddenly rises musically. It has many themes of a love conflict with beginnings and endings but also friendship. I really like to tell stories about it, but in all its forms, it’s not just about love as a couple. Love is something that clings to people, that brings us closer, and we need it in life as a couple in all its forms, from love to our family, our children, our parents, our friends… It’s a very important dimension to me.

And after all the time he devoted himself to this work musicWhat motivates you to continue? Because it was only a few years ago that he started to reconsider continuing.

I try not to think too much in terms of what I do, but rather in terms of everything I have to do. I don’t see the past as a burden or even as a success, it’s part of the process. For me, making music is a way of expressing myself, it’s part of who I am and if I didn’t that part would be silent, so it’s a decision I made not just based on my career, but because it’s what I do. need. A few years ago, especially before 2019, it’s true that I asked myself, do I need to go on album and tour again, when the pandemic hit I couldn’t continue and then I started writing without getting involved. the goal was that I had to sit by the piano just to compose songs and not be very clear about what and where they were going, but it didn’t seem important to me at the time either. That’s when I realized that that phrase was part of what I needed for my life, and I started making a record without knowing it was just a start. Then I started working on it and your story was born; For me, music is a form of expression, something that belongs to me and I can’t silence it, and I don’t want to put it aside because I think I need it.

Especially as a woman, I think it’s important to raise that voice, so did you encounter any obstacles?

Personally, I cannot say that I have faced obstacles in my career because I am a woman. Luckily, ever since I first signed a contract with a multinational, I’ve always built it the way I wanted. They knew from the very beginning that I was not very moldable, and I managed to maintain that over time. Now, as a woman, I feel the need to connect because we have our own symbolism. I consider myself a feminist, and it’s precisely because of the fear I feel when I go out at night as a woman in the song Caminar sola on this latest album, afraid of walking alone in a dark street, because I don’t think there’s a single woman who feels safe walking down the street at three in the morning, at least in Latin America. . In this regard, I question how it is considered natural for women to be afraid at night, and I think this should be questioned. It’s a thought-provoking song, and I believe we should talk about these issues not only among ourselves, but also with our siblings, fathers, partners, or men close to us. We have to get them to think about it.

Musically, what influences are you drinking right now? Which bands or artists have surprised you lately?

Well, right now I am very attached to Sílvia Pérez Cruz’s newly released album Toda la vida, un día. I find him fascinating, and I also listen a lot to Chilean Mala Mía, who has an incredible track record. I think we are in a time when many composers are coming up with influences that come from the trap but take them to a much more experimental place, and Mala Mía is a perfect example of this. Another artist I’ve been listening to a lot lately is the Argentinean León Cordero, who also has elements of a more urban world and combines them with folklore, which is something very modern and very interesting, because I find it incredible how he combines music and music. letter. On the other hand, now I just listen to records, I’m tired of random music and I’ve always been a big fan, but for me records are like a story, watching a movie or completing a photograph.

And what advice would you give to all these new voices stepping into the music scene?

There are so many possibilities technologically today, but the first thing for me would be to learn to play an instrument because it is something that will give you a lot of freedom in creating music, while technology allows you to experiment and find a sound. Finally, playing live, because that gives you something important that I think all artists should experience in writing, which is public communication.