Belinda through her albums: analyze ‘Belinda’, ‘Utopía’, ‘Carpe Diem’ and ‘Catarsis’

As a good teenager, I spent the first decade of the 2000s listening to Belinda in loop. The Mexican of Spanish descent put a soundtrack to that bittersweet part of life with songs like I am sorry, Beautiful betrayal, I will wait for you and other hits from his long recording career. As you will understand, when they told me a few weeks ago that I was going to interview the singer for the launch of 12 hourshis summer hit with Ana Mena, I couldn’t resist asking him about the four albums that had consecrated her as the princess of Latin pop.

Belinda, Utopia, Carpe Diem Y Catharsis These are the titles that are part of the imagination of a good legion of unconditional fans who said yes to a universe that the singer began to materialize in 2003. Putting together such a solid project seems easy. However, Belinda had to go through chiaroscuro in between that were reflected in her different works. As she now intends to focus fully on her music, on her discography, I asked the Mexican to analyze those albums that were so important for a part of the millennial generation.

Belinda (2003)

I am sorry, Angel, Boba Girl Nice Y I don’t understand (feat Andy and Lucas) are some of the tracks included in Belinda’s debut album. It was her letter of introduction to the world and her resounding success took her to the top, positioning herself as a revelation in the international market. However, before collecting her congratulations, she had to stand up to her label bosses. She didn’t want to sing what others were writing and producing, and not doing so was her first victory. “Those from the record company told me: ‘We don’t know if we’re going to put your compositions in because you’re a girl and we want you to sing these songs by these producers.’ I asked you please to let me compose. Without my songs I didn’t want to release an album. I wanted to sing what I lived. I fought, I fought, I fought and in the end I was able to put in all my compositions. Belinda It’s an album that definitely marked me”.

Utopia (2006)

Three years later, about to come of age, Belinda surprised with an album that contained songs with a more ambitious production and lyrics that drank from the experiences that the also actress had lived in the first person. She knew love and lovesickness and captured her experiences, those feelings that fluttered in her stomach, in her darkest work, but so key to her career. “Utopia it’s my favorite album. It is the rockiest and most risky album. The lyrics speak for themselves. I began to experience betrayals of love, it was the first time that they hurt me in such a strong and real way. There is no medicine for a broken heart. There’s no cure. It’s also a darker album, with that dark touch that I love. That record is what Belinda is. Utopia represents me in all aspects“.

Carpe Diem (2010)

Carpe Diem It was a transition album based on more commercial pop after experimenting in Utopia. Selfish Y dopamine are the most popular tracks on this LP. The album itself was not very well received, but it allowed him to grow and understand the industry given what came three years later. “I feel Carpe Diem like a more colorful album. I went from that dark world to ‘carpe diem’. It was time to live, be happy and get out of that darkness. It was a moment of introspection to go out, recognize myself and enjoy life. That’s it Carpe Diem. The joy and touch of colors that she needed.”

Catharsis (2013)

lastly is Catharsis, Belinda’s last album to date. It was published nine years ago and since then it has not dared with a fifth. The truth is that Belinda, with this work, wanted to bet on a sound that would differentiate her from the rest of her and also differentiate her from her own musical past. She preferred to be carried away by intuition to go easy. She also had to fight. And she achieved what she set out to do, although the result, strictly speaking of sales, did not reach the figures that the convulsive music industry demanded at that time. “This record came out when pop was changing. I put a lot of urban touches and the record company told me again: ‘That music is not going to hit because it is urban and you are pop’. But it is that pop was transforming. At that time she was listening to Archangel and I wanted to add that touch. It was a fight with the label, but in the end I made it and now, years later, urban is still the new pop. She turned. Catharsis it was risking and believing in a new genre“.

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Belinda through her albums: analyze ‘Belinda’, ‘Utopía’, ‘Carpe Diem’ and ‘Catarsis’