I don’t know if it’s because it reminds me of a friend from high school or because we would both leave everything for love, but the interview with Samurai it was wonderful. Before the cameras started rolling we were talking about our moves. We connected great and when the red light came on and we got down to business I was able to meet an artist with a brutal projection. The sensitivity that she has for music is very present in her latest EP, The beautiful – What you do not tell, and I strongly invite you to get to know her a little more. Trust me, it’s worth it.
‘Lo Bueno – Lo que no se ve’ is not your first work, but the creative process for this album has been very special.
I suppose that the process has literally been the process that I have experienced. I lived something and I wrote it. Then I have shaped everything, but what is the moment of creation is pure relief. That is why there is also a timeline and a story, because it is the story that I have lived in the first person.
When you start working on it, have you noticed much difference with the previous one?
With the previous EP I wanted to find a sound. It was a presentation. Before I did another genre and CrushCrushCrush it was a way of saying: ‘this is what I do’. Now I know how to move, I know where I am comfortable and I tell a story.
Do you find it liberating to write songs that speak of love and heartbreak?
Totally. It is my way of knowing how to cope with certain situations. An example is between rooftops. It’s a song that talks about having everything under control. It’s a feeling I’ve never had. When I had it I wanted to analyze it and in the song itself I speak to myself.
You asked your followers what love was for them. What it is for you?
It’s what moves me. I am the typical person who leaves everything for love. Love motivates me. I wake up in the mornings thinking about love. It moves me a lot.
Do you prefer the beautiful or what they don’t tell you?
I prefer what they don’t tell you. I prefer the rage and the thing that makes you grab onto things. It’s also new. Being in love you can always be. I fell in love every week, I loved it. But I already knew that. Pure love no, I didn’t know that.
What didn’t they tell you about love?
They didn’t tell me about jealousy. Toxic love. The dependence. Suddenly one night you do something and find yourself being something you weren’t.
You make your audience feel many things.
In each song of this little album I wanted to capture a very specific feeling. On the EP of the beautiful I wanted you to feel the love and the adrenaline. And yet in What they do not tell to you I wanted a song that would give you anxiety, that would give you helplessness and give you pain. Then there’s the last song, How could I forget youwhich is the clasp and is the acceptance.
Now do you think you will not repeat mistakes after all that learning?
I like the drama a lot. I’ve realized that, unfortunately, I like toxic things a lot. But I have also learned that whatever is in my power, whatever is toxic on my part, I know how to recognize it and I don’t want to do it. Then there is the fact that there are things that should not be romanticized in the 21st century and I do, but I think I have learned a lot.
An album without collaborations.
I really like composing and they must have broken our hearts in the same way for you and me to compose together. I really like collaborations, they seem epic. But I’m very much mine and until I connect with an artist a lot I can’t make a song. That’s why I’ve had very few collaborations.
You are one of the great bets of Universal. What does that make you feel?
I know I feel very supported. I really like being at Universal because everything contributes. Nothing stops them and they are very involved in the project. They understand it, and that is very important.
What was your relationship with the mainstream before joining Universal?
I have quite a punk soul, but if those who complain about the mainstream are treated as mainstream, they won’t complain. As long as people like and understand what you do and enjoy it…the more people the better. You don’t have to hate the mainstream for the simple fact of being mainstream. That’s what music is about, right? To share.
Do you feel pressure due to the pace of release in the industry?
Yes it bothers me a bit. I understand, but you have to respect the content. Each song is very special and you have to know how to protect what you do. I don’t think it’s very positive to release so much if the songs are so special. I’m not talking so much about quality but about the love you can give a song if you let it take its time.
You have a very top profile for the Benidorm Fest. Do you consider it?
I have been raised by many people inside and outside the industry. I can not see me. Never say never, but right now I don’t see myself. Maybe tomorrow yes…
How far would you like to go in the music industry?
I want to break that barrier with music in English. That I can do a song in Spanish with an Anglo artist and it’s not weird. I believe that music can be made in Spanish outside of Latin music.
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Samuraï: “I understand that you have to release a lot of music, but you have to respect the content”