Pedro Sampaio promises an innovative show at Lollapalooza 2023: ‘A new way for the public to see a DJ’ [ENTREVISTA]

His name is formed by five syllables that took over the country, rhythmed in the stamp present in all his tracks. Size is success, which is even difficult to pronounce Pedro Sampaio without humming to the funk rhythm. And, this Friday, the 24th, the artist’s name will be chanted by thousands of voices during the tenth edition of the Lollapalooza Brazil.

Owner of hits like “Attention“, with Luisa SonzaIt is “on the ground brand new“, in partnership with Anita, Pedro Sampaio appeared radiant at the press conference. The conversation, after all, was about his first show in the Lollapaloozaa milestone in the career of any artist.

This show is what I wanted the most, because my sound has a lot to do with the festival. That’s an achievement, right? It is a very big challenge, because it is the first time that I am in an event like Lollapalooza, but we’ve been preparing a lot, since we were confirmed, so that everything goes perfect. The day will be a bomb inside me.

Eagerly awaited by the artist, who says he has already evolved a lot just with the preparations for the presentation, the show at Lollapalooza will mark a new phase in the career of Pedro Sampaio. That’s because, on the festival stage, the DJ will put an end to the era call my namegiving rise to an aesthetic that must accompany his next shows.

“I’ve been doing shows for a long time and one of the characteristics of my show is this dynamic. He is changing all the time. Pro Lollapalooza, the show is totally different. I destroyed it all and built it all over again,” she stated. “We are going to bring a new way for the public to see a DJ, because I am becoming an artist through and through.”

It turns out that for Pedro, the concept that revolves around a DJ is much broader than most people realize. “This career has several paths. Art is infinite. It only limits itself if you limit it in your head. And I don’t usually do that.”

That’s why the artist decided to upload his presentation of concepts, as in the opening of the show. “The idea is to bring a maternal womb, as if I were inside, nourishing myself. We wanted to represent it as if the funk beat was making me evolve. O lola it is a milestone, where I am being born again”, revealed the singer.

But let it be clear: many striking elements of the Pedro Sampaio will be maintained — even if in a revamped way. the faithful duo Pineapple It is Mushroomfor example, should take time off the stage, being replaced by “stranger creatures” — thought, of course, in the aesthetics of the next era of the artist.

Now, as for the show’s setlist: at first, Pedro was a bit of a mystery, but ended up confirming remixes of tracks like “DISPATCHED“, in RosalíaIt is “Flowers” in Miley Cyrus. “A DJ does that: he understands what the audience wants and delivers it in a much more f*cking way. And we will have partnerships. One of the last most iconic ones I made will be on lola. People will freak out.”

card fan Lil Nas Xwhich also appears in the Lollapalooza this Friday, Pedro Sampaio will take over the stage Perry from 6 pm. And, for the 25-year-old singer, the emotion of being invited to the festival is added to the responsibility of representing Brazil and national funk in a line-up full of international artists.

In my show, you will hear funk, electronic music, hip-hop and pagode. I mix everything, like a good Brazilian”, he pondered. “But I’m very proud and very happy to have a space at Lollapalooza to play funk music. I go there with the understanding that I am wearing the funk shirt, to show that funk is Brazilian electronic and pop music.”

Making it clear that he is already preparing his next album — “with calm music, a lot of patience, so that it is even more detailed and grandiose” —, Pedro Sampaio ends the conversation with great expectations of surprising his fans. “The idea is that not only my fans, like everyone who will be there, but my fans mainly, leave the show discovering, understanding and listening to a new Pedro. More artistic, more sensitive, more monstrous and more inspiring.”