Marina Sena: ‘Now I know what I want’

“He asked me if I’m ready / If I called you, I’m not kidding”. Marina Sena had barely finished recording the vocals for “came back to me“, success of the debut album, when the first verses above, of “win me“, came to her. That same day, next to the producer Yuri Rio Brancobegan the story of the singer’s second album, Inherent Vice (2023).

Released just 20 months after the solo debut of Marina, Inherent Vice deepens and expands the seductive and daring pop of the singer. Without giving up the MPB influence that accompanies her since her passage through the group neon pinkthe singer opens a dialogue with trap and dives even deeper into the modern reggaeton that already appeared in the celebrated previous album.

“I think it’s a Marina who moved to São Paulo. She’s the same character, only now I know what I want. That moment [o lançamento da estreia, De Primeira] I was debuting, becoming a young lady. Now I’m a woman [risos].”

It’s a joke Marina Sena that arrives for her second album, full of strength, but also with some certainties: in the same 20 months that separate one album from another, she saw her fame and reach expand in enormous proportions, solidifying her position in national pop. the launch of Inherent Vicelast Thursday, the 27th, confirms this: the first single, “Everything To Love You“, grew 13 positions in the viral ranking of Spotify, reaching the 32nd position. According to chart dataFriday, the 28th, was the peak of the singer’s streams, with 2.5 million views in one day.

In music, this translates into an album that arrives with even more personality and strength from Taiobeiras. Marinawho already composed well, loses ties in Inherent Vice. It mixes deep verses with slutty. “I’m more explicit in poetry”, she assumes. She appears self-assured. She plays with words on tracks like “sarrada damage” It is “Eye on the Cat“. And sings, releases the voice – highlighting the sensitive and raw performance of “send a signal“.

I think I’m singing a lot more, with a lot more confidence. Even this thing about recording your own voice attitude is also something you learn – how do you get your voice good in the studio? Because it’s completely different from the way it looks good on the show. They are two completely different sciences.

An iceberg named Marina

The choice of the first single, “All To Love You“, was precisely oriented to show this scope of Marina. And it shows a willingness to experiment, to explore. Without distancing herself from herself, she reveals one of the most produced tracks on the album. A “tip of the iceberg”, as she defines it, once again showing skill in an industry that increasingly gives in to ‘addiction’ to the singer’s unique voice and personality.

It appears well on the album, I think I show this experience that I gained over that time, of knowing exactly how to place the vocals even for effect – even to use autotune you have to place your voice in a specific way.

This self-knowledge and the will to bet more on herself and her intuition also appears in the choice of the only feat for this album, “What about“, which has the participation of Fleezus. It is also one of the few references pointed out by Marina on the new album: “Here in São Paulo, the thing that inspires me the most is the BRIME!of CESRV, febem It is Fleezus. I listen a lot, 24 hours a day”. A vision, again, inspired by the experience of knowing a new world in his new life in a metropolis.

Through

part of what Marina assumes for herself on the new album also comes from the perspective of getting to know corners of the industry that she had hitherto unexplored. One of these corners is precisely TikTok – where it broke with “by supposed“, her first hit, in 2021.

“I think I’m still understanding the mechanics [do TikTok], but would have made more videos there at the beginning of his solo career. I was still lost when I got there, but I would have participated more in the platform”, he explains.

In addition to better understanding the mechanics of networks, Marina still brings the knowledge of someone who knew another side – the power of a well-paid production. In addition to the renewed partnership with the production of the now also boyfriend, Yuri Rio Branco, Inherent Vice there was a mix of Daniel Pampuri It is Marcelinho Ferraz made in Los Angeles. A change for the singer who spent the first phase of her career exploring small stages alongside her former band.

Enriched, right?! [risos] So this also influences creation. I wrote a lot of music already producing, which was not common. I composed a lot on the guitar. Now you work with the experimental, play with timbres, with the texture of the record. And then the music takes on another face.

With a different face, but with the same spirit: asked about the favorite track among the new ones, Marina choose “All yours“. AND “win me“, It is “Capoeira left“, It is “Good dream“. In common, the creator’s “addiction” to the creation itself – which is not limited to the new album. In the same way as Inherent Vice appears at the end of the At first (2021), Marina already has compositions and plans his next step.

But she doesn’t lose focus: from the next May 5th, she returns to the stage with the new tour, which explores the second album, without forgetting the first: “I was like: ‘Guys, I just need to have two albums first for the show to be big, right?’ Because it’s not possible to put on a big show. Now, I can relax and think, exactly, what my next step will be”, he anticipates, with the calm and confidence of someone who knows that the success the second time around can be even better. that the At first.