Back in Brazil, the Mexican singer, on the cover of Rolling Stone, talks about the thirst for nostalgia and the maturity behind RBD’s comeback tour: “The intention is to end a cycle”
From the stage, anthems of freedom and rebellion raise crowds in packed stadiums. The sold-out global tour had to be extended in Brazil following demand from fans, desperate between sales pages and long queues for ticket offices like the one at the Pacaembu stadium, in São Paulo. The commotion is legitimate – and repeats the feat of phenomena such as U2 or Coldplay. This time, however, singing in good Latin Spanish: the RBD is back for one last act.
When the lights Engenhãoin Rio de Janeiro, come on on November 9th, the RBD will end a six-year hiatus since the last passage of Dulce Maria, Anahí, Christian Chávez, Christopher von Uckermann It is Maite Perroni for Brazil – Alfonso Herrerathe sixth member, did not join the 2023 tour. After the debut, the band leaves for another seven performances across the country where the phenomenon of almost two decades reverberates strongly to this day.
“Brazil is like a house, a family, it’s something very intense”, he says Dulce Mariadigital cover of Rolling Stone Brazil in October. So intense, in fact, is the country’s audience, that it made the group double its performance dates here, from four to eight shows – a “semi-residency”, which repeats emblematic cases such as the cathartic passage of Taylor Swift here, also in November 2023.
“I know people would expect us to spend a whole year in every corner of Brazil, but it’s very difficult. Just being able to double the logistics to do the four-month tour and fit it into our lives…”, reflects the singer, who guarantees: “There’s always a flag [do país] at every show.”
Between nostalgia and goodbye
Global phenomenon in the 2000s, Rebel debuted as a soap opera, shown in Mexico between 2004 and 2006 and in Brazil between 2005 and 2006 – and currently rerun by SBT. The first time the RBD came to the country at the beginning of 2006, when the band was already starting to make a name for itself here as a result of the serial. That year, Our Lovethe group’s second album, would be among the 20 best sellers in the country.
More than 15 years later, however, the success of the group’s comeback tour exceeded expectations – in total, they were 1.5 million tickets sold across four countries, only in the first 24 hoursbeating the mark achieved by the band itself in shows held from 2005 to 2008, according to Live Nation.
For Dulce Maria, it is a reflection of people returning to the industry’s phenomena in the 2000s: “Pop is not dead”, she reflects. The moment, for her, would be an “oasis” in the midst of the scene, marked by urban and regional music.
In addition to this “thirst for nostalgia”, the success of Soy Rebelde Tour 2023 by Brazil also seems to have to do with a “final deadline”, announced by the group.
“The intention is to close a cycle and say this last goodbye to the public. This is what we plan now and always. I love making music, I love writing, I love communicating and seeing how music crosses borders and ideologies”, explains Dulce.
The singer says that there is an agreement in force until December 21st, when the last show of the tour will take place, at Azteca Stadiumat Mexico City. In view of the contract, the star states that she is aware that this is the project and that it will last very little because everyone has their own professional and personal project – she herself, today dealing with the recent motherhood of Maria Paulatwo years old.
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“It is very complicated to create all the logistics to make this possible. Really, we are all making a big effort to make it happen. So I try to enjoy, value and take to heart every moment, every scene and obviously we expect to give all the love and return everything they gave us: all the gratitude for everything they supported us.”
Dulce Maria, from Guns ‘N Roses to Marília Mendonça
For the tour that marks the end of a cycle, Dulce Maria rescued one of her symbols that brings her closest to the group: the red hair, icon of the character Roberta Pardo, from the soap opera Rebel. On stage, the five members flirt with the band’s past, in a set list of 24 songs, which include interludes, like Dulce’s before the song “No Pares”.
“No pares”, in fact, is one of the highlights of the show – the RBD song written by Lynda Thomas and performed by Dulce on the album Live in Hollwood, in 2006, won awards and established the singer’s voice among fans:
“This renewed euphoria seems even stronger than before. When I stop on stage and sing ‘No Pares’ again after 15 years without doing it with RBD, I realize the great love of the Rebel generation and new generations that are coming together”, he states.
For herself, the tour is a chance to show fans from all over the Americas her own evolution as a singer – which began in childhood, among the influences of Armas e Rosas It is Metallica, and reaches the last decade marked by feats with Brazilian singers. In 2021, she recorded alongside Kevin O Chris the hit “She’s moving”which went viral on TikTok amid the pandemic.
“I had the great honor and pleasure of singing with Kevin and Chris. It’s crazy and I love that Colombian, Mexican, Brazilian music, of many styles, is working.”
In the same year, Dulce recorded a song alongside Marília Mendonça, released in December, a month after the Brazilian woman’s death. Entitled ‘Amigos con derecho’, the song was a partnership that ended up becoming a tribute, as the country singer was a fan of the Latin star.
“For me, having sung with her was an honor, having met her, even without knowing her physically, knowing her story, singing in Spanish with her.”
For now, Dulce Maria has focused her inspiration on songwriting, where she needs, in addition to writing, to make it fit into a song, into a melody. During the interview, she talks about creating a very important song for this tour, called “Thanks”.
“It’s a way to close this cycle. Of course, ‘Gracias’ can be interpreted in many ways, but it moves me a lot because it connects me in a different way with life’s experiences, with what I grew up with, what I experienced and other things I would like to say”, says the singer, who concludes the chat by ensuring that “there is still some love” between all the members. “More than ever, I believe,” she concludes.
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