Brazilian funk singer was interviewed by the American edition of the magazine, where she talked about funk, career and how she changed her worldview after a health scare; Below, the 10 best moments from the conversation
Funk, success, health and industry were the topics of the interview. Anita for the American edition of Rolling Stone. To the reporter Julyssa Lopezthe Brazilian singer spoke about her pioneering role in the internationalization of Brazilian funk.
“Being a pioneer is very difficult, because you are doing something that no one has done before, so you don’t have an example to follow. You need to trust yourself, your feelings, your intuition.”
On the eve of the launch of Funk Generationher sixth album, scheduled for March this year, Anitta revealed how she changed her view of the world and her own work after a health issue that scared her:
“I thought I was going to die. And then I said, ‘You know what? I’m going to make an album for myself, just in case it’s the last thing I ever do.’
Anitta’s full interview also talks about charts, parties, pressure from record companies and audiovisual projects. The full conversation is available in English at Rolling Stone US.
Below we list 10 phrases by Anitta that were highlighted in the American edition:
I thought I was going to die. And then he said, ‘You know what? I’m going to make an album for myself, just in case it’s the last thing I’m going to do – without worrying about what would happen after the album, without worrying about whether the album was going to be good, whether people would like it or whether it would enter the charts.
In the beginning, when things were going incredibly well, and fast and crazy, it was because I was just having fun. The moment things got huge, I started to care about the pressure and the numbers and ‘oh my God, keep up!’
When you try to compare me to another Latin artist who is on the charts, or compare me to another Brazilian artist who is on the charts, it won’t be fair, because the Latins won’t be on the Brazilian charts, and the Brazilians won’t be on the Latin charts.
If there was a fine to pay [pela rescisão de seu contrato com a gravadora]I would have already auctioned off my organs, no matter how expensive it was, to get out.
I had already accepted the sad reality that I am the biggest investor here, and asked the label to do the simple job they were supposed to do: promote my music.
We could all literally die tomorrow. All these people saying, ‘oh, she’s not that hot anymore’, ‘oh, she was hot last year’. ‘That’s a pretty look’, ‘that’s an ugly look’. ‘This and that’. We could literally die tomorrow. And none of that matters. They will completely forget about you. Your life is over, their lives go on. And you only lived to keep up with these people and their thoughts, even if they don’t care.
When you’re just trying to beat someone, beat the charts, get the numbers, you don’t have a purpose… and, for me, it goes much further. I want to open doors for my people.
I really want to make a series about my life, and not in an egocentric way. I think everything is an ego trip these days. And it’s not there. I want to show the difficulties and how to overcome them. I want to produce and direct something that, when people finish watching it, they’re going to think, ‘Okay, I can do anything I want.’
Sometimes when I go into the studio, I hear people trying to do [funk brasileiro]but it still sounds very foreign.
I’m sorry for the others, but I think I’m the person who knows MOST how to throw a party.
Source: Rollingstone
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