The party of those who have never seen Assucena

“I wanted to bring twilight first because I understand the beauty of this word that names two very beautiful moments, the dawn and the dusk of the day. And it is self-absorbed by contradiction”, he explains. Assucena about his first solo album. “And I also wanted to understand where I come from. I wanted to talk about this woman who went through a transition, about an artist who left a band, these colors that permeate who I am”, reflects the artist about her personal foray into music after her six-year experience in the trio The Bays – in which he divided aesthetic and practical decisions with Rafael Acerbi It is Raquel Virginia (They announced their separation in 2021).

“It was a difficult process, I returned to Bahia and decided to start over”, he says. “This is the place I had to leave. I didn’t know if I would be able to do a show, insecurities were affecting me”, she recalls, twice nominated for the Latin Grammy. From this return to his homeland, the project emerged I laugh and I can also crytribute to 50 years of Fa-tal – Gal at Full Steam (1971 album). After the musical tribute to Gal CostaAssucena undergoes an incursion into theater, creates another tribute to Gal – the show Baby, I Love You and returns to the studio – now accompanied by Pupil and Rafael Acerbi (the former colleague from As Baías) in musical production and sharing the artistic direction with the singer Sky.

His album translates as a multiple work that ranges between samba, rock, blues, baião, arrocha, pop and electronic and fluctuates between themes such as affectivity and politics.

“I learned to deposit a piece of myself. I’m a very romantic singer; and a trans singer can be very romantic. Of course, it has the phase of screaming, of understanding who we are. The trans population still struggles for employability, it has not yet surpassed a life expectancy of 35 years”, she comments on her artivist existence in the world, one of the themes and mottos of the previous band, a manifesto that remains in her artistic life and returns permeated with unique nuances and sensations.

This same cry is also artistically explained in his vocal and narrative choices (building, from experiences such as the discovery of love-courtship, a unique imaginary for relationships sung in verse). Known for her vocal power, here Assucena also explores new ambiences – at times whisper and mystery (she goes against Céu), at others as a full voice-musical instrument (hugs Gal Costa). With Assucena, she wins the song. Ever!