MUSICARAQUEL DIVATE IN POP IN NEW Career phase: ‘I’m in a wave of having fun’

Who follows the musical career of Raquel Virginia knows the artist’s power. The singer and songwriter was one of the founders of the trio The bays and the cuisine of Minas Gerais – later called The bays – which ended in 2021 after a six -year trajectory.

Time passed and Raquel He turned his musical career to pop, as he dreamed before actually joining the music. At the same time, the artist built herself as an important figure in the corporate market, as founder of the agency Nhaíwhich is classified as a “diversitech.”

In conversation with Rolling Stone Brazilthe artist talked about the new musical phase. Its latest release is the track “Consumption“A collaboration with the Bahian singer The poeta track that has brought many good things, as Raquel tells us.

“The first thing is the reconnection with myself, you know?” Reflects the artist. “Why The bays and the cuisine of Minas Gerais It was a sensational project that I am proud to have been part and everything we built over those six years, but it was a project that happened, it was not necessarily my musical dream. “

Before the band, Raquel dreamed of making popular music and had as references names like It’s Tchan!, Ivete Sangalo, Spice Girls, Samba, Pangolé, Sandy & Junior And “everything that was radio,” as the artist remembers. The taste was built from what was mainly in popular television shows.

Obviously when I met Gal Costa, Elis[Regina], Elza Soares, Caetano [Veloso], Tom Jobim, Dorival Caymmi, Luiz Melodiaall these geniuses and pearls of Brazilian music, I fell in love and this is the way that took me to The bays and the cuisine of Minas Geraisbut the desire to make popular music was kept.

With the end of the band, the singer turned to her will. Thus, it is born, among other tracks, “Consumption“made by the artist in partnership with the producer Rafinha rsq. “I had the fun to know The poetwho is a Bahian pagoda singer with an extremely wonderful tone. “

The result Faith a solar song and designed in summer and carnival. The artist says she has enjoyed the repercussion and was even approached in a mall in Salvador, where the work was praised by fans.

The track also won a clip recorded at the São Joaquim Fair in Salvador. “He had to be recorded at a fair,” explains the artist. The colors of the environment complement the scenery of the video, which still has a ballet. To Raquelthe video has the function of tying the concept of what we are listening to. “Music is sovereign, but it is in audiovisual that things are popped.”

“Consumption“that will be on the album of Raquel It should not be the only track on the album with special participation. When asked about the possibility there is more collaborations, the singer says she wants to collaborate “with everyone who makes sense.”

The artist’s next step is the release of her first solo album, where she intends to explore different things from what we’ve seen from her so far. “Regarding everything. Voice, artistic posture. I’m in a where I have fun. I always made very conceptual and philosophical music and this time I’m proposing to have fun.”

What I will bring is a very seductive stance. I want to have fun seducing, or seduce having fun. It’s very this line that I’m looking for right now. Even in the political sense, a very heavy load of trans people is usually charged and I think I will deliver lightness and fun. We have super this right, to have fun too.

A few days before the interview, Raquel He was in Salvador for a series of appointments. Among them, the chat “challenges and achievements of trans people in culture”, held in a mall in the Bahian capital. About the event, the artist reflected that “trans people have been polishing trajectories that facilitate our fluidity, we are already in a very powerful public debate – that I also helped build – but other figures have been building: Erika Hiltona Linn[da Quebrada] When you participated in Big BrotherA Majurin Bahia with her strength. “Although she doesn’t think the ways are open. She understands that they are possible and is optimistic.

RaquelHowever, one does not see as a reference, but as a person who is building: “To be a reference needs to be a grand person. I don’t feel great. I think I’m building a trajectory. I’m a worker who is building.”

Although it does not feel grand, the biography of Raquelbrings great deeds, such as a presentation made by her at the headquarters of the United Nations in New York. The singer is part of UN Global Pact Sustainability Committeeof which it is signatory to your company.

It took a ballet formed by people from the LGBTQIA+ New York community into the institution for the first time. “It was very difficult because lifting everything in dollars is chaos. AnittaI’m understanding you, “jokes.

The career of Raquel It divides between art and the corporate world. She is the founder of Nhaíwhich promotes diversity projects in the area of ​​communication for brands. “It’s a company that gives me a lot of joy, although it’s challenging, especially being a black trans woman, but I would do nothing different. I love having this company.”

Whether on stage or behind projects for large companies, Raquel He holds his own story to go after what he always dreamed: to be a popular singer. In this way, she breaks barriers while having fun.

+++ Read more: ‘Consumption’: Rachel and the poet bet on Bahian pagoda in new music

+++ Read more: Rael, Criolo and Mano Brown perform in SP: ‘celebration of three careers’

+++ Read more: Colonel’s Tz inspires Odysseus on a new show: ‘The level that my fans and I deserve’

+++ Read more: Brazilian designer tells how it was to wear Shakira for show in Brazil: ‘Dream of Childhood’

+++ Read more: Season 2 of The Range Honing ‘Fundamental Stones of Brazilian Music’