British Magazine states that modern Brazilians prefer Countryman, a kind of rustic music and funk, a style that emerged in the favelas of Rio.
The world attention turned to Brazil after the film “I am still here” to receive the Oscar for the best foreign film last Sunday, 2/3.
The soundtrack of work feeds the imagination abroad that Brazil is still the country of Samba and Bossa Nova. But this image is “obsolete”, says the British magazine the economist in an article published on Thursday 6/3.
“Modern Brazilians prefer compatriot, a genre of country music and funk, a style that emerged in Rio’s Lower. The funk, in particular, can become global and change the Brazil brand in the trial,” says the magazine, which highlights a photo of the antened singer.
The vehicle tells its readers that the backcountry rise reflects the changes in the economy of Brazil, which were based on industry, but is now guided by agriculture.
Leo Morel of the Monda research told the economist that most musical producers in Brazil was based in Rio, but when agriculture became more important, “rural states began to obtain a voice”. The text stresses that the themes of the singers of Seranejos are beer, beer and American trucks.
But despite the domain of the compatriot, the magazine states that the style has poor export potential. Morel tells the economist that few artists from the Brazilian country are concerned with becoming global.
The magazine contextualizes readers with the history of the Brazilian funk, which emerged in the late 80s and inspired by Miami Bass and Electro-Funk, subgenres of the American hip-hop that incorporate electronic drums.
He also explains that the Brazilians created their funk and that “they developed a subculture around the genre”, with movements such as “passinho” for men and “rolling” for women, who call “an accelerated variant of Twerking“.
The economist says that the themes and letters of Brazilian funk can often be violent.
“In a recent funk ball in a favela in the Rio de Janeiro district, teenagers walked with rifles hanging behind and at the life of life. A 20 -year -old man shakes an inlaid semi -automatic rifle.
In an interview with the magazine, the dance teacher and the curator of an exhibition on Funk in Rio, Taísa Machado, says that his students were frequent participants in the Funk dances. “Now they are dentists and therapists who live in rich neighborhoods. Most are white. This standardization has annoyed conservative legislators.”
New ambassadors of Brazilian music?
For the economist, the ambassadors of Brazilian music were artists like Gilberto Gil, “today the favorite mascot is anitta”.
The magazine underlines that he worked for many years to hit the international market, he learned Spanish and English, purchased a house in Miami and signed with a prestigious label, Republic Records.
He says that in 2022 he was the first Brazilian to reach the top of the global Spotify rankings with his music, a Spanish reggaeton.
The economist says that the fact that he needs to learn two new languages and mixing genres to become a global artist reveals the difficulty that Brazilian artists must reach an international public.
The magazine says that Beyoncé and Kanye West, two American superstars, used the funk rhythms in their new albums.
An experience with the experience in the United States interviewed by the vehicle said that the musicians had no idea what funk was until recently, but now he received calls from Timbaland and Snoop Dogg who asked for beats.
The economist states that Latin America and sub -aharyan Africa are the most rapid growth in the world.
Roberta Pate, by Spotify Brazil, told the vehicle that although Latin America has only 8% of the world population, it is responsible for almost a quarter of the users of monthly activities of Spotify.
He also says that the fundamental ingredient for the success of international genres, such as reggaeton, was the “consistency in the way the artists dedicate their resources to win the global public”.
For the magazine, if anitta is able to follow the example, the global funk growth may not be far away.
Source: Terra
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