Musicaroberta Campos opens the heart on a new album: ‘My deepest feelings’

In the life of Roberta Camposmusic represents a lot: movement, salvation, opportunities; and now the possibility of turning to herself. After 17 years since the release of the first album, For those crooked questions (2008) – in which he was responsible for the whole process, from composition to the creation of the booklet – the artist returns to the independent world of open heart in Living Things.

Owner of eight studio albums and more than 20 soap opera trails, she faces the launch not only as a career change, but also as a time to appropriate her own work in a process as intimate as a therapy session.

In conversation with Rolling Stone Brazil, Roberta Campos explained how it did so that Living Things I left exactly as I would like, the return to the independent universe and more.

Willingness to talk about the intimate

With nine tracks, the album released in early February was born of a partnership with Paulo Novaes. Without large combined or specifications, Roberta He sent the musician a melody she had made. Then, Paul created the title track “Things to Live “which rocked the other parts of the album.

He returned her with such a personal lyrics that he sprung the urge to speak more of my innermost. I always speak of myself in my compositions, but this time my ‘me’, my worldview, my deepest feelings. I undressed everything to compose these songs. ”

The artist’s deepest feelings go, for example, the day she returned to Sao Paulo after the covid-19 pandemic, a story she tells in “Open chest”.

“I felt like the day I first stepped here, in 2004. I’m from Caetanópolis and coming to Sao Paulo was a shock. But at the same time, it seems that it opened a wonderful portal, it’s the city I love the most, my home. And back here it filled me with creativity, energy and will. ”

In “Gerbera”the artist talks about the pleasure of sharing life with his wife Marina Souza Campos. “Tomorrow too” explores fear that does not paralyze Robertayour pain, the resilience and the love that fills it. “The color of what I want” It talks about the sensitive theme of abandonment, which made it created by grandparents and grown “full of wounds.” Following comes “ATTENT”which describes your way of healing.

The closing is done with “Scapular”the second partnership of the album, this time with Danilo Oliveira. Interestingly, the song was the first to be made – and almost 10 years before the album in 2016.

I created ‘Scapular’ In a situation that was not exactly mine. I always liked her very much, but I never found the time to launch. And then messing with my old things, I widened with her, I decided to hear again and realized that I actually did her to myself. So I saw that it was full sense to record right now, because it has to do with this stage of change. And there is a verse that is very important: ‘Even a step in vain will be towards home’. We always come back to us, and that’s what I did on this record. I came back entirely to me. ”

With such intimacy and depth, produce Living Things It was almost like an extension of therapy, which Roberta He has been attending 15 years. “A lot of things ends up reverberating. It’s just like therapy, because we get to know each other. In this way I got understood and learning more about my place in the world, and also getting safer to talk about some things. ”

The artist defines herself as an introspective person. So opening your heart as she does on the album had her challenges at the beginning. But everything has been overcome with the conviction of someone who feels free and comfortable with himself.

It was time to say these things, I’m very quiet. I was happy to be able to record these songs and also for the exchange with the audience. There was a person who told me that one of the songs had transformed her and this is very exciting. People are approaching me in a slightly different way. I think the intensity of the songs is making the public more intense too. ”

Back to independence

With the eighth career album, Roberta Campos Returns to the world of independent music. She sees change as an opportunity to appropriate and connect even more with her work. “It was the first time I built the album exactly as I would like … This is one of the interesting things to be an independent singer.”

The artist clarifies that the works done with the label also came out the way she wanted, but depended on some agreements and choices that needed to be aligned with the rest of the team.

Being on a label did not interfere with my records. But this time I did exactly as I wanted, from the cover to the people who worked with me. I had this freedom to choose the studio, the producer, the musicians, the songs, everything. ”

Back to independence 17 years after For those crooked questions, Roberta It brings in the luggage all the experiences lived in this period.

It has changed a lot. I see a maturation in every way. Guys, especially, who ends up reflecting on everything, but also the way of singing, playing and writing. I remember that in therapy my psychologist said: ‘You have to take to you what your own.’ I didn’t understand much, but today I understand. I know the value of my music, my place and the place where my songs deserve to be. I think we know each other is very important to this too. ”

In this new stage of the career, Roberta Campos It also aims to continue the creation of songs for soap opera trails, series and movies. Meanwhile, she prepares for a very special schedule with passages in various cities in Brazil and international presentations in countries such as Portugal, Spain and Cape Verde. “I want to be able to take this album for most places possible.”

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