income Operation victory By chance, when I accompanied a friend to the casting in 2003. She was one of the audience favorites and made it to the final. From then on, his life changed forever. 17 years ago, he went to Spain following in love’s footsteps and stayed there. He released ten albums, but he did not forget his land: every year he returns to our country to present his new music. This was no exception, and these days I offered shows for advertising Something familiar. In addition, he joined the two concerts given by Ismael Serrano at the Teatro Opera and sang with him the song “A Common History” composed by him.
In conversation with Nation, Guadalupe Alvarez Lucia He remembers his time on his reality show telephoneHe tells why he decided to stay in Madrid and what his life is like there. She also says that her songs bring her closer to her homeland.
-What was the experience of coming to the present? Something familiar this year?
-Beautiful. I tour every year giving concerts in Argentina, Uruguay and sometimes in Chile as well. So work brings me, but I take advantage and see friends and family. And this time, in addition, I was in the two performances given by Ismael Serrano in the opera. I have ten albums and six of them are my own. And then I have two albums that I recorded with the duo La Loba; Another is a tribute to Luis Alberto Spinetta and another is a tribute to Joni Mitchell, who are my role models and references. Something familiar It includes a song I had the pleasure of singing with Ismail called “Shared History,” which is a song I wrote for historical memory. So, apart from deeply admiring Ismail’s music, I also admire his commitment and it seemed so logical to me to sing that song with him; Fortunately he said yes. It’s a song I wrote on March 24 last year, about memory, truth and justice. Living abroad for many years, it is sometimes difficult to get close to the things that happen in Argentina that I feel deeply connected to.
-Songs bring you closer to your own story…
-clear! A lot of times I write songs to try to feel close. So I wrote this song about what happened in Argentina, which deep down also shares a history with Spain, where there was also a very long dictatorship. It seemed interesting to me to perform it with a Spanish musician because what happened in both countries unites us. Ismail is someone committed to these issues and it was very consistent to do this with him. Thus a beautiful cooperation and friendship arose, as is often the case with collaborations.
-Music unites…
-Musicians get together to play guitar at barbecues, and music makes you a friend, because you sing a song, and then, the next time you see each other, you already have that song that sticks like a flag to go out and defend. There’s always a song to share with someone. Sometimes the balcony of my house in Spain becomes an embassy for the Southern Cone, because we bring together musicians from Argentina, Uruguay, Chile and Peru, and that is a strong bond anywhere in the world. Music unites you.
– How was the meeting with Argentina this time?
– This year I came from a long tour in Spain, 35 concerts, and at the end of the year I wanted to come and play my new songs in Argentina, because a lot of them have a lot to do with the country, more than anything else with Buenos Aires, where I come from. On this trip, I also received the gift of the most amazing encounter Leon Geckothrough a musician friend who introduced it to me. And I sang with him at the Obras at an event they were doing to discover the star they were making at the Rock Temple. It was a great illusion to be able to meet and share a few days with Leon, an exceptional artist with his music, his commitment and his true, endless solidarity.
-Are you staying or coming back?
-I will return to Madrid, because I have one concert left before the end of the year. Then we’ll take a break and start next year’s tour in February.
-Madrid is your home like Buenos Aires after all these years, isn’t it?
– And yes, the truth is that I lived almost half of my life in Spain and I still can’t believe it. I left by chance, because it was not my intention to live in Spain. He actually recorded an album in Buenos Aires, and he was on it Operation Victorya program I really enjoyed and it was fun and a great experience, but it also taught me to see paths I didn’t want to take.
-¿Operation victory Was it a starting point that brought you closer to your goal?
– Actually, I went to accompany a friend to the casting. It was the last one because after five days I started the program, so there wasn’t much to think about (laughs). While we were waiting in line I was drinking yerba mate for my friend and someone came up and asked me if I sang. I had been singing since I was 15 in small bars in Buenos Aires, but I had no intention of going on the show because I didn’t even know what it was. I sang without a piece of music, a cappella, and I was chosen. It’s been a whirlwind. It was a beautiful experience because the group was nice, I learned a lot, and we toured the country for a year and a half in giant stadiums. I also understood the things I loved and where I wanted to take my career. I think it’s no coincidence that after two years I went to live in Spain, where I also learned a lot.
–Why do you say it’s not a coincidence?
– I did not want this exposure at that moment in my life. I went with a friend to Spain to study flamenco dancing. Very strange, because I’m the worst dancer ever (laughs). The last night before I returned to Buenos Aires, at a guitar concert, I met my daughter’s father and we have been together for 12 years. We parted on very good terms and I have a song about that. I stayed in Spain.
-It’s a romantic movie!
– It was all a coincidence, exit, stay and entry Operation victory also. I fell in love and stayed in love. When we parted, I wrote the song “Everything We Did,” which is from my previous album. Guasha. This song reconciles us. I also wrote a song for my daughter Rita, a song about my relationship far from my homeland, and another about my father, about friendship. The topics talk about things that happen to all of us.
-And with your Spanish daughter, do you dream of returning?
-Rita is 12 years old and always travels with me, but not this time because she didn’t want to miss any class. Overall, it lasts on all my runs and is an excellent cable puller; He helps me a lot and I love it. It’s the first time I’ve come without her. I believe that where your children are born is also where your heart is.
-Are you in a relationship?
– Yes, I have been in a relationship for five years with a Spanish Andalusian man. He is also a singer and songwriter named El Kanka. He has an older son, so he couldn’t leave Spain either. They were difficult years because I was really homesick. My music is very Argentinian, and it was difficult for me to break into the Spanish music scene, until it started to happen over time. Now I feel more integrated and comfortable. I feel like a two-headed animal, half of my body is in Argentina and the other half is in Spain, where my daughter and partner are. Right now, I’m living my life there, and I’m lucky to be able to cross to Argentina every year, because it’s really important for me to come and sing my albums here.
-It’s a way to stay in touch…
– My songs have a lot to do with Argentina and they are like the lines you throw when you are fishing, to keep you together. On this latest album I have a song called “Donde nací,” which is exactly about that, that one can travel the world because you don’t know where life will take you, but there is a kind of certainty of knowing where you want to be buried, which is where you were born. At least in my case.
-Do you still see your classmates? Operation victory?
– The last time I met her Emmanuel AriasBecause he came to attend a concert in Spain. It was nice to meet again. But the truth is that I don’t see them because I live far away and if they get together, I can’t be there. Anyway, I interact from time to time via WhatsApp, and I see them when they travel to Spain. I saw too Pablo Tamaniniwho went with La Conga to give a concert and invited me.
-You said that everything in life surprised you. Did you dream of making a living from music as a girl?
– Yes, because I always had a very clear career. I’ve been singing since I was nine, recorded my first demo at 12, and by 15 I was already singing in small bars; Until I turned 17 years old Operation victory. I try to release one album a year, because I feel like albums capture moments in life, and if you don’t make the songs in that moment they escape you. Then you feel different.
-What were those first years in Spain like? You probably did other things before you could make a living from music.
-Yes, of course. I worked pulling cables and cleaning microphones in the studio Alejo Stifel And I learned a lot. In some ways, it was starting from scratch. Alejo is Argentine and immigrated many years ago. He had the first Spanish rock band, Tequila, with Ariel Root. It was great because all the Spanish rock bands recorded in this studio and the producer was Sabina from La Oreja de Van Gogh. Additionally, he helped me with paperwork and was a great friend for many years. Later I created a music company for advertising and cinema with an Argentine partner with whom we had the duo La Loba. We won two awards at Cannes and it was amazing. She also worked as a receptionist in an agency.
-You also had experiences as an actress.
-Yes! I was in two projects with Pablo MessezHe is an Argentine director who creates beautiful works. I was in the first revival of Blood weddingFifty years after the death of Federico García Lorca, at the National Theater in Madrid. And I was at work The other womanabout Nina Simone.