Interview Qa Format

Q: How are you feeling, and how has the recent period of your life been? [00:00:26]

Interviewer: It’s good to see you. How are you feeling?

Interviewee: I feel good. It’s been an intense week. I’ve been shooting videos, photos, and preparing for my album release. I’m going to sleep around 9:00 or 11:00 a.m. sometimes. Yesterday, I came home at 7:00 in the morning and had breakfast with my kids. I’m running on fumes, but that’s the beauty of it—I’m juggling it all. It’s the first time I’ve had to deal with so much as a single mother, but my kids are a great support.

Q: Did you have to be honest with your boys about going back to work and needing to find a new balance? [00:01:23]

Interviewee: Yes, they understand how important making music is for me. It’s important to remain productive, to feel relevant in society, and to find my own place in the community. They are really great at understanding and supporting me.

Q: Did this music serve a different purpose for you, almost like you had to make it? [00:01:46]

Interviewee: This album is very conceptual, but not intentionally. No one plans on going through such complex life experiences, but when life gives you lemons, you make lemonade. I tried to make the most of those traumatic experiences. I sublimate my frustrations, anger, and feelings of dissolution and transform them into something productive. I heal through this music—it’s a therapeutic process.

Q: I hear your voice differently on this record—there are notes and sounds tucked away that finally found their way out. Do you hear that too? [00:03:03]

Interviewee: I feel my voice keeps changing over the years. I’ve evolved, and I like myself much better now as an artist. My voice has thickened, and stylistically, I think I’ve matured. I have better taste now than when I was younger. This wasn't an intellectual process; it was very visceral. I haven't created these songs by myself; my audience played an important role. They were there for me, creating a dialogue and a communion.

Q: This album, Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran, feels like a love album to me—not necessarily romantic, but a tribute to the experience of loving and losing. Is that how you see it? [00:05:07]

Interviewee: It’s probably the most valuable lesson I’ve learned. It’s better to trust and find yourself betrayed than never to trust at all. Love is the most amazing experience a human can live. Pain makes you more humane, and the artistic experience of taking that pain and transforming it is a luxury that artists have.

Q: How was your relationship with your art during those 10 years in Barcelona while you prioritized family? [00:06:55]

Interviewee: It was a love-hate relationship. Every time I had to be pulled into the studio, I felt I was leaving my family unattended; I felt torn. But now, it feels totally different. It’s a compulsive need of mine that I didn’t feel before. I feel more complete now. The fans have demonstrated such loyalty, and I owe them big time. I want to work my ass off for them.

Q: What was it like collaborating with your sons, Milan and Sasha, on the song "Acróstico"? [00:08:43]

Interviewee: It was a learning curve. Society teaches us to conceal our feelings, but I think that’s a mistake because kids perceive everything. They want the truth. If you’re brave enough to open a conversation, they embrace their own vulnerability. My music is a way for me to heal, and they do it too—Milan writes music when he feels down. When I was recording "Acróstico," they just started singing along, and it was so organic.

Q: Was there ever a moment where you thought about not releasing "BZRP Music Sessions, Vol. 53" because of the potential reaction? [00:10:48]

Interviewee: It was always going to come out. Some people on my team were scared, but I’m an artist. No one is going to tell me how I’m supposed to heal. You can’t skip stages of grieving; you have to go through them. That song was the perfect vehicle to channel those emotions. It’s been an alchemy—transforming tears into diamonds.

Q: How do you feel about collaborating with younger artists who were inspired by you? [00:12:47]

Interviewee: One of the things I enjoy most is the immediacy. I can create a song and put it out next week. I’ve become close friends with artists like Bizarrap, Rauw, and Ozuna. I don't feel "above" them; I’m the one who is nervous. I want to make sure I deliver something decent. I am very demanding with everything I do.

Q: You have a five-story statue in your hometown of Barranquilla. What does that represent to you? [00:15:39]

Interviewee: It represents that any little girl from a place where conditions aren't ideal can achieve whatever goal she sets in her mind. I feel that it represents not only my own dreams but the dreams of all those little girls and women.

Q: Tell me about the final song on the album, "Última." [00:16:35]

Interviewee: That song was the last one I wrote. The album was literally closed, but I insisted I had one more to spit out, or I would choke. I wrote and recorded it in one afternoon. It’s the last song I hope to write to "you know who." When I played it for the head of marketing at Sony, he started to cry. I realized then that it’s not just about me—it’s about empathy.

Q: Do you value friendship more than love now? [00:19:15]

Interviewee: Friendship lasts longer than love. I still love love, but I think I love friendship a little bit more now. When I lost my voice and faced the hardest moments of my life, my friends were there. I might not grow old with a partner, but I will grow old surrounded by good friends.