WEBVTT - ROSALÍA 0:00:15.316 --> 0:00:24.356 Pushkin. Yeah yeah yeah, yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah good. 0:00:24.476 --> 0:00:26.956 Let's double it. Make sure you support the whole time. 0:00:28.996 --> 0:00:33.716 Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah. 0:00:33.756 --> 0:00:36.956 Now wiggle around to keep your whole body loose and relaxed. 0:00:37.596 --> 0:00:41.716 I love that. That's my favorite. I knew you were 0:00:41.716 --> 0:00:43.196 going to say that, But what I want to know 0:00:43.396 --> 0:00:45.476 is is there a reason for it or does it 0:00:45.516 --> 0:00:48.436 just feel good when you sing it? It felt great, 0:00:48.476 --> 0:00:51.036 I think because it really helps me to place my 0:00:51.196 --> 0:00:55.036 boys in the right place. And then every time were 0:00:55.156 --> 0:00:58.956 changing the consonant, And the reason I have you keep 0:00:59.036 --> 0:01:01.916 changing the consonants when we're practicing is so that you 0:01:01.956 --> 0:01:05.236 get used to singing them easily in any range, right yeah, 0:01:05.276 --> 0:01:07.516 and you'll be able to pronounce them on higher notes, 0:01:07.636 --> 0:01:11.036 lower notes and sound good when you do it. So 0:01:11.076 --> 0:01:13.116 you don't tense up or tighten up, because some words 0:01:13.116 --> 0:01:18.276 are harder to enunciate when you're singing high. That's me 0:01:18.436 --> 0:01:23.116 with Rosalia, a Spanish singer, songwriter, and producer. She's a 0:01:23.156 --> 0:01:27.916 star in both the Latin and American music scenes. This 0:01:28.076 --> 0:01:31.276 is backstage passed with Eric Vitro and I'm Eric Vitro. 0:01:31.836 --> 0:01:34.236 I have to say I love my job because I 0:01:34.276 --> 0:01:36.396 get to coach some of the most talented and famous 0:01:36.396 --> 0:01:39.236 singers working today. On this show, I'll talk to them 0:01:39.236 --> 0:01:41.756 about their lives, their craft, and what it takes to 0:01:41.796 --> 0:01:46.236 really make it big in the business. So, now tell me, 0:01:46.316 --> 0:01:49.356 do you have a least favorite exercise, one that you 0:01:49.396 --> 0:01:52.796 don't like, one that I don't like, or do you 0:01:52.956 --> 0:01:55.796 just love all of them because they're also I love 0:01:55.876 --> 0:01:59.356 all of them? Naa, there's one that I think is 0:01:59.476 --> 0:02:02.796 very tricky for me that has like a big big jumps, 0:02:02.836 --> 0:02:05.796 but I don't remember the melo. I don't remember which 0:02:05.796 --> 0:02:09.116 one was. What one that you were like like, way, way, way, 0:02:09.236 --> 0:02:12.756 way way. Yes, those are hard. That's hard for me, 0:02:13.116 --> 0:02:15.356 I think, yes, because I got to place the boys 0:02:15.796 --> 0:02:18.836 in a high place. Since the beginning. I always forget that. 0:02:18.956 --> 0:02:22.996 I don't know why I always forgetting you like from 0:02:22.996 --> 0:02:24.716 the beginning, you're got to place it in the front, 0:02:24.756 --> 0:02:27.236 and I'm like, yeah, yeah, right, right right, So I 0:02:27.236 --> 0:02:29.396 think it's good that I practice it, but because it's 0:02:29.476 --> 0:02:32.036 hard for me, Yeah, that's one that I don't know. 0:02:32.156 --> 0:02:34.556 That's why I do that exercise, because you really do 0:02:34.676 --> 0:02:36.796 have to place it in a good placement. Yes, if 0:02:36.796 --> 0:02:38.956 you want to do a smooth transition going from low 0:02:38.996 --> 0:02:42.436 to high, and so it helps with your muscle memory 0:02:42.436 --> 0:02:46.956 of that, right, you know. Yeah. Rosalia has collaborated with 0:02:47.076 --> 0:02:50.156 artists such as Bad Bunny, Billie Eilis, Jay Belvin, and 0:02:50.236 --> 0:02:54.036 Travis Scott. You might know her songs ConA t K 0:02:54.316 --> 0:03:14.556 N Lamente or Piano n Tumira. Now she's a big star, 0:03:14.716 --> 0:03:17.836 but that wasn't always the case. Do you remember the 0:03:17.916 --> 0:03:20.556 first song you ever saying When you were a little girl, 0:03:21.156 --> 0:03:24.516 There was this song that I heard in the TV. 0:03:25.556 --> 0:03:32.476 I think it was called Akuarella. This was like Hello Smario, 0:03:33.116 --> 0:03:36.236 something like that, no no no no no no no 0:03:36.236 --> 0:03:39.716 no no, no no Nina something like that, I think was. 0:03:39.916 --> 0:03:42.836 I sang it for the first time because my dad 0:03:42.876 --> 0:03:45.076 he asked me to sing it in front of the family, 0:03:45.276 --> 0:03:47.036 and I was like so shy, I didn't want to, 0:03:47.196 --> 0:03:49.156 and he was like really like pushing, like come on, 0:03:49.196 --> 0:03:50.676 come on, come on, sing it, sing it, sing it. 0:03:51.316 --> 0:03:54.276 And I did it, and then I remember that everybody 0:03:54.356 --> 0:03:57.116 in the family it's been a year that I didn't 0:03:57.156 --> 0:04:00.356 sew them that we didn't so I shot up. But 0:04:00.396 --> 0:04:03.436 then I sang it and they started crying. I was 0:04:03.476 --> 0:04:05.516 like nine years old or something like that, and I 0:04:05.516 --> 0:04:08.196 didn't understand what was going on in that moment. One 0:04:09.156 --> 0:04:13.076 and later I was like, okay, like I can communicate 0:04:13.876 --> 0:04:18.676 through music. Wow, So that's how it really started for you. Yeah, 0:04:18.716 --> 0:04:21.116 I think so, because I was like a little bit 0:04:21.156 --> 0:04:23.356 shy at the same time, I was like I was 0:04:23.396 --> 0:04:27.236 like having fun and laughing and screaming, like with a 0:04:27.276 --> 0:04:31.956 lot of energy. I was the type of kid. Oh 0:04:31.996 --> 0:04:36.236 that's a shot. I had no idea. I would have 0:04:36.316 --> 0:04:43.356 never guess that. It's not surprising. No, well, I was 0:04:43.436 --> 0:04:46.956 like that. I was like that, but when I felt like, oh, 0:04:46.956 --> 0:04:50.036 I was being observed. When I was too conscious about it, 0:04:50.076 --> 0:04:52.996 I didn't felt like doing it like singing. It used 0:04:53.036 --> 0:04:55.716 to be something more like I did for fun than 0:04:55.876 --> 0:05:00.076 something that I wanted them to see. I wasn't overthinking 0:05:00.076 --> 0:05:01.356 it when I was a kid. I was just doing 0:05:01.356 --> 0:05:03.716 it because I had fun with it. Right. Oh, that's 0:05:03.756 --> 0:05:05.996 so great. That's the best way, right, Yeah. I think 0:05:06.076 --> 0:05:07.756 so when you don't think about it and you're not 0:05:07.836 --> 0:05:10.676 in your head about it exactly. Yeah, I know that 0:05:10.716 --> 0:05:13.076 you say that. I think that you helped me to 0:05:13.756 --> 0:05:17.956 not overthink. At the same time, you helped me to 0:05:18.036 --> 0:05:20.956 see a lot of details, technical details I would never 0:05:20.996 --> 0:05:24.116 see by myself, because yeah, it's very hard to see 0:05:24.516 --> 0:05:27.396 unless somebody sees from the outside and tell you in 0:05:27.436 --> 0:05:29.796 points this and that. I think I could never do 0:05:29.836 --> 0:05:32.996 for myself. And it's so helpful when somebody's like, hey, 0:05:32.996 --> 0:05:35.036 did you realize this? Did you realize you can do 0:05:35.156 --> 0:05:38.236 like that? And these things. I feel like it's been 0:05:38.316 --> 0:05:42.476 very helpful since we started doing class. Oh good, well, 0:05:42.516 --> 0:05:45.276 you know, I feel like that's my job as a 0:05:45.356 --> 0:05:49.716 teacher to really listen and then being able to say, hey, 0:05:49.756 --> 0:05:53.356 you know, that might sound really good, but this might 0:05:53.396 --> 0:05:56.756 even sound better, or just to open your mind to 0:05:56.916 --> 0:06:02.836 trying new things. Possibilities, possibilities. It's all about possibilities, right, yeah, yeah, 0:06:02.876 --> 0:06:06.236 And I feel like the more that we open our 0:06:06.276 --> 0:06:09.316 mind to that, then all of a sudden, things that 0:06:09.316 --> 0:06:12.716 we never even thought we'd try we're doing. Yes, Yes, 0:06:12.876 --> 0:06:15.196 I feel like that when we work together that Yeah, 0:06:15.236 --> 0:06:18.836 it is your job, it's your career, it's important. But 0:06:18.916 --> 0:06:21.476 I always do feel like we're having a good time. 0:06:21.596 --> 0:06:24.916 We are having fun. Yeah, we're always laughing a lot. 0:06:26.636 --> 0:06:29.236 It's a joyous experience, and that's what's so great. I 0:06:29.276 --> 0:06:32.316 think If people lose that, they don't do as well, 0:06:32.396 --> 0:06:34.116 they don't sing as well, and their career doesn't do 0:06:34.156 --> 0:06:37.276 as well. There has to be a lightness. Yeah. When 0:06:37.276 --> 0:06:39.036 you take it to serious, don't you think that your 0:06:39.076 --> 0:06:42.076 body tends, Yeah, it's a disaster, usually much more than 0:06:42.116 --> 0:06:45.236 when you're just having fun with it, and then everything 0:06:45.316 --> 0:06:48.036 flows much more. I think that's one of the most 0:06:48.116 --> 0:06:52.036 important lessons anybody can learn, is not to overthink it 0:06:52.116 --> 0:06:54.716 and not to take it too seriously. Yeah, and nothing 0:06:54.796 --> 0:06:57.396 that you always remind me these things, and I think 0:06:57.396 --> 0:07:00.956 it's great to have somebody that reminds you to still 0:07:01.156 --> 0:07:03.956 have fun, even if it becomes your job, still have 0:07:04.116 --> 0:07:07.876 fun with it. Still remember why you started doing it. 0:07:07.956 --> 0:07:11.356 Is there a moment that you can remember where you 0:07:11.476 --> 0:07:13.796 knew this is what I'm gonna do. I'm going to 0:07:13.876 --> 0:07:17.356 be a music artist. I'm gonna sing. Yes. I remember 0:07:17.396 --> 0:07:21.036 I was at home with my sister and this woman 0:07:21.156 --> 0:07:24.276 that she used to take care of both of us, 0:07:24.436 --> 0:07:26.716 and I think I was around eight nine years old, 0:07:26.796 --> 0:07:30.076 and I remember Alaska was sounding. I think it was 0:07:30.116 --> 0:07:38.876 sounding on the radio. Alaska used to be like a 0:07:39.036 --> 0:07:43.236 very big singer in my country, and she still is 0:07:43.356 --> 0:07:46.196 an amazing, amazing artist that I admire a lot. And 0:07:46.836 --> 0:07:49.956 Alaska she was like singing something very playful and I 0:07:49.996 --> 0:07:52.676 loved it. Now I was like kind of singing it 0:07:52.836 --> 0:07:55.796 with her when she was like sounding on the radio. 0:07:56.196 --> 0:08:01.236 And then that woman called Maribel. Maribel said, oh, ima artista. 0:08:01.476 --> 0:08:04.716 She says only like, oh, she's feeling herself as an artist, 0:08:04.756 --> 0:08:06.876 like as a singer or something like that. And then 0:08:06.876 --> 0:08:09.156 I was like, you know what, I'm gonna do it. 0:08:09.876 --> 0:08:13.996 And since very young, like nine years old, wow, really young, 0:08:14.156 --> 0:08:17.636 when I really really really committed, I decided it. It 0:08:17.716 --> 0:08:20.156 was like a decision. I was like, I'm gonna do this. 0:08:20.356 --> 0:08:25.756 I'm gonna perform. And I started singing on stage when 0:08:25.756 --> 0:08:30.196 I was fourteen fifteen. At sixteen, I started like really working, 0:08:30.316 --> 0:08:33.196 like doing shows and things like that, like going to 0:08:33.276 --> 0:08:37.156 places to perform. Are there any artists, any singers when 0:08:37.156 --> 0:08:40.916 you were young that really inspired you, that made you go, oh, 0:08:40.956 --> 0:08:44.956 I want to do what they're doing. There was Camaronella Isla. 0:08:45.556 --> 0:08:49.596 It was a Flamenco singer, a gypsy singer from Spain 0:08:49.756 --> 0:08:53.956 that I loved. I was like, oh my god, his boys. 0:08:54.196 --> 0:08:57.676 He had a natural way to place his boys in 0:08:57.716 --> 0:09:11.556 a magical way, like really good and it was very 0:09:11.596 --> 0:09:15.036 intuitive the way he did it, and it really inspired me, 0:09:15.316 --> 0:09:17.316 like I wish one day I can sound like that. 0:09:17.396 --> 0:09:19.516 I later I realized, like, okay, my voice is completely 0:09:19.516 --> 0:09:29.716 different than or you are a girl to start, But 0:09:30.356 --> 0:09:33.316 I was like, oh, but I love this man so much. 0:09:33.316 --> 0:09:37.516 I loved his music. I loved this Flamenco traditional music 0:09:37.676 --> 0:09:40.396 from there, and I was I was like, really really 0:09:40.396 --> 0:09:44.316 really inspired by this music and by his boys. So 0:09:44.396 --> 0:09:47.996 I loved camaland la Isla. I loved Lola Flores. She 0:09:48.156 --> 0:09:51.356 was a big, big artist from Spain. Now with Lola, 0:09:51.476 --> 0:09:54.756 did you sing any of her songs or with his 0:09:55.076 --> 0:09:59.076 either one of them? Come on? When I studied it, 0:09:59.156 --> 0:10:01.356 like when I was in college, and did you sing 0:10:01.436 --> 0:10:04.756 some of his songs? Yes? Because it was he used 0:10:04.796 --> 0:10:08.036 to sing a lot of traditional Flamenco music and that's 0:10:08.036 --> 0:10:11.716 what I studied in knowledge. For sure, He's a great influence, Kenny, 0:10:11.796 --> 0:10:14.556 Can you sing a tiny bit of one of those songs? Mmmm? 0:10:17.996 --> 0:10:21.116 I'm thinking about Lola. I can sing if you want 0:10:21.276 --> 0:10:25.756 something about Lola. She was like singing this how to vertra, 0:10:27.316 --> 0:10:36.356 how to verta simpa veratoja simprella, veritatoja, how tack the 0:10:36.556 --> 0:10:43.036 bernama and come around just to sing run sobria ru 0:10:43.236 --> 0:10:56.716 sobriairafelii sobodi ruboia to maky sierra cafeliceria. Wow. You know 0:10:56.916 --> 0:10:59.956 I can hear the influence both of them on your 0:11:00.156 --> 0:11:05.276 your voice, the Frisian melodies verything. Yeah, exactly. Well that 0:11:05.476 --> 0:11:10.036 was great training for you because you have the technique 0:11:10.076 --> 0:11:14.676 to be able to sing fast runs accurately. But also, yeah, 0:11:14.796 --> 0:11:17.516 you're very invested in the story, yes, and also it 0:11:17.756 --> 0:11:21.716 really inspired me to write my songs nowadays. Like if 0:11:21.796 --> 0:11:24.836 I haven't studied this music for so long, I don't 0:11:24.876 --> 0:11:29.116 think I could write the music that I write today. Yeah, 0:11:29.276 --> 0:11:32.156 and with him, I feel like you probably got some 0:11:32.316 --> 0:11:34.596 of that strength that you sing with such a solid, 0:11:34.716 --> 0:11:39.076 strong sound, and with her that flow, that beautiful flow, 0:11:39.196 --> 0:11:41.476 with some of that vibrato. And I think that she 0:11:41.636 --> 0:11:44.436 had like a quick, fast vibrato, and I think that 0:11:44.516 --> 0:11:47.316 come out on had like more slower vibrato. Right, And 0:11:47.476 --> 0:11:50.196 they had different style for sure, for sure. Right. But 0:11:50.356 --> 0:11:52.956 that's why you're able to do both, because you listen 0:11:53.036 --> 0:11:55.516 to both and sang along, and that's why you're so 0:11:55.796 --> 0:11:59.156 adept at doing both the faster and the slower, because 0:11:59.196 --> 0:12:00.836 when I say to you, let's do it, you know, 0:12:00.916 --> 0:12:05.196 when we do those exercises with vibrato without vibrato, slow 0:12:05.276 --> 0:12:07.516 it down, you're always able to do it. Not everybody 0:12:07.556 --> 0:12:10.036 can do that. Do you think that it's not that 0:12:10.116 --> 0:12:13.076 people can do like fast by brato if that's what's 0:12:13.116 --> 0:12:15.276 not rough for them, or they can do just slow 0:12:15.316 --> 0:12:17.316 by brato, or they can practice both and everybody can 0:12:17.356 --> 0:12:19.636 do both. What do you think? Well, no, I don't 0:12:19.636 --> 0:12:22.476 think everybody can do both. I think that everyone has 0:12:22.556 --> 0:12:25.796 the potential, but they just have to work at it. Yeah, 0:12:26.196 --> 0:12:29.516 you get it very quickly, and some people it takes 0:12:29.516 --> 0:12:31.716 a little bit longer, but they have to really practice it. 0:12:31.996 --> 0:12:34.156 And then some people they just never get it. But 0:12:34.676 --> 0:12:36.116 you know, the way I look at it is some 0:12:36.236 --> 0:12:38.796 people I think maybe they're not supposed to, Maybe they're 0:12:38.796 --> 0:12:41.236 supposed to sing just how it is, because that's who 0:12:41.316 --> 0:12:44.116 they are and makes them who they are. We know 0:12:44.276 --> 0:12:47.636 their voice when we hear it, and so I always 0:12:47.676 --> 0:12:51.196 try to, you know, have everyone try everything like an adventure, 0:12:51.756 --> 0:12:55.276 mind the goal, see what's there, but also always keeping 0:12:55.356 --> 0:12:59.396 in mind what makes you special or what makes you unique, 0:13:00.156 --> 0:13:02.636 because that's important too. You want to sound like yourself, 0:13:02.956 --> 0:13:05.196 but when we do it, I don't worry about you 0:13:05.356 --> 0:13:07.916 not sounding like yourself because I know you're going to 0:13:07.996 --> 0:13:10.236 sound like yourself. It'll just speed with a faster story 0:13:10.236 --> 0:13:11.556 if I brought it, but it's still going to sound 0:13:11.596 --> 0:13:15.156 like Rosalia because your tone and everything else is so distinctive. 0:13:15.516 --> 0:13:18.276 Oh thanks, you know so, I just never want anyone 0:13:18.396 --> 0:13:21.036 to lose that, because I think that's so important, the 0:13:21.236 --> 0:13:25.196 personality in the voice, right, everything right, right, right right. 0:13:25.876 --> 0:13:29.676 When I was studying Flamenco, like this traditional style, there's 0:13:29.676 --> 0:13:32.916 so many stories that I never experienced in my life. 0:13:33.596 --> 0:13:36.116 I felt like it was very beautiful to be able 0:13:36.156 --> 0:13:40.476 to channel those stories on stage, and I was like, wow, 0:13:40.556 --> 0:13:43.276 I really think that that's the challenge with this music. 0:13:44.116 --> 0:13:49.036 Aside of the technical, Flamenco is super technical, is very complicated, 0:13:49.196 --> 0:13:52.276 but in a beautiful way. The melodies are like complex, 0:13:52.436 --> 0:13:55.356 like the rhythms, there's a lot of different things. But 0:13:55.556 --> 0:13:57.876 then for me, like the most beautiful thing about it 0:13:58.076 --> 0:14:02.796 is the expression, the stories and everything behind it. I'm very, 0:14:02.876 --> 0:14:05.556 very very grateful that I could spend these years of 0:14:05.676 --> 0:14:10.116 just studying for so long, at least ten years studying 0:14:10.196 --> 0:14:14.316 this music. Don't move a muscle. I'll be right back 0:14:14.356 --> 0:14:23.876 with backstage pass and my guest Rosalia. I'm Eric Vitro, 0:14:23.996 --> 0:14:27.716 and I'm back with my guests Rosalia. You know, it 0:14:27.836 --> 0:14:30.596 doesn't surprise me you talk about doing these things so young, 0:14:31.156 --> 0:14:34.596 because I think that people who do become great and 0:14:35.156 --> 0:14:38.916 have longevity are the people that, well, they were first 0:14:38.956 --> 0:14:41.796 of all, lucky enough to know something they really wanted 0:14:41.836 --> 0:14:44.956 to do when they were really young. That's yeah, it's 0:14:44.956 --> 0:14:48.076 a total blessing. But then to also have that work 0:14:48.156 --> 0:14:51.636 ethic to really keep working towards it. Yes, And but 0:14:51.756 --> 0:14:53.556 I feel like I was one of those lucky people 0:14:53.596 --> 0:14:56.116 who knew when I was very young what I wanted 0:14:56.156 --> 0:14:57.996 to do. Because what I'm doing now is what I've 0:14:58.036 --> 0:15:00.556 done my whole life, you know, which is amazing, and 0:15:00.636 --> 0:15:02.676 you still do with so much passion. And I think 0:15:02.756 --> 0:15:06.676 that's amazing. Well, I think when you really work at 0:15:06.716 --> 0:15:09.836 getting better at something, if you feel like you are 0:15:10.956 --> 0:15:14.556 continually getting better, I think it just makes it even 0:15:14.676 --> 0:15:17.996 more exciting. So that's why I say I'm enjoying teaching 0:15:18.156 --> 0:15:20.356 more now than I ever did. And I said that 0:15:20.516 --> 0:15:23.156 last year, and I said that the year before. But 0:15:23.316 --> 0:15:25.756 it's true I enjoy it more now because I feel 0:15:25.756 --> 0:15:28.436 like I'm better at it now and that's exciting. And 0:15:28.516 --> 0:15:30.836 then I think, well, maybe I could give them better 0:15:30.916 --> 0:15:34.436 or maybe I could do even more. Yeah, hell yeah, 0:15:34.556 --> 0:15:37.956 of course music keeps evolving, so that makes it interesting 0:15:38.036 --> 0:15:41.356 as well. Yeah, it's not the same, yes, And I 0:15:41.556 --> 0:15:45.716 think that for example, for me, my family was very supportive, 0:15:45.916 --> 0:15:50.076 but nobody around was a musician, nobody was connected to 0:15:50.116 --> 0:15:53.076 the industry, and it was really hard to like figure 0:15:53.116 --> 0:15:56.236 out how to become a musician for me. And it 0:15:56.396 --> 0:15:58.836 wasn't like it wasn't as I was telling you before, 0:15:59.276 --> 0:16:01.516 I didn't feel like I had like a great voice 0:16:01.596 --> 0:16:03.636 or something like that. There's kids that they will naturally 0:16:03.716 --> 0:16:07.916 they seem amazing, they have these big voices since they're kids, 0:16:08.716 --> 0:16:11.596 and me it wasn't like that. So I really had 0:16:11.636 --> 0:16:16.196 to like spend this time this years years, years and 0:16:16.396 --> 0:16:19.236 years and have a lot of patient and a lot 0:16:19.316 --> 0:16:22.436 of like being humble, you know, like, really, Okay, failing 0:16:22.636 --> 0:16:25.156 this doesn't sound right yet, Okay, if I'm going to 0:16:25.276 --> 0:16:27.956 keep trying, I'm gonna keep doing it till it sounds right. 0:16:28.316 --> 0:16:31.916 And I think that sometimes it's more about that being persistent, 0:16:32.116 --> 0:16:37.756 being consistent too, like being there, like committed than anything else. Yeah, 0:16:37.956 --> 0:16:40.476 I think you're absolutely right. I'm so glad you're saying 0:16:40.476 --> 0:16:42.956 that because I think for people listening, they can apply 0:16:43.076 --> 0:16:47.756 it to anything they're doing. I think sometimes you can 0:16:47.876 --> 0:16:50.956 kind of forget how hard it was to get here, 0:16:50.996 --> 0:16:53.076 at least for me, I could forget for a second 0:16:53.396 --> 0:16:55.876 how hard I had to work, how important it was 0:16:55.956 --> 0:16:57.396 for me to get to this point where I can 0:16:57.676 --> 0:16:59.876 work and do the work that I love the most. 0:17:00.476 --> 0:17:04.836 So I always feel like being grateful and feeling happy, 0:17:05.276 --> 0:17:08.396 feeling joyful about it. That's important for me. I think 0:17:08.436 --> 0:17:11.836 that's the best mindset for me. I totally agree with that, 0:17:11.996 --> 0:17:14.356 And I really got to know Rosalie quite well during 0:17:14.436 --> 0:17:17.476 that first period because for months we would do lessons 0:17:17.596 --> 0:17:21.236 five to six days a week. Yeah, almost every day. 0:17:23.116 --> 0:17:24.676 We did a lot of lessons, and I was so 0:17:25.516 --> 0:17:28.116 impressed with your work ethic. I wanted to ask you, 0:17:29.036 --> 0:17:31.916 is that just naturally who you are? Like you're just 0:17:32.076 --> 0:17:36.036 someone who throws themselves one hundred percent in I think so, yes, 0:17:36.516 --> 0:17:41.676 yes completely, Because I'm a perfectionist, so I always liked 0:17:41.756 --> 0:17:46.676 try to push myself to learn as much as possible 0:17:46.836 --> 0:17:49.636 and to try to get the best result in my work, 0:17:50.276 --> 0:17:52.516 if that makes sense. It was like a lot of 0:17:52.876 --> 0:17:55.316 new things that you were teaching me, and I was like, wow, 0:17:55.476 --> 0:17:58.796 this is all very new, even if I was studying 0:17:58.876 --> 0:18:02.796 for so long a voice lessons and everything. With you, 0:18:02.916 --> 0:18:05.076 it was like, there's so many new things and I 0:18:05.236 --> 0:18:08.596 really want to learn these and understand it. I try 0:18:08.676 --> 0:18:11.756 to really, really really push. I commit. I think no 0:18:11.836 --> 0:18:13.956 matter what you choose, what you do, you gotta commit. 0:18:14.076 --> 0:18:17.076 At least that's how I approach it. Rosalia has told 0:18:17.116 --> 0:18:19.476 me that her discipline to her career was influenced by 0:18:19.556 --> 0:18:22.396 her mom, and that doesn't surprise me at all. I've 0:18:22.436 --> 0:18:25.076 been observing people for years and I've seen the artists 0:18:25.076 --> 0:18:27.596 who have great work ethics quite often learn them from 0:18:27.636 --> 0:18:32.516 the people who raised them. She's a very strong woman 0:18:33.876 --> 0:18:37.836 with a lot of her work ethic is amazing, unbelievable. 0:18:37.996 --> 0:18:41.236 She's such a hard working person, and I think that 0:18:41.316 --> 0:18:44.956 she always had great advices. She always advised me, and 0:18:45.316 --> 0:18:49.116 she always have a perspective about things that I'm always like, okay, 0:18:49.196 --> 0:18:52.676 let me see what my mom thinks. Always always, and 0:18:52.836 --> 0:18:56.036 I think that nowadays, like it's very important for me, 0:18:56.156 --> 0:19:00.436 my family the Latin Grammys in Las Vegas. It was 0:19:00.516 --> 0:19:03.956 two years ago and my grandpa just passed, like he 0:19:04.156 --> 0:19:07.436 just died, like the day before. I had to perform, 0:19:07.876 --> 0:19:10.356 and I was very far from home, and I remember 0:19:10.916 --> 0:19:14.876 I didn't feel like singing, but still I sang and 0:19:14.956 --> 0:19:28.876 I did it, and that was I think one of 0:19:28.916 --> 0:19:32.316 the hardest performances I had to do. My mind wasn't 0:19:32.396 --> 0:19:35.236 there and my heart wasn't there, if that makes sense. 0:19:35.916 --> 0:19:40.316 But the other moments, I'm always very happy, very very excited, 0:19:40.436 --> 0:19:43.676 very grateful to be able to perform. And he would 0:19:43.676 --> 0:19:46.156 have wanted you to, I'm sure, I hope so. I 0:19:46.316 --> 0:19:50.756 was thinking about him when I was singing. Wow, for sure. No, 0:19:50.916 --> 0:19:53.716 I bet he felt that wherever he is. I think 0:19:53.756 --> 0:19:57.636 that because parents, grandparents, anybody who leaves us, they want 0:19:57.676 --> 0:19:59.876 you to keep going and shine and do your best. 0:19:59.956 --> 0:20:03.116 They don't want you to stop your life. I feel 0:20:03.156 --> 0:20:08.196 like he protects me somehow. Oh yeah, he protects me. Yeah. Wow. 0:20:09.196 --> 0:20:13.236 But that now, that performance in Vegas, did you feel 0:20:13.276 --> 0:20:15.396 good about that you were able to do it and 0:20:16.116 --> 0:20:19.436 do a good job? I think so, yes, because it 0:20:19.596 --> 0:20:22.716 was it was really hard, and I think at some 0:20:23.236 --> 0:20:29.236 point m I had to sing it. Maybe that sadness 0:20:30.156 --> 0:20:33.836 I could kind of channel it by singing, right. I 0:20:33.996 --> 0:20:38.116 think I really feel very excited to perform. Most of 0:20:38.196 --> 0:20:41.596 the times. I think my heart always goes faster, like 0:20:41.796 --> 0:20:45.476 my heart always races, always, always, and I feel like 0:20:46.236 --> 0:20:49.996 that's because I care. I'd have to say my favorite 0:20:50.036 --> 0:20:53.756 time seeing Rosalia perform was that the twenty twenty Grammys. 0:21:03.436 --> 0:21:05.716 No matter how proud I am when I watched Rosalia 0:21:05.796 --> 0:21:09.556 perform or make her music, I have to say, I'm 0:21:09.676 --> 0:21:12.956 always excited to start our vocal lessons again. I've been 0:21:13.036 --> 0:21:15.036 missing me now that we're not doing it so much 0:21:15.316 --> 0:21:18.476 because I'm in the studio trying to finish this record. 0:21:18.916 --> 0:21:21.636 I think it's almost there, so I had to focus 0:21:21.716 --> 0:21:31.956 on production. But eddic, I'm coming back. Oh good. What 0:21:32.476 --> 0:21:35.316 is it about doing that? Is it just that it's 0:21:35.356 --> 0:21:38.316 so created that you love it? Or is it because 0:21:38.356 --> 0:21:40.436 you feel like I know what I want better than 0:21:40.596 --> 0:21:44.396 anyone else can create for me? What is it that 0:21:44.476 --> 0:21:46.996 because I know you get so immersed in it. Yes, 0:21:47.556 --> 0:21:49.996 I feel like for me it's so important how my 0:21:50.156 --> 0:21:53.476 music sound, how the songs sound, and it's so personal 0:21:53.636 --> 0:21:55.876 too that I feel like there's no way that I 0:21:55.996 --> 0:22:00.236 can just let somebody else do it. At the end 0:22:00.276 --> 0:22:02.836 of the day, I feel like my album just what 0:22:02.956 --> 0:22:06.236 it's gonna last when I'm not here anymore. This is 0:22:06.276 --> 0:22:09.436 what it's going to be here. I really care about songs, 0:22:09.596 --> 0:22:12.596 every song to try to make it the best way possible. 0:22:13.276 --> 0:22:15.676 I wish maybe I didn't care as much, but at 0:22:15.716 --> 0:22:18.196 the same time, I know that caring so much makes 0:22:18.196 --> 0:22:21.676 a difference. I think in the way things sound, and 0:22:21.876 --> 0:22:23.876 that's just who I am, Like I cannot change it. 0:22:24.756 --> 0:22:27.636 It really represents you, represents your point of view, and 0:22:27.836 --> 0:22:30.916 you can really be like proud of it. I really 0:22:31.076 --> 0:22:33.316 try to do it the best I can. I really 0:22:33.396 --> 0:22:36.836 try to practice as much as I can. I care 0:22:36.956 --> 0:22:40.676 for the details on everything, not just when I'm singing. 0:22:40.836 --> 0:22:44.156 I see that in everything, in the light, the stage design, 0:22:44.476 --> 0:22:48.756 the clothes that I'm wearing, the colors, the nails I mean, 0:22:50.796 --> 0:22:55.756 I mean the nails, of course, everything, everything, everything, And 0:22:55.876 --> 0:22:57.996 I enjoy do anything like that, and I think that 0:22:58.116 --> 0:23:00.396 that's like a work ethic. And I feel like if 0:23:00.476 --> 0:23:02.676 one day I don't care like that as much as 0:23:02.796 --> 0:23:05.076 like that, I don't think that the result would be 0:23:05.116 --> 0:23:08.756 as good. So I don't feel it's a bad thing 0:23:08.796 --> 0:23:12.596 to be perfectionist. That makes sense. But at the same time, 0:23:12.716 --> 0:23:16.956 I feel very grateful that you help me to be like, Okay, yeah, 0:23:16.956 --> 0:23:19.956 you can be a perfectionist while you are practicing, but 0:23:20.116 --> 0:23:23.956 once you go on stage, forget it. Forget it and 0:23:24.156 --> 0:23:26.956 just perform, because that's how I used to do it 0:23:26.996 --> 0:23:28.836 when I was younger, when I was a kid, when 0:23:28.836 --> 0:23:31.596 I was a teenager. But then sometimes you can kind 0:23:31.636 --> 0:23:34.356 of forget it for a second when you get caught 0:23:34.436 --> 0:23:37.676 up on technical things. And it's great that somebody reminds 0:23:37.716 --> 0:23:41.436 you speaking of technical things. After the break, we'll get 0:23:41.476 --> 0:23:44.436 to the vocal tips of the week, influenced by Rosalia 0:23:44.556 --> 0:23:55.436 herself right after this. Here they are my vocal tips 0:23:55.476 --> 0:24:05.196 of the week. First, I've had really good results having 0:24:05.276 --> 0:24:08.796 my students always do at least one forward placement exercise 0:24:09.356 --> 0:24:13.196 lesson one where I actually encourage them to allow themselves 0:24:13.276 --> 0:24:16.636 to sound nasal. Now, I always say to them, don't panic, 0:24:16.716 --> 0:24:19.556 I'm not trying to turn you into a nasal sounding singer. 0:24:20.116 --> 0:24:22.876 It's just one of the many exercises that will help 0:24:22.916 --> 0:24:25.196 you warm up your voice in a healthy way and 0:24:25.356 --> 0:24:28.556 also help you to increase your range. Basically, What I 0:24:28.636 --> 0:24:31.356