1 00:00:03,600 --> 00:00:20,440 Speaker 1: Renas non de las is the son como lagrimas like, yes, 2 00:00:20,520 --> 00:00:22,480 Speaker 1: it's been tough, it's been an uphill battle, but it's 3 00:00:22,480 --> 00:00:25,279 Speaker 1: been worth it. And that's basically for me what this 4 00:00:25,440 --> 00:00:30,360 Speaker 1: album represents. No one's knows this that this is actually 5 00:00:30,400 --> 00:00:33,600 Speaker 1: exclusive for Chickens and Chill, But I had them send 6 00:00:33,680 --> 00:00:37,120 Speaker 1: me separate voice notes and then I had my engineer 7 00:00:37,159 --> 00:00:38,960 Speaker 1: put them all together. So it sounds like we're all 8 00:00:39,000 --> 00:00:40,760 Speaker 1: together in the intro of the song, but we're not. 9 00:00:45,000 --> 00:00:48,080 Speaker 1: What up. Guys, Welcome to this week's episode of cheek 10 00:00:48,120 --> 00:00:51,000 Speaker 1: Ease and Chill. I'm your host, cheek Ease. My new 11 00:00:51,040 --> 00:00:54,480 Speaker 1: album launched last week and I'm so excited to share 12 00:00:54,520 --> 00:00:56,600 Speaker 1: with you all. I've been on tour sharing my music 13 00:00:56,680 --> 00:00:59,760 Speaker 1: with you all live, but now the album is finally here. 14 00:00:59,840 --> 00:01:02,040 Speaker 1: It is out. Guys. When I say a lot of 15 00:01:02,080 --> 00:01:04,520 Speaker 1: work when into creating it, I mean a lot of 16 00:01:04,640 --> 00:01:06,480 Speaker 1: work when into creating it, but it's not worth it. 17 00:01:06,760 --> 00:01:08,400 Speaker 1: And that's what we're going to be talking about in 18 00:01:08,480 --> 00:01:11,200 Speaker 1: this episode. My album. I'm going to take you through 19 00:01:11,240 --> 00:01:13,440 Speaker 1: the process from start to finish. So let's do this. 20 00:01:13,840 --> 00:01:22,280 Speaker 1: This is chick Ease and Chill. Alright, guys, dropped just 21 00:01:22,319 --> 00:01:24,400 Speaker 1: a few days ago on May twelve. This is my 22 00:01:24,640 --> 00:01:27,319 Speaker 1: fourth album, and I have to say it's my best 23 00:01:27,319 --> 00:01:32,840 Speaker 1: album yet. I love all my albums a playlist, which 24 00:01:32,920 --> 00:01:38,959 Speaker 1: is you know, Latin Grammy winning album Andreina is my favorite. 25 00:01:39,040 --> 00:01:40,800 Speaker 1: It's weird to say that because I feel like A 26 00:01:40,840 --> 00:01:42,560 Speaker 1: Woulda was my favorite. You know, It's my very first 27 00:01:42,600 --> 00:01:45,400 Speaker 1: album and all of them are very special to me. 28 00:01:45,600 --> 00:01:49,440 Speaker 1: But I feel like comes with a different type of 29 00:01:49,560 --> 00:01:51,800 Speaker 1: energy and I've been feeling it now that I've been 30 00:01:51,920 --> 00:01:55,440 Speaker 1: on tour and I just feel different on stage. I 31 00:01:55,520 --> 00:01:58,120 Speaker 1: don't know if it's the name. I've been waiting to 32 00:01:58,240 --> 00:02:00,040 Speaker 1: launch this album for a long time. I've had this 33 00:02:00,120 --> 00:02:03,720 Speaker 1: idea of Abhina for a very very very long time. 34 00:02:03,920 --> 00:02:07,560 Speaker 1: I just wanted to feel ready. And when I stay ready, 35 00:02:08,400 --> 00:02:13,359 Speaker 1: I mean mentally emotionally. I wanted to make sure came 36 00:02:14,600 --> 00:02:19,640 Speaker 1: Miss Cynthia Jo. As you guys know, I have Bossbion Nation. 37 00:02:19,840 --> 00:02:22,959 Speaker 1: I love bees. I love the story of bees, and 38 00:02:23,400 --> 00:02:26,600 Speaker 1: I've always used Queen Bee and some of my favorite 39 00:02:26,680 --> 00:02:29,760 Speaker 1: artists like Little Kim. I think she was the very 40 00:02:29,800 --> 00:02:31,760 Speaker 1: first one. She was like the Queen Bee, and then 41 00:02:31,840 --> 00:02:34,440 Speaker 1: Beyonce came and she was a Queen Bee, and I 42 00:02:34,680 --> 00:02:37,240 Speaker 1: just took another spin on it. And so I've been 43 00:02:37,320 --> 00:02:40,560 Speaker 1: using that whole thing for a long time, and well, 44 00:02:41,040 --> 00:02:45,760 Speaker 1: I just translated it. Queen Bee means however you want 45 00:02:46,160 --> 00:02:48,040 Speaker 1: to say it. But it took a long time. And 46 00:02:48,080 --> 00:02:50,400 Speaker 1: I say this in my intro in the album that 47 00:02:50,720 --> 00:02:53,280 Speaker 1: it took a while for me to finish the album, 48 00:02:53,360 --> 00:02:56,440 Speaker 1: about two years, almost two years from start to finish. 49 00:02:56,880 --> 00:03:00,560 Speaker 1: But it took me a lifetime to really really believe 50 00:03:01,120 --> 00:03:03,840 Speaker 1: and own that I am a queen. No matter what 51 00:03:04,040 --> 00:03:07,679 Speaker 1: anyone has said, no matter what I've gone through, no 52 00:03:07,880 --> 00:03:10,519 Speaker 1: matter what mistakes I've made in the past, all of 53 00:03:10,639 --> 00:03:13,400 Speaker 1: those things have made me the woman I am today. 54 00:03:13,880 --> 00:03:15,959 Speaker 1: And that's why it was important for me to have 55 00:03:16,000 --> 00:03:18,720 Speaker 1: an intro and outro interludes to explain the story, to 56 00:03:18,880 --> 00:03:22,400 Speaker 1: explain how to become or how I became a Farina. 57 00:03:22,400 --> 00:03:25,400 Speaker 1: I wasn't born in Aina. I wasn't born a queen 58 00:03:25,919 --> 00:03:28,400 Speaker 1: in my world, in my experience, and the women that 59 00:03:28,720 --> 00:03:32,840 Speaker 1: I look up to, like my mother, Jenny Rivera, like Selena, 60 00:03:33,639 --> 00:03:37,200 Speaker 1: like Oprah Winfrey, like Michelle Obama, like these women that 61 00:03:38,200 --> 00:03:41,960 Speaker 1: have come from the bottom and have worked their way up, 62 00:03:42,960 --> 00:03:45,320 Speaker 1: like j Lo, like these are women that I admire. 63 00:03:45,800 --> 00:03:49,119 Speaker 1: So in my experience and the world that I come from, 64 00:03:50,240 --> 00:04:04,480 Speaker 1: La Reina de Las is there and I feel it. 65 00:04:04,680 --> 00:04:06,120 Speaker 1: I don't know if I ever told you guys the story, 66 00:04:06,200 --> 00:04:09,320 Speaker 1: but when I won the Latin Grammy, which was November, 67 00:04:10,560 --> 00:04:13,000 Speaker 1: we were all in the pandemic. I had already known 68 00:04:13,040 --> 00:04:15,240 Speaker 1: I was nominated, obviously, so I woke up that morning 69 00:04:15,280 --> 00:04:18,080 Speaker 1: out of nowhere. I didn't have an alarm and I 70 00:04:18,200 --> 00:04:20,520 Speaker 1: remember waking up and I said, okay, today i'll know 71 00:04:20,600 --> 00:04:22,760 Speaker 1: if I won the Latin Grammy. I got on my 72 00:04:22,839 --> 00:04:26,240 Speaker 1: knees and I wrote my acceptance speech. I wrote it. 73 00:04:26,320 --> 00:04:29,520 Speaker 1: I said, well, I gotta visualize myself winning that Grammy, 74 00:04:30,360 --> 00:04:33,160 Speaker 1: and I started working out. As I was working out, 75 00:04:33,279 --> 00:04:36,440 Speaker 1: I was visualizing myself accepting my Latin Grammy, which is 76 00:04:36,480 --> 00:04:38,800 Speaker 1: everything was virtual, you know, but still I was like 77 00:04:39,080 --> 00:04:41,920 Speaker 1: visualizing it. And I'll never forget. It was four or 78 00:04:41,920 --> 00:04:43,679 Speaker 1: four four, and I said, oh, my goodness, this number 79 00:04:43,920 --> 00:04:46,320 Speaker 1: is significant. There's a reason why you know, the clock 80 00:04:46,480 --> 00:04:49,200 Speaker 1: is four four in the morning. This is my fourth album. 81 00:04:49,920 --> 00:04:51,560 Speaker 1: So I don't know if it was just kind of 82 00:04:51,600 --> 00:04:54,640 Speaker 1: like preparing what's to come, like some people would think, 83 00:04:54,680 --> 00:04:56,360 Speaker 1: oh my gosh, she's made it ready. You know, she 84 00:04:56,600 --> 00:04:58,440 Speaker 1: won the Latin Grammy, but I didn't see it that way. 85 00:04:58,520 --> 00:05:01,840 Speaker 1: I felt like it was is that extra push and 86 00:05:01,880 --> 00:05:07,560 Speaker 1: confidence that I needed two really believe I have what 87 00:05:07,680 --> 00:05:09,960 Speaker 1: it takes. Whether people want to talk it or not, 88 00:05:10,920 --> 00:05:12,880 Speaker 1: now I don't. I honestly don't care. And I say 89 00:05:12,920 --> 00:05:14,880 Speaker 1: that in the intro as well, and I don't give 90 00:05:14,920 --> 00:05:17,760 Speaker 1: a fuck what anyone has to say, what anyone thinks. 91 00:05:18,279 --> 00:05:20,360 Speaker 1: I truly believe I am meant to be here to 92 00:05:20,440 --> 00:05:23,680 Speaker 1: my fourth album. I'm on stage and I feel like 93 00:05:23,760 --> 00:05:26,320 Speaker 1: that badass bitch, And not that I didn't before, but 94 00:05:26,480 --> 00:05:29,479 Speaker 1: now it's like I get there and I'm present. I'm 95 00:05:29,560 --> 00:05:31,440 Speaker 1: not worried about, oh my gosh, how do I look? 96 00:05:31,480 --> 00:05:33,159 Speaker 1: Do I look big? What are they gonna say? Am 97 00:05:33,200 --> 00:05:35,680 Speaker 1: I singing? Well? Like, I'm just enjoying the moment and 98 00:05:35,839 --> 00:05:38,599 Speaker 1: it just feels different. It really does anyway. So let 99 00:05:38,680 --> 00:05:40,880 Speaker 1: me tell you guys about the date why I wanted 100 00:05:40,920 --> 00:05:45,400 Speaker 1: to launch it. Twelve three is a huge number as 101 00:05:45,440 --> 00:05:48,040 Speaker 1: well for me. I'm not religious, as you guys know, 102 00:05:48,440 --> 00:05:53,040 Speaker 1: but the number three, it's important, Okay, the Father, the Son, 103 00:05:53,160 --> 00:05:55,719 Speaker 1: and the Holy Spirit, the Holy Trinity. Okay, So that's 104 00:05:55,760 --> 00:05:59,320 Speaker 1: why in the spiritual world, number three, number seven, because 105 00:05:59,360 --> 00:06:03,120 Speaker 1: it took God's and days to create and finish the 106 00:06:03,240 --> 00:06:05,640 Speaker 1: world that we now live in. Okay, these are my beliefs, 107 00:06:05,720 --> 00:06:09,080 Speaker 1: so these numbers are important to me. Um. So, as 108 00:06:09,120 --> 00:06:10,760 Speaker 1: we were looking at dates, and I knew I wanted 109 00:06:10,800 --> 00:06:12,000 Speaker 1: it to come out in May. I wanted to come 110 00:06:12,040 --> 00:06:16,040 Speaker 1: out early mayme I had number eight or twelve, but 111 00:06:16,360 --> 00:06:18,880 Speaker 1: eight was too soon. And eight is my number. That's 112 00:06:18,920 --> 00:06:21,080 Speaker 1: my life path number. Okay, because my number, my birthday 113 00:06:21,120 --> 00:06:23,280 Speaker 1: is on the twenty two plus six is eight, so 114 00:06:23,400 --> 00:06:26,359 Speaker 1: that means infinity, that means everlasting. That's just a great number. 115 00:06:26,680 --> 00:06:30,640 Speaker 1: But three always said it goes best because also the cover. 116 00:06:31,080 --> 00:06:33,280 Speaker 1: You guys haven't seen the cover yet, go check it out. 117 00:06:33,920 --> 00:06:37,720 Speaker 1: It's me covered in honey. And a lot of people 118 00:06:37,960 --> 00:06:43,400 Speaker 1: may wonder why why honey, Well, because queen bees, that's 119 00:06:43,440 --> 00:06:48,120 Speaker 1: what they work for, honey mainly. Right. So I have 120 00:06:48,200 --> 00:06:52,400 Speaker 1: a crown on and my inspiration were too. Two things 121 00:06:53,279 --> 00:06:56,679 Speaker 1: notorious b I g that iconic picture of him wearing 122 00:06:56,720 --> 00:06:59,560 Speaker 1: a crown. I love that picture of him. Huge fan 123 00:07:00,000 --> 00:07:03,200 Speaker 1: of Biggie of Tupac. And of course I was born 124 00:07:03,240 --> 00:07:05,239 Speaker 1: in Long Beach I'm from l A, but I'm also 125 00:07:05,560 --> 00:07:11,200 Speaker 1: acent Mihicana. I wasn't born in Mexico, fatl So I 126 00:07:11,320 --> 00:07:13,400 Speaker 1: wanted to put a little bit of Janey in this album, 127 00:07:14,280 --> 00:07:17,560 Speaker 1: Janey behind cheeks because Checks is the artist. But I 128 00:07:17,600 --> 00:07:20,400 Speaker 1: put a lot of my personality Jane like the Hood 129 00:07:20,520 --> 00:07:22,520 Speaker 1: that side in this album. And you guys will be 130 00:07:22,560 --> 00:07:24,120 Speaker 1: able to hear that in the songs that I selected, 131 00:07:24,160 --> 00:07:26,840 Speaker 1: in the songs that I wrote. So that's one notorious 132 00:07:26,880 --> 00:07:28,960 Speaker 1: b I g for many reasons. My mom and I 133 00:07:29,000 --> 00:07:32,560 Speaker 1: would listen to his music. I love that picture. His 134 00:07:32,720 --> 00:07:35,600 Speaker 1: music makes me happy like the Hood comes at in me. Okay, 135 00:07:35,920 --> 00:07:38,600 Speaker 1: then weird is this going to sound the story of 136 00:07:38,680 --> 00:07:43,160 Speaker 1: Jesus Christ? Why? Because Jesus Christ went through a lot. 137 00:07:43,720 --> 00:07:48,240 Speaker 1: He was accused of things that were not true. Obviously 138 00:07:48,320 --> 00:07:50,080 Speaker 1: we all know the story of Jesus Christ. If you 139 00:07:50,080 --> 00:07:52,640 Speaker 1: haven't watched Oppression of the Christ, go watch it. And 140 00:07:53,120 --> 00:07:55,120 Speaker 1: I'm not trying to compare myself to Jesus Christ, you guys, 141 00:07:55,200 --> 00:07:57,560 Speaker 1: but they do say when I went to church when 142 00:07:57,600 --> 00:08:00,840 Speaker 1: I was religious, to try to live your life as 143 00:08:00,920 --> 00:08:03,880 Speaker 1: Jesus Christ, right, because what he did and how he 144 00:08:04,040 --> 00:08:07,880 Speaker 1: shared his testimony and his love for God, etcetera, etcetera. 145 00:08:08,520 --> 00:08:10,800 Speaker 1: But of course, you guys know, I've been accused of 146 00:08:10,880 --> 00:08:13,440 Speaker 1: a lot of ship and in some ways you could 147 00:08:13,480 --> 00:08:17,600 Speaker 1: say that I have been thrown rocks plenty of times 148 00:08:17,640 --> 00:08:22,280 Speaker 1: in my life, and I, I don't know. I've always 149 00:08:22,480 --> 00:08:27,680 Speaker 1: just felt connected too, as you guys know, my spiritual side. 150 00:08:27,840 --> 00:08:29,800 Speaker 1: So I wanted to kind of implement that and the 151 00:08:29,880 --> 00:08:32,679 Speaker 1: honey because life has been bitter sweet. Life is bitter sweet, 152 00:08:32,720 --> 00:08:34,679 Speaker 1: not just for me but for everyone. You know, we 153 00:08:34,760 --> 00:08:37,079 Speaker 1: all go through things, we all go through tough times, 154 00:08:37,440 --> 00:08:40,719 Speaker 1: we face adversities, we face obstacles in our life, and 155 00:08:41,160 --> 00:08:45,880 Speaker 1: I have learned to turn those negative and bitter moments 156 00:08:45,960 --> 00:08:49,800 Speaker 1: into something sweet, bringing the positive out of a sour 157 00:08:49,920 --> 00:08:57,280 Speaker 1: situation and yes, more lagrimas like, yes, it's been tough, 158 00:08:57,400 --> 00:08:59,120 Speaker 1: it's been an uphill battle, but it's been worth it. 159 00:08:59,280 --> 00:09:03,480 Speaker 1: And that's basically for me, what this album represents. All 160 00:09:03,520 --> 00:09:05,920 Speaker 1: the naysayers, all the haters, all the toxic people that 161 00:09:06,000 --> 00:09:10,079 Speaker 1: talk shit, that warn't believers. For a long time, I 162 00:09:10,160 --> 00:09:12,080 Speaker 1: thought I didn't care, but there were times when I did, 163 00:09:12,480 --> 00:09:14,240 Speaker 1: and now it's gotten to the point where it's like 164 00:09:14,240 --> 00:09:15,800 Speaker 1: I don't care what you say, even if you come 165 00:09:15,840 --> 00:09:17,200 Speaker 1: to me now and you tell me, oh my gosh, 166 00:09:17,800 --> 00:09:19,920 Speaker 1: you don't know how to sing, and be like, that's 167 00:09:19,920 --> 00:09:21,319 Speaker 1: your opinion. But I do know how to sing, and 168 00:09:21,320 --> 00:09:23,280 Speaker 1: I'm gonna tell you, go listen to my music, go 169 00:09:23,400 --> 00:09:26,400 Speaker 1: watch me perform. I know about music. But when all 170 00:09:26,440 --> 00:09:29,599 Speaker 1: you and I'm proud of myself and I'm owning it 171 00:09:29,920 --> 00:09:32,080 Speaker 1: now more than ever. Like I knew that this moment 172 00:09:32,200 --> 00:09:34,839 Speaker 1: was going to come, and that's why I waited for 173 00:09:35,040 --> 00:09:39,760 Speaker 1: so long. But that's why. That's why May twelve, because 174 00:09:39,800 --> 00:09:43,080 Speaker 1: one plus two is three. Um, that's why the cover, 175 00:09:43,240 --> 00:09:47,120 Speaker 1: That's why the honey, the crown everything. I think we're 176 00:09:47,120 --> 00:09:50,679 Speaker 1: all queens. Men and women can be queens, okay, and 177 00:09:51,080 --> 00:09:56,199 Speaker 1: it's just basically okay. Sometimes your crown is gonna go 178 00:09:56,320 --> 00:09:57,679 Speaker 1: to the side a little bit. You just fix it. 179 00:09:58,760 --> 00:10:00,600 Speaker 1: That's why in the picture as well, I'm looking up, 180 00:10:00,679 --> 00:10:02,760 Speaker 1: I'm looking up at God. I'm looking up with my 181 00:10:02,960 --> 00:10:05,480 Speaker 1: headheld high. No matter what I've been through, I wanted 182 00:10:05,520 --> 00:10:07,120 Speaker 1: to picture to be clean. I didn't want it to 183 00:10:07,160 --> 00:10:09,320 Speaker 1: say cheekies. I didn't wanted to say on it. All 184 00:10:09,360 --> 00:10:14,680 Speaker 1: I wanted was the advisory little symbol there or little 185 00:10:14,720 --> 00:10:18,559 Speaker 1: stamp because I do cuss in this album in my 186 00:10:18,720 --> 00:10:21,040 Speaker 1: intro in some of the songs, and I know a 187 00:10:21,120 --> 00:10:23,599 Speaker 1: lot of kids follow me, and I just wanted to 188 00:10:23,720 --> 00:10:26,360 Speaker 1: be respectful and at the parents know that there's a 189 00:10:26,400 --> 00:10:36,640 Speaker 1: different cheeks on this album. Anyhow, on the album, there 190 00:10:36,720 --> 00:10:42,000 Speaker 1: are eighteen tracks, you guys, eighteen tracks, eleven songs. So 191 00:10:45,960 --> 00:10:49,200 Speaker 1: I interlude Okay, don the vyes Plicano, where I'm explaining 192 00:10:50,240 --> 00:10:52,640 Speaker 1: and telling you the story about her and the things 193 00:10:52,679 --> 00:10:56,760 Speaker 1: that I've gone through and what I've learned from every experience. 194 00:10:56,880 --> 00:10:58,719 Speaker 1: I have an intro and I have an outro. I 195 00:10:58,840 --> 00:11:01,319 Speaker 1: wanted this album to be very artistic. I wanted it 196 00:11:01,360 --> 00:11:03,840 Speaker 1: to be different from everything that I've done. I wanted 197 00:11:03,880 --> 00:11:05,839 Speaker 1: it to be different from what anyone else in my 198 00:11:05,920 --> 00:11:10,320 Speaker 1: genre is doing. I had a physical album made because 199 00:11:10,679 --> 00:11:14,199 Speaker 1: I love physical books. I love albums. I'm very I 200 00:11:14,280 --> 00:11:16,240 Speaker 1: like things that are tangible, and for me, it was 201 00:11:16,280 --> 00:11:19,480 Speaker 1: important to have this album in my hands because it 202 00:11:19,559 --> 00:11:21,760 Speaker 1: feels different, because I need to feel the energy in it, 203 00:11:22,400 --> 00:11:24,839 Speaker 1: and I'm hoping that you guys will be able to 204 00:11:24,920 --> 00:11:27,640 Speaker 1: have some in your hands. My label just surprised me 205 00:11:27,760 --> 00:11:29,880 Speaker 1: with saying that we're going to release some physical albums 206 00:11:29,880 --> 00:11:31,600 Speaker 1: in Mexico, so I might bring some here to the States. 207 00:11:31,600 --> 00:11:34,040 Speaker 1: So I'm super excited about that, even some vinyls, So 208 00:11:34,720 --> 00:11:37,000 Speaker 1: I don't know. I'm very like traditional in that aspect. 209 00:11:37,080 --> 00:11:40,400 Speaker 1: I love to finish things. Yes, dropping singles are cool 210 00:11:40,440 --> 00:11:42,839 Speaker 1: and everything, but I want to finalize something. I want 211 00:11:42,880 --> 00:11:45,160 Speaker 1: to feel accomplished, and I definitely feel accomplished with this 212 00:11:45,200 --> 00:11:48,240 Speaker 1: album on so many different levels, you guys, So let 213 00:11:48,280 --> 00:11:51,360 Speaker 1: me tell you. They're, like I said, eighteen tracks, so 214 00:11:51,440 --> 00:11:53,199 Speaker 1: you're gonna be able to hear my voice. Things that 215 00:11:53,240 --> 00:11:58,200 Speaker 1: I wrote myself on the fly at the studio. Things 216 00:11:58,280 --> 00:11:59,640 Speaker 1: I knew that I wanted to say that we're in 217 00:11:59,720 --> 00:12:01,319 Speaker 1: my heart and in my mind, and I just wrote 218 00:12:01,360 --> 00:12:03,920 Speaker 1: them there, right then and there. And as I wrote them, 219 00:12:04,000 --> 00:12:06,679 Speaker 1: I went to the studio and I spoke them had 220 00:12:06,760 --> 00:12:10,360 Speaker 1: no music. The music was done around my vocals, around 221 00:12:10,400 --> 00:12:12,040 Speaker 1: what I was saying. I just wanted to go in 222 00:12:12,080 --> 00:12:13,839 Speaker 1: there and set the tone and set the energy and 223 00:12:13,960 --> 00:12:17,760 Speaker 1: then everything else to be built around what I was saying. Yes, 224 00:12:18,600 --> 00:12:22,480 Speaker 1: it was hard. I want the the fans, the o 225 00:12:22,640 --> 00:12:24,960 Speaker 1: G fans, my fans that have been with me since 226 00:12:25,000 --> 00:12:29,360 Speaker 1: the very beginning when I was still you know, growing 227 00:12:29,720 --> 00:12:33,760 Speaker 1: and learning and maturing for them to be proud. Those 228 00:12:33,800 --> 00:12:36,320 Speaker 1: are the people that I am focused on right now, 229 00:12:36,880 --> 00:12:41,559 Speaker 1: and there's always for me. It is important to always 230 00:12:41,600 --> 00:12:43,760 Speaker 1: implement God and what he has done in my life, 231 00:12:44,480 --> 00:12:47,280 Speaker 1: and my music is no different. If anything, I feel 232 00:12:47,280 --> 00:12:50,160 Speaker 1: like I need God more when it comes to music 233 00:12:50,320 --> 00:12:54,160 Speaker 1: because this industry can be sometimes a very dark place 234 00:12:54,280 --> 00:12:55,960 Speaker 1: and it can take you into a dark place if 235 00:12:56,000 --> 00:12:58,000 Speaker 1: you allow it to. And I know that I have 236 00:12:58,080 --> 00:13:01,000 Speaker 1: the responsibility of being light in the midst of the 237 00:13:01,080 --> 00:13:04,439 Speaker 1: darkness and spreading light as much as I possibly can. 238 00:13:04,760 --> 00:13:07,280 Speaker 1: And this is my way of doing that. And yes, 239 00:13:07,440 --> 00:13:10,880 Speaker 1: like I always say spiritual gangster because yes, some religious 240 00:13:10,880 --> 00:13:13,040 Speaker 1: people may say, how can you talk about God and 241 00:13:13,160 --> 00:13:16,800 Speaker 1: cuss in the same phrase, Because that's that's who I am. 242 00:13:17,080 --> 00:13:18,480 Speaker 1: And God loves me the way that I am. He's 243 00:13:18,480 --> 00:13:20,120 Speaker 1: not gonna love me any less because I say fuck 244 00:13:20,760 --> 00:13:22,800 Speaker 1: you know what I mean? He loves me as long 245 00:13:22,840 --> 00:13:24,160 Speaker 1: as my heart is in the right place and I'm 246 00:13:24,200 --> 00:13:26,600 Speaker 1: living my life with good intentions, that's all he cares about. 247 00:13:26,720 --> 00:13:29,000 Speaker 1: And as long as I'm spreading his glory, his love 248 00:13:29,080 --> 00:13:32,079 Speaker 1: and what he has done, that's my testimony. So anyways, 249 00:13:32,120 --> 00:13:36,320 Speaker 1: that's the intro. The number two on the album, which 250 00:13:36,559 --> 00:13:40,880 Speaker 1: is the Carillo, the soundtrack of my life and a 251 00:13:41,040 --> 00:13:43,000 Speaker 1: song that means so much to me. I co wrote 252 00:13:43,040 --> 00:13:45,400 Speaker 1: that song with a friend of mine, I call him Homie. 253 00:13:45,679 --> 00:13:48,720 Speaker 1: His name is Bobby Castro, and I've seen that song 254 00:13:50,720 --> 00:13:53,280 Speaker 1: Rios because I feel it. I feel it so much. 255 00:13:53,640 --> 00:13:55,760 Speaker 1: Then we go on to Me, which was a single, 256 00:13:55,840 --> 00:13:58,079 Speaker 1: my first single of this album. As you guys know, 257 00:13:58,120 --> 00:14:00,760 Speaker 1: it's to cover from Mariela. And then we go in 258 00:14:00,920 --> 00:14:03,760 Speaker 1: with a song called like X that I also co 259 00:14:03,920 --> 00:14:07,720 Speaker 1: wrote with um Eddie Gaynder and a guy named Motif. 260 00:14:07,800 --> 00:14:11,760 Speaker 1: Eddie Gaynder is the writer of this bus though, so 261 00:14:11,880 --> 00:14:14,360 Speaker 1: I wrote with her like X. You guys have to 262 00:14:14,400 --> 00:14:18,120 Speaker 1: hear the song. This song is I'm wrapping a little 263 00:14:18,160 --> 00:14:20,640 Speaker 1: bit in it. There's a little bit of urban no, 264 00:14:20,760 --> 00:14:23,600 Speaker 1: it's a little bit of Gumbiam definitely showing a little 265 00:14:23,600 --> 00:14:25,800 Speaker 1: side of Jennet. So I gotta listen to that one likes. 266 00:14:26,280 --> 00:14:31,480 Speaker 1: And then we have another interlude, which is interlude number one. 267 00:14:32,280 --> 00:14:36,080 Speaker 1: The next song I also co wrote. It's song track 268 00:14:36,200 --> 00:14:41,800 Speaker 1: number six. It's called Almenso I wrote it. Um started 269 00:14:41,840 --> 00:14:44,640 Speaker 1: it during the pandemic. I was going through a really 270 00:14:44,720 --> 00:14:49,800 Speaker 1: tough time and I felt deceived. I felt it's just sad. 271 00:14:50,880 --> 00:14:52,920 Speaker 1: We've talked about it here on my podcast before why 272 00:14:53,040 --> 00:14:54,480 Speaker 1: I don't want to get into it too much, but 273 00:14:54,960 --> 00:14:58,280 Speaker 1: I just felt the need to let that out and 274 00:14:58,360 --> 00:15:01,480 Speaker 1: it really did help heal because sometimes we're so hard 275 00:15:01,520 --> 00:15:04,440 Speaker 1: on ourselves, like how how could I have falling for 276 00:15:04,520 --> 00:15:08,760 Speaker 1: this person? And yes, I have also ignored a lot 277 00:15:08,800 --> 00:15:10,680 Speaker 1: of red flags and a lot of indicators that have 278 00:15:10,760 --> 00:15:12,840 Speaker 1: said this person is not for you, the situation is 279 00:15:12,880 --> 00:15:16,040 Speaker 1: not for you. But love can be blind and I 280 00:15:16,200 --> 00:15:19,360 Speaker 1: learned that, but I don't regret it. So that's what 281 00:15:19,480 --> 00:15:22,040 Speaker 1: that song is about. Then we go with track number seven, 282 00:15:22,160 --> 00:15:28,040 Speaker 1: which I also co wrote. Okay, that song is as 283 00:15:28,080 --> 00:15:29,800 Speaker 1: soon as you hear the areglo from me. It was 284 00:15:29,880 --> 00:15:34,280 Speaker 1: so important to have my reglos made in Massa plan Lacuna, 285 00:15:35,520 --> 00:15:39,680 Speaker 1: the Lavanda where band that was born and Martin Castillo, 286 00:15:40,040 --> 00:15:43,080 Speaker 1: he's the one that made for me. It's a badass song. 287 00:15:43,160 --> 00:15:47,440 Speaker 1: As soon as you hear it's lavanda, which is what 288 00:15:47,560 --> 00:15:49,560 Speaker 1: I wanted. I didn't even have to sing anything. And 289 00:15:49,680 --> 00:15:52,040 Speaker 1: you know, ship, let me get my tequila because I'm 290 00:15:52,040 --> 00:15:55,600 Speaker 1: about to get drunk. So that's that type of song. Um, 291 00:15:55,640 --> 00:15:57,960 Speaker 1: and then we go in with a number eight while 292 00:15:58,040 --> 00:16:00,960 Speaker 1: Kiram that's already a sing. Oh you guys saw that one. 293 00:16:01,040 --> 00:16:02,640 Speaker 1: That's the one that the media did the video for 294 00:16:03,120 --> 00:16:04,520 Speaker 1: and we had a lot of fun with that. That's 295 00:16:04,560 --> 00:16:08,160 Speaker 1: the first bomb on the album. Then we go with 296 00:16:08,280 --> 00:16:11,360 Speaker 1: inter rude number two, and then it goes into this 297 00:16:11,440 --> 00:16:19,560 Speaker 1: song you guys, track number ten. It is officially the 298 00:16:19,760 --> 00:16:23,240 Speaker 1: first translation into Spanish. I don't know if you guys 299 00:16:23,280 --> 00:16:25,240 Speaker 1: have heard this song before, When Will I Be Loved? 300 00:16:26,080 --> 00:16:27,720 Speaker 1: I put a little bit of gospel in that song. 301 00:16:28,120 --> 00:16:31,600 Speaker 1: I wanted to show my connection that I have with 302 00:16:31,760 --> 00:16:35,000 Speaker 1: God and my spirituality and stuff. And I've had those 303 00:16:35,040 --> 00:16:36,840 Speaker 1: moments when I have fall into my knees and I'm like, 304 00:16:37,120 --> 00:16:39,080 Speaker 1: when is this going to stop? And not just in 305 00:16:39,120 --> 00:16:42,320 Speaker 1: a relationship, but people around your friends, family members, where 306 00:16:42,320 --> 00:16:44,280 Speaker 1: you're just like, dude, when is this going to stop? 307 00:16:44,400 --> 00:16:46,600 Speaker 1: Like you question God? And I've had those moments when 308 00:16:46,640 --> 00:16:47,960 Speaker 1: I have fallen to my knees and I'm just like, 309 00:16:48,680 --> 00:16:50,280 Speaker 1: when am I going to find people that are not 310 00:16:50,320 --> 00:16:52,080 Speaker 1: going to betray me, that are not going to hurt me? 311 00:16:52,800 --> 00:16:55,280 Speaker 1: And those are the moments when I'm like, I feel 312 00:16:55,360 --> 00:16:59,360 Speaker 1: the most connected in those moments of pain, I feel 313 00:16:59,360 --> 00:17:01,160 Speaker 1: like I learned some about myself and I'm able to 314 00:17:01,240 --> 00:17:04,639 Speaker 1: just silence everything else out and listen to God's voice 315 00:17:04,880 --> 00:17:07,760 Speaker 1: and I'm just crying to God, when will they love 316 00:17:07,840 --> 00:17:16,159 Speaker 1: me the way that I love? YEA. Then we go 317 00:17:16,600 --> 00:17:20,800 Speaker 1: to a track number eleven, which is interlude three, and 318 00:17:20,960 --> 00:17:25,800 Speaker 1: that takes you into Then we have Eleanor, which is 319 00:17:25,880 --> 00:17:28,960 Speaker 1: also a single. You ever, you guys have already heard 320 00:17:29,040 --> 00:17:31,399 Speaker 1: Eleanor as well has been a single. Then we go 321 00:17:31,520 --> 00:17:34,880 Speaker 1: into track number fourteen, with which is interlude number four, 322 00:17:35,440 --> 00:17:41,560 Speaker 1: and that takes you into a song called Jo. That 323 00:17:41,720 --> 00:17:45,800 Speaker 1: song is as what I call my very song, where 324 00:17:45,960 --> 00:17:50,359 Speaker 1: it's like I am being conceded, I am just holding 325 00:17:50,400 --> 00:17:53,119 Speaker 1: my own. People can take it wrong, which obviously I 326 00:17:53,160 --> 00:17:56,600 Speaker 1: don't care, but it was important what I want you 327 00:17:56,720 --> 00:18:01,119 Speaker 1: guys to feel when listening to the song Him. So 328 00:18:01,240 --> 00:18:06,000 Speaker 1: basically you have to listen to that song because then 329 00:18:06,040 --> 00:18:08,359 Speaker 1: you'll understand and once you hear the interlude, it just 330 00:18:08,480 --> 00:18:12,080 Speaker 1: all comes together very beautifully. Then we have number sixteen, 331 00:18:12,280 --> 00:18:15,600 Speaker 1: which is interlude number five, and that takes you into 332 00:18:15,760 --> 00:18:21,720 Speaker 1: track seventeen, which is is a cover I wanted to 333 00:18:21,760 --> 00:18:23,400 Speaker 1: do a little bit of like R and B. Phil 334 00:18:23,480 --> 00:18:27,000 Speaker 1: with Gumbia, a little nineties kind of like Luis Miguel sound. 335 00:18:27,560 --> 00:18:29,880 Speaker 1: I love this song the women mom saying it, she's 336 00:18:29,880 --> 00:18:31,680 Speaker 1: the one that saying it. It's to John Sebastian song. 337 00:18:32,320 --> 00:18:34,240 Speaker 1: It was perfect. I love my mom's version, but I 338 00:18:34,359 --> 00:18:36,600 Speaker 1: just wanted to bring something different to it, something fresh, 339 00:18:36,720 --> 00:18:39,240 Speaker 1: something just different, very cheekies, and that's what I did 340 00:18:39,320 --> 00:18:41,159 Speaker 1: with that song. UM, and then we have the outro. 341 00:18:41,560 --> 00:18:43,159 Speaker 1: It's important to me and everything that I do to 342 00:18:43,200 --> 00:18:45,520 Speaker 1: be a grateful person, attitude of gratitude. You guys know 343 00:18:45,720 --> 00:18:47,920 Speaker 1: that I'm all about that. So I wanted to say 344 00:18:48,000 --> 00:18:53,280 Speaker 1: thank you to all my new and old boss b's 345 00:18:53,840 --> 00:18:55,639 Speaker 1: that have been there with me and that are now 346 00:18:55,760 --> 00:18:59,200 Speaker 1: continuing this journey with me. So that's how in the 347 00:18:59,280 --> 00:19:05,280 Speaker 1: album and UM hopefully inspiring everyone through the album and 348 00:19:05,440 --> 00:19:09,080 Speaker 1: through every song and through every interlude what I've gone through, 349 00:19:09,119 --> 00:19:11,800 Speaker 1: what I've learned, and how I have become the woman 350 00:19:11,840 --> 00:19:15,640 Speaker 1: I am today. Going back to the songs, I think 351 00:19:15,680 --> 00:19:19,560 Speaker 1: the hardest song for me to write was Alemento because 352 00:19:19,600 --> 00:19:21,560 Speaker 1: first of all, I did it with Luciano Luna. He 353 00:19:21,680 --> 00:19:24,400 Speaker 1: was in Mexico. It was the pandemic. We couldn't really 354 00:19:24,440 --> 00:19:27,280 Speaker 1: travel during that time. So I told him I have 355 00:19:27,359 --> 00:19:28,720 Speaker 1: this idea. I want to write this song with you. 356 00:19:28,840 --> 00:19:30,960 Speaker 1: I told him the name I had the name first Alemento, 357 00:19:31,680 --> 00:19:34,720 Speaker 1: and then um, we started writing it through what'sapp. You guys, 358 00:19:35,560 --> 00:19:38,240 Speaker 1: we never spoke on the phone once. We just sent 359 00:19:38,400 --> 00:19:40,960 Speaker 1: each other voice notes. I would write something, he would 360 00:19:41,000 --> 00:19:42,840 Speaker 1: write something, and then the song just came together. He 361 00:19:42,920 --> 00:19:44,960 Speaker 1: even sent me a video of him playing the guitar 362 00:19:45,080 --> 00:19:47,639 Speaker 1: and saying, this is kind of like the melody UM thinking, 363 00:19:47,680 --> 00:19:49,800 Speaker 1: and I said, yes, I love that, but let's do this. 364 00:19:50,200 --> 00:19:52,560 Speaker 1: So we did everything through what'sapp. I think that was 365 00:19:52,880 --> 00:19:54,720 Speaker 1: the hardest and maybe the longest. I think it took 366 00:19:54,760 --> 00:19:56,919 Speaker 1: us a good two weeks to finish that song. Usually 367 00:19:56,960 --> 00:19:58,800 Speaker 1: it takes like, I don't know, three or four hours, 368 00:19:58,880 --> 00:20:01,400 Speaker 1: six hours sometimes to finish a song, but this took 369 00:20:01,440 --> 00:20:03,320 Speaker 1: two weeks because we were going back and forth. So 370 00:20:03,400 --> 00:20:07,200 Speaker 1: I think that was like maybe the hardest song. My 371 00:20:07,280 --> 00:20:11,920 Speaker 1: favorite song on the album, wow, Um, I don't know what. 372 00:20:12,160 --> 00:20:13,760 Speaker 1: I don't know, I don't know if I have a favorite. 373 00:20:13,760 --> 00:20:17,159 Speaker 1: I think, you know what, maybe because it was the 374 00:20:17,240 --> 00:20:19,439 Speaker 1: last song that I recorded and I wasn't sure if 375 00:20:19,440 --> 00:20:20,880 Speaker 1: it was going to make it, and I was really 376 00:20:20,920 --> 00:20:23,720 Speaker 1: sad about it because I feel like this song, it's 377 00:20:23,760 --> 00:20:27,359 Speaker 1: so freaking badass and I'm so proud of it. And 378 00:20:27,480 --> 00:20:31,639 Speaker 1: I wanted a song that had a break kind of 379 00:20:31,680 --> 00:20:34,359 Speaker 1: like and I wanted a song like that, and I 380 00:20:34,400 --> 00:20:36,879 Speaker 1: feel like I got it finally I have it. So 381 00:20:37,080 --> 00:20:39,920 Speaker 1: that's I think my favorite. And I had some of 382 00:20:40,000 --> 00:20:43,280 Speaker 1: my friends do voice notes. They live in Miami, Okay, 383 00:20:43,480 --> 00:20:45,240 Speaker 1: one lives here in l A. Two of them live 384 00:20:45,280 --> 00:20:46,879 Speaker 1: in Miami, and I was like, girls, do this for me, 385 00:20:47,000 --> 00:20:49,280 Speaker 1: just say something on a voice note. No, no one's 386 00:20:49,320 --> 00:20:51,920 Speaker 1: knows this that this is actually exclusive for chickens and chill. 387 00:20:52,720 --> 00:20:55,280 Speaker 1: But I had them send me separate voice notes and 388 00:20:55,440 --> 00:20:58,119 Speaker 1: then I had my engineer put them all together so 389 00:20:58,240 --> 00:21:00,080 Speaker 1: it sounds like we're all together in the intro of 390 00:21:00,160 --> 00:21:03,120 Speaker 1: the song, but we're not, which is so funny. All 391 00:21:03,200 --> 00:21:06,440 Speaker 1: my friends were in different places and they just set 392 00:21:06,520 --> 00:21:08,720 Speaker 1: me voice aes. I told them say they say that, 393 00:21:08,880 --> 00:21:10,920 Speaker 1: and then we just put it all together. So yeah, 394 00:21:11,000 --> 00:21:13,399 Speaker 1: that's why it's one of my favorite songs. Um the 395 00:21:13,960 --> 00:21:15,760 Speaker 1: song that was the hardest to record, I want to 396 00:21:15,840 --> 00:21:19,280 Speaker 1: say that it was the Contrando because it's it's difficult 397 00:21:19,359 --> 00:21:22,239 Speaker 1: to sing a cover and I have a few here 398 00:21:22,280 --> 00:21:29,040 Speaker 1: I have, and the women that sing these songs are amazing. 399 00:21:29,200 --> 00:21:32,720 Speaker 1: I admire them obviously, and it's difficult. And I think 400 00:21:32,800 --> 00:21:34,800 Speaker 1: the Contraando was so difficult because my mom sing that 401 00:21:34,880 --> 00:21:37,800 Speaker 1: song and she did so well, and it was one 402 00:21:37,880 --> 00:21:40,200 Speaker 1: of her biggest songs, I think, one of the songs 403 00:21:40,560 --> 00:21:43,440 Speaker 1: that made her huge in Mexico. So that's a huge responsibility, 404 00:21:43,480 --> 00:21:45,080 Speaker 1: a lot of pressure. But I like pressure. I like 405 00:21:45,200 --> 00:21:47,840 Speaker 1: sucking challenges. So I was like, you know what, I 406 00:21:47,920 --> 00:21:50,080 Speaker 1: want to try this. So when you listen to the 407 00:21:50,280 --> 00:21:52,080 Speaker 1: entire album and you see there's certain songs where I 408 00:21:52,119 --> 00:21:56,919 Speaker 1: have to belt, like like you have to use your 409 00:21:56,920 --> 00:21:59,720 Speaker 1: full voice. On the Contrando, I was using my head voice, 410 00:21:59,720 --> 00:22:03,160 Speaker 1: which is all falsetto, and that's difficult because I'm used 411 00:22:03,200 --> 00:22:05,720 Speaker 1: to belting all the time because of BANDA, I'm, you know, 412 00:22:05,880 --> 00:22:09,960 Speaker 1: competing vocally with sixteen other instruments, so my voice is 413 00:22:09,960 --> 00:22:12,240 Speaker 1: an instrument and you have to have some balls to 414 00:22:12,320 --> 00:22:16,080 Speaker 1: sing band them. So with the contrad that song, you 415 00:22:16,160 --> 00:22:18,919 Speaker 1: have to just be very sensual and sexy and use 416 00:22:18,960 --> 00:22:21,080 Speaker 1: your head voice the entire song. So I think that 417 00:22:21,200 --> 00:22:23,080 Speaker 1: one was for me the most difficult. And then I 418 00:22:23,200 --> 00:22:24,399 Speaker 1: had that in the back of my head of like, 419 00:22:24,520 --> 00:22:27,680 Speaker 1: my mom did this so great, I better freaking do 420 00:22:27,800 --> 00:22:30,399 Speaker 1: it just as good, you know. So, I think for 421 00:22:30,520 --> 00:22:33,800 Speaker 1: me that was the most difficult one, um, and it 422 00:22:33,960 --> 00:22:35,639 Speaker 1: was hard to find every single I was going to 423 00:22:35,680 --> 00:22:39,399 Speaker 1: be a part of this album because I want an 424 00:22:39,440 --> 00:22:41,880 Speaker 1: album that you guys can listen to from number one 425 00:22:42,440 --> 00:22:46,359 Speaker 1: to eighteen and for it to take you on just 426 00:22:46,480 --> 00:22:49,639 Speaker 1: a journey, my journey, your own journey, something that you 427 00:22:49,720 --> 00:22:52,119 Speaker 1: can relate to, something that will make you happy and 428 00:22:52,160 --> 00:22:53,840 Speaker 1: then bring you down and then take you back up again. 429 00:22:54,000 --> 00:22:55,679 Speaker 1: That's how I like my shows to be, That's how 430 00:22:55,720 --> 00:22:58,480 Speaker 1: I like my track lists to be. That's so huge 431 00:22:58,520 --> 00:23:01,240 Speaker 1: for me. One a weight team, Where are they going? 432 00:23:01,320 --> 00:23:02,840 Speaker 1: How are they going? Where am I going to do 433 00:23:02,920 --> 00:23:05,119 Speaker 1: an interlude? That was I think the most difficult part 434 00:23:05,160 --> 00:23:07,400 Speaker 1: about all of it, because I'm so you know about 435 00:23:07,600 --> 00:23:09,920 Speaker 1: those things. These are things that people don't know about me, 436 00:23:10,080 --> 00:23:12,600 Speaker 1: like how involved I am in the studio, how how 437 00:23:12,680 --> 00:23:15,600 Speaker 1: involved I am and even making the arrangements of my music, 438 00:23:15,840 --> 00:23:18,840 Speaker 1: the set list of pictures. I'm involved in every single thing, 439 00:23:18,960 --> 00:23:21,520 Speaker 1: And I think that's what makes the biggest difference when 440 00:23:21,560 --> 00:23:23,679 Speaker 1: you're in love with your project, and you have your 441 00:23:23,760 --> 00:23:26,680 Speaker 1: hands in every single piece of it. Of course, I 442 00:23:26,760 --> 00:23:29,000 Speaker 1: have a great team. My manager, Mr. Bull, He's amazing. 443 00:23:29,600 --> 00:23:31,520 Speaker 1: He has a lot of great ideas and I'm so 444 00:23:31,640 --> 00:23:34,840 Speaker 1: grateful for him. And he also allows me to be 445 00:23:35,000 --> 00:23:37,800 Speaker 1: involved and he wants me involved and it's awesome because 446 00:23:37,840 --> 00:23:40,000 Speaker 1: we were just a great team. I just thought it 447 00:23:40,119 --> 00:23:42,080 Speaker 1: was it was important. It was important to share this 448 00:23:42,200 --> 00:23:43,840 Speaker 1: with you guys so that you guys get to know 449 00:23:43,960 --> 00:23:46,440 Speaker 1: me on a different level, the artists behind the woman 450 00:23:46,600 --> 00:23:49,479 Speaker 1: behind cheek Ease, and now in this album, I think 451 00:23:49,560 --> 00:23:51,920 Speaker 1: for the first time really really because I think in 452 00:23:52,000 --> 00:23:53,560 Speaker 1: playlist there was a little bit of Jenne in there, 453 00:23:53,600 --> 00:23:56,480 Speaker 1: but there's a lot of Jenny in this album. Because 454 00:23:56,880 --> 00:23:59,800 Speaker 1: I'm kind of setting the tone and you've given you 455 00:24:00,000 --> 00:24:02,920 Speaker 1: as a hint with this album and with some of 456 00:24:02,960 --> 00:24:05,399 Speaker 1: the songs as to what's to come in my fifth album, 457 00:24:06,119 --> 00:24:07,960 Speaker 1: It's going to be very different. You guys are gonna 458 00:24:07,960 --> 00:24:10,800 Speaker 1: see a completely different side of me. There's gonna be 459 00:24:10,880 --> 00:24:13,119 Speaker 1: a lot more Genee than Cheeky's on the next album, 460 00:24:13,160 --> 00:24:18,960 Speaker 1: for sure. I know that everyone's process, every artist is 461 00:24:19,400 --> 00:24:23,840 Speaker 1: different when they are creating their music, when they are 462 00:24:23,960 --> 00:24:26,040 Speaker 1: putting their album together. There are artists out there that 463 00:24:26,200 --> 00:24:28,639 Speaker 1: set two weeks aside from their entire year and they 464 00:24:28,720 --> 00:24:33,120 Speaker 1: go in every single day and they write, and they 465 00:24:33,520 --> 00:24:35,840 Speaker 1: go into the studio and they finish your album. I'm 466 00:24:35,920 --> 00:24:38,840 Speaker 1: not that artist, and I'm so grateful that my team 467 00:24:38,920 --> 00:24:43,520 Speaker 1: understands that and they allow me to do my process differently. 468 00:24:44,240 --> 00:24:46,520 Speaker 1: I don't know if anyone else is like that. That's 469 00:24:46,520 --> 00:24:48,879 Speaker 1: why it took me almost two years to finish this album, 470 00:24:49,040 --> 00:24:51,760 Speaker 1: because I write a song and I kind of have 471 00:24:51,840 --> 00:24:54,920 Speaker 1: an idea, and for me, it's easier to write heartbreak 472 00:24:55,000 --> 00:24:58,120 Speaker 1: songs and when I'm feeling heartache than it is when 473 00:24:58,160 --> 00:25:00,240 Speaker 1: I'm in love and everything's like glitz and glad, you know. 474 00:25:01,080 --> 00:25:05,200 Speaker 1: So what I've done is I write songs, I put 475 00:25:05,280 --> 00:25:07,240 Speaker 1: them to the side, and I know that I'm going 476 00:25:07,320 --> 00:25:10,879 Speaker 1: to record them one day, and then I know this 477 00:25:11,040 --> 00:25:12,760 Speaker 1: is the perfect moment for those songs. And then there 478 00:25:12,800 --> 00:25:14,840 Speaker 1: are other times when I'm like, Okay, like Alo Menzo, 479 00:25:15,119 --> 00:25:16,920 Speaker 1: this song I wanted to come on this album. I 480 00:25:17,040 --> 00:25:18,880 Speaker 1: know this is what I want. It's just the process 481 00:25:18,960 --> 00:25:21,400 Speaker 1: is so different. But for me, I need to feel 482 00:25:21,440 --> 00:25:24,000 Speaker 1: it when I go into the into the studio. I 483 00:25:24,080 --> 00:25:26,159 Speaker 1: need to be in that headspace. I I already know 484 00:25:26,240 --> 00:25:27,719 Speaker 1: what song I'm going to go in there and record. 485 00:25:28,040 --> 00:25:31,320 Speaker 1: I do one or two songs max a night in 486 00:25:31,400 --> 00:25:34,680 Speaker 1: the studio. I like the ambience depending on what kind 487 00:25:34,680 --> 00:25:38,240 Speaker 1: of song it is. Like Tequila, I was like chilling, 488 00:25:38,280 --> 00:25:39,879 Speaker 1: I'm partying, you know, because it's up more of like 489 00:25:40,280 --> 00:25:42,720 Speaker 1: that type of song. And then for the contando, I 490 00:25:42,800 --> 00:25:45,000 Speaker 1: had all the lights dimmed and I had a little 491 00:25:45,040 --> 00:25:47,040 Speaker 1: candle and there were there were led lights. It was 492 00:25:47,119 --> 00:25:49,480 Speaker 1: more of like a sexy type of feel. Like for me, 493 00:25:50,040 --> 00:25:52,720 Speaker 1: that stuff is super important. I need to feel it. 494 00:25:52,880 --> 00:25:54,680 Speaker 1: I need to be in the moment. I feel like 495 00:25:54,760 --> 00:25:59,800 Speaker 1: anything that you do rushed or forced doesn't come out right. 496 00:26:00,680 --> 00:26:05,200 Speaker 1: So I'm lucky. I'm blessed to know that my management, 497 00:26:06,320 --> 00:26:10,600 Speaker 1: my producers, my engineers, my label, they all understand that. 498 00:26:10,680 --> 00:26:13,040 Speaker 1: And I tell them, look, give me the time that 499 00:26:13,160 --> 00:26:14,600 Speaker 1: I need, give me the space that I need, and 500 00:26:14,640 --> 00:26:17,040 Speaker 1: I will give you something good. I'm just like that, 501 00:26:17,200 --> 00:26:19,359 Speaker 1: like I need to have the concept and then the 502 00:26:19,480 --> 00:26:21,359 Speaker 1: songs and what song is missing, Like what kind of 503 00:26:21,440 --> 00:26:23,920 Speaker 1: song is missing? And I either find it from another 504 00:26:23,960 --> 00:26:26,840 Speaker 1: writer or I write it myself. But I feel like 505 00:26:26,960 --> 00:26:30,080 Speaker 1: this album just came together so beautifully and I didn't 506 00:26:30,119 --> 00:26:34,000 Speaker 1: force it. That's one thing I was like, no map 507 00:26:34,080 --> 00:26:39,280 Speaker 1: within is there. Don't pressure me because when I feel pressured, 508 00:26:39,320 --> 00:26:42,359 Speaker 1: you guys, I fight back like you corner me, and 509 00:26:42,400 --> 00:26:44,359 Speaker 1: I'm just like pushing you back like I'm like, let 510 00:26:44,440 --> 00:26:47,440 Speaker 1: me be. With that being said, I can tell you 511 00:26:48,080 --> 00:26:54,879 Speaker 1: wholeheartedly and confidently that this album is a percent complete. 512 00:26:55,160 --> 00:26:58,359 Speaker 1: Like I feel so accomplished with this album. I don't 513 00:26:58,480 --> 00:27:02,640 Speaker 1: feel that there's anything missing. I feel like it's perfect 514 00:27:02,760 --> 00:27:05,000 Speaker 1: just the way that it is, with the amount of songs, 515 00:27:06,160 --> 00:27:09,800 Speaker 1: with the rollercoaster of emotion that it's going to take 516 00:27:09,840 --> 00:27:13,760 Speaker 1: you through, I think it's perfect. I wouldn't change absolutely anything. 517 00:27:13,800 --> 00:27:15,280 Speaker 1: There's not a song that I felt like, damn it 518 00:27:15,320 --> 00:27:17,600 Speaker 1: didn't make it. No, That's why I kept pushing it back. 519 00:27:17,640 --> 00:27:19,960 Speaker 1: I was like, no, wait a second, Like, if these 520 00:27:20,000 --> 00:27:22,680 Speaker 1: songs that I want cannot make it on the album, 521 00:27:22,760 --> 00:27:25,320 Speaker 1: then we have to wait. We have to wait, and 522 00:27:25,400 --> 00:27:28,679 Speaker 1: we did so. We had like I think three different 523 00:27:28,800 --> 00:27:32,000 Speaker 1: dates for it to launch until it just became May twelve. 524 00:27:32,720 --> 00:27:37,960 Speaker 1: So anyways, that's it, you guys. This is behind the album, 525 00:27:38,240 --> 00:27:41,399 Speaker 1: my heart, soul, spirit, a little bit of everything in 526 00:27:41,480 --> 00:27:44,080 Speaker 1: this fourth chapter of my life. As you guys heard 527 00:27:44,119 --> 00:27:46,440 Speaker 1: in the intro. That's all I have to say about 528 00:27:46,480 --> 00:27:49,400 Speaker 1: my new album. And don't forget to catch me on tour. 529 00:27:49,600 --> 00:27:51,119 Speaker 1: You know. My tour runs through the end of the 530 00:27:51,200 --> 00:27:52,800 Speaker 1: year and I can't wait to see some of you there. 531 00:27:53,200 --> 00:27:55,200 Speaker 1: I always do meet and greeds after my shows, and 532 00:27:55,280 --> 00:27:58,040 Speaker 1: that's honestly one of my favorite things about being a performer. 533 00:27:58,080 --> 00:27:59,760 Speaker 1: I love hearing from you guys, giving you hugs and 534 00:27:59,800 --> 00:28:02,960 Speaker 1: kiss is. And one last thing before we go. Today's 535 00:28:03,000 --> 00:28:07,920 Speaker 1: motivational quote is celebrate what you've accomplished, but raised the 536 00:28:08,000 --> 00:28:11,520 Speaker 1: bar a little higher each time you succeed. That's what 537 00:28:11,600 --> 00:28:14,280 Speaker 1: this album is all about. Thank you guys for listening 538 00:28:14,359 --> 00:28:16,720 Speaker 1: to this podcast. I hope you check out my music 539 00:28:16,800 --> 00:28:18,600 Speaker 1: and my new album and that you love it. And 540 00:28:18,680 --> 00:28:28,120 Speaker 1: I'll see you guys next week. This is a production 541 00:28:28,200 --> 00:28:31,680 Speaker 1: of I Heart Radio and Michael Toura podcast Network. Follow 542 00:28:31,800 --> 00:28:35,440 Speaker 1: us on Instagram at Michael Toura Podcasts and follow me 543 00:28:35,680 --> 00:28:38,760 Speaker 1: chick ees that c h I q U I s. 544 00:28:39,160 --> 00:28:42,760 Speaker 1: For more podcasts from My Heart, visit the I Heart 545 00:28:42,960 --> 00:28:45,880 Speaker 1: Radio app, Apple podcast, or wherever you listen to your 546 00:28:45,920 --> 00:28:46,640 Speaker 1: favorite shows.