WEBVTT - Growing Up With The Tiarras 0:00:01.280 --> 0:00:10.240 Ola Latino USA listener Eliz Boon show the Los Achivos from. 0:00:10.039 --> 0:00:11.840 Futuro Media and PRX. 0:00:11.920 --> 0:00:16.400 It's Latino Usa by Mariano josaf Today. The Tiara's a 0:00:16.520 --> 0:00:20.720 musical group of sisters singing about Latina empowerment, self love, 0:00:21.040 --> 0:00:29.400 and politics. The Tiaras have been playing together since they 0:00:29.400 --> 0:00:33.800 were just little girls. They travel around Texas and perform 0:00:33.840 --> 0:00:36.320 at different gigs to try to get their name out there. 0:00:36.920 --> 0:00:39.479 The trio of sisters would walk on to a stage 0:00:40.000 --> 0:00:44.640 start playing, but they weren't always taken very seriously. 0:00:45.120 --> 0:00:47.279 It was pretty hard because we were young and we 0:00:47.280 --> 0:00:50.200 were in a music scene that was catered towards men. 0:00:50.479 --> 0:00:53.639 We were playing a lot of different gigs, the lineups 0:00:53.640 --> 0:00:56.520 would be predominantly men. We would get a lot of 0:00:56.520 --> 0:00:59.000 different looks when we were on stage. 0:00:59.200 --> 0:01:02.720 That's twenty years old Toy, she's the lead singer of 0:01:02.760 --> 0:01:03.160 the band. 0:01:03.400 --> 0:01:07.880 It was hard to find that niche of Latinas and music, 0:01:08.000 --> 0:01:10.960 so we felt like we had to be that for ourselves. 0:01:11.319 --> 0:01:13.440 We've made it here and we're just so proud of 0:01:13.480 --> 0:01:17.399 ourselves and we want to inspire those other younger musicians 0:01:17.400 --> 0:01:20.240 and especially Latinas that are finding themselves in that place. 0:01:20.959 --> 0:01:24.759 That same passion and drive for owning who they are 0:01:25.000 --> 0:01:29.679 and creating music is also shared with her two other sisters. 0:01:30.160 --> 0:01:33.120 Here's twenty two year old Sofia, the band's drummer. 0:01:33.280 --> 0:01:35.600 I don't know, I just feel like beats inside of 0:01:35.640 --> 0:01:39.120 me just come naturally when I hear a song. When 0:01:39.120 --> 0:01:42.080 we're making songs, something just clicks and me, honestly, I 0:01:42.080 --> 0:01:43.319 don't know how to describe it. 0:01:43.720 --> 0:01:46.800 And older sister, twenty four year old Tiffany. 0:01:47.120 --> 0:01:49.520 I would always listen to classical music too, and I 0:01:49.600 --> 0:01:53.080 just imagine myself being on like those big stages, having 0:01:53.080 --> 0:01:55.800 an orchestra and everything that kind of vibe. 0:01:56.240 --> 0:01:59.880 Now, these Edmanas are living their dream, bringing their meal 0:02:00.040 --> 0:02:03.880 music to an even bigger audience. They're catchy tunes dive 0:02:03.960 --> 0:02:07.760 into themes of Latina power and self love, and these 0:02:07.800 --> 0:02:12.079 sisters are also not afraid to get political. Now I'm 0:02:12.080 --> 0:02:16.040 going to hand things off to all three of the Tiaras, Toy, Sophia, 0:02:16.120 --> 0:02:18.880 and Tiffany. They're gonna tell us more about the role 0:02:18.960 --> 0:02:24.359 of sisterhood in their creative process and inspiring future generations 0:02:24.400 --> 0:02:26.440 of Latino and Latina musicians. 0:02:26.880 --> 0:02:35.600 Here are the Tiaras in their own words, Blue. 0:02:35.400 --> 0:02:45.960 Ken Susca of the Hi. My name is Torri Balgietra. 0:02:46.680 --> 0:02:49.720 I am the youngest of the band. I play guitar 0:02:49.960 --> 0:03:00.520 and I am the lead singer of the Tiaras. So 0:03:01.240 --> 0:03:06.919 the start of the Tiaras was from pretty humble beginnings. 0:03:07.200 --> 0:03:11.000 Our parents really raised us in a household that was 0:03:11.080 --> 0:03:16.079 immersed in music and culture and family and love, and 0:03:16.600 --> 0:03:20.000 it was really cool. Our dad was a DJ right 0:03:20.040 --> 0:03:26.040 after he was a breakdancer in the eighties, so he 0:03:26.080 --> 0:03:33.960 picked up the turntables and stuff like that, and we 0:03:33.960 --> 0:03:36.640 were born and we followed him to all of his 0:03:36.920 --> 0:03:39.920 different events, and we kind of just fell in love 0:03:40.080 --> 0:03:45.600 with music and how it changed people's emotions and body 0:03:45.680 --> 0:03:50.080 movements and brought people together. And one day, my sisters 0:03:50.120 --> 0:03:53.800 had been taking music lessons because they naturally showed some 0:03:54.640 --> 0:03:58.240 interest in, you know, banging on pots and percussion and 0:03:58.400 --> 0:04:01.720 just trying to spend more time with our grandmother playing piano. 0:04:02.520 --> 0:04:06.560 And there was one day third grade I was in 0:04:06.720 --> 0:04:11.160 music class and I saw my teacher playing guitar and 0:04:11.280 --> 0:04:13.720 I was really really interested. I was like, what is 0:04:13.800 --> 0:04:16.840 this world like? The guitar is filling up the room 0:04:16.920 --> 0:04:20.400 and making everyone sing and dance and so right after 0:04:20.440 --> 0:04:23.520 that I got lessons and we realized we were in 0:04:23.560 --> 0:04:26.400 the same household playing instruments that pretty much go with 0:04:26.760 --> 0:04:30.120 a band. And then we just started playing covers together 0:04:30.640 --> 0:04:39.279 and then writing the songs that were kind of bad, 0:04:39.640 --> 0:04:43.440 but it needed to happen for us to you know, 0:04:43.520 --> 0:04:46.120 innovate and make our own songs. But it's been a 0:04:46.160 --> 0:04:48.520 long time. We've been together for about a decade, but 0:04:48.680 --> 0:04:53.239 we've been sisters forever. And now we're the Tiaras. Welcome 0:04:53.520 --> 0:04:56.640 the Tiara Girl, the tr Girls, Tierra Girl. 0:04:56.600 --> 0:04:59.680 The Tiara Girl, the Tiaras. 0:05:00.279 --> 0:05:04.920 We are changing our fand name. Yes, we're still Austin's 0:05:04.920 --> 0:05:10.679 favorite young Latina sister power trio, but we are growing up. Yes, 0:05:11.200 --> 0:05:15.400 we are formerly known as the Tiara Girls, and we 0:05:15.480 --> 0:05:19.640 recently changed our name to the Tiaras because of the 0:05:19.720 --> 0:05:23.039 simple fact that we're growing up. Like I said, we 0:05:23.160 --> 0:05:28.039 started very young, we were tweens, preteens, and now we're 0:05:28.440 --> 0:05:32.880 entering our twenties. So we want to honor the fact 0:05:32.880 --> 0:05:36.440 that we are growing up. We're women now and we 0:05:36.480 --> 0:05:39.600 want to keep our roots of you know, Tiara, and 0:05:39.920 --> 0:05:42.400 that came from our last name. Our last name is Balcierra. 0:05:42.960 --> 0:05:45.400 So we took the ending of that and changed the 0:05:45.440 --> 0:05:48.360 spelling a bit, had a little play on words. It 0:05:48.360 --> 0:05:50.960 doesn't have to mean a crown, but it can. We 0:05:51.000 --> 0:05:54.479 embrace whatever whatever way people want to interpret it. But 0:05:55.160 --> 0:05:57.840 we wanted to do that because we felt like we 0:05:57.839 --> 0:06:00.680 were maturing with our sound, We were finding our path 0:06:00.760 --> 0:06:05.279 in life, in our identities and music in our community, 0:06:06.080 --> 0:06:09.000 and we wanted to bring people along with us, our 0:06:09.040 --> 0:06:11.360 supporters that were there with us from day one, We 0:06:11.400 --> 0:06:14.640 wanted to bring them with us on this new era 0:06:15.080 --> 0:06:19.160 that we're embarking, and just for the simple fact that 0:06:19.560 --> 0:06:24.000 we're not girls anymore and we want to represent Latina 0:06:24.080 --> 0:06:36.000 woman in that way. The role of sisterhood is very, 0:06:36.120 --> 0:06:40.240 very impactful in my life, specifically because I grew up 0:06:40.640 --> 0:06:43.800 with a queer identity in a Mexican American household, so 0:06:43.839 --> 0:06:47.200 it was very It was pretty daunting at a young age. 0:06:47.200 --> 0:06:50.920 It made me feel invisible, very alone. But I had 0:06:51.000 --> 0:06:54.640 my sisters there with me, and I was able to 0:06:55.760 --> 0:06:58.760 tell them my secrets and they were able to hold 0:06:58.800 --> 0:07:02.240 them for me for many years and to always you know, 0:07:02.920 --> 0:07:05.680 pipe me up about speaking up and coming out and 0:07:05.680 --> 0:07:08.080 stuff like that. And they they were very good and 0:07:08.240 --> 0:07:11.680 encouraging me to create a song about it, which is 0:07:11.760 --> 0:07:12.480 let Love Free. 0:07:12.880 --> 0:07:20.360 My Love's got a place son from the. 0:07:24.400 --> 0:07:28.520 I would say writing the song let Love Free was 0:07:29.200 --> 0:07:33.800 a very big journey for me. It started, the meaning 0:07:33.800 --> 0:07:37.400 of it changed every step of the way. I think 0:07:37.440 --> 0:07:43.200 it was born from the simple just fact that I 0:07:43.240 --> 0:07:46.120 wanted to be free. I was just like really tired. 0:07:47.080 --> 0:07:51.440 I was like my parents know. And the pinnacle moment 0:07:51.480 --> 0:07:54.120 for me was telling my grandmother. Because you know, you 0:07:54.160 --> 0:07:58.080 grew up Mexican American. Their grandmother is the foundation of 0:07:58.120 --> 0:08:01.680 the family. She's the one that feeds us, that nourishes us, 0:08:01.840 --> 0:08:05.560 nourishes our hearts and mind. And after I came out 0:08:05.600 --> 0:08:08.840 to her, you know, I felt full and it was 0:08:08.880 --> 0:08:12.240 it was weird because I was like, it's just my grandmother, 0:08:12.360 --> 0:08:16.800 but it was like, I don't know, my world was 0:08:16.880 --> 0:08:21.280 kind of just colorful after that. But I wanted the 0:08:21.680 --> 0:08:25.400 song to have a universal meaning because I wanted this 0:08:25.440 --> 0:08:28.280 piece of art that we created to fall under the 0:08:28.360 --> 0:08:32.240 categories of self love, of releasing a love that does 0:08:32.280 --> 0:08:35.600 not serve you anymore, of you know, letting love free, 0:08:35.600 --> 0:08:43.439 and coming out and living your truest identity. 0:08:44.760 --> 0:08:45.800 I love it. 0:08:46.840 --> 0:08:54.600 Nice. It just feels so beautiful to be able to 0:08:54.600 --> 0:08:58.320 sing that to different crowds now and to say I'm queer, 0:08:58.440 --> 0:09:01.640 I'm gay, I'm a lesbian on the stage because you know, 0:09:01.840 --> 0:09:04.600 I grew up and I think at the age whenever 0:09:04.640 --> 0:09:08.680 we began to play was when I started to know. 0:09:09.480 --> 0:09:12.280 And now that I can like fast forward into the 0:09:12.280 --> 0:09:15.360 moment of being like, this is my song that I wrote, 0:09:15.640 --> 0:09:18.520 this is my coming out song, and it's just so crazy. 0:09:18.559 --> 0:09:21.680 I always imagine my younger self watching us in the crowd, 0:09:21.760 --> 0:09:24.880 cheering us on. It's so beautiful because now that we've 0:09:24.880 --> 0:09:27.720 released a music video, we've had messages of you know, 0:09:28.280 --> 0:09:30.800 there was a Mexican dad that messaged us and he said, 0:09:30.880 --> 0:09:33.480 I showed the music video to my thirteen year old 0:09:33.559 --> 0:09:36.040 daughter and she said that it pushed us to have 0:09:36.080 --> 0:09:39.400 that conversation and her to come out and to be 0:09:40.280 --> 0:09:43.920 just immerse herself in her identity and to allow me 0:09:43.960 --> 0:09:46.440 to love on her in that way. I feel so 0:09:46.600 --> 0:09:49.040 grateful that the music video and just this piece of 0:09:49.160 --> 0:09:52.040 art that we created was able to push that moment 0:09:52.080 --> 0:10:02.960 forward for others. My name is Tiffany Bartierra. I am 0:10:03.160 --> 0:10:13.839 the oldest sister. I played bass well, when Torri wanted 0:10:13.840 --> 0:10:16.760 to or decided she wanted to come out, Me and 0:10:16.800 --> 0:10:19.840 Sophia knew for a while, and I would take her 0:10:20.400 --> 0:10:24.680 dates and stuff and I would lie for her, and 0:10:25.280 --> 0:10:28.360 I never really ever felt like I was forcing her, 0:10:28.400 --> 0:10:30.880 like Okay, you need to tell them, and I knew 0:10:30.920 --> 0:10:34.880 that it was on her time, and we were always 0:10:34.880 --> 0:10:36.959 supportive about do you want us to be there when 0:10:36.960 --> 0:10:39.080 you tell her parents? Is that something you want to 0:10:39.080 --> 0:10:43.440 have privately? And I feel like Tory has always been 0:10:43.600 --> 0:10:46.880 kind of like an old soul, and I felt like 0:10:46.920 --> 0:10:51.000 when she came out, she grew wiser, and I was like, 0:10:51.040 --> 0:10:55.280 I don't know how that's possible, but I felt special 0:10:55.280 --> 0:10:58.160 that I could hold that secret for her. And then 0:10:58.320 --> 0:11:01.760 I felt whenever she came I was just like so 0:11:01.920 --> 0:11:04.320 happy that she could live her life and not have 0:11:04.520 --> 0:11:08.160 to feel like shame or embarrassment or feel like she 0:11:08.240 --> 0:11:16.520 was living two different lives. Yeah, I definitely view it 0:11:16.600 --> 0:11:19.880 as our music as anthemic, and I think that's also 0:11:19.920 --> 0:11:22.160 because I listened to a lot of that music myself. 0:11:22.840 --> 0:11:26.199 I think I have artists that I listened to like definitely, 0:11:26.240 --> 0:11:29.880 like Gwen Stefani, in no doubt, I think would have 0:11:29.960 --> 0:11:33.280 been up that she had such a cool style, making 0:11:33.320 --> 0:11:36.400 me feel like I can hold this power and go 0:11:36.440 --> 0:11:39.560 throughout my day. Currently I feel like Megan is Stallion, 0:11:43.320 --> 0:11:46.240 all these female artists, like they just put out all 0:11:46.240 --> 0:11:48.720 this music that makes you feel that power in yourself 0:11:49.120 --> 0:11:50.800 and I want to be able to create that type 0:11:50.840 --> 0:11:53.640 of music too, Like I feel like I can't go 0:11:54.080 --> 0:11:56.400 that just like motivates me throughout my day to do 0:11:56.480 --> 0:11:59.480 anything that type of music and like leave it to 0:11:59.520 --> 0:12:04.400 the people. That was definitely like, okay, let's make music 0:12:04.440 --> 0:12:22.120 for people who want this change, so that let's make 0:12:22.200 --> 0:12:26.440 music for people who need this inspiration, who want to 0:12:26.480 --> 0:12:30.560 hear want their voices to be heard. And I love 0:12:30.679 --> 0:12:33.280 that we can make this type of music and have 0:12:33.440 --> 0:12:35.360 people listen to it and feel the same way that 0:12:35.360 --> 0:12:35.920 we're feeling. 0:12:36.360 --> 0:12:37.040 You gotta leave. 0:12:46.320 --> 0:12:46.960 They still. 0:12:48.400 --> 0:12:50.160 We had a big expressive way. 0:12:53.240 --> 0:12:57.839 It's Tory was the one who came up with the 0:12:57.960 --> 0:13:00.640 idea for leave it to the people. And that was 0:13:00.760 --> 0:13:03.720 during or after like the twenty sixteen elections. 0:13:04.120 --> 0:13:08.599 We the citizens of America are now joined in a 0:13:08.760 --> 0:13:14.160 great national effort to rebuild our country and restore its 0:13:14.240 --> 0:13:17.680 promise for all of our people. 0:13:20.320 --> 0:13:23.319 And we were all I feel like that was a 0:13:23.480 --> 0:13:26.040 moment in our lives where we became very political and 0:13:26.920 --> 0:13:31.160 we were educating ourselves about the systems and the people 0:13:31.200 --> 0:13:35.600 who are in charge of those systems and different injustices 0:13:35.679 --> 0:13:40.040 that were taking place, and understanding that this is affecting 0:13:40.080 --> 0:13:44.120 our lives and people who look like us. I think 0:13:44.320 --> 0:13:47.400 as a band, I guess it is an intention of ours, 0:13:47.520 --> 0:13:49.680 but I feel like naturally it just comes to us 0:13:49.840 --> 0:13:52.760 to make some of our music a little bit political, 0:13:53.040 --> 0:13:56.600 or maybe you can interpret those messages as political because 0:13:57.280 --> 0:13:59.719 our dad kind of shows us all the things that 0:13:59.800 --> 0:14:02.640 are happening in the news and educating us, and we 0:14:02.760 --> 0:14:09.200 have these conversations, and as adults, as women, as brown people, 0:14:09.760 --> 0:14:15.000 I feel like we have that power and responsibility to 0:14:15.920 --> 0:14:19.240 bring this to the light of our audiences because we 0:14:19.360 --> 0:14:22.560 know we have people in power that are listening to us. 0:14:30.360 --> 0:14:33.440 My name is Sophia. I am the drummer of the Tiaras, 0:14:33.480 --> 0:14:40.840 and I'm the middle Sisters. If Yeah. I feel like 0:14:40.920 --> 0:14:45.040 our songs carry really heavy messages and a lot of 0:14:45.080 --> 0:14:47.520 them can be something you don't really want to talk about, 0:14:47.600 --> 0:14:50.360 which is why we put you know, some groovy feel 0:14:50.440 --> 0:14:53.280 to it gets you dancing but when you really think 0:14:53.280 --> 0:14:55.400 about the lyrics, you're like, wow, you know, it opens 0:14:55.440 --> 0:14:58.000 the conversation for something you probably don't want to talk about, 0:14:58.040 --> 0:15:00.040 but we do. We need to talk about it, we 0:15:00.120 --> 0:15:02.640 need to create change, and we want to make it 0:15:02.720 --> 0:15:05.080 fun at the same time, which is why we're mixing 0:15:05.160 --> 0:15:12.800 it with like these groovy beats and music. So usually 0:15:12.920 --> 0:15:15.120 Toy's the one that comes up with like a little 0:15:15.200 --> 0:15:18.240 melody some lyrics, and then she'll show it to us. 0:15:18.760 --> 0:15:21.640 And usually that's when I start like kind of hitting 0:15:21.680 --> 0:15:23.600 on the table, showing a couple beats of like what 0:15:23.760 --> 0:15:27.880 I think should go there, and Tiffany and Toy can 0:15:27.960 --> 0:15:30.240 easily give me an ugly face like no, that doesn't 0:15:30.280 --> 0:15:32.960 go there, and like we don't. I don't take it seriously, 0:15:33.080 --> 0:15:34.600 you know, or they can be like, oh yeah, I 0:15:34.680 --> 0:15:37.960 keep going. So like, the ability to like just voice 0:15:38.000 --> 0:15:40.760 our opinions so easily is like usually how it goes, 0:15:40.880 --> 0:15:44.040 and usually how our songs get created. So I guess 0:15:44.120 --> 0:15:47.600 like fast, but also like in a calm way at 0:15:47.640 --> 0:15:49.560 the same time, because we're not like, oh, like I 0:15:49.560 --> 0:15:51.120 don't want to say this because I don't want them 0:15:51.160 --> 0:15:53.720 to think I'm like mooh, we're able to like say 0:15:53.800 --> 0:16:00.640 anything and everything. And I love that we always communicate 0:16:00.800 --> 0:16:03.640 through our eyes when we're on stage, which is honestly, 0:16:03.760 --> 0:16:07.680 like so comforting to have that feeling because you know 0:16:07.840 --> 0:16:11.880 that we have each other's back. We have these little 0:16:11.960 --> 0:16:13.800 like signals when like, oh my gosh, I am not 0:16:13.840 --> 0:16:15.840 going to know this part. We're going to switch it 0:16:15.960 --> 0:16:18.520 up without even saying one word, which is like, like 0:16:18.680 --> 0:16:21.120 you need that because if you mess up, you have to, like, 0:16:21.160 --> 0:16:23.640 you know, play it off super smooth. But also you 0:16:23.720 --> 0:16:28.360 know our practices making music, it's super smooth, super It's 0:16:28.480 --> 0:16:30.720 fun because you don't have to feel like you have 0:16:30.800 --> 0:16:33.360 to be careful with your words. If you don't like something, 0:16:33.760 --> 0:16:36.240 if you want to be creative, you could just speak up. 0:16:36.520 --> 0:16:38.840 I don't know, it's just super comfortable, and I really 0:16:38.920 --> 0:16:41.240 I was thinking about that too, like yesterday when we 0:16:41.320 --> 0:16:43.920 were playing, like, this is so fun experiencing something with 0:16:44.040 --> 0:16:47.200 your family. We're already so close and this is just 0:16:47.640 --> 0:16:50.240 gonna be a great memory to have done the road. 0:16:52.280 --> 0:16:54.600 I've been saying you every day. 0:16:56.920 --> 0:17:01.120 That is already you thought, it's. 0:17:02.680 --> 0:17:08.879 Even though you're standing in Lo So when we were 0:17:08.920 --> 0:17:11.880 making so Chinguana, I remember like going to or playing 0:17:11.880 --> 0:17:14.240 a lot of gigs and stuff and hearing changunna be 0:17:14.400 --> 0:17:17.280 used all the time, and honestly, we didn't use it 0:17:17.359 --> 0:17:20.760 as that much, but being around it, we found ourselves 0:17:20.920 --> 0:17:22.879 being curious about it. So we got to like know 0:17:23.040 --> 0:17:25.960 the word where it stems from, learning the history of it, 0:17:26.200 --> 0:17:28.440 asking our grandma about it, and when we said it, 0:17:28.520 --> 0:17:31.600 she was like, whoa, Whoa'll calm down. We're like, I mean, 0:17:31.680 --> 0:17:33.600 now there's a different meaning, and we had to explain 0:17:33.680 --> 0:17:59.280 that to her. So but yeah, we took those experiences 0:17:59.480 --> 0:18:02.879 and you know just how we our journey is with music, 0:18:03.000 --> 0:18:06.359 we realized and with ourselves. We realized that we are 0:18:06.480 --> 0:18:09.320 too ching guanas. So we wanted to make a song, 0:18:09.400 --> 0:18:13.920 an anthemic song, you know, get people women excited and 0:18:14.240 --> 0:18:17.840 realizing that they're chimguanas. The things that they're doing are 0:18:17.920 --> 0:18:21.480 just so badass. And when we created the song, you know, 0:18:21.600 --> 0:18:24.000 Torri brought it to us and I feel like we 0:18:24.119 --> 0:18:28.200 put a lot of that Mexican like goumbia feel to it, 0:18:28.359 --> 0:18:30.879 which was super fun. As a drummer to start playing, 0:18:31.440 --> 0:18:34.160 I actually brought in my friend Flamencia and I asked 0:18:34.200 --> 0:18:37.159 her about like some of those beats to add into it. 0:18:37.440 --> 0:18:39.280 So she Got has definitely one of my favorite songs 0:18:39.320 --> 0:18:49.359 to playing so loud but. 0:18:54.280 --> 0:18:55.960 Happy like so many so. 0:18:59.040 --> 0:19:03.639 Diesel. So my favorite thing about being in the Tiara's 0:19:04.119 --> 0:19:08.040 band is I remember this one gig we had where 0:19:08.400 --> 0:19:10.880 a little girl came up to me and she hid 0:19:10.920 --> 0:19:12.920 this big smile on her face with her dad, and 0:19:13.400 --> 0:19:15.720 he was like, Oh, this is my daughter. She's actually 0:19:15.760 --> 0:19:18.000 wanting to learn the drum set. Can you talk to her, 0:19:18.160 --> 0:19:20.399 like give her some words of encouragement because you know, 0:19:20.520 --> 0:19:23.560 she's sort of wanting to give up because of how 0:19:23.640 --> 0:19:26.120 hard it is, but also not being able to see 0:19:26.240 --> 0:19:30.159 many girls her age doing what she's doing. Having that 0:19:30.280 --> 0:19:33.040 moment with her was I kind of like gave her 0:19:33.119 --> 0:19:35.200 words that I would have given myself at that age, 0:19:35.320 --> 0:19:38.560 and it was, I guess full circle. It was crazy, 0:19:38.720 --> 0:19:41.000 like looking into her eyes and trying to give her, 0:19:41.040 --> 0:19:43.720 you know, those words to keep her going. But that 0:19:43.880 --> 0:19:45.840 was definitely one of the best moments of my life. 0:19:52.840 --> 0:19:55.560 There's this movie, I think it's called Soul. It's a 0:19:55.640 --> 0:19:59.600 Disney movie, and there's like a part where like if 0:19:59.800 --> 0:20:02.880 you into the zone and you like this, they see 0:20:03.119 --> 0:20:05.080 the people in the zone and you get into this 0:20:05.200 --> 0:20:07.119 different world, and I feel like that's where I go 0:20:07.240 --> 0:20:12.360 with my sisters on stage and I just escape from 0:20:12.400 --> 0:20:14.640 everything and I'm focusing on the music how it's making 0:20:14.720 --> 0:20:18.200 me feel. I like to see people, you know, in 0:20:18.280 --> 0:20:23.080 the audience dancing, smiling and singing and creating that happiness 0:20:23.160 --> 0:20:25.600 and maybe creating that moment for them to escape from 0:20:25.600 --> 0:20:28.840 whatever's going on in their lives too, And I just 0:20:28.920 --> 0:20:36.240 feel that every time we play a show. We played 0:20:36.280 --> 0:20:39.760 in Dallas and it was I think the first time 0:20:39.880 --> 0:20:42.879 that I was just reminded of the power of our 0:20:43.000 --> 0:20:48.200 band and how we were creating spaces of joy and emotion. 0:20:48.480 --> 0:20:49.919 For people that look like us. 0:20:50.119 --> 0:20:53.240 And I think it's so special because we grew up, 0:20:53.359 --> 0:20:57.080 you know, having to scan out the crowd and adjusting 0:20:57.160 --> 0:21:00.879 our set list, adjusting our demeanor because of that. But 0:21:01.200 --> 0:21:04.399 now we've stepped into like some new pairs of shoes 0:21:04.440 --> 0:21:07.520 and and we're comfortable with just being who we are 0:21:07.680 --> 0:21:11.560 and creating that space of of dance and movement, of 0:21:11.680 --> 0:21:15.760 singing and seeing people like already knowing our songs. Is 0:21:15.920 --> 0:21:19.040 so crazy because it makes us rewind back to the 0:21:19.119 --> 0:21:21.399 moment where we were creating it and we were like, 0:21:21.480 --> 0:21:23.960 this is good enough. I hope people love it. It's 0:21:24.040 --> 0:21:27.320 just it's a reminder that we're powerful and we love 0:21:27.400 --> 0:21:29.520 creating spaces of joy for people that look like us 0:21:29.560 --> 0:21:31.080 and people that want to celebrate us. 0:21:32.119 --> 0:21:35.760 So came to me shade the giant. 0:21:36.040 --> 0:21:38.240 See all. 0:21:40.600 --> 0:21:46.720 Know that it's been trying fighting, swe are dying. 0:22:04.200 --> 0:22:07.000 This episode was produced by Rinaldo Leanos Junior. 0:22:07.119 --> 0:22:08.800 It was mixed by jj Carubin. 0:22:09.160 --> 0:22:13.600 The Latino USA team includes Victoria Estrada, Andrea Lopez Cruzado, 0:22:13.800 --> 0:22:17.560 Jni mar Marquez, Marta Martinez, Mike Sargent, Your Saudi and 0:22:17.680 --> 0:22:22.439 Nancy Kujillo. Nile Ramirez is our co executive producer. Our 0:22:22.520 --> 0:22:26.399 director of Engineering is Stephanie Lebau. Our senior engineer is 0:22:26.560 --> 0:22:30.840 Julia Caruso. Our marketing manager is Luis Luna. 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Kellogg Foundation, 0:23:03.560 --> 0:23:06.720 a partner with communities where children come first. 0:23:10.800 --> 0:23:13.600 Megan THEE Stallion has a like a badass way of 0:23:13.760 --> 0:23:16.520 like Cali, you cheese, Damn let me talk. 0:23:19.760 --> 0:23:20.760 No, okay. 0:23:21.320 --> 0:23:24.280 I agree with all my sisters about because we listened 0:23:24.400 --> 0:23:25.520 to basically the same thing.