ThalÃa is an international pop icon who can even boast a day of her own – since 1997, April 25 has been ‘ThalÃa Day’ in Los Angeles – and is still listed as the third most influential Latin singer in history according to The Sun. and among the top 10 artists for People, she blushes if surprised. When La Vanguardia, who interviews the Mexican diva via videoconference, lets her know that her 20.6 million followers on Instagram equal the sum of the inhabitants of Sweden, Denmark and Norway, she unconsciously touches her hair and smiles astonished as if she were back at fifteen.
ThalÃa (Mexico City, 1971) today publishes an ambitious work: the album Thalia’s Mixtape (Sony Music) almost at the same time as Thalia’s Mixtape: El Soundtrack de Mi Vida, (Paramount, as of May 3), a docuseries whose The first three episodes show the evolution of the music business, from Walkman to Spotify, at the dizzying speed that today demands. In addition, in them she interviews some of the artists who marked her own character. “This is a project that came from my heart, a dream that you can enjoy seeing the path of the music industry from vinyl to web 3.0 and artificial intelligence at the hands of titans of rock in Spanish.”
The star does not boast about it, but it is clear that if ThalÃa calls, the interlocutor responds: “I would not like to say, of course I do! but… (laughs) and it gives me a lot of tenderness, satisfaction and a whole amalgam of sensations when they respond to me and you feel that it has been worth all these years of work. I believe that daring to be yourself is valued and appreciated. And I have always been very authentic, I have said things as they go and I have sung what I have felt. Now with social networks personality is amplified, it allows you to be direct to your audienceâ€.
One of his first references is David Summers, leader of Hombres G, surely the oldest Spanish band on stage. With it, he puts an image to the lyrics of Sufre mamón in a Tarantin-like video clip: “This project was made by a fan, Ariadna ThalÃa, the teenager who wanted to find her idols to thank them for being who they are and for having achieved so many things. When I contacted David and he responded to me on WhatsApp, I have memorized the date to date, I started sweating and screaming… Look, my skin is goosebumps! [the artist points to her arm] I acted really cool but hanging up Uaaaaaah! It’s that he was my first crush. I said, Look, David, you owe me one. You owe it to many of us: destroy the white Ford Fiesta and burn the yellow jersey. When David grabs the mallet and starts hitting the car and sets the jersey on fire, I saw that pride in his eyes… He liked it.â€
She met the all-powerful businessman, executive and music producer Tommy Motola thanks to the date that Gloria and Emilio Stefan arranged for them and they got married in St. Patrick’s Cathedral (New York) in 2001. What is the secret of such stable happiness? “I think that respecting each other as we are, understanding each other, supporting each other in our projects. I am his number 1 cheerleader: when he starts to create an idea, I am there with him. And vice versa. We are a great team of father and mother, when it is my turn to be the police, he is the good one and if it is up to him to be the tough one, I am the ‘nice’ one. When I work, he stays at home and vice versa. We are a great team”.
