Welcome to my fucking head. This is how Mónica Naranjo presents her latest album, Mimétika, which was released on June 17. The “panther of Figueres” is widely known for her musical facet, a fame that has been earned after having sold more than 10 million records worldwide throughout her artistic career.
But beyond being a singer, songwriter and music producer, Naranjo has also worked as a television presenter for multiple programs and as a member of the jury for some talent shows. Thus, the Catalan has been the visible face of formats such as ¡Let’s dance!, The island of temptations or the Netflix program Amor con Fianza. On the other hand, she has valued the talent of the participants of The number one, Your face sounds like me, Your face does not sound like me yet or Operación Triunfo, when the Academy returned in 2017.
However, among the achievements of the artist, and already entering the personal field, there is also that of having become an icon for the LGTBI community. Thanks to successful singles like Desátame… or Sobreviviré, in addition to her way of living sexuality freely, she is a benchmark for a generation that was barely born when these songs were published.
The LGTBI icon label even led Mónica Naranjo to be the herald of the MADO (Madrid Pride) parties in 2019, an act that she herself asked to present. In a Pride in which the pandemic was not even smelled, the singer opened the celebration from a Pedro Zerolo square, the epicenter of Chueca, filled to the brim. The public gathered in the Madrid neighborhood, a symbol of sexual diversity par excellence in Spain, applauded and chanted her Survivor.
In addition, Naranjo also received the MADO Award that same year, given annually to those people who defend the movement and support it.
But that the Catalan artist is an LGTBI reference responds to the multiple times in which she has declared herself as a member of the community confessing her bisexuality. Mónica Naranjo is also a great activist of this group, having publicly defended her rights and her sexual diversity on several occasions.
The singer is now in full promotion of her Mimétika, her first studio album after eight years, although she has not stopped offering live performances. Likewise, she will soon begin a concert tour of Spain, which will allow many to appreciate the grit and energy that characterize Naranjo live. A strong personality that has led her not to shut up, from her position as a public figure, the inequalities suffered by the LGTBI community, as well as to claim her rights.
