India Martínez is one of the best-regarded artists on the Spanish music scene in recent years. Since her debut in 2008, at the age of 12 on the program I See, I See by Teresa Rabal, the Andalusian has progressed and occupied more important places in the collective imagination of the industry. A career that had a climax this past Thursday, during the celebration of the Dial Awards in Santa Cruz de Tenerife.
The native of Córdoba took the stage to perform a medley of two of her most recent songs, 5 Sentios and Si ella Sasa, published on the 2022 album Nuestro mundo. An acclaimed performance by the public, which occurred after collecting the statuette from her. Martínez joined Malú, David Bisbal, Ana Guerra, Rozalén, Antonio José, Dani Fernández, Álvaro de Luna, Sergio Dalma, Diego Torres, Beret and Nil Moliner at this reception.
However, it was not the only detail he had with those present in the Canary Islands. The singer from Córdoba thanked Cadena Dial for the recognition and dedicated her speech to two very important people in her life: her grandmothers Cati and Francisca. Martínez pointed out how she had recently lost them, but how they had both given her the strength to continue looking forward and achieve her goals.
“Today, watching that radio and those origins, I couldn’t help but remember two of the most important women in my life, my grandmother Cati and my grandmother Francisca. And I would like to dedicate it to them. Everything is born there. I don’t have them next to me. He left us a little while ago. But if I had them in front of me I would tell them how much I love them and miss them. I have always looked in the mirror trying to look like them,” he indicated on stage.
“Every time I lack the strength to continue and continue with everything, I always pull on them. Even without knowing it, even if they are not there. “I would love to have them in front of me and sing to them about ‘I have to make a rosary with your ivory teeth so that I can kiss it when you are far from me, Goodbye my dear Spain, I carry you inside my soul,'” he concluded, starting a loud ovation from those present.
That brief interpretation of the verses from The Emigrant, by Antonio Molina, provoked a multitude of reactions on social networks, applauding both his speech and his performance at the Tenerife Fairgrounds. “The best voice in Spain currently is that of India Martínez and no one can tell me otherwise,” one user stated confidently.