Karina is one of those figures in the world of music who are remembered for a long time. The singer from Jaén has been bringing her voice to all corners of Spain and Latin America since she was 16 years old. She even became the representative chosen by Spanish Radio and Television for the 1971 Eurovision Song Contest, held in Dublin, Ireland. There she reached second position, falling behind the Monegasque artist Séverine.
A lot of time has passed since then, in which the artist has released a multitude of albums, collected awards and received applause and displays of support from the public throughout the country. However, not everything works as well as before. Her last few months have been complicated, as she herself has explained in an interview with El Mundo. Karina even claimed that she spent several days without electricity in her home.
“They have cut off my electricity. And I had to spend three or four days with candles, but well, it has been solved,” she explained. The interview coincided with the premiere of her first play in 42 years: ‘Yo soy Karina’, which was performed yesterday Monday for the first time at the Teatro Bellas Artes in Madrid. Several of the topics the conversation revolved around were related to her life behind the microphone, in particular becoming “fodder for the heart’s programs.”
“Plus it was something I wasn’t even sure about. I am safe on stage singing my songs. With that I am strong. Now, you sit me down on a set to talk to you about whether Parakeet has cheated on me or if you lie to me and I’ll go down. Unfortunately they do not show courtesy and respect towards the person in front of them. It is very ugly that a person is telling you something, you interrupt them and tell them that it is not true when they are telling you the truth about them,” she said.
Another notable topic of the conversation was his vision when it comes to aging and leaving certain aspects of life behind. “You look in the mirror, you realize that you are older and you have to ask yourself if you want to be a grandmother or a woman who still tries to give everything she can give. And my answer was that I want to continue working with a little restraint. For example, in the summer I no longer tour because of the heat, but I return to the theater on Mondays because the performance is one day a week,” she said.
Likewise, he recognized what was one of his pillars to be able to refloat: “You always have to talk to the family, in this case with my daughters so that they pay you the bill. There’s always an exit. I have asked for a job on television once. Many times they have said that Karina had retired. They wanted to withdraw me and I always answered that she was active. I don’t drop my rings. Work dignifies us and having a bad time strengthens you, as long as the bad thing is not too long.”
