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With 22 years, singer and actress Ana Mena (Estepona, 1997) has already participated in a film by Pedro Almodóvar , has played Marisol on television and has published international hits with artists such as Becky G or CNCO . This summer, without going any further, has been done with the triple platinum record in Italy with the song Una Volta Ancora ( Once again ) with Fred De Palma . But many in Spain still do not sound his name.

"There are people who know my songs and it does not make me face . It happens a lot, but I guess it will be a matter of time and continue working," says the Malaga. At the same time, he acknowledges that he sees the lack of repercussion of his successes unfair: "We are number 1 for six consecutive weeks in all the metrics in Italy and here nobody has echoed. There are people who put on a dress and it is news. I think it's great but things that I really think should be told don't count, "he says. Her youth does not lead her to hesitate. He has clear ideas and shows decision in each of his words.

Ana Mena started in the music very soon although with a style far from the urban one that now defends. Andaluza and with a mother songwriter of copla, it was normal that in her first appearances on television she carried flamenco by flag. Presenting contests was another way of playing and became part of Menuda Noche , the space of Juan y Medio in Canal Sur.

Half of Spain was also traveled by AVE making castings for series and movies. Like that one time he traveled to Madrid to sing a Portuguese song in front of Almodóvar that would give him the opportunity to work in La piel que habito .

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But at age 18 he had to choose: move to Argentina to shoot a Disney series for 4 years or record a single with an independent label. "It's one of the difficult decisions I had to make," he says, "I had those two letters but I wanted to be the owner of my project and, today, I think I was not wrong."

"I will say what I want whenever I feel it"

He opted for music, to have control over each of his songs. However, self-censorship made an appearance. "There was a stage that conditioned me a bit and maybe we made a mistake. Maybe I didn't say certain things because they were never going to put me on the radio . And, today, I think I 'm going to say what I want as long as I feel it, "he says.

The goal was, and is, to find a style that collects all its influences but with a strong R&B weight. Ana Mena says that the music that is to come "has a special sound, which can make a difference in some way" and is especially excited about a song written with Don Patricio : "that song fills me, makes me cry ... maybe because it's much more real than the rest. "

Nevertheless, his main concern does not happen to hit the ball in Spain. What really takes her sleep, he says, is that people see the project as they do and " never lose the credibility we have worked so hard for."

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