Ruth Lorenzo, on the world champions: "It was necessary for something like this to happen to open a melon that makes many people uncomfortable"

Cristina Galafate

Updated Friday, January 19, 2024-01:51

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The singer, songwriter and presenter

Ruth Lorenzo

(Murcia, November 10, 1982) starts 2024 celebrating the tenth anniversary of

Dancing In The Rain

and her unforgettable time at Eurovision, but with her sights set on next March 9, when she performs at piano and voice at the Teatro de la Zarzuela.

She is also the host of

Encuentros con Sabor,

a

talent show

produced by Mahou in collaboration with Shine Iberia (A Banijay Company) and which will arrive on La Sexta soon.

Together with her teammates Beret, Mario Vaquerizo and Maxi Iglesias, the artist shows that she is a big fan of football and, although she stays home, she is clearly impressed with her passion for Real Madrid.

" I took

some

souvenirs , it was exciting to step into the Alfredo Di Stéfano Stadium," she confesses.

If we talk about football and in front of a woman who is the anthem of strength and sisterhood, it is inevitable to ask her about the victory of the

Spanish women's team

in the World Cup, marred by Rubiales.

"It was necessary for something like this to happen to open a melon that makes many people uncomfortable. She has put many cards on the table that are never discussed," the Murcian woman answers bluntly.

Of course, she believes that the players are our winners but we have continued to focus too much on them.

She thinks that she continues to focus a lot of attention on the episode, detracting from the champions.

"

We have stolen their place

. We women have to raise our voices and give ourselves the place, we don't have to justify ourselves all the time."

She believes they have been an example for many girls.

"I have been lucky enough to grow up in a family with a mother who was one of the first to wear a miniskirt and get divorced. At home there has never been that mentality of 'this is for girls or for boys'. As a girl

I was dressed as a princess with my Converse

to play soccer and my brother played dolls with me," she asserts.

That is why she believes that the players have changed the paradigm.

"We also set limits on what we can or cannot do. But we see girls who dare to break with what is established: I myself have a niece who plays indoor soccer," she says.

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In addition to enjoying football, Lorenzo is a freediver.

Where she connects most with herself is in nature.

"I practice freediving all year round in the open sea

. Yesterday I had the opportunity to listen to myself diving, it helps me realize what I want."

Precisely, he had a trip pending that he will never be able to take with his friend

Itziar Castro

, who had encouraged him to write a book.

"He left without warning, I'm still in

shock.

We take it for granted that the people we love will always be there

. We had been saying for two years that we were going to the Maldives, but we were always busy. We focused so much on our careers, on being productive and achieve objectives and in the end what you take with you is what you have experienced," he reflects.

She only consoles him that she "died living."

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Despite being a hard worker, Lorenzo tries to live in the moment, canceling plans suddenly.

Many call her

the Spanish Taylor Swift

because she, like the American, broke the control of record labels to create her music.

"I try to be impulsive, because she gives me life, but it is inevitable to have it in mind that you are in charge of your career and take on great responsibilities."

She has studied music law on the go and is now immersed in finance to get a return on her investments.

"I would like to sing and not think about anything else, which is what I know how to do, but to be empowered is to take responsibility for your decisions and face a path ahead that you don't know where it will take you."

She thinks that girls are protected more and that we are also more demanding of ourselves, and that makes everything difficult.

"Maintaining a balance is very complex.

I am a very perfectionist and I always have to take a step back

."

If you go out with friends, try to eat the most beneficial foods.

"Instead of the fries, I have a grilled salmon with vegetables and I opt for the beer for my 0.0."

Her

shows

are very physical and that is why she has a team with which she trains, takes dance classes, does vocal exercises and even goes to the physio.

"You can enjoy and be happy, there is no need to stay locked up, but without stopping taking care of yourself or harming the way you exhibit your art," she says.

BREAST HYPERTROPHY

Since he went to Freeda's podcast,

Freeda Doc

, to talk about the figure of women, the world of entertainment and the aesthetic pressure suffered in the music industry, confessing the illness he suffers from, Lorenzo has made numerous headlines in the press, not everyone to their liking.

But he does not regret having told the consequences of his chest growing non-stop.

Quite the opposite.

"I don't care what they say about me, honestly. It's been super positive.

Many women have written to me and stopped me on the street

because the same thing was happening to them and they thought they were alone."

He likes to use his speaker to make the real woman visible.

"We artists have the responsibility of not being a filter: we laugh but we also cry, and we are happy but we are also sad and everything happens to us. We share everyone's traumas."

That's why she uses her social networks as a platform for connection.

"Even women who don't have

breast hypertrophy

can feel that it's okay to talk and be free."

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At 13, she suddenly had a very developed chest and she wanted to be invisible, she remembers.

"I am a singer-songwriter and I have composed songs for many artists

, it doesn't seem fair to me that she is known for a pair of tits."

Because of this issue she has been called from many places but she wants to give coherence to her messages.

"I have done it so that women have a reference and I did not expect such a brutal response with so much support."

She tries to do the same with colleagues like Aitana.

"You have to know what moment in life each artist is in, if she needs to express herself in that way, the consumer is also responsible for what she chooses."

She gives very little importance to criticism.

"We are living in a time in which we feel crushed and social networks are a reflection of how silent we are."

Whoever writes an outrageous thing from the couch at home may need therapy, he defends.

"It wouldn't occur to me to have better things to do, like see my friends, play Parcheesi with my mother... Frustrations can be paid out in another way other than aggression behind a screen. You have to

enjoy the little things that life offers us and judge others less

."