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It has barely exceeded twenty but Abraham Mateo (San Fernando, 1998) can boast of having five studio albums , having 1,200 million views on his YouTube channel or having worked with international artists such as Jennifer Lopez , 50 Cent or Becky G .

We met him at a studio in Madrid. It arrives with almost an hour of direct delay from the Plaza Mayor. He comes from filming a video clip with Colombian Manuel Turizo and we have 20 minutes before he returns to work: he has a recording session.

"I miss the family, friends ... But I would not change anything I am living now for my previous life. It is an opportunity that I am taking full advantage of ," he says of a busy schedule that divides between Miami and Spain.

The Cadiz was for four years the most prominent promise of Menuda Noche , the Juan y Medio program in Canal Sur. Thus, he began a career that has led him to travel half the world backed by a legion of fans - the Abrahamers - and that has always been marked by the "child star" label.

Especially in Spain, where he has been continuously compared to Justin Bieber and where he is not as well known, for example, his work as a producer. " The public in Spain is complicated , it is difficult to earn it. I think that nobody is a prophet in their land," he says, "little by little I am demonstrating what I can do, my talent ... I would like to have that respect that I have Alejandro Sanz . What a better example than him, who is a reference for me! But I'm in no hurry. "

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"I don't know what it is to go out and get lost with my friends"

During this time, he has not missed his mother , who accompanies him on each trip, each recording and each interview. This time it is also present. "When I have looked to one side, it has always been there," he says proudly as he watches her. He reveals that it is she who helps him to have his feet on the ground : "If at any time I release a comment, he gives me the flip flop and puts me in my place ."

From that "previous life" recalls a childhood different from that of other children. "It is true that I have missed moments. I do not know what it is to go out and lose myself with my friends or be playing on the platform for hours, " he says. Although he assures that his favorite plan was always to share music with his brother, Tony Mateo , one of the members of the Lérica group.

"I came from school and the first thing I did was to turn on the karaoke we had in the classroom and spend the afternoon singing, looking for music on the computer ...". That, when they didn't have fun watching Abraham's parodies circulating on the internet.

The routine of being surrounded by music all day, he says, has barely changed: " I get up and go to bed thinking about it . " Although his main obsession says he goes through "get that personality. Find my sound, my seal." For the moment, he says he is happy with the result while playing all his cards at work and the constancy: "I don't lose focus."

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