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His life is currently a real roller coaster, metaphorically and literally. Because Ginebras have decided to incorporate a neon roller coaster into the scenery of their recently released tour. It is also one of the elements that appear on the cover of their second album, "Who is Billie Max?". An album that Magüi (rhythm guitar and lead vocals), Juls (drums), Sandra (lead guitar and second vocals) and Raquel (bass) make it clear that the success of "Ya dormiré cuando me muera" (2020) was not accidental.

We spoke with the last two, who are very proud that their passion for the most diverse pop – in this one there are winks to funk and ska – has been reflected in their confirmation album. "Good thing there are fewer and fewer people who look down on pop," Sandra says. "Start writing a song that's catchy, it's not easy. It is what we do best, we have it clear. And this time we wanted to take advantage of the fact that we have more experience to introduce new elements to our music." A second album that, according to Raquel, has been more complicated to record. "The first one we did without any fear; Nobody knew us, we had nothing to prove. We have been much more demanding of ourselves. We love what we do and have tried our best."

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It is curious that they tell that it is when they spend more time together, when they get along best. "When we communicate mainly through the WhatsApp group in Geneva, misunderstandings always end up arising," says Raquel. "Notice that when we're on tour and all day together it's supposed to be when more friction arises, but no. It's been three years together and we understand each other very well." Precisely as a result of anxiety attacks of one of its components and an argument before a concert in Ibiza -with a happy ending, yes- their management team recommended that they hire a coach to help them iron out rough edges in the deal when they arose. They are delighted to have incorporated her into the team. "It has been a very positive decision," they say at the same time. "It gives us a lot of peace, it's super sensitive," Raquel continues. "Thanks to her we know that things are not going to get entrenched. And we also have to thank the scenarios; Everything happens to us in them."

From those healing experiences in the concerts emerged one of the phrases ("we give each other a hug, which has already passed me") of the ballad that closes the album, "Gracias por venir", one of the songs that most surprise, for unexpected and for the echoes of ABBA and Mecano. "They are two of the great references of Magüi, who composed the melody. In fact, it reminds us of "I have such a hard time forgetting you." You can also see in her what she likes Elton John and The Beatles." So the possibility of filming it on Abbey Road – a documentary about the experience is available on YouTube – became a dream. "When we came back and saw it was when we really became aware of what we had experienced, there we were unable to manage it."

It's funny that the germ of the band is on Tinder. Desperate Sandra and Magüi for not finding women with whom to start a group, they launched their last cartridge in the relationship app. "I entered them with the intention of flirting," Raquel recalls with a laugh. But the intentions of the two inseparable friends – who are not a couple, although many people think so – were different. And they confirm that love relationships have never been generated within the band. "Our relationship is much more intense like that," Sandra adds. In any case, Ginebras are an example of LGTBIQ + visibility in a universe, the indie, which has a hard time digesting proposals outside the heteronorm. They have managed to make their place by challenging deep-rooted macho concepts – and people within the industry – and are proud of the achievements they are obtaining.

"We speak naturally," continues the guitarist. "In the group not one is 100% straight, and we would never pretend to be, or shut up. We don't want to." Raquel continues by saying that they feel lucky to have a speaker with which to put homosexuality or bisexuality on the table, aware that their messages reach a very varied audience. "We are feminists and collectives, but that doesn't mean we have written songs that specifically talk about that. That we talk about it from everyday life we have realized that it helps more, "recalls Raquel. That also celebrates: "Finally they have stopped asking us in the press what it means to be a woman in the world of music, I already played. We must continue to talk about our experiences, but from less obvious perspectives. Just as we have to continue facing the machirulos that we find along the way, of course."

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