Beret . Seville, 1996. Singer. Between pop and urban music, he has chained successes for five years. The last one is Sueño , his collaboration with Pablo Alborán. Meanwhile, he deals with his anxiety problems and tries to help his case help other people in a situation like his.

In Seville you are already in phase 3, so you are the ghost of my future Christmases. What awaits those of us behind? It is appreciated to be living again, but cautiously, this has not ended. It was such a hard impression for me at first that I'm in no hurry. I returned to Seville on March 13 from touring Latin America and went from going 300 per hour to total confinement, so I was very out of place. But after changing the chip, relocating concerts and adapting my habits, in a way this break has been good for me. Why? I had been on tour for four years without interruption. Stopping a little bit has given me a necessary break in my life. Professionally, the break is a bitch because you have a commitment to people who had bought tickets and had been waiting for a long time to see you perform. That fucks anyone, but thank God it's going so well that not everything is concerts. If the live shows are over, Beret's not over. I am very present on social networks, on YouTube, in all digital stores ... In fact, we have already changed the dates of the tour and the first concert I give will be on April 17. You have not had those holidays or at school You see, almost 11 months. Although it is holidays in quotes, because I never stop composing. But with the live shows it will take a long time. I don't want to be pessimistic, but big concerts are still a long way off. Bringing thousands of people together is unfeasible for now. From 'Exile on Main St', from the Stones to Radiohead's 'OK Computer' through Springsteen's 'Nebraska', there is a long tradition of great records that emerged in periods of seclusion . Was confinement inspiring you? Why, the only thing that has encouraged me has been anxiety. Although I have composed a lot, I have a folder on the computer calledQuarantine issueswith about 30 songs more or less advanced. Something is.You talk about anxiety because you suffer from GAD (generalized anxiety disorder). I imagine that a situation like the one we have experienced is far from ideal for you. The person who suffers anxiety, one of the things that works the most to remove it little by little is to force herself to expose herself, to go outside. Ironically, I can give a concert in front of thousands of people, but I am almost unable to enter the bakery. Anxiety has those whims. Not being able to go outside and have that continuous exposure, it costs you a lot to be able to continue evolving with the problem. I did the only thing I could do: exercise, meditation, keep my head busy ... But it has cost me a lot. Are mental health disorders still taboo in Spain? Enough, that's why I decided to make my case public. It is obvious that, when you are ill, it helps a lot to know that other people are going through the same thing, that you are not alone nor are you weird because of mental illness. He regularly spoke about it on social networks with the idea that they know we are many. For example, J Balvin spoke publicly months ago of the anxiety he suffers and it helped me a lot to see a person with such success, who gives concerts, goes on tour and continues to live. If he can, why can't I? So if I can motivate other people with the same problem, I will try to do it. I want to tell the world that suffering anxiety does not stop or limit your life. Pablo Alborán, Manu Carrasco ... Several singers have lately recognized that they have anxiety problems. Do you have a high-risk profession? It seems, it seems ... I have always thought that things themselves do not cause you anything, that we are the ones who give value to things. There are people who live at 300 an hour and are mentally so calm. I was anxious before I started hitting and touring, although that lifestyle has likely amplified it. If I feel bad and I have a concert, I cannot get overwhelmed thinking that I owe the public something and force myself to go against nature to be smiling and charming. I have to remember that, above all, I owe myself and my health. It is very difficult and depends on how each one has his head furnished. You cannot force the machine. I try, like anyone else, to be myself and act accordingly. It cannot be given if one does not have it. So I try to be at peace with myself and work from there. It's working for you. You have literally over a billion listeners to your songs, and yet fewer people know you than artists who haven't sold a thousand records years ago. And this is a regular phenomenon with many musicians of your generation and style. Has the real success of apparent fame never been so distant? Yes, especially in terms of presence in the mainstream media and traditional channels. But I am not concerned because in this profession it is essential to love your work and not your fame. You should never assume that you have everything and stop evolving. If you fall in love with fame and everyone applauds you, stop. So I hope that, when I have been in music for 20 years, I will have to keep introducing myself, because that will mean that I have not stopped evolving nor have I conformed. For now I have only been five years, but it is my goal. They have spread to you, because you were recording nothing at home with no idea of ​​dedicating yourself to this. Yes, I look back and I get silly laughter. Five years ago I started with a microphone that cost me 60 euros, I produced and recorded myself at home ... I went to Malaga to play in front of 200 people and recently I filled the Martín Carpena there with 7,000. It is the beautiful thing, that it has not been to start and that everything was perfect for me, but it has been a progressive work that has allowed me to savor everything better. If everything had gone well for me at once, it would also have been a more ephemeral success. For me the awards are not platinum records, it is to see my house and know that I have managed to buy it with my effort. Some star luxury you will have allowed yourself ... Nothing, if I am a very simple person (laughs). The only luxury I have had has been living alone. If they told me seven years ago that I was going to become independent with 21, I would have said no reason. What was your life plan then? Being a sound technician and it was not clear to me that I was going to achieve it. He sang and rapped, but it was the hobby of hobbies, without any professional pretense. I made my songs and recorded them to put on my friends with my mobile. I was not considering uploading them to YouTube. They were uploaded by a friend without my consent. I didn't want to and he bitched me ... Or so I thought then (laughs). He only told me that he had made me a channel when I already had 5,000 subscribers. Is fame as crazy as we sell? A little, but more in anecdotes than in the day to day. You notice it when there are people on the street who have no education whatsoever and they throw themselves at you to take pictures when they still have to keep their distance and things like that. You feel weird, very nervous, but it is not constant and, on the other hand, you appreciate that people like your work. But in situations like this you ask yourself how much it is worth entering other people's lives. Success and fame are super overrated. I long for many things that I don't have now. If I told you that I don't party with my friends at my age, I would lie to you, and I miss being calm when I do. But it's not serious either. You have a reputation for intense ... (Laughter) It depends on the day. I don't wake up in the morning and start giving mortals, but I'm not a nap either. There are days that I am with the joke and the joke and others that are not, like anyone. As soon as you are half famous, people know you one day and already think that you are always like that, stereotypes are created without much basis. You have to fight against that preconceived image. You may be haunted by the topic of the funny Sevillian. When you go to 'El hormiguero', Pablo Motos will ask you why you don't hide your accent, like Roberto Leal. I was freaking out. The one of things that you can ask Roberto Leal and ask him that nonsense. But it is usual, I have been told from time to time as well. If I spoke with another accent I would not be Andalusian, I would be an Andalusian in disguise, and I am not going to be who I am so that people with a bad ear or prejudice understand me.

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