Malú and her former ghosts: "The suffering caused by wanting to be someone else is brutal"

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In October 2018, in a rehearsal, the Spanish singer

injured her ankle and suffered a ligament fracture.

So, the interpreter of

had to

However, she always hoped to return to the ring soon... But

and another host of unexpected things arrived.

Like her romance with former politician

with whom she had a daughter in June 2020. Thus, Malú - between operations, confinements and diapers - was forced to

However, this 2022 has returned stronger than ever to present its

A tour with

which this August 3, will go through the Starlite festival, in Marbella.

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"For me, this is

It's one of those shows that, suddenly, you finish and say 'really, is it over?

I think people are going to have a great time. So I recommend

on day 3, because we are going to leave everything at the concert. We will take a tour of my career and sing the songs that people enjoy the most and that are more fun. The truth is,

I feel a lot of adrenaline when I get off the stage and

when we move from the city, because of the emotion", he comments the artist to LOC.

She says that it is difficult for her to fall asleep because her concerts excite her.

How does the energy of the public affect you?

That so many people idolize you and have a lot of faith in you. I don't think about it as "look how they feel towards me", I think about how "we feel".

Because when we are at a concert, I feel that we are all in a "bubble", where there is a wonderful energy.

When you get on stage, you enter a different world, where it's just us and our emotions.

And that is precisely what I want.

I kill myself preparing a show so that the time we are there there is that bubble that makes you forget everything that happens outside... And I think that this type of experience recharges your life a lot. Above all,

when songs as sincere as the ones you included on your latest album 'Mil Batallas' are sung, in which you talk about stopping being so demanding and forgiving yourself a little.

How did he manage to reconcile his perfectionism with his peace of mind? I think that reconciliation came on its own during that four-year hiatus.

At that time, I had to live with myself for a long time and, in that situation, one begins to experience everything from a more personal perspective.

I had to live with that most vulnerable, fearful, shy and insecure Malú that she always left stuck at home and, finally, I managed to reunite the two Malús... I continue to be a demanding and perfectionist person.

But when I have already achieved the goal, now I enjoy it.

I don't suffer from it, which was what happened to me before.

At the end,

I have also managed to locate things in such a way that I can enjoy what life really gives me, which today is my daughter.

My best way to pamper myself is to be with her. Continuing with the theme of battles, I read an interview with her from 10 years ago, in which she said that at 20 she had struggled a lot to stay slim and fit into the established canons of beauty.

When did you stop caring about that topic? Over the years, when you mature and you see what really matters.

When you realize that the suffering generated by wanting to be another person, physically, is brutal.

It is a terrible emotional drain.

It is an absurd fight, because you fight against something that you will never achieve.

Because you are one person and another is a different person.

It's like when you read a thousand good things and a regulin and decide to keep the regulin.

There are millions of people in the world and you keep thinking about a body and you don't see all the varieties that the human body has.

And I don't know, I began to remove suffering as an evolutionary matter, because I wanted to feel good.

What's more, I encourage all of you to do whatever it takes to feel good about yourself.

Whether it's eating, dieting or training, but the goal is to feel good yourself... And not be someone else. Give good advice.

Do the fans ask you for many? [Thinks for two seconds] No... But I think that the best way we artists have to help is with our songs.

In my case, I try to make records with which you can feel identified, where each song is your partner, where a song touches you and you say "I needed this, thanks for understanding my situation."

I believe that music is a great therapist.

And I don't know, exactly, what I have been able to contribute to music, but I can tell you that what I have tried, at all times, is to help others, telling my stories, my fears, what eats me up inside. , which makes me happy... And if by sharing that a person in the world, even if it's just one person, feels identified, the objective is fulfilled. And, precisely, because your fans feel that way about you, is that sometimes they feel the need to know more about their life.

I know that you separate the professional field from the personal sphere a lot.

But I would like to know if you understand why it is interesting to know details of your privacy. I understand that there may be that need and that people find it fun to know.

The human likes everything that amuses him... But, in this case,

it talks about the lives of other human beings.

Even so, you end up assuming that this is part of the fun of some and the torment of others.

And look, in the end, you have to accept, but also try to avoid everything that can contaminate your soul, because life is very short and we only have one.

I think we have experienced very hard things with the pandemic and I think that now there are many people who think like me: "There is no longer going to be anything that contaminates my soul." I imagine that he also came to those conclusions after the birth of his daughter Lucía... She gives me a lot of energy... And much more!

In fact, she has taught me many things... Like patience!

[He bursts into fits of laughter] I didn't know how patient she was... My daughter discovered her for me!

Many women lose their objectivity when they become mothers and begin to think that their children are geniuses, when they are only months old.

Has this phenomenon happened to you? There are very exaggerated parents!

But mine is not an exaggeration: my daughter is the best!

[Laughs out loud] It's just that my daughter is a wonder, a child prodigy... Can you imagine her saying that?

[She continues laughing] It's true, the others exaggerate, but what about my daughter is true. Continuing with the theme of her family, this Saturday there will be a tribute to her uncle Paco de Lucía at the Teatro Real.

May I ask what is the best advice he gave you? It wasn't about giving advice, mind you.

It was to let you do.

I come from a very peculiar family, where the highest compliment or sign of approval is not saying anything to you.

Things are said when they are not right... But, look at her,

an anecdote: years ago, I was playing at the Starlite and my uncle was playing the next day and he called me to go to my concert... And I was shaking even my eyelashes!

Because he had never come to see me.

He wanted to drown me at that moment.

And when the show was over, he came into the dressing room and said very little to me.

Just "loved the show."

But later, when he had already passed away, I saw an interview in which he talked about that concert and said very nice things... If he hadn't been born into that family, do you think he would be a singer in the same way? Yes, but more relaxed .

I probably would have enjoyed it more.

I come from a family that has real respect for the stage, the public and the music and, coming from that place, it's hard to think about living up to it, not disappointing them and not letting yourself down either.

so i think,

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