His name didn't ring a bell until a few months ago, but now it
's all over the place
. The revelation of the previous season is already the reality of the present. She is Rigoberta Bandini, author of songs that are already hymns, such as 'Too Many Drugs' or 'In Spain We Call It Soledad', with millions of reproductions in tow.
Behind this artistic pseudonym is Paula Ribó
(Barcelona, 1990), actress, director, writer and singer. This Saturday, at 12:45 p.m., he has a debut at the Reina Victoria Theater in Madrid, within the Madrid Brillante festival.
How are you living all this madness that has been unleashed around the project? The truth is that I did not expect things to happen at this speed.
When I released the first single I had very good feedback from people who encouraged me to continue.
What happens is that it has multiplied exponentially and is quite heavy ', I'm freaking out.
But a time has come when I have decided to focus on rehearsing and composing, because the rest is fantasy.
What interests me is making music and having it reach people.
Also, since I have a baby, my life is quite earthy.
That helps me live it with enthusiasm and tranquility. I imagine that it is easy to go a little crazy with such figures and good news ... Total.
At the beginning, when we released 'In Spain We Called It Soledad', we were every day seeing how much the followers had gone up and listening to them.
But a mental health issue almost comes in, because if one day they drop ten thousand I don't want to obsess. It shouldn't be the same to experience this with their age and background as with 18 years ... Absolutely.
I have eaten many empty theaters.
I know what it is to create art and that it reaches few people.
However, all of that has the same value as what I am doing now.
My book 'Vertigo', for example, worked well by word of mouth and now, by Rigoberta, it is arousing more interest.
If there is something good that your project works or that you have more visibility, it is that you can choose, which is a great luxury as an artist. I used to refer to motherhood, something that has been very present in photos and social networks.
Was this visibility always clear to you, did it come naturally? Yes, it was nothing premeditated.
In fact, as the project grows I will consider how much of my life I want to share.
But now it seemed interesting to show a real part of me.
After all, my music leaves my life. Do you think it can help other mothers in any way?
I would say yes.
It is interesting especially for younger women, because I have not grown up with close references of artists who can combine their careers with having children.
If it can help you lose your fear of reconciling motherhood and a career, great. You've said it's Paula in her normal life and Rigoberta Bandini when she sings.
Are there more differences between the two? Paula likes everything about Rigoberta, but I allow myself to play more or exaggerate it.
If Paula likes yellow, Rigoberta can be dressed in yellow from top to bottom.
It is a way of understanding this project in a more playful and freer way. He began to be interested in music very young, when he was just nine years old.
With reference to Marisol, a figure that was not exactly in fashion at the time, how do you remember that time? In my family, music was very present.
My mother is a music teacher and in the car we sang together.
My cousins - who are in my band - are musicians.
I imagine that Marisol came to me through Cine de Barrio and there was something about her that captivated me.
Composing was out of a need to express myself and almost as therapy.
Since then he has not stopped, afterwards he has dedicated himself to acting, directing and composing.
Do the different disciplines feed each other? Yes, absolutely.
I have received classes in singing, body expression ... All of this helps me to have a stage presence and has given me tools that help me. There is a key element in her songs: mixing English and Spanish.
How did you come up with that idea? It's funny, because I speak English to defend myself, but not much else either.
What happens is that 'Too Many Drugs' has already reached me like this.
And it seemed to me that that mix gave the song a sense of humor.
Later, 'In Spain We Called It Soledad' was entirely in English and I changed it to put phrases in Spanish.
I'm not going to force myself to keep doing that.
If it happens again, great.
It is that in the end we are using English non-stop in our life ... In fact, the sense of humor is very present in his songs.
There is epic and truth, but also irony and sarcasm. Yes, it is very important to me.
I understand life like that, so art, too.
It is necessary to make fun of oneself and de-dramatize a little, that very horrible things already happen to us.
Let the things we control be fun.With 'In Spain We Called It' ... a curious thing has happened: people have adopted it as a kind of anti-patriotic anthem.
As a joke vindication of how we Spaniards are.
I will tell you that when I composed it I lived in the Plaza de Sant Jaume in Barcelona, where the independence demonstrations took place.
I thought they might not like it anyway (laughs).
Seriously speaking, in reality "the Spanish" don't exist, each one of us belongs to our mother and father. What will the live performances be like? I really want to play, within the situation we are in.
I am finding myself on stage and I want to do as much as I can, combining my family life.
I will play the songs that people already know, some new ones that I have not released and also versions. He has been releasing individual songs.
Will there be a full album?
But maybe first I will release an EP of five or six songs and these songs will stay loose.
But always flowing, there is no super planning either. As things are going, where would you like to be in a few years? Well, actually, where I am.
With people who listen to me and allow me to be true to myself. That message has value at a time when many young artists seem obsessed with reaching higher and further and striving as a great goal. Doing things on a more human scale is good.
And it prevents you from hitting the great emotional host.
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