Marwán (Madrid, 1979) is a musician, composer and poet, in this order. "I am a musician and that has allowed me to be a poet." But it is many more things. He is an ordinary, close, committed, rebellious, ironic and very hardworking guy. "Five years ago, when I started to sound something,
I was disheartened when they talked about the 'Marwán phenomenon'
. What I have done has been to work non-stop. I have toured Latin America losing money, I only went from city to city playing for 40 people here in Spain, I went to the colleges to find a public ... ".
In room 606 of a hotel on Gran Vía, the singer-songwriter bites something before starting the eighth or ninth interview in the morning. We talk about poetry, after three years of silence in this area. 'A woman in the throat' (Planet) is "a song of rebellion, I speak of many themes: the rebellion of loves that do not want to fit into conventional forms, the generational anger of the Covid-19 poem, of not following the flock...". He is comfortable going against the tide. "
I also rebel against the world of poetry that smells closed
and that sees poetry as a privilege for a few and not as a right for all."
She looks for inspiration in "good times and bad, but
sadness is always more photogenic
." He began writing as a teenager - with Jorge Drexler, Ismael Serrano and Pedro Guerra playing in the background - almost out of a vital need. "When you are happy, you live; when you are sad, write, you are not in the flow of life and you need to ask yourself questions.
Songs and poems are often nothing more than you grabbing life by the lapels
, shaking it so that give you some answers. "
His first three books of poetry have
sold more than 200,000 copies
. "I am not a poet who is characterized by my technique or by a brutal use of vocabulary or by my amount of technical resources. Maybe because of the amount of emotional resources."
It vindicates the poet's gaze
because "it turns life into something greater, because it seeks greatness in the ordinary and it always has more nuances".
He says that from those beginnings until today, "and thanks to a lot of psychotherapy" that has taken place along the way, he has learned "to handle my emotions much better. Before, I was emotionally illiterate, mainly because of the intensity and virulence with which I lived the emotions. emotions; they took me ahead ". He speaks freely about the importance of taking care of mental health. "
I believe that psychology is the path to self-knowledge and it is essential to be free
. On many occasions we are servants of our mind, of our traumas, of our past, of everything that has been able to move us or we have not known how to handle" .
Speaking out takes its toll Sometimes speaking out takes its toll, but I think doing it with empathy takes its toll for the better.
It all depends on how you do it;
if you do it with an extreme level of arrogance or if it is with a high level of consideration.
Success, from his perspective, is neither more nor less than "
a feeling of satisfaction with your life
."
His little big moments are located in "a conversation with my partner or my brother, a few laughs or going out to get drunk with friends and a game of paddle tennis."
Getting back on stage in February - in September he presented his album 'El viejo boxeador' - at the Circo Price in Madrid was ... "the best in the world."
Q.-
Do the networks give you a lot of war?
A.-
Yes. I am very hooked on mobile phones, on many occasions for work but on others because of the power that mobile phones have over us, and it sucks.
I feel a bit of a slave to technology.
When he sees the world that appears on the three o'clock news, he turns upside down.
"The speed at which the lie travels and the sophistication that the media and some political parties have found for the lie to become the truth."
It doesn't put everyone in the same bag;
generalizing, you know, has its risks.
Q. What are you afraid of?
A.-
I have been afraid many times of being poor.
I come from two brutally humble families, not to mention extremely poor, and those fears are passed down from generation to generation.
I'm doing very well, I enjoy the abundance, but that's there.
Signing for a large label has forced him to adapt to another rhythm.
The "impatience and inferiority complex that sometimes arises" would change from him.
He believes that "everything in excess is bad, even goodness because you end up abusing yourself."
And the equidistance of certain colleagues in the profession respects it, although he does not always share it.
"Sometimes people don't get wet from continuing to be successful in their business
.
"
When it comes to receiving criticism, the constructive ones fit well and "the one that tries to stop me from standing up is very bad. I'm a person who needs a high degree of freedom to express myself and to move.
Q.- Why do you lack courage and what do you have left for?
R.-
I have plenty of courage to get on stage and I lack to dare to risk the possibility of losing.
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