Early on, Mexican Singer Karina Sofia Had a sketch of her album The Reina del Cañon In Her Mind: She Knew She, Wanted it to Crisscross a Narrative of Strengh and Independence, Mirroring a Journey Toward Emancipation and Self-Love She'd Experienced Herself After A Toxic Relationship. She'd Already Put a Few Demos Together and Played Them for a Music Industry Friend Who Listened and Immediately Said, “Gustavo Santaolalla Has To produce This.”
Sofia Wasn'T Familiar with Who Santaolalla Was, and it wasn't Until Later That She Realized He Had World On Some of the Most Seminal Albums in Latin Pop and Rock History, Including Classics by Artists Like Juanes, Julieta Venegas, and Cafe Tacvba, Whom She Grew Up Listening to as a Kid. (Santaolalla is Also Behind the Soundtrack for Films Like Babel, Loves perrosand Brokeback Mountain.) “I Didn't Know Him by Name, But I Knew His Work,” Sofia Says. “But that Ended Up Being a Good Thing, Because It was Almost Like I Didn't Totally Understand How Serious The Situation was and I Didn'T Get nervous.”
Santaolalla is immerse in a million different projects these days, including soundtrack work for the hbo show The Last of Us (he did the music for the video game, which was Largely repurposed for the series.) However, as sona as heard sofia's new work, he was stunned – and he decided he wanted to be part of the project. “IT Hooked Me in for the First Moment,” The Argentine Multi-Hyphenate Tells Rolling Stone in spanish. “I Thought it was Completely Original, with So Much Strength, with a Strong Female Perspective, and very personal personal. Everything Karina Does is very real and raw, and there was allo This Search Into a New Sonic Landscape, as Well.”
For Sofia, Whho Has Been Fusing Mexican Roots and Rock For a Few Years Now, The Idea of Bunkering Down in A Studio and Cranking Out The Album was in Little New. “I Had Only World Where You Record [a song] By Session, “Sofia Says. She Likens the Experience of Recording The Whole Album With Santaolalla As a Bootcamp.” I WOULD WALK OUT OF THE BOOTH, Covered in Sweat, “She Says With in Laugh.” But it Was Like a Master Class: The Process of Composing, Recording Everything. ”
She Had a Clear Idea of Where The Story Was Going. “It's about a Woman Who, in Loving Someone More Than Herself, Has To Find the Road to Herself Again. That's Why's There Idea of 'La Reina' ('The Queen.') When you're a Queen, No One Can Take That Away from you. Self-Worth is Something We Carry Inside Inside Inside Inside of us. ” That Message Comes Across on the Album's Stunning 11-Sng Arc, Starting with the feisty “Diamond.” On the track, Sofia Sings about Finding Inner Fortitude and Continuing On.
The album Ends with the Standout “Mas Alto,” Which Santaolalla Helped Write And Also Performs On. The Song Makes for A Close As The Lp's protagonist Comes To Terms With Everything She's Been Through. “That [song] Was the Biggest Lesson of All, “Sofia Says.“ It Took a Lot of Time to Write, Themes Are a Little More Serous, and It's Really Emotional. And Gustavo, Without Him Knowing, Taught Me a Lot Through His Letters Because I Resonated With So Many Things He Wrote. ” He was there to Help Her Tap Into a Morerable Side. Sofia's Partner Directed The Video For the Song, Which Was Recorded Over Seven Days in Puebla to Capture Las Flyst Privileged to includes Them in this story, “Sofia Says.
Santaolalla Says that to Him, The Experience of Working with an artist like Sofia was enriching. “So much of this project is expressed with total honesty, because it's something that people are asking of artists,” Heys. “To me, this is an incredibly good album.”
“It's about Power,” Sofia Adds. “Anyone in the world Who needs a little inspiration or a little empowerment to free themselves from Something, this is for you. It doesn't have to be just for a woman or this kind of person – it can be anyone who needs that power to draw from.”
