Doris Anahí Does ASMR with Kombucha, Talks Her Mexican Heritage & Self-Love Advice

2 years ago

On this episode of Mind Massage, Doris Anahí takes us on a sound journey using some of her favorite items such as Kombucha, Plantain Chips and a Vogue Magazine.

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00:00 (blender whirring)

00:02 Shh.

00:06 Hola, hola.

00:11 My name is Ori Sana'i, and welcome to my mind massage.

00:16 I'm going to be taking you on a sound journey

00:19 with some of my favorite things.

00:21 (lips smacking)

00:24 (plastic crinkling)

00:27 (blender whirring)

00:36 (liquid pouring)

00:45 So I used to be a kombucha hater

00:49 until I realized that it's actually good for you.

00:53 So we converted somewhere along the way,

00:58 and now we're here.

00:58 I was born in Whittier, California

01:03 to Mexican immigrant parents,

01:07 and so I felt like I was always raised

01:11 on this notion of ni de aquí, ni de allá,

01:14 neither here nor there.

01:15 And living in that kind of environment

01:22 really just formed who I am as a person.

01:24 I think it's a battle of languages in my mind,

01:26 of cultures, and wanting to honor all of it all at once.

01:31 And I think that's embodied into who I am as a person

01:35 and how I try to take space in the world

01:37 and how I'm trying to navigate this life, I guess.

01:42 My music is really like a mezcla de mis mundos,

01:45 a mix of my worlds,

01:48 whether it's the genres of bolero and ranchera

01:53 to more indie and soul-leaning sounds

01:57 that my brothers introduced me to growing up.

02:00 So just the way that I was raised,

02:03 it was influenced in how I express myself through my music.

02:08 So I was born into a family of musicians.

02:11 So I was raised singing in the church.

02:13 And so music was always around me,

02:15 and I'd write silly little poems and diary entries

02:20 since I was a kid.

02:21 But I didn't really write my first proper song

02:25 until like 10 years ago

02:28 when I experienced my first real heartbreak.

02:31 And I think music is always born out of those moments.

02:35 So shout out to this immortal heartbreak

02:40 to inspire a lot of us.

02:44 (plastic crinkling)

02:47 Vogue has always been my favorite magazine,

03:00 but once I started traveling more to Mexico

03:04 was when I was exposed to Vogue Mexico.

03:07 And I always have this tradition with myself

03:10 where I always buy whatever issue is on the shelves

03:14 when I'm at the airport

03:16 and read it while I'm on the way

03:18 to wherever I'm going in Mexico.

03:20 And I think that kind of ritual

03:25 ended up manifesting this moment

03:28 of being in Vogue for the first time

03:32 and that being in Vogue Mexico.

03:34 (plastic crinkling)

03:39 (tapping)

03:41 If I were to be able to collaborate

03:49 with any artist that are alive,

03:52 hands down it would be one of the greatest songwriters

03:56 of all time, Juan Gabriel.

04:00 Te amo, te quiero, te extrañamos.

04:02 The King.

04:08 His concert at Bellas Artes

04:11 is one that I would pay to travel in time to be at.

04:16 And Amor Eterno is my favorite song of all time.

04:21 So, Juanga, (speaking in foreign language)

04:27 (plastic crinkling)

04:36 (tapping)

04:38 (scraping)

04:49 So I'm making a version of guacamole

05:03 but it doesn't have onions or tomatoes or cilantro.

05:07 I guess we're making just smashed avocados, if you will.

05:12 It's a little nine.

05:14 But low key, this is one of my favorite snacks ever

05:17 just to put on top of a tostada.

05:19 So it kind of worked out perfectly.

05:22 But it's a tough avocado.

05:26 She's not ready yet, but we're gonna try.

05:30 (laughing)

05:32 There we go.

05:40 So, one album on a deserted island.

05:45 That one's really hard.

05:48 I know, these are the tough questions.

06:00 I would probably wanna choose an album

06:01 that reminds me of home in some way.

06:05 So for me, that would probably be

06:07 Canciones de mi Padre by Linda Ronstadt,

06:12 which was her first mariachi album in the late '80s.

06:16 My mom put me onto the album as a young girl

06:22 and she always wanted me to sing grancheros,

06:25 but I was really emo

06:26 when she wanted me to sing that music.

06:28 So I told her to leave me alone with my Paramore covers

06:31 until I finally came around.

06:33 And now when I listen to that album, I think of my mom

06:37 and I think of Mexico, but not just Mexico,

06:41 but the crossover of Chicano culture

06:45 honoring our roots in Mexico.

06:47 Yeah, it's a beautiful album.

06:50 (food squelching)

06:53 (food squelching)

06:56 (egg cracking)

07:10 (egg cracking)

07:12 (bag crinkling)

07:31 (bag crinkling)

07:34 (bag crinkling)

07:37 (egg cracking)

08:05 (food squelching)

08:07 If I were to time travel,

08:12 I would probably want to visit

08:17 the golden era of Mexico.

08:21 I'm already gonna go into the future,

08:26 so we'll see that when we get there.

08:30 But I always had this dream since I was a little girl

08:35 of how cool it would be to be able to meet my ancestors

08:41 when they were younger and see what they look like,

08:47 what they dress like, what their personalities were,

08:51 and just be this fly on the wall, if you will.

08:56 Or how it would be to meet them,

08:58 them not knowing that I was their family or something.

09:03 So yeah, if I were to travel in time,

09:06 it would be to that era of the '40s, '50s.

09:11 They call it "Epoca de Oro," the "Cine Mexicano."

09:20 (chuckles)

09:22 (bag crinkling)

09:28 They don't have Trader Joe's in Mexico.

09:30 And I forget how superior Trader Joe's truly is

09:36 when it comes to the snacks.

09:38 So here's some of my favorite.

09:41 (chuckles)

09:43 Even though you can get these freshly made over there,

09:58 there's just something about these that hit

10:00 in a different way.

10:01 Yeah.

10:08 My advice to any aspiring musicians out there

10:15 would be to be very clear

10:19 on what you want to bring to the world.

10:24 It's your unique point of view, your perspective.

10:29 We're all very different people,

10:34 and as artists, we are vessels, messengers.

10:39 And so I think something that's helped me

10:44 is to really understand that I can't compare myself

10:49 to anyone else, and as artists,

10:52 I think we just have to keep our blinders on

10:54 and know that whatever we're bringing to the world

10:59 is what we're meant to bring.

11:00 My best self-love advice is always to speak to myself

11:12 with kindness the way that I would to my inner child.

11:20 If I would be speaking to myself in such a harsh way,

11:25 would I speak to the child version of me in that harsh way?

11:30 Would I have grace for her?

11:32 Would I have compassion for her?

11:35 Would I be kind to her?

11:37 And so why wouldn't I do that for myself

11:41 at this big old age now?

11:43 Thank you so much for coming to my mind massage.

11:48 - All righty, you did great.

11:51 That was awesome.

11:52 - Thank you.

11:52 - We can cut.

11:54 Um, we can cut.

11:56 (electronic beeping)

Doris Anahí Does ASMR with Kombucha, Talks Her Mexican Heritage & Self-Love Advice

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