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Belinda may have been in the spotlight since she was eight years old, but she’s still just getting started. In this episode of ELLE’s “Defining,” the famed actress & “Princess of Latin Pop” sits down with Editor-in-Chief Nina Garcia to reflect on a lifetime in music and television. From her breakout role in Mexican soap opera “Amigos Por Siempre” and her unforgettable turn in the global hit, "The Cheetah Girls 2," to navigating fame, reinvention, and her long-awaited new album “Indómita,” Belinda opens up like never before. Watch as the two discuss childhood sacrifice, artistry, resilience, and what it means to be an authentic Latina voice on the world stage.
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00:00How did you start getting into the business?
00:03I didn't live a normal childhood.
00:05To break that cycle is very hard.
00:08And I was like, I'm so sorry, I don't know how to act,
00:11but I can sing, my heart will go on.
00:13I need to hear that.
00:14Do you think that there would ever be a Cheetah Girls reunion?
00:18Amigas, cheetahs, friends for life.
00:21¿Y el ex cómo ha reaccionado sobre esta carta?
00:24Contaba con mi astucia.
00:26Eres mi carnalita.
00:27Tú mi parcerita.
00:28Ok.
00:28Hi, Amina Garcia, and today's guest is a powerhouse of talent
00:34known as the princess of Latin pop.
00:37She's an award-winning singer, actress, and cultural icon
00:40who's been in the spotlight since childhood.
00:44This is Defining Belinda.
00:47Belinda, I'm so excited to have you with us today.
00:51Me too.
00:52I am.
00:52Thank you for having me.
00:52Really, really.
00:53Listen, I always like to celebrate Latinas,
00:55especially Latinas in music.
00:57And as I was looking at you come up the charts,
01:01I was like, I remember you from Cheetah Girls 2.
01:04And then I went on a deep dive into your Instagram and into you.
01:10And I'm like, we have to have you here.
01:13Okay.
01:13First of all, I want to thank you for having me
01:15because I also know how much you support Latin women.
01:19And for me, it's an honor to be here and thank you.
01:30I know this year has been a very special year for you.
01:33You have come back with some new music after a little hiatus.
01:38There is a big release of your album, Indomita.
01:42What does it mean in English?
01:44Indomita is like untamed,
01:47like a woman with power, strength,
01:49strength that she doesn't let anybody to tell her
01:54that she's not worth it.
01:56And it's like, yes, indomable,
01:59but not so indomable as it would be in the logical sense of indomable,
02:06that you imagine a woman, a girl in the horse,
02:10and the meaning is way more profound than that.
02:15And I've been inspired by Frida Kahlo,
02:18Joan of Arc, Leonora Carrington, Remedios Varo.
02:25So many women, not only in the music or in the acting
02:29or in this business, right?
02:31Pero más artistas como escritoras
02:35y mujeres que han cambiado la historia del mundo.
02:39Y hay muchas mexicanas,
02:41very talented and very passionate and very strong.
02:45Muy fuertes, hay muchas.
02:46Muy fuertes, sí.
02:47So, lindo.
02:49¿Cómo fue crecer en ese medio de celebridades
02:55y tener éxito en tan temprana edad?
02:58I'm not going to lie.
02:59It's been a hard journey,
03:01but at the same time, an amazing journey.
03:04And I'm thankful because thanks to that,
03:06I am who I am now.
03:08And I want to see always the good part of everything.
03:13Obviously, there's parts that are hard for me.
03:16Like, I didn't live a normal childhood.
03:19I didn't go to school with normal kids.
03:21And I didn't have my summer with my friends
03:25and going on trips.
03:26But at the same time, I had to be an adult,
03:31but doing what I love,
03:33that is writing and being on stage and performing
03:37and connecting.
03:39I love to connect.
03:40How did you start getting into the business?
03:44In my family, nobody's in the music business or anything.
03:47I did, like, literally, like a...
03:52Como una película.
03:52Like, I went to do a casting in Mexico
03:57with 10,000 girls.
03:59I was on the line.
04:01It was so hot that day in Mexico.
04:03I remember.
04:04My mom went with me.
04:05My dad was like,
04:06Beli, you need to go to school.
04:08What are we doing?
04:09They just said,
04:10okay, Beli, if that makes you happy...
04:11Let's get it over, let's get it over with.
04:12Okay, go to the casting,
04:14do the tape, whatever you need to do.
04:17The next day, you go to school.
04:19They never thought the next day
04:20we would get a call saying,
04:22we want Belinda to be in the soap opera in Mexico
04:25and she needs to leave the school
04:27and she's going to be one year
04:28working every day, nonstop.
04:31And it was a life-changing for my family
04:33because I was in school and it was like,
04:35I want to do it, I want to do it, please, please.
04:38My dad didn't want to say yes.
04:41My mom was, yes, yes.
04:43So I had my mom on my side.
04:45Thank you, mom.
04:46Thank you, mom.
04:47My life changed from one day to another.
04:50And I was like, I'm so sorry,
04:52I don't know how to act,
04:53but I can sing,
04:54My Heart Will Go On from Celine Dion.
04:56So if you want to hear me,
04:59I can sing it.
04:59I need to hear that.
05:00And then they were like,
05:02oh my God, like Celine Dion,
05:03how old are you?
05:04I'm like, okay, I'm like eight.
05:06And then they heard me singing
05:08and the producer said,
05:09okay, let's give her a chance.
05:10We're going to get her into acting classes.
05:14So I had coaches for more than six months
05:17and then the soap opera came out
05:20and it was so successful.
05:21It was called Amigos Por Siempre.
05:23And since then, I haven't stopped.
05:26What is something that the public
05:28thinks they know about you
05:30but couldn't be farther from the truth?
05:32So many things are so far from reality.
05:35Most of them.
05:36They make up stories all the time,
05:38but I'm very sensitive.
05:40Everything that they say sometimes,
05:42it's just gossip
05:43and it's so easy to judge someone
05:46that it's on TV.
05:47Well, and it's so easy to judge now
05:49on social media.
05:51Social media.
05:52Do you read those comments?
05:54I'm not on social media all the time,
05:57but now lo tomo más con humor.
05:59Sí, claro.
06:00O sea, como que ya digo,
06:01bueno, está bien.
06:02Si quieres decir eso,
06:03pues dilo.
06:05O sea, yo sé quién soy,
06:06I know who I am.
06:07But you know how to deal with it.
06:09You've been dealing with it
06:10for a very long time.
06:11Obviously, when you're a good person,
06:14you don't know sometimes
06:15how to manage hate.
06:18Lo tomo de quien viene.
06:20Sí, claro.
06:20O sea, gente que no...
06:22Sí, sí.
06:22Que no me conoce.
06:24Y no sabemos qué problemas
06:25están teniendo.
06:25Exactamente.
06:26Se desquitan.
06:27Maybe they had a bad day
06:28and they say,
06:29oh, this is the first video
06:30I'm looking at.
06:31I'm going to say horrible things
06:32to this person.
06:34Right.
06:34¿Cero bueno?
06:35Yeah.
06:35Mom, what are you trying to do?
06:38Break up the Cheetah Girls?
06:39So, Cheetah Girls 2.
06:41That was a huge success.
06:43Every time I go anywhere,
06:46oh, are you from Cheetah Girls 2?
06:48Because of my voice.
06:49People...
06:50Recognize your voice.
06:51My voice.
06:52This is so interesting.
06:52Even if I'm trying,
06:53I don't know,
06:54I'm at the airport
06:55or I'm somewhere that,
06:57you know,
06:57I'm just going low key.
06:59Oh, when I say something,
07:00Belinda,
07:01oh, I recognize you
07:02because of your voice.
07:03That's so interesting.
07:04You know that happens
07:05to me too
07:05with Project Runway
07:06and I don't...
07:07With your voice.
07:07And I'm like,
07:08how did they know
07:08that was me?
07:09Me too.
07:10What's your favorite
07:12Cheetah Girls 2 song?
07:15Amigas Cheetahs.
07:17Amigas Cheetahs.
07:19Friends for love.
07:20Ya que estamos juntas.
07:23I love that song.
07:24All of them.
07:25I have great memories
07:26from that project.
07:28Do you think
07:28that there would ever be
07:29a reunion?
07:31Cheetah Girls reunion?
07:32I don't know.
07:33I wish.
07:34I would love that.
07:37A menudo te aman
07:38la princesa del pop latino.
07:40¿Sientes una responsabilidad
07:41de representar a México
07:43y la música latina
07:44a nivel global?
07:45Por supuesto.
07:47Por supuesto que es una responsabilidad
07:49para mí.
07:50Hay muchísimas personas
07:53que me siguen
07:54y que van creciendo conmigo.
07:56Pero trato siempre
07:57de ser auténtica.
07:58Y si en este momento
07:59en mi vida
08:00quiero cantar
08:01este tipo de música
08:02o quiero cambiar
08:03de género,
08:05yo siempre he sido
08:05una artista versátil
08:06y trato de que siempre
08:08me vean
08:08como soy.
08:09y eso
08:11y que vean
08:12que sobre todo
08:14el mensaje
08:14para las mujeres
08:15es que
08:16nosotras podemos.
08:17Y la verdad
08:18es que las mujeres
08:19son muy fuertes.
08:20Claro.
08:21Es una fuerza distinta
08:22los hombres
08:23pero somos muy fuertes
08:25y las mujeres latinas
08:27en general también.
08:28Solo falta creérnoslo
08:29porque a lo mejor
08:30hemos vivido
08:33sintiéndonos
08:34menos
08:35porque a lo mejor
08:36dejamos que las personas
08:37nos hagan sentir menos
08:38y permitimos
08:39que hayan
08:41malos comentarios
08:42y permitimos
08:43que se nos diga
08:44que nosotras
08:45no podemos.
08:45Pero creo que
08:46en este momento
08:47es importante
08:49decir
08:50no,
08:50yo puedo,
08:51no permito
08:51que nada
08:52ni nadie
08:53afecte
08:54quién soy
08:55ni mi personalidad
08:57ni lo que quiero aportar
08:58ni lo que quiero cantar
08:59y creo que
09:00las latinas
09:01cada vez estamos
09:02sintiéndonos
09:03mucho más fuertes.
09:04Sí,
09:04y yo creo que
09:05culturalmente
09:06también como
09:07crecimos
09:08siempre fue como
09:09ser callada,
09:11ser sumisa,
09:12ser,
09:13y es difícil
09:15to break that cycle
09:17is very hard,
09:18you know,
09:19and to be like,
09:19oh no,
09:20it's me,
09:21me,
09:21me,
09:21right?
09:22There's an ambiguity
09:23there,
09:24especially culturally
09:24para nosotras las latinas.
09:26Claro.
09:27Y yo creo que
09:28es muy difícil
09:29sobre todo
09:30en la industria
09:31de la música
09:32para las mujeres.
09:34Me parece
09:34un,
09:35un mercado
09:37muy,
09:38like,
09:39tough,
09:39it's a tough
09:40industry.
09:41Claro,
09:42te siguen
09:43juzgando,
09:44sí,
09:44no está bien.
09:47Pero Indomita,
09:48la música
09:49también habla
09:49mucho del desamor.
09:51Sí.
09:52¿Por qué?
09:53¿Por tu experiencia
09:54propia?
09:54Pues claro,
09:56hay muchas canciones
09:57que son experiencias
09:58que he vivido
09:59en estos últimos años.
10:02Hay una canción
10:03que de hecho
10:03era una carta
10:04que yo escribí
10:07y pues era una carta
10:09que...
10:09Alex.
10:10Exacto,
10:11una carta,
10:12yo estaba escribiendo
10:13la carta
10:13y de repente
10:14dije,
10:15esta carta
10:15es tan fuerte
10:16para mí
10:17y es un antes
10:17y un después
10:18y quiero hacer
10:20la canción.
10:20Entonces llevé
10:21la carta
10:22a los productores
10:25y empezamos
10:26a hablar
10:28y empezamos
10:29a escribir
10:30la canción
10:31que es un trap
10:32pero basada
10:33en la carta.
10:34O sea,
10:35literalmente
10:35heterocromía
10:36es una carta real
10:38que existe.
10:40Para el ex.
10:41Para el ex.
10:42¿Y el ex
10:43cómo ha reaccionado
10:44sobre esta carta?
10:45O no sabemos,
10:46ya lo olvidamos.
10:47No,
10:48él sabe
10:49y escuchó
10:50la canción
10:52pero yo creo
10:53que no pensó
10:54que iba a tener
10:54el alcance
10:55que tuvo.
10:56No contaba
10:57con mi astucia.
10:58No,
10:58mira Shakira,
10:59Taylor Swift.
11:01Why not?
11:02If you write
11:03your music,
11:04if you're a songwriter,
11:05you have to write
11:06about your experiences.
11:08And especially
11:09you speak a lot
11:11about being authentic.
11:12So this is you
11:13being authentic
11:14and this is you
11:14sharing with your audience
11:16what you've been through
11:18that we all
11:19have been through
11:20by the way
11:20and they all
11:21might be going
11:21through something
11:22exactly like
11:23how you felt.
11:24Have you ever
11:25dreamt of working
11:26with an American
11:28artist?
11:28Who would be
11:29that dream person?
11:30Ed Sheeran
11:34me encanta.
11:35Ed Sheeran.
11:36Me gusta mucho.
11:38Coldplay es una
11:39de mis bandas
11:39favoritas.
11:42Cardi B me encanta.
11:43Yes,
11:44she's great.
11:44No sé,
11:45hay muchos artistas
11:46que me gustan.
11:47Would that be
11:48something that you
11:49would want to do?
11:50I would love that.
11:51I just feel
11:52that I'm moved
11:53more than
11:54making it
11:55about the artist,
11:56I make it
11:57about the song.
11:58So for me,
11:59if it's a good song,
12:01then everything's
12:02going to happen
12:03because,
12:03o sea,
12:04si yo trabajo
12:04con un artista
12:05que me encanta
12:06pero si la canción
12:06no la siento,
12:07si la canción
12:08no la estamos sintiendo
12:10en ese momento,
12:11pues creo que
12:11no va a funcionar.
12:12Lo importante
12:13para mí primero
12:14es tener la canción
12:15y después de eso,
12:17magic can happen.
12:26Mentira es la serie
12:27which is on Amazon Prime.
12:29And it's been
12:30so successful.
12:31It's been like
12:32number one
12:32in 50 different countries.
12:35I heard.
12:35It's on my
12:36to watch list.
12:38You have to see it
12:39because it's a story
12:40that talks
12:42about
12:43cuatro mujeres
12:44que son,
12:46pues,
12:47una es la esposa,
12:48la otra es la amante,
12:49la otra es la otra esposa
12:51y es un hombre
12:52que se dedica
12:53a ser feliz
12:55a sus cuatro esposas,
12:57a sus cuatro mujeres
12:58y de repente,
13:00pues,
13:01llega el momento
13:01en el que ya
13:02es imposible
13:03seguir con la mentira
13:05de esas mujeres
13:06de los ochentas
13:07que vivían
13:08en completa
13:10observación
13:12por la sociedad,
13:13¿no?
13:13Estaban ellas
13:14observadas.
13:15¿Cuántos años tienes?
13:16¿Ya te casaste?
13:17¿No te has casado?
13:18¿Cuándo vas a tener bebés?
13:19¿Cuándo vas a tener bebés?
13:20¿Por qué no estás
13:21teniendo bebés?
13:22¿Por qué no encuentras
13:22un marido?
13:23¿Hay algo raro en ti?
13:24¿Por qué no te estás
13:24casando?
13:26Todo eso
13:26que es un círculo terrible
13:28que ya hemos roto
13:31con esto,
13:32creo que las mujeres
13:33podemos decidir
13:34si queremos casarnos,
13:36si no queremos casarnos,
13:37si queremos tener
13:37una familia,
13:38si no,
13:38a la edad que queramos
13:40porque no se nos va
13:41la vida.
13:42Claro.
13:43O sea,
13:43hay veces que uno
13:44empieza a vivir
13:45a los 40,
13:46a los 50,
13:47puedes encontrar
13:47al amor de tu vida,
13:48a los 60,
13:49de repente,
13:50aparece alguien
13:51que te hace sentir bien
13:52y ¿por qué no te vas
13:54a enamorar?
13:55Porque la edad
13:56es simplemente
13:57un número,
13:57depende mucho
13:58de cómo te sientas tú,
14:00de la energía que tengas
14:01y nada ni nadie,
14:03repito,
14:03puede decirte
14:04lo contrario,
14:05entonces...
14:07Hola,
14:08soy Daniela de Mijares,
14:09me citaron aquí.
14:11¿Qué es el mejor
14:12consejo que te darías
14:14a otra mujer
14:15que empezó
14:16su carrera?
14:17Yo creo
14:18que nadie
14:19te haga sentir menos,
14:22que no dejes
14:22de creer en ti misma.
14:24You always have
14:25to believe
14:26in yourself
14:26because no matter
14:28what,
14:28you have you
14:29and you know
14:31you're capable
14:32of everything.
14:33Y no tenemos
14:35que dejar
14:36que nadie
14:36nos diga
14:37lo contrario.
14:38We're going to wrap
14:39this up
14:39with a game
14:41of Inner Circle.
14:42I'm going to give
14:43you a scenario
14:44and you're going
14:44to tell me
14:45who in your life
14:46would be there
14:46for you
14:47at that moment.
14:48Ready?
14:48Who's beating
14:50you on the dance floor?
14:51Anita,
14:52no?
14:52Anita,
14:53perfect.
14:54Anita,
14:54obviamente,
14:56claro.
14:57Who's telling
14:57you the hard truth?
14:59My mom.
15:00I'm sure.
15:01Who's making
15:02you laugh
15:02until you cry?
15:04Lupita
15:05from Mentiras,
15:06the show
15:07that I want
15:07you to see.
15:08Which I'm seeing
15:09tonight.
15:09That character
15:09which you have
15:10to see,
15:11she's the best.
15:12She's the secretary,
15:14you're going to
15:14recognize her
15:15immediately
15:16and she's the best.
15:17Who's picking
15:18up the pieces
15:18after a heartbreak?
15:20Me.
15:21Who's hyping
15:21you up
15:22in the comments?
15:23My team,
15:24the people around me
15:26like my team.
15:27Who's sticking
15:28up for you
15:28even when you
15:29are not in the room?
15:31Mis fans
15:31siempre son
15:32los que me defienden,
15:34los que
15:34están ahí
15:36para apoyarme
15:37incondicionalmente,
15:38entonces
15:39quiero mandarle
15:40un beso
15:40a todos mis fans
15:41y decirles
15:42que gracias
15:43y que los amo mucho.
15:45Oh, que lindo.
15:46Who gives you
15:47the gossip?
15:49Chachipiti.
15:52Of course.
15:53I love it.
15:56She's always there
15:57for me
15:57and she knows
15:58everything.
15:58And you know what?
15:59She's always positive.
16:00She's always positive.
16:01You can do it.
16:02You can do it.
16:03Exactly.
16:04So, yes.
16:05It's so true.
16:05She's there
16:05for me always.
16:07This series
16:08is really called
16:09Defining.
16:10What was
16:11that defining
16:12moment for you?
16:13Right now.
16:14Right now.
16:15Oh, bravo.
16:16Qué linda.
16:17Qué linda.
16:19Right this second
16:20with you.
16:21Oh, you're so sweet.
16:22No, really.
16:23I'm serious.
16:24I'm serious.
16:25Like, this moment,
16:26my present
16:27is the best
16:29so far.
16:30Well...
16:30I hope it keeps
16:31getting better.
16:32It will.
16:33I have no doubt.
16:34But right now
16:34it's like...
16:35Belinda,
16:36no tengo ninguna duda.
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