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  • 6 days ago
One of Brazil's hottest new musicians, Karol Conka, opens up music, confidence and style.
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00:03I always wrote music, since I was a kid.
00:10I wrote a song for a long time, and I went to read it to a friend,
00:15and he said, this looks like rap.
00:20So I started training and I presented myself for the first time in a school.
00:24And I became a Karol Conká from there.
00:50This studio where we're going is the studio of Madhu,
00:53which was where I recorded Batuk Freak, my first album.
00:57When she first came into the studio with Navi, the guy that produced her first album,
01:02the energy was always nice at the studio.
01:05The vibe that she has, she's always so secure about herself.
01:18This combination of pop, R&B, and Brazilian music is really a breakthrough thing.
01:31She's not concerned about what people will think about her,
01:34not only as an artist, but as a person, you know?
01:37She's just, well, I want to do this, so she will do it.
01:47I have a lot of self-esteem in my songs.
01:51I talk a lot about self-esteem in my songs,
01:51out of the standards.
01:53One of the worst diseases of a woman or a human being is the lack of self-esteem.
01:58It's the lack of self-esteem.
02:00I already passed away by this, by low-estima.
02:03So I proposed to help people through my music.
02:09I was very discriminated on my childhood,
02:12that she said,
02:15could not be...
02:16So I was a black woman,
02:19moradora of the periphery,
02:20I was like,
02:20I said, I have to have something interesting
02:24that other artists or other artists don't have.
02:29Knowing that I don't fit in the rules
02:31gives me a certain force, a resistance.
02:35I decided to be more disciplined
02:38because, to be taken seriously,
02:40I would have taken my life and career seriously.
02:46This is my favorite space in the world, in life.
02:50I call it three-em-one.
02:52It works as a room, a room, a room and a closet.
02:57Here I create an essay,
03:00looking at the mirror, writing,
03:03it's where I do what I want.
03:09I think the style is very important
03:12because it's a visit,
03:14it's the first entrance,
03:16it's the room of the person's house.
03:19It's the style.
03:21I like to have several stamps,
03:23several things, several options.
03:26I like to be dourado.
03:28I love these infantile things,
03:30even though I've already been 30 years old.
03:32But...
03:34But...
03:35I actually like to look weird.
03:37That's it.
03:38My style is weird.
03:45I've been looking for a place,
03:46I've seen her when she had 17 years old.
03:48I've been following her journey have a long time.
03:53This thing, the energy,
03:54Carol has always been used since.
03:57Because it's hers.
03:58It's her own.
03:59It's her own.
04:01It's her own.
04:02We love dancing.
04:15When I was a teenager, I liked to go here and buy presents.
04:21Look how beautiful.
04:23It's made with a hand, with affection.
04:25And it's an indigenous work.
04:27Indigenous work.
04:28It's beautiful.
04:30That's beautiful.
04:35Beijo.
04:37I love Brazilian music.
04:40It was the most in my home.
04:43I think it's interesting.
04:45Look at the pictures.
04:46For example, look at this.
04:50This is really real.
04:52If it were in the past, it would be all makeup.
04:57I saw her growth.
04:59It was very big.
05:01Because I already know her journey.
05:05And I'm very happy.
05:07She's where she is.
05:08Because she deserves it.
05:10Sorry.
05:10I'm very happy.
05:14I'm very happy.
05:14And I just want her to go to the universe, friend.
05:22I'm very happy.
05:23My trips to the outside were very important for my musical formation.
05:29I've been traveling for a year.
05:32I've been traveling for a year.
05:38I've been traveling for a year.
05:39The interesting thing of my show is that I didn't understand my language.
05:46They were dancing, singing, singing, singing, the way they were.
05:51and my songs. They were able to capture my message.
05:58That is to have the courage to put a face and do it, because it's art.
06:03And opinion will always be. I know to deal with both negative and positive opinion.
06:09And those that I don't like, I just sit down.
06:14So I distribute everything in my art.
06:22I'll see you next time.

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