Ángela Aguilar just released her newest album, ‘Nadie Se Va Como Llego,' and she shares her experience producing her music for the first time, collaborating with Marc Anthony, why she decided to produce, her opinion on speaking up about immigrant rights, working with her husband, Christian Nodal, and more!
What’s your favorite song from Ángela Aguilar’s new album? Let us know in the comments!
What’s your favorite song from Ángela Aguilar’s new album? Let us know in the comments!
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00:00Women are being taught and men are being taught in general to stay silent about it.
00:04Two weeks later, I received a message from Tio Mark and it said,
00:09Comadrita, is it okay if I bring it down to tones?
00:14I go, what?
00:16For me, music has always been a part of my family and my husband is my family.
00:20So it's kind of just so natural and it's so normal.
00:30Hi, I'm Billboard's Griselda Flores and I'm joined by singer, songwriter and producer, Angela Aguilar.
00:48Angela, how are you?
00:49I'm good. Good to see you again, Griselda.
00:51Good to see you.
00:52That sounds interesting. That's new for me.
00:55Producer is new.
00:56Producer is new for me.
00:57Yes, and we're definitely going to talk about that.
00:59How are you doing today?
01:01I'm excited. I'm hungry.
01:03I am ready to eat.
01:06Yes.
01:06So we're at El Paseo Inn Restaurant in La Placita Olvera in L.A.
01:11Do you have any memories of La Placita Olvera?
01:13Because I know you live between Mexico and the U.S., but you were born in L.A.
01:18Yeah, I was born here.
01:20You know, I grew up here and for me, this was a very important place that I would only take like very special people to go with me
01:27because there's a statue of my grandfather here and it's right where he used to sleep on the bench when he was homeless.
01:34No.
01:35Yeah, so it's very, very important to me to see how much we've grown and how much, you know,
01:41our love for Mexican music has continued to nurture different people.
01:44And what about L.A.? What's your relationship to L.A. now?
01:47I was born and raised Angelino.
01:50This is where I studied.
01:52This is where I went to school.
01:53This is, you know, the city that saw me grow up.
01:56But at the same time, it was like 50-50.
01:59So I was in Mexico 50% of the time, here 50% of the time.
02:04And I really love L.A.
02:05It really gave me so many beautiful things and it inspired me so much.
02:09Yeah.
02:10We're going to talk about a few things today, but I definitely want to start off by talking about
02:15congratulating you on your new album.
02:17Oh, thank you.
02:18Nadie se va como llego.
02:19I love that title.
02:21Can you talk a little bit about how you landed on that title?
02:25Yeah, I think I'm in a stage in my life where there's a lot of changes and as a person I'm
02:32growing, it's like an evolution.
02:34And, you know, from my last album, which was Bolero to this one, it's a big jump.
02:40Yeah.
02:41And I'm 21 and I feel like anybody can relate from like either it's a job, it's a relationship,
02:48it's a situationship, it's whatever.
02:50Like you come in one person and you come out a different person.
02:54Yeah, totally.
02:55And it's obviously a very special album because it's the first time you produce,
02:59your executive producer on the album.
03:01Can you tell me a little bit about what that experience was like and what sort of
03:06drew you to eventually like go into that role in the studio?
03:10It was such a humbling experience.
03:13It was such a blessing for me.
03:16I really enjoyed, you know, being able to be a part of the process that I wasn't before.
03:22And it made me really appreciative.
03:25If I was appreciative before, it made me way more appreciative of my father and everything
03:31that he's done for me.
03:32He's been producing me since I was eight, nine years old.
03:34So to be able to do this by myself just showed me kind of the crazy amount of work that goes into
03:40it and that you need a really good team.
03:43Yeah, for sure.
03:44Can you talk a little bit about how you prepared for something like this?
03:48Was it watching your dad and eventually saying like,
03:50okay, I'm going to do this too and take notes or how did that transition happen?
03:55Gisela, have you ever heard of the thing where it's like,
03:58they push you into the pool so you learn how to swim?
04:00Yes.
04:01That's what my dad did to me.
04:02¿En serio?
04:03Si.
04:04He really basically was just like,
04:07Mi hijita, tengo que hacer mi disco.
04:10I have a bunch of things to do.
04:12I don't have time.
04:14Why don't you start, muchas gracias.
04:16Why don't you start looking for songs?
04:18And I'm like, okay.
04:20So I started looking for songs that I wrote to some of my good girlfriends and some of my friends.
04:28And that's kind of how it started coming into light.
04:30It was just like, well, I chose the songs, chose 14 songs.
04:35Those 14 songs, then I made them in arrangements.
04:39Then I recorded.
04:41Then I started picking out album covers, gracias, and doing like all of those things.
04:47And then I had an album.
04:49But you guys can only hear 12 songs.
04:50Yes.
04:52Did your dad sort of eventually feel left out that he wasn't part of this amazing album?
04:57I think maybe.
04:58Yeah.
04:59I think maybe so when he heard the Mark song.
05:04I think he was just like, when did that happen, you know?
05:08But I felt that he was proud of me.
05:11And that for me means the world.
05:13I'm very, very family oriented.
05:15So, you know, that's why there was 14 songs in the album.
05:19Yeah.
05:19And then he listened to it.
05:20And now there's 12.
05:21Ah, okay, okay.
05:23Because my dad, like, I really, really honor what he says and what he believes.
05:27And I really think that he has amazing taste.
05:29Yeah.
05:30Yeah, for sure.
05:31I listened to the album, top to bottom.
05:33Okay.
05:34And I do have to say, no, no, no.
05:37I have to say that you captured the peaks and valleys of womanhood in such a beautiful
05:42way lyrically and then sonically.
05:45I love that it's still you.
05:46Also, it's mariachi, but there's some elements of, you know, pop.
05:51There's cumbias.
05:52I love that it's still you, but also just sort of modern and the lyrics are very profound.
06:07Can you tell me what you envisioned in that beginning?
06:10Is that what you had envisioned since the beginning?
06:12Or did that sound and the lyrics evolve throughout the time?
06:16Um, I didn't really know what I was envisioning.
06:19I knew that I wanted it to be mariachi because I just feel so at home in mariachi and I really
06:26love what it does, you know, what it's been doing for our youth culture, how it really,
06:31as a Mexican-American, I think it's very important for me to be connected with my roots and
06:35I don't ever want to leave that, you know?
06:37So I kind of just started following what I thought the songs needed.
06:42And I thought that some songs were more vallenato, some songs were more cumbia,
06:46but I wanted to incorporate Mexican elements to it, you know?
06:49So obviously the mariachi guitarron and a bunch of things like that.
06:54For example, with Mark's song, I thought it needed to sound like really, really big.
06:58So we brought in strings from the orchestra in Amsterdam.
07:02Wow.
07:03And we added that to mariachi strings.
07:06So it sounds really cool.
07:07Yeah.
07:07No, I love that one, but I do have a favorite.
07:10What's your favorite?
07:10A Dos de Borrarte.
07:12Así como ayer te recé, ahora tú te maldigo.
07:18It's cool, right?
07:19I'm glad you like that one.
07:20I love the title because it's very catchy and very modern.
07:23Obviously the lyrics is,
07:25Así como ayer fuiste todo, mañana serás nada, which I think is a great line.
07:30Which one do you find yourself going back to and why?
07:33Oh my god, that one, I love that one because
07:35I feel like that song specifically, it says ten cuidado jamás subestimes a una mujer herida.
07:45Estoy sacudiéndome el polvo de la caída.
07:47Like you feel that song and I, it's crazy that you said that it sounds very like traditional Mexican.
07:53That was my inspiration.
07:54I wanted it to be kind of like a volver, volver of like women now.
07:59And like what I want to be drinking tequila with my friends and at a cantina, you know?
08:02I think that's kind of the the feeling behind it.
08:06But um, another song that I'm really really liking right now,
08:10because every month I have a favorite, you know?
08:13But there's this one called Libre Corazón.
08:15And that's by Edgar Barrera and I think it really describes kind of modern day love.
08:27And I think that it's very hard to have something like very concrete and formal nowadays.
08:34And I think that that song expresses it completely.
08:37Okay.
08:38And you have one collaboration that's going with Marc Anthony.
08:42I know he's a good friend of your family.
08:44Um, he's collaborated with your dad as well.
08:46Um, how did that come about?
08:51Do you want the honest version or do you want, do you want me to sound artistic?
08:56No, the honest one, please.
08:58We were at a party.
09:00Okay.
09:00And when I say party, my husband and I don't have friends.
09:03So it was just Nadia, Marc, me and my husband.
09:08And we were just, you know, having fun and drinking and everything and showing each other,
09:13each other's projects and Christian was showing his music.
09:16Um, Marc was showing his new projects.
09:18Like everything was going around.
09:20And then I'm super like, I'm super timida with my music.
09:25I don't really like to show it if it hasn't come out yet.
09:28And even now that it's, it came out, I'm still like, oh, like, you know, because it's something
09:33that came really, really from like my vulnerability, right?
09:37So, um, I don't know what happened.
09:39I don't remember.
09:40But two weeks later, I received a message from Tio Marc and, and it said, comadrita,
09:49it said, okay, if I bring it down to tones, I go, what?
09:55So I go into my chat and I had not only sent him the arrangement, but the lyrics, but my lead
10:01voice, but everything behind it.
10:03Oh my goodness.
10:05It was hilarious.
10:06When I woke up that day, I was like,
10:09like in what part of my party did I think that Marc Anthony was going to sing with me?
10:15And in what part of my party did he actually sing with me?
10:18Like, that's ridiculous.
10:20It was so amazing.
10:22Such a good, good surprise.
10:24Yeah.
10:25And I love it because it's obviously you both have such powerful vocals.
10:29So it's like a fusion of just different vocals, ranges, so much emotion.
10:34Because obviously, I mean, Marc Anthony sings with so much emotion.
10:38So it's, it's a really good song.
10:40Yeah.
10:40I love it.
10:45It was refreshing to see that it wasn't just, you know, all a bunch, a bunch of collaborations,
10:51but I do love that you do collaborate in a way with other women who are the songwriters also on
10:57the album.
10:57And I think that's really a way to open doors for women in a genre like this one.
11:03Can you talk to me about that and your vision for bringing in women to be part of this album as well?
11:09Yeah, definitely.
11:10Um, for me, I'm going to speak on my own comfortability, which is basically this.
11:18Since I was eight, I started recording my first album.
11:22Ever since then, I've been going with my father to the studio for all of his productions.
11:27And for my productions, for my brother's productions.
11:29And it was really difficult for me to be the only woman there.
11:32Um, because, well, the only girl there, because I feel like as a woman in my personal experience,
11:40when you're in a room filled with men, it's kind of hard to say your opinion or feel secure enough
11:46to say something or to write something in song or, you know, give your point of view.
11:52The only girls with me were the backup singers, which are two.
11:57And it was me and 25 men in a room.
12:00And recently I was there for my husband's, I was there for my husband's album writing.
12:11Yeah.
12:11Like, his writing sessions.
12:12Sessions.
12:15And what happened was, again, it was like 15 guys.
12:19And it was just me and my friend Amanda Coronel.
12:22Okay.
12:23And we were just like, this is kind of weird.
12:25Yeah.
12:25Like, this is a little strange.
12:27Like, there's an imbalance here.
12:28Yes, yes, yes.
12:29So, it's very important for me that I have this platform to give other women a voice to do so.
12:39And I think that there's so much talent.
12:42O sea, no importa if it's gender, non-binary, women, male,
12:46but I feel like we do need more representation of different parts of the world,
12:50of different things that they like, of different and everything.
12:53And I just want people to feel comfortable when they come into a studio with me.
12:59And that was very important for me for this album.
13:02I worked with Amanda Coronel, which is the one that wrote A Dos Devorarte.
13:07She's really good at rancheras, but like, heart and felt rancheras.
13:11También la de Mienteme Bonito, I wrote it with her.
13:14And Lágrimas en mi Garganta, I wrote that with her as well.
13:17Honestly, like, I feel like everybody can relate to that.
13:20And something that I really wanted to work on for this album was it be 100% clean.
13:26I've always released clean music.
13:28Yeah.
13:28But specifically right now, I feel like it's very hard for a new generation singer to be singing songs that are,
13:37don't use bad words and don't talk about anything like too scandalous or sexual.
13:42And that was very important for me.
13:44Yeah.
13:45Because I have a very young audience and I really like to see, you know, really old people,
13:50really young people in the middle.
13:51Like, I see a bunch of that when I perform, so it was important for me to also give voice to little ones.
13:57Yeah.
13:57And to have them be able to sing these songs with pride and, you know, just feel powerful in their culture.
14:03Yeah.
14:03No, I've been to your concerts and it is a multi-generational audience where you see an entire family.
14:11It's an outing for an entire family, your shows and your family shows.
14:16So that's something that I've always loved.
14:19What was, how was that being in a room full of women writers and how is that different from,
14:25I mean, I'm sure it's like a unique and very special moment.
14:29This was a very different album to write because I was traveling.
14:36So what I would do was I would just ask for kind of the songs that I wanted from specific people.
14:42Like, for example, Omar Robles was the one that wrote El Equivocado.
14:47Okay.
14:48And Omar, in my opinion, is the best love songwriter in Mexico right now.
14:55He writes the most beautiful love songs, which is really hard because usually people are
15:01better at writing heartbreak songs.
15:03Heartbreak songs.
15:04So he's amazing.
15:05His wife is amazing.
15:07They both sang incredibly.
15:09So what's really cool about this is that, you know, everybody that I brought into the album,
15:15there's some sort of connection, admiration, friendship.
15:19So it's really, really cool to have had this experience.
15:22And I know that my girls would come together.
15:25They're not my girls, but the girls in my album would come together and they would write songs
15:31for it and they would give me their ideas.
15:33And then I would give them back my ideas.
15:34And it was very collaborative.
15:37I wanted them to feel comfortable with the way that their song was being developed.
15:40I love that.
15:41And so it was really, it was really a fun experience.
15:45What's your relationship, just because you have been doing this since you were so little,
15:49what's your relationship to music today?
15:51And has it evolved over the past years?
15:53I think my relationship with music has been my most stable relationship.
15:59Okay.
15:59Of my life.
16:02It's the way that I choose to express myself, the only way that I can really, truly feel vulnerable
16:09and still untouchable.
16:13I think it's the most beautiful form of expression because it doesn't hurt anybody.
16:18And it's just very free and music is just free for all and to connect.
16:22And I've always felt very alone in my life.
16:26And I feel like music has connected me with people that also feel alone.
16:31So now we're alone together and it feels like a really amazing connection that we can have.
16:37And I'm just very appreciative of the way that music has taught me things in life.
16:44It's taught me patience. It's taught me rhythm to go at my own pace.
16:49I think for me, music has always taught me the importance of silence
16:57and how silence in a song can make it even greater.
17:00And I think that how silence in life can also make your life greater.
17:04I think it's, it's about learning and it's about growing.
17:07And it really is truly my favorite thing in the world.
17:11Oh, I love that.
17:13That's such a nice answer.
17:16You mentioned about writing a Tambien for your husband's album
17:20and you guys have had really like cool professional moments together.
17:31How's that cold creative exchange been?
17:33I'm sure it's a unique moment for you both being so talented.
17:39You know what is so weird?
17:40I don't think it's weird for me.
17:43Like, I don't think it's new.
17:44Okay.
17:44Because my dad was the same and my brother is the same.
17:48My cousin is the same.
17:49It's like, for me, music has always been a part of my family and my husband is my family.
17:54So it's kind of just, it's so natural.
17:56It's so normal.
17:56But it's great because we get, you give each other feedback.
18:02Okay.
18:03We hardly listen though, but we do give each other, we give each other feedback and it's
18:08just incredible to be surrounded by talented people.
18:10It, you know, that, that saying that it's like, you are who you surround yourself with.
18:14Right.
18:15I think that he makes me grow and my father makes me grow and my brother makes me grow.
18:19And, you know, it's just a really amazing environment to be a part of.
18:23Mm-hmm.
18:23Okay.
18:24And, and also the name Aguilar, obviously has that relationship developed too.
18:28And it's like, whoa, okay.
18:30Then the last name is synonymous with Musica Mexicana royalty.
18:34Is that also a relationship that you've sort of worked on to, to, to understand that legacy?
18:40You know, when I was young, I didn't know what it was about.
18:45Mm-hmm.
18:46Thank God.
18:47Okay.
18:48Because I feel like if, when I was that little, if I would have known what it implied,
18:52I would have been way too scared to like do it.
18:56Mm-hmm.
18:57So in that sense of my life, ignorance was definitely bliss.
19:02And I lived a great, you know, four or five years of my life from eight to,
19:07I think I started like really, really knowing what it was about when I was like 14.
19:12Mm-hmm.
19:13Because that was when it got real.
19:15That's when I got the Grammy nomination, the Latin Grammy nomination.
19:20You know, I was the youngest person in the category.
19:22And I was just like, okay, I'm not playing anymore.
19:25Like, this is, this is a little scary.
19:28Um, and then now, it's just like, I feel so much admiration for my family.
19:33Yeah.
19:34And so much respect for their hard work.
19:36You know, um, my grandfather always used to say in his shows,
19:40And it's crazy because that's what it is.
19:50And we're so privileged to have what we love be our job.
19:53Mm-hmm.
19:54But nonetheless,
19:58It's still our job, you know?
20:00Yeah.
20:00And we have to be super respectful for the public and to the public because we owe them everything.
20:05So, it's been a great push.
20:09Mm-hmm.
20:10And it has really kept me rooted and grounded.
20:13But at the same time, I feel like it's opened so many doors for me.
20:18And I just want to be as respectful as possible and do things as best as I can.
20:22And hopefully, you know, my grandma and grandpa are proud and, and that's as best as I can do.
20:28Yeah. Yeah. And I'm sure your dad also went through that when he was growing up.
20:33Yeah.
20:35Yeah, I think so, too. You know, he, he would always talk about it.
20:38He wanted to be a rock artist before.
20:40He had a rock album.
20:41I know.
20:42A couple of rock albums.
20:43He had a perm.
20:44He should do, he should do a rock album of that.
20:47You know, it's funny because in Las Bohemias así familiares, he'll sing like Pink Floyd and,
20:52you know, how, how I wish you were here. We're all crying.
20:55Like, it's just, you know, for him, I think it was difficult because it was his dad.
21:03Now it's, for me, it's three generations.
21:05So it's, it's a little worse, I think.
21:07Um, but again, what, what he's taught me is just to be proud of who you are and respectful
21:14and know that, o sea,
21:17Vani viene en Los Aguilar, Vani viene en cualquier otra dinastía,
21:20pero la música mexicana siempre va a ser la música mexicana.
21:24So it's like, it goes way beyond than just a last name.
21:28A last name.
21:28It's, it's our culture.
21:30And every time that I talk to Angela, I always admire just how hard working you are and
21:36the discipline that you have, the respect that you have for the music.
21:39Porque no, es nada más como que, oh, I have the last name, but you, you have put in the work.
21:45Yeah.
21:45It's, you deserve to be here.
21:48Yeah.
21:48And I definitely want you to know that.
21:50And, you know, I think it's important that we tell you that.
21:53That's so sweet of you.
21:54I, I genuinely feel, que no.
21:59Like, I do feel that I have to work way harder than I have because of so much going on.
22:07Yeah.
22:07And because, you know, because of the last name and because of also who I want to be and
22:11who I want to become.
22:12But I'm very proud of the person that I grew up being and how much I studied and how much I worked.
22:18But I feel like I'm, I'm not even like at a 30% of what I want to be.
22:22Yeah.
22:23So I'm very appreciative of these spaces.
22:26Like talking to you, there's a love for me.
22:27It's an honor.
22:28And, you know, being able to say, oh, this is my first production.
22:31It's an honor.
22:32But, you know, I'm 21 and there's still so much to go.
22:37You know, there's so much I want to do.
22:38And I look at videos of me when I'm 12 and singing.
22:41I'm like, oh, take it off.
22:43Please.
22:44It's like, oh.
22:45So I'm going constantly.
22:46And I don't feel that I deserve it just yet.
22:50Everything that amazing that's happening to me.
22:53But I'm going to work to deserve it.
22:55And I'm going to make my friends and my fans pop.
22:58Yeah.
22:58You're just scratching the surface.
23:00There's so much more because you're so young.
23:02Yeah.
23:02I think we forget that you're so young, too.
23:05I forget sometimes, too.
23:07And there's always just like so much pressure on women to like have life figured out.
23:10And it's like, why?
23:12Why can we live life and keep changing, keep evolving and figure stuff out as we go?
23:18Yeah, definitely.
23:19I think we're,
23:19I think every year is different, we're expanding, we're growing.
23:28And I don't know, I'm just, I feel like I'm a very, I'm at a very good point in my life.
23:32I feel very inspired.
23:34There's a lot of things that I care about that I'm able to help now that I have this like big platform.
23:40And I think that's going to be what I continue to do.
23:42You know, it's, it's what's important for me.
23:46Well, speaking of using your platform to talk about things that are important for you,
23:50that speech at Women in Music, I think had a lot of people in tears.
23:56You got a standing ovation.
23:58Is that obviously you spoke about immigrant rights.
24:02Is that the reaction that you were expecting?
24:04I mean, Gracie Abrams stood up as soon as like you were talking and it gave me chills.
24:10Is that the reaction that you expected from this speech?
24:13No.
24:13I want to take this moment to raise my voice for the women whose voices are not always given a stage.
24:20For the women who leave behind everything they know crossing borders with nothing but hope in their hearts.
24:27Only to find themselves living in uncertainty and fear.
24:30For the immigrant woman in the country who worked tirelessly, building and nurturing, sacrificing, yet still remain unseen, unheard and unprotected.
24:40This one is for you.
24:42I see you.
24:43I honor you.
24:44You deserve safety, dignity, the right to dream.
24:48And if my voice and my music and my presence on this stage can remind you that you are not invisible, then I will sing for you every single time.
24:56You know, it's very taboo to talk about certain things like that in awards and everywhere.
25:02I think most that people tell you is to not do it.
25:06But again, I just feel like as it's a responsibility for me as a Mexican-American
25:11to speak about injustices that are going on and because it affects directly to my people
25:17and to the people that go to my concerts that listen to my music.
25:21And there's nothing worse in life for me than to not have a voice and to have people speak for you.
25:30And I feel that that's what's going on right now with the immigration crisis in the United States.
25:34I think that families are being separated and women are being taught and men are being taught in general
25:40to stay silent about it because something is going to happen.
25:43And I think that working with people like, you know, and Dylan, I don't know if you noticed, but
25:49the kids that were singing with me, you know, it was a choir of immigrant children
25:54and they were wearing bandanas made by immigrant artists.
25:58And it was just, for me, it was so important because if I'm going to have a platform and people
26:02are going to be listening to me, I might as well say something that means something, you know.
26:07And for me, it was more so about them.
26:11For, I was just kind of, but it was just what I had to do.
26:16So there was a, a statement in every element of your performance.
26:19Yeah.
26:20Okay.
26:20And, and for me,
26:23Celito Lindo was a very important song to sing because
26:28I could have sang something from my album or something new or whatever.
26:31But for me, the lyrics of that song,
26:41I think that that's super powerful right now for what we need. And we need people to sing.
26:49We need people to speak out about what's going on and, you know, maybe bring more consciousness,
26:54maybe having other people just knowing their rights. That's it. We, I don't need more.
27:00We don't need more, but people just need to be informed, right? So everybody puts in their part
27:04and then maybe we can make a difference.
27:06And I love that you were able to share this celebration of women in music with your mom,
27:12who is your manager.
27:13That was so cool.
27:14Yeah.
27:14So you both are doing self-producing, uh, her as your manager.
27:20You're taking up spaces that a lot of women still haven't been able to get into because of the
27:24lack of representation. How did your mom also feel at that moment where she stood up and people
27:30were clapping because obviously she was also one of the women who was being celebrated.
27:34She hated every second of it.
27:35Oh no, she hated it so much. Not because of what she was receiving, but I think it's because
27:43since so little spotlight is shined on these amazing women, they don't know how to do,
27:50they don't know how to act with it. You know, my mom was just kind of like, I don't want to,
27:54I don't want to. I was like, mom, stand up. Like we were all clapping for her. And it,
27:59it was, it was so beautiful to see someone that does so much get a little bit of recognition,
28:08like, because she would need a hundred more award ceremonies. And that wouldn't even be
28:13enough to like award her for so much that she does for us.
28:16And you talked, when I interviewed you for the profile for women in music, you talked about
28:21just her being there and being part of your whole process has been life-saving.
28:25Yeah.
28:25Yeah.
28:29The industry, especially for young female artists is very rough.
28:35You need to really have a good base with you and good structure because you are put,
28:41you are put in a lot of dangerous situations and a lot of situations where maybe just because you
28:46don't know, you don't ask, you're worried. They might think badly of you, but something. So having
28:54this mama bear come everywhere and having everybody so scared of her and her so protective of her cup
29:01for me saved my life. And with this last year of, you know, taking a break from touring and music and
29:08all of that, like my parents are my managers. And they would ask me, they're like, like, baby,
29:13are you ready? And I would be like, no, I'm not like, I don't really feel mentally prepared to do this.
29:19Okay. Don't just the simple questions to ask a human being.
29:22Yeah. Are you okay? Do you want to do this? Yeah.
29:26No. Oh, okay. Are you going to put a contract in my face? No.
29:31You're going to make music when you want to? Yes. Oh, thank you. Human rights. Like,
29:36thank you for basic human needs that artists need that they never get. Like, it was crazy to see the
29:43reaction of my other friends that are artists. They were like, what? They let you? And I was like, yeah,
29:47they're my parents, you know, they, and it's really important. And that's also another cause that I
29:53haven't really dived into, but I want to get into. I really want to get into artist rights because
29:59I feel like that's, that's going to be a very, very hard one. I know that Chapel Rhone recently
30:05said it in, in an award ceremony. Record labels need to treat their artists as valuable employees
30:11with a livable wage and health insurance and protection. It's something so important. Mental
30:15health is so important for artists. And I just, my mom really saved me there. She really waited until it
30:22was time for me. Yes. Especially for artists who are so young and starting in the industry,
30:26they don't have the guidance. Yeah. They know, they don't know that you can actually say no to
30:31things. Yeah. A hundred percent. Or, you know, contract reading is super important and having
30:36your lawyers and everything in the industry. It's like more so the industry of managers, not so much
30:42artists. Right. And that's what my dad has always fought against. You know, he fought with all the
30:48major record labels. And he made his own. Yeah. Machine records. Yeah. Machine records. And it's crazy
30:55because everybody hates us because we're like, we're with the big, these get us and with the big,
31:02you know, corporate agencies. And we're just like, our little, our little office and it's so good.
31:07And we're just so happy and doing things your way. Yeah. Cause that's how music is supposed to be.
31:12You know, it has to be real. It has to be true. It's not to hurt anybody. It's not to send messages.
31:16It's not to do any, it's music. It's expression. Yeah. And I think people see it. It's like,
31:22they want to control your artistry and they see you having all this freedom. It's like,
31:27revolutionary. It's crazy. And I hope more artists get to have that feeling because
31:32then I feel that the industry is going to change. And it's going to be the artist industry,
31:37not the manager industry. Yeah. Do you have plans? I mean, touring? Is that something that
31:43we can talk about? This is so exciting. Like, no, it's not, but I'm going to say it regardless. Okay.
31:48Yeah. At the end of the year, I'm going to, I'm going to be having a tour and I'm so excited.
31:54I miss it so much. Yeah. And it really, you know, I had to take care of my health. I had to take care
32:00of my mental health and all of that. But I feel like I'm in a place where I'm ready to start,
32:05you know, with this new tour. I already have my stage. I already have what I'm going to wear.
32:10It's going to be so amazing. And I'm so excited to be, you know, a part of these, um,
32:17how do I say? It's just, it's an honor to do a tour. Yeah. It's not normal. Like,
32:22there are so many artists that don't do tours and me that I didn't do a tour last year,
32:27I just realized how much of an honor it was. Cause okay. You appreciated it a little bit more
32:32stepping back. Yeah. Because I, I haven't stopped doing a tour since I was 14. Yeah.
32:36Is there a lesson that this album taught you?
32:41Yeah. It taught me a lot of lessons. Um, this specifically, I think, I think patience.
32:51This album taught me patience and it taught me weirdly because it's music. It taught me a lot
32:57about silence. I think that my music speaks way better than my mouth does. And I,
33:06can just really use that as an outlet and really get everything creative out of me. And for me,
33:14music has saved my life. And I think that this album has taught me that I still love what I do.
33:22Like no matter what, no matter what's going on, music is always there for me and I can't let that
33:29part of me down. So this is just another reminder of, you know, not letting anybody take your voice
33:36away from you. Yeah. And that us women can do this and we can make a project in regional Mexican
33:43music. And we can produce. And we can, we can produce. Yeah. We can produce.
33:48Yes. Because it's been really amazing. Yeah. Okay. I love that. Would you want to produce for
33:54other artists now that you've done it? You know what's crazy? Done it well? Oh, thank you for that.
34:00That was, thank you for that. No, you know what they asked me, but girl, I can hardly tie my shoe.
34:07Like, I'm so sorry. I will learn to do it someday. I am writing songs for my brother and stuff like that.
34:13Okay. Okay. Because he asked me for songs and maybe I'll help him with his productions,
34:17but I really need to learn a lot more to do that. Okay. Okay. I did not ask a very important
34:25question. Okay. I'm scared. No, no, no. The last time I spoke to you, your pug was going to have puppies.
34:33Please. Call it. Wait, I have two. We had five. And they're the most precious little babies that you've
34:45ever seen in your life. And all five live with you? See, but look at this. This is the thing.
34:52I'm convincing my husband. Okay. Because right now I can only have two. Oh, but when I get there,
34:58I'm going to be like, but they have a sister. And then the sister needs its brother. Yeah. You
35:05can't separate. Yeah. But the thing is, even if my husband says no, my parents live five minutes
35:10away from me. Okay. And they're willing to have the kids at their house. So I don't know. It'll,
35:17it'll be between those things, but they're so cute. They're so cute. See, they're really, really cute.
35:24And it was your, your, it was a very Gordo. Yeah. It was a weird situation. Yeah. I remember you were
35:29like, I don't know if I'm the grandma or I'm going to be an aunt. Yeah. Because Gordo is my brother
35:33and La Niña is my child. La Niña. Okay. Very original names. Niña y Gordo. You know, we use all our
35:41inspiration for our music and not our names, but honestly, it was so cute. My, my brother was the one
35:48that helped her, you know, with everything. It was so beautiful. It was so amazing. And we have so
35:54much fun. Oh, they're so cute. Now we have 20 dogs, actually, 20 dogs. And all the horses. Yeah. We
36:04have like 40 horses too. And I'm working on a couple of cows. Okay. But the miniature ones,
36:11because I want them to be in my kitchen. Oh, I love that. I don't think my husband's going to let me go.
36:17Is there, are there any future plans of, because obviously your grandpa was an actor,
36:22your grandma was an actress. Is there plans in the future of acting? I'm very dramatic. So I would
36:31love that. Okay. I think it'll be a great expression of my drama. Would you be a villana?
36:36Maybe. That would be cool. But I would have to arch my eyebrows a little bit more, you know, but
36:43honestly, I, it's like a different facet of me that I would really like to, to see and to maybe explore.
36:51But, uh, is there a dream role that you envision or like a script? I would really like to be like my
36:59grandmother in like a live action, you know, like a, like a biopic or something like that.
37:06I'd see. That would be really cool. I mean, produce it. It could be. But my husband has too many tattoos
37:13to be my grandfather. So that would not work out. Yeah. You need someone else for that. Yeah.
37:20I love that. Angela, thank you so much. Congrats on the album. Thank you. Congrats on adding producer
37:25to your, to your titles. That's huge. That's crazy. Yeah. Thank you so much. Thank you for spending time
37:32with me. Yeah. Should we eat? Yeah, but it's cold. I know.