| Rainha dos Raios | ||||
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| Released | September 9, 2014 | |||
| Genre | Música popular brasileira | |||
| Length | 28:03 | |||
| Label | Joia Moderna | |||
| Producer | Diogo Strausz[1] | |||
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Rainha dos Raios (Queen of Lightning) is the second album by Brazilian singer Alice Caymmi, released on 9 September 2014. It is her first album via Joia Moderna and with producer Diogo Strausz.[2] While her previous album, Alice Caymmi, consisted mostly of original songs and two covers, Rainha dos Raios does the opposite and brings covers and two original tracks. According to Caymmi, this shift came after a few changes she went through - she said she is no longer performing songs from the previous album. She commented:[3]
It's my album, and, without trying to be a showoff, I listen to it a lot, because it says a lot about my life. I did this album thinking of what I stop to listen to, the things I like to listen to and the way I like to do it. It looks like I made the album for me. I laugh, play and remind of many moments.
In another interview, she defined the album as follows:[4]
The rebelliousness, the punk and the rock already do that, there's nothing new, but there's the context of Brazil. My challenge is to create a strong artist aesthetic in a country difficult to interpret. A country with black and indigenous history, a colonized and suffering country. To be an artist in Brazil is almost to be an anthropologist.
Rainha dos Raios was followed by her first Brazilian tour, starting in Salvador, Bahia.[5]
About doing so many covers, she stated: "I don't like to write what I want to say, I like to use other people's words. [...] I like to sing situations that I never saw happening. It's a way of living other things".[1]
- ^ a b Alvim, Bossuet (19 October 2015). "Sem depender de herança musical, Alice Caymmi transforma MPB em pop experimental". Divirta-se. Diários Associados. Retrieved 29 October 2015.
- ^ Mauro Ferreira (2 September 2014). "Rainha dos Raios - site oficial". Alice Caymmi. Retrieved 15 September 2014.
- ^ Santo, José Julio de Espirito (12 March 2015). "Alice Caymmi respeita e admira o legado familiar, mas não quer ficar presa ao próprio sobrenome". Rolling Stone Brasil. Grupo Spring de Comunicação. Retrieved 25 May 2015.
- ^ Dias, Tiago (29 January 2015). "Com funk e maiô, Alice Caymmi se rebela contra padrão de beleza e tradição". UOL Entretenimento. Grupo Folha. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
- ^ "Alice Caymmi debuta sua primeira turnê brasileira". Vogue. Editora Globo. 29 April 2015. Retrieved 25 May 2015.