Chistina Aguilera is, without a doubt, one of the most loved and respected pop icons.
The singer rose to fame in 1998, after recording the song Reflection, for the soundtrack of the Disney Channel original movie, Mulan. From that moment on, she would achieve dozens of hits that have marked the history of pop music, such as Genie in a bottle or Beautiful. Now, two decades later, the artist remains fully invested in her professional career, as she is focused on her new album.
Now the artist has recently revealed in an interview with Billboard that her latest album, titled with her last name, had a special meaning.
It is not easy for Latin artists to create a niche within the American music industry. The title of Christina's previous album is no coincidence, but rather a way of "closing a circle", since the singer's Latin surname has given her headaches in a music industry that primarily speaks English. Something that now the artist, 41 years old, wants to reclaim the normality of her last name with a new album dedicated to her origins.
The pop icon, with a career in the music industry spanning more than two decades, has revealed in an interview with Billboard that his last name is "difficult to pronounce" for many Anglo-Saxons, which is why he assures that he has been "massacred and mistreated many times." ". The interpreter of Lady Marmalade and Hurt has assured that there were even those who suggested that she change her last name.
"I have a name that has been tried to be taken away from me numerous times in this business. It is not the easiest name for everyone to pronounce. It has been abused and butchered many times, but I prefer not to reveal the bad names that have been suggested to me since then "said the singer, ensuring that she was even suggested alternatives to replace it.
But she was always very clear that she wanted to preserve her origins and did not give in to pressure. "I am Aguilera, I am proud of my origin. My father is from Ecuador. It is authenticity and it is very important to me. Why not close the circle of all the chapters with a name, my name!" she said about the surname , also the name of his latest album, an album loaded with meaning, in Spanish, and that shows his essence and origins.
The artist offered a preview of her new album, La Luz, on Tuesday by presenting a preview of No es que te extrañe, her new single, during a private session in Miami within the framework of the Billboard Conference of Latin music week . Her new song is a powerful ballad of heartbreak in which the artist showcases her wide vocal range. Aguilera hinted that the song was dedicated to her father, Fausto Wagner Aguilera. On October 7, the album will be released in full.
"I am excited to present my songs in Spanish to the Latin audience here, where I recorded them," said Aguilera before an audience of about 100 people, before whom she toured the trilogy of productions in Spanish that she wants to close with La Luz. Christina Aguilera's trilogy of Spanish-language productions began with La Fuerza, then came La Tormenta and now La Luz. Each part describes "the transitions in life and what it takes to handle them," as the 41-year-old artist indicates. Now she has also shown how proud she is of her roots, even though they tried to take them away from her career as an international artist.
