'I had no idea that was going to happen. We didn’t pitch Obama.'
Garcia spoke to us about the music that moves her, the inspiration behind her album, and her favorite Selena Quintanilla song.I come from a really musical family on my mom’s side. Actually, my mom has been singing ever since she was a child. Her, my aunt, and uncle used to sing Ranchera music [Mexican folk music] and perform around Los Angeles at rodeos and clubs. Gwasn’t until I was probably a teenager that I first performed in front of people, and that was a very affirming thing.
ven though technically my blood is entirely Latina, I’m an American kid, and—it’s funny, something that’s really cool to observe with the Latinx movement that I’m seeing come into view so powerfully now, is that everyone has a similar story. I wanted to write about the things in my culture that impacted me, like “Guadalupe.” It’s a nod to theBut then, I’m also trying to look at things like machismo in Latinx culture. I’m definitely trying to start a conversation.
MACIAS: You said it yourself, it’s a Latinx revolution happening, and everyone has a different take on it. Yours is very female-centric. The music is so good. If you’re Latinx, you recognize it.Well, thank you! I feel like, at least in my time in Virginia, I felt really out of place in a lot of spaces. I felt like maybe people like my voice, but like, “is?” That’s also kind of the point of the song, right? It’s okay if you don’t get it. I’m going to explain it.
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