At 62 years old, Gloria Groove’s mother launches her solo singing career and her first song is in honor of the artist | Your age

From today onwards, the singer Gloria Groove You will have a new favorite music video. Me too. This is the video of My angela samba that is also the inaugural composition and first solo single by Gina Garcia62 years old, the superstar’s mother.

I had the honor of listening to the samba and seeing the clip first hand. Gloria and her mother form “the duo”. I was also able to hear Gina talk about her life and work in a delightful phone chat. I wanted to know what it was like to enter the studio for her first solo work at the age of 60. She was quick: “I pretended to be used to it.” We laughed. Then he added: “Our soul goes to a place of so much desire to accomplish the things that were here. I feel like I’m starting out in the profession now, you know? , the euphoria of doing, of realizing, of experiencing something new”.

Gina has a 37-year career as a backing vocalist, 29 of which were dedicated to the group Raça Negra. She says that her new solo work is also a message for every woman over 50. “I want this album to be an example of ‘go and make your dream come true’, ‘go now’. Go to college, buy what you wanted, do what you always wanted and never could, understand?” And as I understood, Gina. I believe many women 50+ will understand and be inspired to achieve even more.

“I had the dream of being a singer, but it was left behind. The composer also remained quiet, way back when, when I became a mother. I had to close my eyes and work”, she added. She chose to leave her dream alone. He had a desire for reality and raised a prosperous and much-loved son.

And behold, 30 years later, in the middle of the pandemic, this son, in a conversation in her backyard, brought new ideas. “He said: ‘Mom, are we going to take back your dreams, the ones that were stuck in the 90s? When you got pregnant with me. You left the dreams of singer Gina Garcia. Shall we resume?'”

Gina’s first reaction was to dismiss the conversation. “I was in my comfort zone, doing everything automatically, it felt good,” she says. Luckily for us, her son Daniel, known as Gloria Groove, insisted: “Mom, I want people to know who Gina Garcia is, the singer from whom I inherited the gift.”

From there, Gina looked inside and came back with a ready-made idea: an original album, a samba album. The son’s reaction came in two sentences: “Get lost, mom! Let’s go!” Then we’ll release a few more. Hence the EP and the album”, explains Gina.

Péricles, the samba guy, came along as a special guest. “I respect Péricles so much. He’s an absurd talent, a humility that embarrasses us”, comments Gina. The new work, by the new solo singer, aged 62, also features the powerhouses Liniker, Preta Gil, Assucena, Caio Prado , Marvvila and with congresswoman Erika Hilton, an activist voice for causes focused on the rights of black people and LGBTQIAP+ “I only invited those who I admire and those who have something to do with my story”, says Gina.

“I made a song to talk about the LGBTQIA+ family, ask for respect, talk about love, about everything we experience as a family. Erika participates in this track”, says Gina. I wanted to know more about the cause, about her story, Daniel and Gloria Groove. “When Dani came to me and told me that he had done a drag act, I wanted to understand this choice. He said: ‘Ah, because I did a musical and I had to do a woman’s persona. And, suddenly, I The idea came: why not a feminine person?”, says Gina. “He wanted to find himself. He wasn’t just at Daniel. The talent didn’t just fit there.”

Gina listened to her son, welcomed, supported and encouraged him. On that occasion, she used a phrase he recently used with her, the emphatic “Let’s go!”, in the plural, which translates to total support. “You know, I tell parents of other LGBTQIAP+ people that love and acceptance are fundamental. I say, ‘You praise my son so much, but your son can be as great or bigger than mine if they have love and respect. Support is all we need to get to life.” Good always returns to sender, doesn’t it? It is worth mentioning that Gina’s first single, My angelis a response to the hit Unconditionala song Gloria Groove made for her.

My angel It was inspired by a story that Daniel repeated when he was a child. He said he chose her to be his mother, while he was sitting on a cloud in the sky. “She said she saw me from above, pointed at me, and said: “It’s her”. And I asked: “So you were an angel and lost your wings? He laughed.” Fantasy or reality, the story gave wings and flights to both of them. As a fan, I only wish for more flights and successes. Long live Gina. Long live the crown!