{"id":869,"date":"2020-12-14T15:52:52","date_gmt":"2020-12-14T14:52:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.haumeamagazine.com\/?p=869"},"modified":"2021-04-07T19:26:23","modified_gmt":"2021-04-07T17:26:23","slug":"la-chica-releases-la-loba-an-album-that-is-powerful-intimate-and-minimalistic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.haumeamagazine.com\/en\/la-chica-releases-la-loba-an-album-that-is-powerful-intimate-and-minimalistic\/","title":{"rendered":"La Chica releases &#8220;La Loba&#8221;, an album that is powerful, intimate and minimalistic."},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Spanish pop has been trending for a few years now, and among the artists who have gained a lot of listeners, La Chica stick out. She is a <span class=\"JLqJ4b ChMk0b\" data-language-for-alternatives=\"en\" data-language-to-translate-into=\"auto\" data-phrase-index=\"1\">Franco-Venezuelan artist, both a piano virtuoso and an excellent singer, and her universe gets deeper with each release. The latest one to date is a short album called &#8220;La Loba&#8221;; an album she released in a particularly difficult context. She was indeed deeply marked by the death of someone close to her, as well as by these last twelve months. This album is therefore cathartic in many ways : its 7 minimalist tracks that let her fully express herself through metaphors on the different stages of mourning.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/7vqEzeVHz0NbmdbnAVUYlC\" width=\"100%\" height=\"380\" frameborder=\"0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">We all know La Chica for her colorful, Hispanic infused universe. <span class=\"JLqJ4b ChMk0b\" data-language-for-alternatives=\"en\" data-language-to-translate-into=\"auto\" data-phrase-index=\"1\">So when we first saw the cover of her album, we were already preparing ourselves for a major change in the artist&#8217;s paradigm. The cover is white, minimalistic, and it showcases her alongside two protagonists in a surreal setting. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"JLqJ4b ChMk0b\" data-language-for-alternatives=\"en\" data-language-to-translate-into=\"auto\" data-phrase-index=\"1\"><span class=\"JLqJ4b\" data-language-for-alternatives=\"en\" data-language-to-translate-into=\"auto\" data-phrase-index=\"3\">This paradigm shift is also felt throughout the entire album. She says so herself to her fans on her socials : this album is her piano, her hands and her voice, and it mirrors all the intense emotions and events that she has been through throughout this year.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;This album is my piano, my hands and my voice. It is like my 2020 : a pivotal year, both intense and violent, but it is a year that also allowed me to reconnect to myself like never before. I needed to illustrate it musically in order to transform the anger, the infinite sorrow, the abundant love that I&#8217;ve felt&#8230; It is an intimate and sincere opus, inspired by magic and rituals. It is dedicated to my brother Pablo.&#8221;<\/em> &#8211; La Chica on Facebook.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">La Chica offers us a trip into her personal world, and the trip begins on the very refined track called &#8220;3&#8221;. The track is introduced by computer-processed vocalizations that allow La Chica&#8217;s voice to smoothly take place. Her voice then doubles up like FKA Twigs would do on her tracks ; an effet that wholly lets La Chica express herself on the matter of death.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">We then come across the main track of the album, &#8220;La Loba&#8221;, which means &#8220;the wolf&#8221; (the female \/ the she-wolf) in Spanish. It is inspired by the Mexican legend that bears the same name and who is known to resurrect dead souls. &#8220;La Loba&#8221; is also a song that she dedicates to women \u2013 but its energy should easily convince all genders. The track is filled with a communicative energy that rallies the troops &#8211; or, should we say, that gathers the wolf pack &#8211; and there is no need to speak Spanish to feel transported in tribal territory on this title. The music video that was unveiled on release day demonstrates it very well. It is hypnotic, and the few raw piano notes that are hammered throughout the track underline the backing vocals which repeat like a mantra the word &#8220;loba&#8221; as well as the blood-filled scenes.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/iJzzS07YzZ8\" width=\"100%\" height=\"515\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\">&lt;span data-mce-type=&#8221;bookmark&#8221; style=&#8221;display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;&#8221; class=&#8221;mce_SELRES_start&#8221;&gt;\ufeff&lt;\/span&gt;<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Once we come back from the trance-like state under which La Chica put us, we enter a universe that is filled with melancholy ; a universe that lets the artist speak in English this time around. <span class=\"JLqJ4b ChMk0b\" data-language-for-alternatives=\"en\" data-language-to-translate-into=\"auto\" data-phrase-index=\"1\">&#8220;Drink&#8221; is certainly one of the saddest tracks on the album : La Chica evokes the absence of someone, and the desire to drown the feelings that come with it in alcohol. Moreover,\u00a0<\/span>&#8220;Drink&#8221;, on this album, is a variation of an existing song, a variation of a song that was originally much more joyful ; that is enough to add a much darker dimension to the most recent version of the track.<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hObl7KduozU\" width=\"100%\" height=\"515\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\">&lt;span data-mce-type=&#8221;bookmark&#8221; style=&#8221;display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;&#8221; class=&#8221;mce_SELRES_start&#8221;&gt;\ufeff&lt;\/span&gt;<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"JLqJ4b ChMk0b\" data-language-for-alternatives=\"en\" data-language-to-translate-into=\"auto\" data-phrase-index=\"1\"><span class=\"JLqJ4b\" data-language-for-alternatives=\"en\" data-language-to-translate-into=\"auto\" data-phrase-index=\"2\"> We then finally arrive on the last three tracks of the album which are &#8220;Sol&#8221;, an interlude and &#8220;Hoy (Lobo)&#8221;. We focus particularly on the latter : the artist sings a capella for almost a minute before accompanying herself on the piano again. Sadness is present in this song too; a common state of mind for a lot of people at this time of the year.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img class=\"lazyload aligncenter wp-image-865 size-fusion-600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.haumeamagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/350714_52036d283b3f4619ab97af5e3dbc820amv2_d_1772_2658_s_2-600x900.jpg\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.haumeamagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/350714_52036d283b3f4619ab97af5e3dbc820amv2_d_1772_2658_s_2-600x900.jpg\" alt=\"La Chica La Loba\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27600%27%20height%3D%27900%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20600%20900%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27600%27%20height%3D%27900%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.haumeamagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/350714_52036d283b3f4619ab97af5e3dbc820amv2_d_1772_2658_s_2-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.haumeamagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/350714_52036d283b3f4619ab97af5e3dbc820amv2_d_1772_2658_s_2-400x600.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.haumeamagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/350714_52036d283b3f4619ab97af5e3dbc820amv2_d_1772_2658_s_2-600x900.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.haumeamagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/350714_52036d283b3f4619ab97af5e3dbc820amv2_d_1772_2658_s_2-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.haumeamagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/350714_52036d283b3f4619ab97af5e3dbc820amv2_d_1772_2658_s_2-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.haumeamagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/350714_52036d283b3f4619ab97af5e3dbc820amv2_d_1772_2658_s_2-800x1200.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.haumeamagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/350714_52036d283b3f4619ab97af5e3dbc820amv2_d_1772_2658_s_2.jpg 856w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>With this new intimate and personal album, La Chica comes back with a very powerful release. <span class=\"JLqJ4b ChMk0b\" data-language-for-alternatives=\"en\" data-language-to-translate-into=\"auto\" data-phrase-index=\"1\">We can not wait to be able to enjoy it live, once the pandemic is over !<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lachicha.lnk.to\/listen\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span class=\"JLqJ4b ChMk0b\" data-language-for-alternatives=\"en\" data-language-to-translate-into=\"auto\" data-phrase-index=\"1\"><span class=\"JLqJ4b\" data-language-for-alternatives=\"en\" data-language-to-translate-into=\"auto\" data-phrase-index=\"2\">&#8220;La Loba&#8221; by La Chica can be found\u00a0<\/span><\/span>on all streaming platforms<\/a><\/span>. <span class=\"JLqJ4b ChMk0b\" data-language-for-alternatives=\"en\" data-language-to-translate-into=\"auto\" data-phrase-index=\"1\"><span class=\"JLqJ4b\" data-language-for-alternatives=\"en\" data-language-to-translate-into=\"auto\" data-phrase-index=\"2\">You can also follow her on Facebook and Instagram.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spanish pop has been trending for a few years now, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":864,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[51],"tags":[1052],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v15.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>La Chica releases &quot;La Loba&quot;, an album that is powerful, intimate and minimalistic. - Haum\u00e9a Magazine<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.haumeamagazine.com\/en\/la-chica-releases-la-loba-an-album-that-is-powerful-intimate-and-minimalistic\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"La Chica releases &quot;La Loba&quot;, an album that is powerful, intimate and minimalistic. - Haum\u00e9a Magazine\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Spanish pop has been trending for a few years now, [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.haumeamagazine.com\/en\/la-chica-releases-la-loba-an-album-that-is-powerful-intimate-and-minimalistic\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Haum\u00e9a Magazine\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-12-14T14:52:52+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-04-07T17:26:23+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.haumeamagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/LaChica.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1100\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"600\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.haumeamagazine.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.haumeamagazine.com\/\",\"name\":\"Haum\\u00e9a Magazine\",\"description\":\"haum\\u00e9a magazine : toute l&#039;actualit\\u00e9 musicale ind\\u00e9pendante - news, chroniques, reportages, interviews, playlists et plus encore !\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":\"https:\/\/www.haumeamagazine.com\/?s={search_term_string}\",\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.haumeamagazine.com\/en\/la-chica-releases-la-loba-an-album-that-is-powerful-intimate-and-minimalistic\/#primaryimage\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.haumeamagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/LaChica.jpg\",\"width\":1100,\"height\":600,\"caption\":\"La Chica La Loba\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.haumeamagazine.com\/en\/la-chica-releases-la-loba-an-album-that-is-powerful-intimate-and-minimalistic\/#webpage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.haumeamagazine.com\/en\/la-chica-releases-la-loba-an-album-that-is-powerful-intimate-and-minimalistic\/\",\"name\":\"La Chica releases \\\"La Loba\\\", an album that is powerful, intimate and minimalistic. - Haum\\u00e9a Magazine\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.haumeamagazine.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.haumeamagazine.com\/en\/la-chica-releases-la-loba-an-album-that-is-powerful-intimate-and-minimalistic\/#primaryimage\"},\"datePublished\":\"2020-12-14T14:52:52+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-04-07T17:26:23+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.haumeamagazine.com\/#\/schema\/person\/0b2f94def1a6ed3bbd8ebf28ecc81671\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.haumeamagazine.com\/en\/la-chica-releases-la-loba-an-album-that-is-powerful-intimate-and-minimalistic\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.haumeamagazine.com\/#\/schema\/person\/0b2f94def1a6ed3bbd8ebf28ecc81671\",\"name\":\"Clo\\u00e9 Gruhier\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.haumeamagazine.com\/#personlogo\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f076b18737384c9b1bec7554dee14cca?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Clo\\u00e9 Gruhier\"},\"description\":\"R\\u00e9dactrice web depuis plusieurs ann\\u00e9es, j'ai une passion prononc\\u00e9e pour les musiques \\u00e9lectroniques et alternatives. 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