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And I think that Andalusian artists transmute 
that energy

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and project it onto the world so that they 
know us for who we really are.

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For me, the lives of others, the essence 
of others, the history of others.

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An animal that flies.

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Today I spent a long time watching birds 
flying from about 70 floors up.

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Nature inspires me a lot.

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I'm inspired a lot by the truth behind all 
things and behind all people.

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That essence that transcends appearance

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and what really remains when we leave.

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That is what inspires me to make music.

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Flamenco... flamenco is my root.

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Flamenco is always within me.

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Lately, I've been listening to Chaka Khan 
and Kendrick Lamar. But before singing,

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I listen to Manolo Caracol, [the song] “Granaína 
y media granaína” — [singer Manuel] Vallejo, 
[singer] La Niña de los Peines —

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who are very important artists in the history 
of flamenco.

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Flamenco is my root and all the music I learn 
are my wings.

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So what I want is for them to be connected, 
one with the other.

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It's like how I know the culture of others: 
R&B, hip hop, pop, rock, heavy metal, classical 
music — which I love.

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I want others to know my traditional music: 
which is flamenco.

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The classical music of my land.

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La history of my people.

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Andalusia is so rich

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It's so strong and it has imagery and an 
imprint so large

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that it is often not valued.

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Look, our art has become so internalized 
and associated with us...

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Federico García Lorca...Vicente Aleixandre...

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Picasso...

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Camarón de la Isla...La Niña de los Peines.

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I mean, Niña Pastori...I mean, c’mon!

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So much art per square meter.

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What happens is that many times, so much 
art that is part of everyday life and our 
normal life...

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From the outside is seen only on the surface 
and not for its depth.

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So, there are people who make the mistake 
of falling into stereotypes

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and look down upon the land of culture.

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But that's not our problem.

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I mean, what is not known is not valued.

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If they don't know us, they can't value us.

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So, what I want with my art, with my journey 
around the world,

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with my tour in the USA, is for others to 
know Andalusia for what we really are.

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and not for the stereotypes that you pointed 
out.

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What do you think?

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I think I'm getting to know the world a lot.

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Many different cultures, many incredible 
people in art.

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And I want my music to continue blending,

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to continue getting to know other cultures,

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and for it to be evident in every song.

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I dream a lot about going to Mexico.

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I dream a lot about being able to make music 
here.

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Because I composed songs when I traveled 
to Canada last year,

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I'm sure that inspiration for many new songs 
will come from this tour.

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I'm working with really cool producers from 
outside of Spain, which I can't mention right 
now.

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But I just want my music to reflect my journey

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and if I discover new countries, new cultures, 
new languages,

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new ways of understanding life, that it is 
reflected in the songs.

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Oh. There was a feeling that I couldn't express 
because the word for it didn't exist.

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It was a feeling of...

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being totally intoxicated with beauty.

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And of regaining faith in human beings.

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When I saw the Trevi Fountain, when I heard 
certain music...

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it was the immense beauty that I felt when 
I heard the story of, for example,

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I met a couple — two older gentlemen —

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who are gay and they were finally able to 
live their love at 70 years old.

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After spending their entire lives not being 
to love each other.

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And when I met them and saw them so happy, 
so old, and finally being able to be themselves

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and to love in their own way in a world that 
accepts them more and more every day.

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I was dying of love and I was dying of beauty,

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and there was so much beauty that, in the 
end,

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the way to define it was to invent the term 
ultrabelleza (ultrabeauty).

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And to say that I am ultra-beautiful, that 
I'm much more than just beauty.

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I am something that transcends

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that I hope will remain forever, that it 
will be perpetual.

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And that's how the concept of [the album] 
Ultrabelleza came about.

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That was like the sun in the solar system: 
Ultrabelleza.

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And each song was like a planet orbiting 
around it.

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So each song is different from the others 
because ultrabelleza is

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the celebration of diversity and that everyone 
knows that

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no matter where you come from, how you feel, 
how you love, what color you skin is,

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that there is nothing wrong with you — that 
you are worthy.

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So I molded that idea until it became compact 
and the planets could orbit around it.

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Each song was different from the others, 
different natures, different sounds,

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different color palettes, different identities,

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but all coexisted perfectly in the same solar 
system

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and were part of a single thing, which is 
[the album] Ultrabelleza.

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The first song I'm going to sing is called 
Juramento (Oath).

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And I wrote it while sitting on the Sacromonte 
looking towards the Alhambra (in Granada, 
Spain),

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listening to Kendrick Lamar.

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And I came up with the idea that maybe Fifty 
Cent was strolling with his girlfriend

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through the gardens of the Alhambra and proposing 
to her, asking her for an eternal love oath.

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So the next day I went to the studio.

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and I tried to reflect on this idea and shape 
it to sound like this.

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Hopefully Fifty Cent hears the song sometime.

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The second song I'm going to sing is called 
Aprendiendo a volar (Learning to Fly)

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and it talks about how I'm learning to fly,

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that I've already taken flight to be able 
to reach you, even if it's just for a moment 
when I claim the sky from you.

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And that's how I feel on my tour here, in 
the USA, sharing for the first time with 
American audiences.

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These songs that make me fly

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and I want everyone to fly with me and for 
us to have a great time

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and let ourselves be carried away by pure 
emotions every time we're on stage.

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So there I was, learning to fly.

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Well, I want to share my joy with you because 
I'm really excited to be here and feel so 
welcome.

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I think Andalusia is a land that welcomes, 
but so does the US.

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So thank you for having me here. It's a real 
pleasure and an honor.