On the last 12th, the talented singer and songwriter from Minas Gerais, Isaddora, released her most recent single entitled “Fio a Fio”, thus marking a new phase in her authorial career. With an approach closely connected to her personal life, the artist celebrates this moment and reinforces important speeches today.
“This single differs a lot from my previous work. I feel like I left behind a previous version of myself and created a mosaic from this relentless search for artistic freedom, in an extremely visceral way. I believe that I am finally discovering my artistic freedom and expressing myself my true essence through music”, shares Isaddora.
In addition to the transformations that took place during the pandemic period, the artist’s personal life also underwent a significant turnaround. “I got married, I’m full of plans and deeply in love. It’s the most complete cliché of a ‘dyke’.
Released the week before the International Day Against Homophobia, on May 17, the artist from Minas Gerais explains: “This single goes beyond a mere cliché. love in itself, with a romantic approach that is not tied to the heterosexual view or other perspectives within the LGBT+ community. Love is an all-encompassing feeling, and I wanted to convey that in a lighthearted way. It is always rewarding to celebrate love in the current experience as a lesbian woman, as well as being a celebration of our bodies, my wife’s body and women who identify with that. It’s also about how this celebration can set us free. It’s about loving yourself to be able to love the another, because there is truth in the cliché that if you don’t love yourself,you won’t be able to love someone.”
How would you describe the artistic and personal evolution reflected in “Fio a Fio” compared to your previous work?
I would describe my artistic and personal evolution as a very natural movement of self-knowledge and reflection. Despite being very young, I took everything that I’ve been so far, broke it down and formed something totally new for myself and made it something totally new compared to the work I had done before and it’s been a wonderful experience of experimentation, self-knowledge and self love too.
How was the experience of exploring your artistic freedom and expressing who you really are through music?
I see this experience of exploring myself artistically as free as the fullest form of self-knowledge I can have, it’s where I really found myself, and I saw that I have no limits and I saw how colorful I can be, I can being brilliant, I can be proud of myself, my work, my community. I felt very proud to be a lesbian woman, to be in a lesbian relationship, to be part of this great collective, such a wonderful section that is our LGBTQIAP+ community.
The International Day Against Homophobia took place recently. How do you think “Fio a Fio” contributes to lesbian representation and the celebration of love in all its forms?
The 17/05th, International Day against Homophobia, is a date that I regard as a gift because it falls exactly on my birthday and that makes me feel even happier to be an LGBT person. I think “Fio a Fio” contributes to lesbian representation because it celebrates love in all forms, it celebrates women’s bodies, it celebrates love between equals and that’s really important for our community. We have to be reaffirming ourselves all the time, to show that we are good, to show that we are strong and to show that we have a voice and that we are here producing art.
Can you tell us a little bit about the visualizer’s artistic concept for “Fio a Fio” and how it relates to the song’s message?
The artistic concept of “Fio a Fio” started with conversations between my art director, my wife, Thaís Drummond. These conversations always revolved around the importance of art for LGBTQIAP+ militancy, hence the choice of colors and light. As the concept of the song is about different types of love and different ways of loving I wanted something that showed the rainbow, that’s why the glitter, the sequins that when the lights hit it give the impression of a rainbow reflection and it also relates to our ways of loving.
How does the purple color and brightness of the visualizer, along with the pink, represent lesbian militancy and pride in being yourself within the acronym?
The color purple is the color of the lesbian militancy flag, so I found myself in that color as a person. The brightness of the visualizer reflects the rainbow colors of our flag. Pink for me is the color of my intimate, it is the color that I see inside my intimate. It’s the color that I’ve fought my whole life since I was a child, saying that I didn’t like it and that today I love it and I feel very proud within myself, within my initials and within this work and I hope that it inspires other girls, other women, other people.
How has the public reception of “Fio a Fio” been so far?
The audience has been very affectionate, I have seen people dancing a lot to the song, which ended up becoming a challenge on Tik Tok, I was very happy because it was something quite unexpected and I have seen many people happy with my music, with my evolution and even with my pride. I’ve seen a lot of people identifying themselves and it comes in the numbers too. The reception has been wonderful and I confess that I was very surprised, I didn’t expect so much love.
What are your main musical inspirations and how do they influence your style and sound as an artist?
My inspiration comes from very different places as an artist. It comes from music, it comes from the visual arts as well. I think we can put everything together in a blender and make that wonderful milkshake, delicious with wonderful rhythms and references. I have many references that come from my study of music, from classical music and jazz like Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, Sarah Vaughan. Lately, to develop this work, I’ve been hearing a lot of what’s going on here in Brazil and in South America. I have been listening to the main one a lot, wonderful Ludmilla, who is a black woman, lesbian, has a lot of representation in the music scene and for me she is the greatest fighter of all this, the one who is on the front line here in Brazil. I also listen to Anitta a lot, who is opening doors for us in this mainstream scenario. I’ve been listening to a lot of Rosalía, Kali Uchis, Marina Sena who are awesome, wonderful and also from Minas Gerais. And I listen to Lady Gaga a lot too because I’m a little monster otaka.
How would you describe the importance of music in your life and how has it been a form of expression for you?
Music is inherently, omnipresent and the main form of expression in my life. It’s the most important thing in my life, it’s the way I manage to exist as a human being is by making art, by making music. It’s the way I can put myself, position myself, cry, be happy, be sad, rest, get tired. It is a daily necessity of all times. It’s like eating, it’s like breathing.
What are your next steps in your music career? Are there any specific projects you are currently working on?
This project that started with Fio a Fio is part of my first EP that will be released in August. So until then we will have several releases for these months to come. You can expect something very wonderful for the 12/06th, Valentine’s Day, very thematic, very camp, very tacky, very sweet, very gay, very happy and colorful, rainbow. So there are more singles out there and I think you’re going to love it. And oh, it’s coming with a wonderful clip, that’s all I can say.
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