Singer-songwriter Sylvestra Bianchi presents “Camomila,” a new single arriving on digital platforms on May 26th via Marã Música, further developing her mission to unite music, spirituality, and well-being within the universe of Cosmic Rock. Inspired by ancestral knowledge linked to emotional care and the symbolism of chamomile as an element of healing and comfort, the artist transforms the track into an invitation to slow down and reconnect with one’s inner self. In an interview, Sylvestra discusses the personal experience that inspired the composition, the sensory construction process of the music, and the search for art that offers lightness amidst the pressures of contemporary life.
“Camomila” was born from a very intimate experience of reconnection and emotional care. At what point did you realize that this personal experience needed to be transformed into music?
The composition of “Camomila” was born during a very sensitive moment in my life, right at the beginning of my artistic career, with many challenges. I was going through an intense internal process, which ended up also being reflected in my body, with frequent bouts of nausea and vomiting, without fully understanding the origin of it.
It was during this period that a folk healer advised me to incorporate chamomile baths and teas into my routine for three consecutive months. And it was very powerful to realize how these simple rituals, done with presence and consistency, began to bring me more balance, comfort, and emotional tranquility.
Based on this experience, I began to reflect on how much ancestral knowledge linked to herbs, blessings, and natural care carries a profound wisdom, especially within feminine traditions. “Camomila” is born precisely from this encounter between music, spirituality, nature, and inner reconnection.
At some point I realized that this wasn’t just a personal experience, but a message that could touch other people as well. Because many people are trying to find balance amidst excess, anxiety, and emotional exhaustion. And music emerged as a way to transform this experience into comfort.
The song stems from the idea that emotional balance is not a modern pursuit, but an ancestral wisdom, often passed down among women. What else interested you in reclaiming from this heritage of care?
What interested me most in reclaiming was precisely this simple and intuitive wisdom that has been passed down through generations of women. For a long time, emotional care was more connected to nature, through herbs, teas, baths, listening, and small daily rituals.
Today, this is still part of my routine. I use herbs in teas and baths as a way to slow down, reorganize my energy, and bring more balance to my daily life. And I believe there is something very valuable in this ancestral knowledge, because it reminds us that care doesn’t always have to come from something complex; often it begins with the simplest things, done with presence and intention.
Chamomile appears in the song not only as an herb, but as a symbol of comfort, gentleness, and healing. How did this symbolic power guide the creation of the music?
Chamomile guided the entire creation of the song because it carries properties traditionally linked to relaxation, emotional comfort, and feminine care. Since ancient times, it has been used to calm, relieve tension, and bring balance to the body and mind, especially within popular knowledge passed down through generations of women.
From this, “Camomila” was constructed as a song that reclaims this ancestral practice of care through herbs, teas, blessings, and connection with nature. The sound itself follows this proposal: the 12-string guitar and percussion create a more ritualistic and sensory atmosphere, inspired by ancestral rhythms linked to life in the countryside, nomadic peoples, and ancient knowledge of healing and spirituality that crosses different cultures.
You speak of a healing that comes not through force, but through gentleness. In such a fast-paced and harsh world, why has this message become so necessary for you at this moment?
I feel that today it’s very difficult to find someone who isn’t dealing with anxiety, mental overload, emotional exhaustion, or some kind of internal disconnection. We live in a very fast-paced world, where everything demands speed, productivity, and excessive stimulation, and this ends up directly affecting our emotions and our bodies.
That’s why this message has become so necessary for me at this moment. “Chamomile” comes as a reminder that there is strength in gentleness and that care can also happen through small pauses and simple rituals. Chamomile, traditionally used to calm and bring balance, appears in the song as a symbol of this return to nurturing, to presence, and to a gentler way of being.
Musically, “Camomila” blends contemporary MPB (Brazilian Popular Music), Brazilian sounds, organic elements, and the atmosphere of Cosmic Rock. How did you find this sound capable of conveying presence, pause, and inner reconnection?
For me, the instrumental always needs to accompany the message and emotional state of each song. I also see music as a tool for reflection and self-knowledge, so the sound design needs to carry that intention and help create the sensory environment of the song.
Cosmic Rock emerged precisely from this freedom of expression and the desire to explore different elements that broaden this emotional and spiritual experience. In “Camomila,” China Cunha’s percussion, the 12-string guitar, the bass, and the vocals were organically constructed by Leomaristi, along with the recording and mixing at Chapola’s Studio, creating layers that convey lightness, presence, and ancestrality. There is an almost ritualistic atmosphere in the music, which accompanies this proposal to slow down and reconnect internally.
The creative process behind the track seems to be deeply connected to the body, internal time, and sensory experience. What did you want the listener to feel, more than just understand, when listening to this song?
More than rationally understanding the music, I wanted the listener to feel “Chamomile” in their body and emotions. The song’s purpose is precisely to create a sensory experience of slowing down, embracing, and internal reconnection, with the music serving as an instrument for inner listening, paying attention to feelings, and seeking help to reorganize and harmonize internally.
This atmosphere also extends to the music video, which will be released on June 25th on the sylvestrabianchi YouTube channel. The video features a narrative inspired by ancient healing rituals linked to herbs and ancestral knowledge of the countryside, especially through chamomile. The idea was to visually translate this relationship between nature, care, spirituality, and emotional balance, creating a universe that invites people to feel more than just watch.
The music video expands on this concept with a symbolic narrative of healing and reconnection with ancestral knowledge. What does the image reveal about “Camomila” that perhaps the music alone couldn’t fully convey?
The music video visually expands upon the ritualistic and ancestral atmosphere present in “Camomila.” The song speaks of acceptance, emotional balance, and care through herbs, but the visuals successfully transport this to a more sensory universe, showcasing the rituals, gestures, connection with nature, and ancient knowledge linked to blessings and the use of plants as a form of care and harmonization.
Long before it was associated with specific religions, the use of herbs was part of the daily life of different peoples and cultures. There was a much closer relationship with the land, with natural cycles, with campfires, dances, community gatherings, and knowledge transmitted orally between generations. The music video seeks to recapture precisely this ancestral memory and this more intuitive and human connection with nature, something that has been lost over time, but that still exists within us in some way.
Your journey has taken a very significant turn, moving away from technical training to answer a spiritual calling through music. What does this shift reveal about who you have become as an artist and as a woman?
This turning point represents a process of reconnecting with myself, with my gifts, my sensitivity, and with what I feel comes from my soul. For a long time, I followed more technical and rational paths, but at some point I realized that there was a very important part of me that needed to be expressed through music, art, and the messages I compose.
It was also a process of healing internal blockages and personal growth. Today I feel that living this purpose through music makes me live a more authentic, happy, and fulfilled life. Each released composition represents a great emotional and spiritual achievement for me, because it carries not only an artistic creation, but also a piece of my own transformation as a woman and as an artist.
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