Thalía premieres “Psycho B**ch”: Why does the name generate controversy? What experience led to a great depression?

“This song evokes in me that feeling of reinvention, of strength, of freshness, of ‘spicy’. It has an electronic pop sound with a bit of disco and the lyrics were an inspiration that came out to me as something that has always been there. I said, “I want to write something with this powerful music.” And “Psycho B**ch” came out. Throughout my career I have been accompanied by all kinds of emotions when I perform my songs. Being a little crazy, eccentric and excessive has also been part of my discography”, This famous artist who is part of the list of the 50 singers who will never be forgotten in the history of music, according to “The Sun”, tells El Comercio.

─In your last album, in “desAMORfosis” you made a journey of love, heartbreak, of reinvention. With “Psycho B**ch” do you continue that internal journey?

Precisely it continues and that is the fantastic thing that the human being has, that way of being able to take a dive, review the feelings, the emotions and the things that no longer serve you. It is taking off our skins to stay purer, brighter, reinvented.

─Who produced it?

I can’t tell you, but I’ll tell you that when the track came to me, I fell in love with that song and I decided to make it, compose it and write it.

─Why the use of the two asterisks in the name of the song (Psycho B**ch)?

For me, “Psycho Bitch” should go, but the design team tells me: “Wait”.

─Is it a matter of strategy or do you consider that the name can generate controversy?

The name generates controversy because it is a conversation that many do not dare to have, it is easier to criticize someone, call him crazy or psychopath, than to say that that person dared to be honest, to do things as he thought. I think that is the starting point of what is or is not a psycho bitch. It is to bring that conversation and say: “Yes I am and what. If it bothers you, work on it.”

─What do you expect from this song that takes you back to your origins in pop?

I just hope to create music, share it, create wonderful moments, make people feel free and happy when they listen to the track.

─How was recording the video clip?

It was recorded in Miami, it was a day of filming, but there were quite a few days of preparation precisely because that gigantic ball had to be created, I don’t know how many meters. It took almost four and a half weeks to build it, it was very big and also dangerous for me, turning it was very dangerous.

─Two years ago you recorded “I’m single” with Leslie Shaw and Farina. Is there any rapprochement with another Peruvian artist?

I love my Farina and Leslie has been a charm, a love. Working with artists, making these unions helps you get to know the world, to see through their eyes, through their experiences, I like to do them because you get inspired. The people who have worked with me keep something of mine and I keep something of theirs. It’s like feedback.

─How have you managed to become one of the main references of digital platforms, this being a wave of a younger generation?

I love everything that is this digital age, I like that direct interaction with my followers, I feel that this has brought me closer in a much more organic and real way with them. I don’t know if it’s my way of being or how I see life or express myself, but I find it fun to continue creating dialogue with new generations.

─Twenty years after the premiere of Marimar you recharacterized the character and many interpreted it to mean that your return to soap operas is near. Is it so? Was it a sign?

It was a sign that I found my little dress in one of my warehouses and wanted to put it back on, and it just so happened that I was on a beach that weekend. I thought it would be emotional not only for me, but also for the great followers and fans of this trilogy and the beautiful Marimar that has united so many generations.

─Are you still looking for that “special script” that will take you back to soap operas?

There are quite a few wonderful precious offers, it is only that I dare to reshoot, that is sacrificed. I was exhausted, it was too much, exhausting, it was recording one soap opera after another.

─Has it cost you a lot to reach your goals?

Yes, but it was worth it. It has been a rediscovery of myself as a person, as a woman, as an artist, giving myself a value, loving myself, accepting myself as I am, with all the good and not so good; and leave the things that cause me sorrow, anguish, guilt. That is the only way to free yourself from those burdens and live life with positivity and love. You also have to reinvent yourself and adapt to changes.

─Did changes scare you at some point in your career?

Of course. I made my first solo album (“Thalía”) with a lot of love and passion, but the critics were super harsh on me. According to television and radio, the first song (“A pact between the two”) that I released was sadomasochistic and they banned me, they stopped showing my album. I went into a tremendous depression, which lasted two or three weeks., then I went back out and the disc hit harder. There are blows, falls and obstacles that knock you down, you cry, you kick, you suffer; but you get up and come out stronger.

─When the time comes to stop and you reflect on everything you have achieved in life, what conclusion do you come to?

Because life is simpler than it seems: it’s a ray of sunlight on a tree or someone’s smile; but we make it too complicated.