The evolution of the childstar who today does not work to please others | INTERVIEW

She began her artistic career at the age of 5 and never thought that the fame she adored in her childhood would turn into the overwhelming lifestyle of a childstar, finding herself pigeonholed into the role of the good girl who offered a smile at all times and stayed silent before the instructions of adults. That ended for Danna (formerly Danna Paola)who now aims to mark a before and after in her career of more than 23 years, being the one who takes the reins of her life in a new and daring production.

After overcoming a tough fight against influenza and bronchitis, which forced her to cancel some presentations and delay projects she had planned, the Mexican artist Danna spoke with the newspaper El Comercio and talked about her new album “Childstar”, which will be released next April 11, where he not only explores and embraces his origins, but also defines where his artistic compass will point.

“Thank God I feel better, I left a week ago. Excess of everything and well, the body obviously says enough is enough, so you have to listen and you have to let the body also recover. “Health always comes first, but nothing, I’m excited to start promoting the album, the tour and I have a lot of energy and I’m very motivated,” Danna began by saying about her health, and then gave way to the greatest reflection of her career.

The metamorphosis of Danna Paola to Danna

Danna Paola is recognized in the artistic world since her participation in the program Plaza Sésamo, where she made her television debut at just 5 years old. Since then, her name has been recognized in sweet, happy and jovial roles that did not always reflect what she really felt. At 28 years old, Ella Danna decided to “embrace the darkness” and reinvent herself away from the role in which life pigeonholed her.

“My parents baptized me as Danna Paola on my birth certificate, but they also chose my stage name, so it was something that I had to carry with one another for 23 years of my life until this year and I never felt comfortable with it.” 100% with my name, that is, it was something that, when you don’t like it, you don’t like it”Danna said.

“For me, Danna is me in every sense of the word and Paola is like that character that they built of me all my years of career., which was cool, I love it, and obviously it’s wonderful and I’m very grateful for what I built in my career, but today I start to tell a different story. “It has been a very liberating process, I feel like a weight has been lifted off my shoulders,” added the singer.

Does Danna regret her past?

Although her career began on television at the age of 5, and continued with the release of her first album “Mi globo azul”, at the age of 6, not everything was rosy for Danna, who lived her childhood under the light of the spotlight that He not only attracted fans, but also envy and bullying against him.

“I felt that as a child they bullied me a lot for being famous, it was very crazy that they saw something negative about being on TV. It was arriving at a school, one of all the ones that kicked me out, feeling like the odd one out and saying: ‘well, I’m different, I’m a child actress who sings and appears on TV.’ I felt a little attacked, I suffered from bullying for being famous”he explained.

“The truth is that I do not regret anything, in all I do not wish to have had another life because in the end I know that my purpose in life has always been this, I know that my purpose and my mission in this world, and on this earthly plane “is to communicate through music,” added the artist.

Her new stage may not go over well with her fans, but Danna prefers to remain firm in her decision. “I’m not going to stop who I am or what I have for anyone’s approval.. Some will leave and others will come, I think evolution is part of also accepting that we grow and if they are not happy, there is a lot of music out there from artists that they can connect with. I am grateful to the people who listen to me, connect with me and today embrace this change together, since they understand where it comes from.”

A “dark” cover that was born from a dream

Far from the sweet and cheerful role that her work boasts, Danna presented a few weeks ago the cover of her album “Childstar”, which is full of gothic characteristics and shows the singer falling into an alleged well while being trapped by thousands of beings that represent the demons of his past. The story behind this cover? Danna reveals it in this interview.

“I had already taken the photos for the album in November, but they didn’t work for us, so we had to do everything again. I had a very heavy dream where I fell into a drain, where inside I looked up and couldn’t get out of there, I felt trapped inside. That’s where I say that the hole I fell into is the heaviest darkness I’ve ever experienced.also shows how I empowered that darkness, but at the same time it was very terrifying to encounter many monsters and ghosts of myself and my past,” revealed the artist.

“I always wanted to throw myself at a concert towards the audience, I think it’s one of the things I see rockstars do the most, and I said that one day I will do it, that’s what the hands represent. Since I already had the representation of something, Instead of falling into the void I fell on a lot of people who simulate from a fandom, the industry, my fears, terror, a little darkness and all those monsters that appeared in my dreams They didn’t let me sleep. The cover was a drama and at the same time it was very cool to reach the result we wanted to give, that within a pop fantasy to tell a dark story of everything that is in those hands,” he clarified.

Your next visit to Peru

Danna’s “Childstar” album does not arrive alone, since she also confirmed that she will visit various countries in the region with her “Danna L!ve” tour, which includes a date in Peru on May 11 on the stage of the Multiespacio Costa 21 Tickets are on sale through Teleticket.

“Danna L!ve” is a transition show between “Éxtasis” and “Childstar”, there will be songs from the new album, it is a fusion of both worlds. We’ve been building this for quite some time, with the music, a new version was made. I am excited that Peru will be able to see the show. “It’s true, it makes me really want to, besides, I know how much we love each other,” Danna said.

“And I hope to be able to spend a few days there too and enjoy the country perfectly well, maybe go to Machu Picchu for a few days. I am mainly very grateful to know that we have a first show there of our own. I wait for you with a super happy heart”he added, revealing his desire to visit the wonder of the world.