Gian Marco: Who is the woman who inspired the true heartbreak story of your recent hit “It Won’t Be Easy”? | INTERVIEW

“Maybe a weekend, a week will help me to get you out of your heart. And in a glass of red wine forget your voice that says goodbye …” (“It will not be easy” )

The captivating true story of heartbreak that Gian Marco Zignago narrates in “No va ser easy”, his new musical success that he covered in duet with the Mexican interpreter María José, dates back three decades, although at some point it was thought that it was part of recent events, even more so after meeting that the Peruvian singer-songwriter is separated from the mother of his children, Claudia Moro. The three-time Latin Grammy winner (2005, 2011 and 2012) was 17 years old and he sold toys on the street, when he met the woman who inspired his musical work. “I loved it, we spent it talking when there were no people, until one day I decided to ask him out, with a previous letter that I wrote and hid in my pants, as the song says. We arranged to meet at 6:00 pm in El Olivar park, in San Isidro. When 6:30 pm struck, and she did not arrive, I began to look for her on all the benches in the place“Recalls the national singer-songwriter.

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That cold afternoon, the wait was eternal and painful. The meeting was never realized and the musician realized that he never heard from the enigmatic young woman again.

“EIt’s interesting how heartbreak is transformed into a song, this is a subject of spite, but in good vibes, you are not hating anyone, it has that pop rock vibe. I remember that Silvio Rodríguez said that he never told why he made the songs, because in the end people would put the story they wanted. That’s what it’s all about in the end”, Highlights the Peruvian musician.

In December 2020, Zignago Alcóver he premiered “It’s not going to be easy” and ten months later he released the new version with María José, whom he summoned moved by that musical instinct that he polished and perfected over the years.

“The same thing that happened to me with Debi Nova, with whom I recorded ‘Tú no te imaginas’, happened to me with María José. When I heard the song I listened to her. Voices are like that, songs seek his voice. There are songs that I write that are not for me”, He agrees.

Admiration and respect

The former member of the Kabah group assures that she accepted Gian Marco’s proposal without hesitation, since she considers it an honor to be part of the Peruvian artist’s musical history.

“I love his songs, Giani is the voice of the people, of the people, he could be a great politician because he speaks the stories that we all need to hear. It uses us on tremendous levels. He is a great artist, how could he not accept his proposal. I remember that we first met via digital and after everything was beautiful, mixed, we agreed to meet in Mexico. We only met personally, two months ago, when we recorded the video clip in Mexico, everything happened naturally, I felt that it was me who was selling the toys on the other side of the corner, I felt that I had known him for a long time”, Indicates María José.

The lyrics and music of “No va ser Fácil” belong to Gian Marco and are produced by Sebastian Krys, with whom the Peruvian artist has created hits such as “Se me olvidó”, “Te mentiría”, “Lamento”, “Al otro lado de la Luna “,” The whole life “and recently” I’d rather live without you “and” Start over. “

Not to tv

In 1977, Gian Marco was in charge of the conduction of “Belling”, A space that was well received on national television. A few years ago he was also the coach of the Peruvian version of “La Voz Perú”. And although television has never eluded him, he does not feel part of it.

“I definitely feel like I don’t belong to that world, it has cost me a lot. I used to tell María José that I grew up in a theater, and I could suddenly do a play, but I have no vocation as an actor. The same thing happens to me with television, I can be on television, but you have to have a trade for that, you have to have a special charm”, Clarifies the artist.

María José, as happened with the Peruvian singer-songwriter, has also integrated foreign television formats such as “Pequeños Gigantes”, “Dancing for a dream”, “Mexico has talent” and the Mexican version of “La Voz”.

“Each program has its own joke, “Little Giants” is a beautiful project where you see the hunger of the children, I think that all the children’s programs are incredible, although sometimes there are parents who are horrible, they try to live their own dreams to through their children and you realize that, when you see that the child does not have that freshness, that it does not fit. “Mexico that has talent”, for example, is a format of several disciplines, interesting; but where I felt the best was in “La Voz”. I did four seasons, I just finished the fourth”, Says the Mexican artist.

Proud father

And just as music is one of the greatest motivations in the life of Gian Marco Zignago, his children are the reason for his existence. The 51-year-old artist feels fortunate to have received from Nicole, Fabián and Abril.

“First, I never imagined having three children, and second, I never imagined that all three would be musicians. Nicole has a wonderful career: great composer, great author, studied at Berklee College of Music, and all of a sudden the other guy comes out and says, ‘I’m going to be a musician.’ The same thing happened to me with the third. I’m not the perfect dad, pBut I am a human being who understood that he brought into the world three individually different beings, with a different way of looking. Nicole, for example, recently put a photo with her girlfriend and that love that I have been able to feel and see, it is a wonderful teaching for me”, he reports.

“Nicole taught us the importance of being honest, and honesty is always going to be good, obviously, but it’s also going to take you to terrible places, that ‘China’ has passed. The responses she has received through the networks have been very strong, but she has been very brave, wonderful, we love her, we love her and we respect her. Actually, the love he lavishes for Fer is incredible, apart from as I tell some friends, I prefer to have a daughter-in-law than a son-in-law, that’s better (laughs)“Agrees the singer-songwriter.

Gian Marco, who has been fulfilling his dreams on stage for more than three decades, goes back to his musical beginnings, to his old records, to songs such as “Part of this game”, “Domitila”, “Love song”, and is grateful for the have been able to continue reinventing itself, especially in difficult times of pandemic.

“In 2005, after having won my first Grammy, they gave me my letter of retirement from a company, and at that moment I already had the boys, you wonder why, you don’t understand; but there you realize what you are made of and you move forward in times when there was no Facebook, or Instagram. When I go back and see everything that has happened and all the people who have been by my side, my band that has been with me for so many years, that people pay a ticket to see you …, I am very grateful. My dad always told me: ‘The day you fill a place with 20 people who are not your friends, you let me know. And that’s the attitude. How good to have been able to continue doing what I like and with the passage of time, which is already like 30, keep listening to me. That is absolute gratitude and I will continue to do it for the rest of my life, until I have no voice, until I only have to write songs.”, He emphasizes.

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As part of the Tour Peru tour, Gian Marco will perform this November 27 in Huancayo, on December 4 in Cusco, on December 8 in Arequipa, on December 10 in Piura and on December 11 in Chiclayo.