“Are you ready for the best night of your life?” Shooting Emilia Mernes, after having offered minutes before an appetizer of what he had prepared for the last performance of his residency at the Movistar Arena. This Friday, the Argentine ambassador of urban pop crowned the tenth stage of this series of shows, an achievement that she was overshadowed by an acute gastroenteritis that forced her to postpone several recitals. Even on that occasion, and in front of a crowded venue, she had to go on stage herself to explain the situation. Her doctor had asked her to stop. What set off alarms, once again, about the overexertion (mental and physical) to which the artists of the so-called “Crystal Generation” are exposed.
That is why both its date last Wednesday and the outcome had the flavor of revenge (it was also presented on Thursday). Even though she couldn’t contain her emotion, always on the verge of tears, in some passages of the performance. She is an artist who He gives himself body and soul, honoring the expression, its audience. For two hours, the woman from Entre Ríos toured the capacity from one end to the other: from side to side and from end to end. For which she used a type of suspension bridge in which she demonstrated that if there is something she has left over, it is vertigo and especially ovaries. She is an honorable student, in addition to the most southern, of pop icons of the temperament of Britney Spears and Beyoncé. Although his countenance evoked that of J-Lo.
In fact, their last album, mp3, pays tribute to those influences, as well as the digital culture of the early 2000s. And that was evident in the aesthetics of the show, in which an entire universe dressed in violet and the imagery of the video game also stood out. After that noble and deafening fandom claimed the pop star’s presence on stage, his musicians initially appeared and, immediately afterwards, his dance troupe. To which she later joined in the introduction of the song “Facts”, which she revealed, in the same way that happens in her second album, the repertoire of the recital. That reggaeton with epic intentions was accompanied by another dembow, this time with R&B nuances: “Cuatro twenty”. The inaugural shortlist was closed by the G-funk “Jagger”.
Once she unsheathed “Intoxicao,” the singer, possessed of dazzling energy, returned to the songs of mp3. “Jet set” raised the curtain on the second act. There were five in total, separated by themes, cadences and intensities, in the best style of the live proposals of Taylor Swift and Alicia Keys. If in that segment he blended in with the screen, to change clothes in a fitting room, later crossed the stadium (walking above the crowd located in the field) to a small stage that recreated a room. There she picked up her acoustic guitar. In the middle, between one episode and another, he summoned his partner Dukiwith which he made “As if it didn’t matter”, already Miranda! to revisit the hit of the duo “Uno los dos”.
To his father, who was ahead of everyone (along with his mother), he dedicated the self-absorbed pop “Guerrero.” At that time, he had already made the groover “Iconic”, the suggestive R&B “La chain” and the soulful “Rápido slowly”. She jammed out to the reggae-flavored pop “Latin Girl,” adding existentialism to his show with “My Other Half”, he added some music dance with “My Other Half”, and among his new songs he scored hits estrimeros the size of the futuristic reggaeton “Una foto”. She sang the cumbia “Perdonarte, por qué?” (originally signed with the Mexican group The blue Angels). However, no theme strictly respected the genres. Which explains the artist’s daring to break the mold.
If Andrés Ciro stops to read flags at the end of his recitals, Emilia did the same with the posters that his followers offered him. The boys were also present at the event, as well as several dads, who attended the event to support their children. A couple of them wearing rock t-shirts. In the stalls, a troupe of girls, playing futurology, I tried to guess each song that Emilia was about to do. They only got it right with “Those from Space”, a prelude to the end. When “Muñecos” and “La original” arrived, the mothers gathered at the exit of the stadium, on Humboldt Street, spent time delving into their WhatsApp group chats. While her daughters, as the artist predicted, They treasured an unforgettable night.
