Andrea Echeverri opened her heart and unveiled a difficult chapter of her childhood that marked her as a woman.
The singer, who became famous for leading the velvety Bogota rock group, revealed that she was a victim of harassment when she was a child. “I would be less than 7 years old,” he said.
According to the story of the plastic artist, he could never forget this episode and said that this is one of the motivations that his voice raises in defense of its gender. “Something has happened to us all.”
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“Everyone has happened to us, that is, I can ask her and I can ask her and surely something has happened to them. Even if she is little, right? That is, because as me, thank God, nothing has happened to me. But, girl, I went to wait for the bus and a hijueputa stopped there and took out the pipí. That is, I remember that we were three girls. Of course, the children do, that is abuse, ”Andrea revealed.
The Bogotana singer, who is currently 59, added that although she does not remember the exact age she had at that time, she said it happened when she was very small and that, for this, it is that in her compositions she prints messages against the sexualization of women.
“I think I had less than seven. This generated total trauma.” This is why in the lyrics of the song Cosa would be He let him know the discomfort that caused him to receive compliments and comments regarding his physique.
“What do you tell me about the pigs that shouted at one on the street, that is also abuse, I don’t know if that empowered me, but if I try to express myself from music because women have been very silenced, families normalized everything,” he added.
The Bogotana singer, who in the past has already expressed on several occasions that the songs of ‘La Loba’ is not to his liking, despite recognizing that he is a great singer, he revived the reason why he does not militate with the messages of his songs. “That is not freedom, on the contrary, it is a yoke,” he said.
On this occasion, the velvety Bogota rock band vocalist reiterated that he considers “La Loba” as a sexual symbol and compared it with Madonna, an American artist who also does not please him. “He likes everyone, but not me.”
In social networks, the interview fragment began to gain strength that Andrea Echeverri granted with the National Radio of Colombia, where the appellant made again about her sound preferences, punctually, if she listens or likes Shakira, artists who currently break records with her world tour Women no longer cry. “No,” Andrea replied without hesitation or giving more explanations, however, the announcer wanted to expand in the reasons.
These statements generated various reactions in social networks: “Not everyone for being Colombians we have to admire Shakira”“Shakira has never been a sexual symbol”, “Andrea has always been envious of Shakira”, “tell you that you are envious without saying that you are envious,” among others.
Since 2007, Andrea has been making it clear that she accepts the figure that Shakira represents in the world and the top that has left the name of the country, however, she has also mentioned without hair on the language that her aesthetics, style and musical genre is not of her affections. He did so when I criticize his wardrobe and since 2013 he has been saying that he sees “La Lola” as a sexualized symbol.
“Somehow it followed in Madonna’s steps or something, yes or what? That kind of artist does not like… that girl who uses her body and energy to attract audiences. He is a great singer, but to me the pod with sexual symbol does not go with me. That is why I don’t like Madonna either, it’s like everyone loves her and that thanks to her we are free. It seems to me that this is nothing freedom, that is a yoke ”, this is the speech that Andrea repeats against her countryman.
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