Capicua is the stage name Ana Matos Fernandes, a Portuguese rapper, seeking through the words to express emotions within them out by well rhythmic words that express her feminine and real universe, of shadow and light, but above all, is an emancipation cry of a "crazy Mermaid".
"Crazy Mermaid" is a quible? Because it is a crazy mermaid for shoes, but you can read up-to-I will be mad.
Capicua: Yeah, turns out to be a game of words, because I am very interested in this question of meaning also has to do with the find that the creative act is crazy, because we used something that is so personal and give it to people, we have to show it to yhe critics so we need courage and a certain kind of madness, why pick on our intimacy and expose it, or get something we liked and give it people with an open heart and I think that has a lot to do with it. Therefore, a certain amount of madness that makes us braver.
This record work is extremely feminine, lines of your universe of everything around you, always with your own very look, was on purpose when you started writing the lyrics of this album?
C: Yes, from the moment I started writing the feeling, the emotion, the feeling around the "crazy Mermaid" I realized it was going to be a very feminine, emotional drive, a little more mysterious and melancholic than the previous one the little lilac. Feeling it was my starting point, also wanted to do it in a seductive way, that does not portray women as a reductive form thereof or simplistic, wanted to speak of women in their diversity, in our reality. I thought the mermaid has everything to do with this idea, is mythologically is a seductive been, her singing makes sailors lose their heads, there is something evil at the same time and that side of shade and charm was something that interested me commit to the female universe, is this double facet of women I think lacks speaking about, because the pop music mystifies us somehow, in the sense that presents us as pleasant beings or hipersexualize and women are much more than that, are diverse, real and are not always perfect, are sad and it is worth stating that side of light and shadow, that impose was in album that came out, so it was conscious.
Underline this album is the fact that you are the only female rapper, in almost an all masculine universe.
C: I'm not the only one. What happens is that I have more visibility, but there are other women rapping in Portugal, within the esprecto of rappers women are in the minority, not only in rap, but also in other countries. What I think is important, is not out to me to be an exception, because I do not think that is fair in the sense that I do not want to be presented as such, I integrate myself in the group of rappers, female and male, and I do not think that gender is crucial to define the musical style, influence our way of being in the world and our perspective, but the music is much more than that. This issue in hip-hop is also widely spoken, but in other styles of music is the same, in rock, punk and reggae, or in competitive sport, nor in politics, not by coincidence, but for cultural reasons. We live in a patriarchal society that does not encourage women to win the public space, to be competitive, to ascend to leadership positions, to go up to a stage and to give your opinion and tell our righteousness. All these unstimulated features will make that there are still few women in all these areas.
It is interesting that you say that, because the reaction of the female audience to your concerts is bubbling. Your audience is mostly female?
C: I do not believe that.
This album speaks of women and that creates some identification on their part.
C: Yes, it is true, but I do not think my audience is mostly feminine, because in my facebook, worth what it's worth, most are men. Rap is consume mostly by male, or they are more informed, but I think in my case is 50-50, women are showing more for such identification, feel more and express themselves more this enthusiasm.
And what men tell you about your work?
C: It is not very different from what women say. In most cases are surprised, they tell me they like more the record than the concert, or who had never been to a rap concert and loved it, or those who were not expecting and like the lyrics. It's the same type of comments and what I think is different between men and women is a matter of enthusiasm, women come over, ask for autographs, kisses.
They are more inhibited?
C: There are more tough, do not want to show they are fans, but this is a cultural issue.
Do you considered yourself a poet? When I hear your music, thinking of the lyrics, it seems poems.
C: Yes, I think I do poetry. I would define it in two ways, poetry is looking for music in the words and I'm obsessed with this and still, the poets say what others feel and observe in a most beautiful way, I love to write and if I did not did it well I let myself locked in. Of course, I have a lot to learn and I'm not saying I'm ready and I'm the best of my street, but what I do I am doing well and will evolve every day, but I hope that people think that what I do is poetry and music, but no one is above the other.
I know that your first record was a difficult birth because you were not yet internalized how to make your own music, "Crazy Mermaid" had this jump, but what did you noticed beyond that?
C: This issue of having a working method, already tested it, I made a mix tape between the first and second album that also helped to oil the gear and currently have a very definite creative process and arrive already faster where want is technical maturity. Also, I'm a mature woman, in the sense that I have lived more, some say that the singers and actresses get better with age and interpret better because it has a palette of emotions, wider and maybe I still lack something, as the song says, "to be a mature woman but still missing adventures" and how to learn to say no, I think I'm not ready, but the time helps and makes the music richest.
http://www.capicua.pt/capicua
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