There are gestures, such as saying thank you or asking how each person we meet is doing, that seem anecdotal but say a lot about us. Nicki Nicole (Rosario, Argentina, 2000) has everything in its favor. Friendly and smiling, she arrives from the Latin Grammy gala in Seville with a bit of a cold but she doesn’t object when we ask her to sneak between the floors to take some photos. “Excuse her voice, I don’t normally have it like that,” she jokes, lowering her tone even more.
Perhaps you cannot boast of being the most illustrious person in your city. A neighbor like Leo Messi makes it difficult to think about fighting for that title. But if She can boast of being the first Argentine to have performed live on Jimmy Fallon’s show., one of the most sought-after programs on American television. Furthermore, she achieved it a couple of years ago, when she was only 21.
Since he came of age, his rise has been unstoppable. His career started anecdotally thanks to Wapo Traketero, a song recorded at home in a rudimentary way. She published it, young people liked it, they shared it, and reached the ears of Duki. At that time, the trapper – who performs at the Santiago Bernabéu in June – was one of the few urban references in a country that is now sweeping the genre. He saw something in that girl and decided to encourage her to continue. And he was not wrong. A contract with Sony, a session viral with Bizarrap, several albums, massive concerts and even award nominations have proven him right.
“I dreamed about this,” he confesses. “When I was little I would grab the broom and give shows in the kitchen. The best thing was that I didn’t think I was someone else.”. I didn’t want to be Britney [Spears] it’s Christina [Aguilera]. I wanted to be me, you understand? That helped my family be by my side, so that I didn’t see it as a stage,” she details.
She was surprised at home when the youngest of four siblings wanted to leave school to put all her efforts into singing. But her mother, the one who cooked her those potato omelettes that she now remembers every time she sets foot in Spain, knew that Nicole – her real name – should try it.
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