"Inspired by writing classes she took during the pandemic, Venegas began by drafting personal essays before losing interest and going back to her day job. "I just wanted to do another record," she admitted. "I wasn't really interested in my own memoir." She soon realized that her new songs were beginning to parrot the themes and stories of those essays. The result is not only her first book, but also her 10th full-length LP, "Norteñ a," which comes out on Friday."
""I realized I was actually inventing my own musical memoir. So I thought it made sense to actually do [both projects] together." In combination, the two projects serve as a chronicle of Venegas' path in becoming one of pop music's great observers of love. Each is centered around her first love: her hometown of Tijuana, and its essential place in her journey."
""I was reading a lot of writers from Baja California, writers from Tijuana. This whole project was my way of coming back. I hadn't realized it when I started, but I was thinking about Tijuana. I was thinking about Baja California." The "Norteñ a" projects highlight the grit and glamour of life between borders. "So far from God, and yet so close to the United States" is how Venegas describes it."
Julieta Venegas begins a memoir project after taking writing classes during the pandemic, drafting personal essays before losing interest and returning to her day job. She then decides to make another record, and her new songs start echoing the themes and stories from the essays. She realizes she is inventing a musical memoir and chooses to develop both projects together. The combined work chronicles her path toward becoming an observer of love, centered on her first love: Tijuana and its role in her journey. The projects capture the grit and glamour of life between borders, describing a place far from God yet close to the United States, and portraying her family’s movement between homes on both sides.
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