Mexico City.- Jenny Juárez was frustrated that she couldn’t find anything musical in Spanish similar to the surf pop artists she listened to in her teens, so she began making her own music with the genre’s particular styles and choruses. She decided to call herself Bratty.
What he never imagined was that now, when his name has become one of the most popular within the emerging scene in Mexico, he will be part of one of the most important festivals in the world: Coachella.
“They gave me the news just two months ago, my team already knew before, but they only wanted to tell me once everything was confirmed. I didn’t believe it until I saw the poster.
“The year is just beginning and I’m very excited. It’s going to be my first time in the United States and I hope that I can do more dates there,” she said in an interview.
In April, the singer-songwriter will travel to Indio, California, to perform at the same event attended by other Latin figures such as Bad Bunny, Becky G and Rosalía.
“I’m glad to see many women on the poster, which is almost always led by men. For example, Rosalía, who is a great example for me because she is an artist who performs well, who cares about the concept of her music and albums and that she’s a female producer and gets involved in everything.”
For the 22-year-old from Sinaloa, it is important to see more women at festivals like this and that they have more presence, especially Mexican women.
“I was touched by a time when it is no longer so difficult to be a woman in the industry, although, without a doubt, there is still a lot to improve, but we are on the right track, we are not going backwards, we are progressing and that is good.
“I hope to represent Mexico very well and that there are more Mexican women who appear at this festival,” said the only exponent of the country in this year’s line-up.
With tour under the arm
His concert will be part of a tour that will be announced soon. He will also make a stop at the BB Auditorium, in CDMX, on May 20.
With the experience she gained in shows around the Republic and as a guest of Ed Maverick on his tour of South America, the interpreter of “My Room” hopes to give a more complete show.
“My same aspiration and curiosity to want to continue learning leads me to all this. When you are an artist you become addicted to that feeling when you are on stage, and that is what motivates me the most to continue. Sometimes it can be difficult, But in the end the process is worth it when you get to a show and see people who know the songs and mean something to them.”
Recently, the native of Culiacán released the single “Continental”, along with Nsqk and Méne, a love song “without falling into the cheesy”, according to what she said.
Although Bratty performs in bed-pop or bedroom-pop, characterized by slow rhythms, she does not rule out venturing into other genres, such as regional, the most popular in Sinaloa.
“I was never interested in the regional because I focused on the bands that I liked. I could never connect with that type of music.
“Now I feel that many regional artists are already getting out of the norm and doing different things, like Christian Nodal. I’m already more open-minded and I would consider making a song that has a bit of that style.”
