your sweet topic I enjoy has circled the globe. And it was not for less, well Carla Morrison not only release a special energy , but she also knows how to sing the exact word, she knows how to strike the precise note, to provoke a hurricane of feelings with her compositions.
Proof of this are also songs like I give you either Are you , close to the romantic theme of their latest release: With you, Act IV of her next album, The Renaissance, and a whole ode to the hope that springs after a great heartbreak.
'Contigo' is Act IV of her next album, 'El Renacimiento'.
He is preceded by the titles Anxiety, don't call me Y Artwork, what have they supposed a turning point on her musical journey, as she did back in the day Paris, where she conceived each of them.
Why the French capital as the cradle of her inspiration? After an exciting journey through Europe -Where she also fell in love with Venice Y Milan–, Carla decided to meet again , recover the essence that fame had detached from her, she settled in Paris.
“Paris was like coming back to me, know again who I was . That's why, the disc , that I started to create there and that I will release in March of next year, talk about all those stages that I lived internally”, comments Carla Morrison to Conde Nast Traveler.
Montmartre, dominated by the Sacré Coeu.
"I loved it, it's super cute. Culture, the way the French see life how do you take the time to drink a coffee , the way they qualify... Because during my stay there, I studied at a jazz conservatory and at a French school, it was really good,” she continues.
get lost by the first arrondissements and soak up the romance of Ile de la Cite he liked it as much as taking refuge at the foot of the Sacré Cœur: “I liked Montmartre very much. There he had a studio where I was going to make music, read and compose.” All this to the sound of piano , of course.
“I know the French say that France is not only Paris, but it is very, very beautiful and you learn from everywhere. Also I learned to cook wonderfully”.
Of course, her mastery of the kitchen did not replace her frequent visits to Robert and Louise , The flirtatious Rue Vieille du Temple restaurant that she conquered Carla Morrison with his excellent grilled meats and its delicious fricassee of mushrooms.
Despite the singer is a native of Tecate (Mexico), she has found her home in different places around the world: “I went from Mexico to Phoenix, in Arizona, at 17 years old. I lived there for six years and then I returned to Tecate for a year. Then I moved to Mexico City for seven years and from there I went around two and a half years in Paris. at the moment I'm in The Angels”, she explains to us.
Across the ocean, continue to recall the flavors of la vie en rose in Figaro Bistro, where to start the day with a breakfast of omelet –made in the purest French style–, macarons and coffee , she seems like the perfect plan.
Take care of her colorful garden, ride a bike, go for a run, practice yoga, go climbing at 6 in the morning... The calm and the happiness Carla Morrison it follows from Los Angeles is undeniable; but that does not mean that, sometimes, she misses her homeland.
"Tecate is three hours from here Lower California. It's a bohemian town of some 100 thousand inhabitants. What I miss about Tecate is how simple life was , there I feel that there is nothing to hide, while in larger cities, yes. But actually, What I miss the most is my mom.”
On her day, Carla headed to USA with the purpose of study music in a school her, because she was always clear about what her great passion was.
Sunset in Tecate, Mexico.
“Back then she was part of a band of covers. Prior to go on tour in Mexico, I thought: I prefer to spend my time preparing for what is truly going to be mine. And so I started to compose my songs , though I already wrote poetry and stories since I was little”, she tells Condé Nast Traveler.
His lyrics are not only based on personal experiences, but also the great empathy of Carla Morrison makes other people's experiences awaken in her emotions that she embodies in her lyrics.
"My husband says that at parties I am the" Doctor Heart ": someone starts talking about a love problem and there I am”, she says between laughs. “There are times when something, a simple word, a situation, transports me to one of mine. I feel like when you make a song it's easier to confess how you feel , and that's what I do with my music,” she notes.
Until now, the Mexican singer has collaborated with artists such as Ricky Martin, Leonel García, Juan Gabriel or Elsa and Elmar. But who would you like to share a studio with in the future? “I really like the wave of new artists out there. Nathy Peluso, Ed Maverick, Maye or Bratty are some of them,” she reveals.
Returning to travel... Next destinations in mind? “We want to go back to Paris as soon as possible, but also we would like to camp nearby, go to New York Already Hawaii. Make a europe tour, that we could not do it due to the pandemic, it is also a pending task ”, she sentences.
Sloop, La Paz.
And to say goodbye with a nostalgic touch, we delve into her traveling memories: “La Paz, in Baja California, is a trip that I remember fondly. everyone is going to Los Cabos , TRUE? But we wanted to go to La Paz, a place extremely quiet and super pretty. I remember a lot about Balandra beach. In it the water does not pass from your knees. It's totally crystal clear and really beautiful." A postcard that, without a doubt, would be the perfect backdrop for your theme With you.