Diego Arroyo, twenty -one singer: “As an artist, they tell you what you want to hear all the time. And if they make money from you, more” | Culture | EUROtoday

As a very good combat, Diego Arroyo (Toledo, 36 years previous) prices him to “achieve quiet consciousness.” For fifteen years, he has pedaling to not lose his stability and that twenty -one discovered his place in music, regardless of delusions. Architect in its origins, obsessive by nature, comics devourer … Arroyo is a “Loompa Oompa” of the trade. Today disguises lyrics about dependancy, melancholy or tiredness in the direction of floor relationships with mild melodies that join with a technology of younger folks. As Modern life, Lose manners, Dopamine o Cabezabajo. Proud of his “evangelizing vocation”, he cultivates a vital speech together with his guild that likes some and bothers others.

Ask. He loves to speak about meritocracy. Where does it come from?

Answer. From reddish mother and father, I suppose. In my home, social consciousness has been educated. My father is UGT lawyer and my trainer. We have it in DNA.

P. Is there so much unobtrusive [persona que logra el éxito profesional gracias a su parentesco con figuras prominentes] In music?

R. Yes, many. The artwork world is a don’t defend. It is tough to entry and is predicated on contacts, noble lessons and households. It is regular, what occurs is that it isn’t in style to speak about it.

P. There usually are not many younger artists who say it …

R. Because, to start with, you’re taking part in relationship with colleagues. I get the thought of ​​”I did it for myself.” That argument horrifies me. When I learn folks interviews speaking about their success, I didn’t see the small print: many had been youngsters of artists or executives. Maybe they’ve an immense expertise or the very best is as a result of Spotify Spain CEO goes residence to dinner.

P. But twenty -one is doing properly!

R. Already, however don’t think about the quantity of rock he suffers as a result of they have no idea what fails together with his creative undertaking and nothing fails. They merely evaluate to folks with whom it is unnecessary to match themselves as a result of 17 steps have come out. There are artists with extra expertise than me who now not contact as a result of they do not name them … I get a disgrace that I’m dying.

P. You haven’t got to match your self. Another lesson?

R. The necessary factor is to have a very good lawyer, indifferent from all of the brokers who earn a living from you.

In music, there are individuals who attempt to cheat and steal and a few get it “

P. Because?

R. Because this industry benefits from opacity and people who intervene through a commission system tries to cheat and steal. And some get it. It is very frequent. Because there are no statutes or regularized. It happened to us in our first full in Madrid. We pulled the blanket and discovered that there were van rentals in our name, that we owed money to people we thought we had paid …

P. He says he is a “cannibal guild.” Do they call you order?

R. Yes, with some frequency. There is a phrase from Tolstoy that I like: “Understanding every part is forgiving every part.” Telling things help. I know that I feel very bad, but I don’t point to anyone, I just say what happens. I have been the author of the other two great multinationals and I have seen many things. I have an evangelizing vocation or for some vindictive …

P. Avengative?

R. [Hace una pausa] I am more angry than vindictive, but then I am not worth anything. I get angry, blasphemous and say: “For what?”

P. The ticketera that manages the tickets of his group, Wegow, has just entered into preocconduct of creditors and can lose hundreds of thousands of euros. How are you doing?

R. It has been the fattest mazazo they have ever given me. I don’t know how, but let’s go over. I will not allow myself or cry. It’s like an accident, I can only follow.

P. Does it hard for you to take you seriously?

R. As an artist, they tell you what you want to hear the whole fucking time. And if they make money from you, more. Finding truth and honesty is less frequent the better you are going, but, it costs to listen to you because it is taken for granted that you do not get involved in your career because you only want success.

P. Why is it so arguing?

R. I guess it will be a dress seasoned with bullying to the beast, of ostracism and to take a long time that music was an option.

P. Did they harassed him?

R. All of the pack. Continuous physical and psychological humiliation until the age of 16. It was the class begword, a rat child, the perfect target. I remember carrying the snack that my mother prepared us and that they took it away.

I am uncomfortable to talk about whether I am ready. It’s like presuming social work “

P. What is being a rat youngster?

R. Raise at residence studying, taking part in, taking part in video video games … I related with folks on-line earlier than faculty. Because speaking about Alan Moore or Queen to my classmates was not an choice. It was a passport to whistle.

P. Was it gifted?

R. This is a horrible label. They did the take a look at and it got here out that [Bebe un trago a la cerveza]. I’m uncomfortable as a result of it appears useless. It’s like presuming to do social work … however, properly, my mother and father valued to take me to a particular faculty and get on the course, however ultimately they determined not. I didn’t get pleasure from my transit by the varsity. I used to be trying ahead to escaping from Toledo.

P. Any sequel?

R. I’m very delicate to individuals who communicate badly. I’m lit.

There are individuals who use psychological well being to get consideration when selling “

P. He was admitted by an anxious-depressive disorder. Is it fashionable to talk about mental health to banalize with it?

R. I agree, but I am afraid to say it because I think that although pornography of mental health is done, it is better than not talking about it. There are people who verbalize that they are wrong to get attention and win a headline when it is promoted. That gives me modesty, but I believe if it takes a person who needs it to therapy is Guay.

P. Have you had relapses?

R. Yes, I have a very depressive character and I have drops and ups, but I try to be responsible and medicate. There is a song that excites me a lot, Son of a Preacher Man Dusty Springfield and I remember that last December listening to her, I didn’t cause me anything. It is nonsense, but it is an indicator that something is not doing well. Being vigilant is good. And if I have to medicate myself, I do a doctor.

P. Is there stigma still?

R. Yes … The madman is a very ugly label. There is a lot of mythology about it. Weighs a lot. Because your head is the place where you spend the most in your life.

P. Twenty -one was undergroundIs it now mainstream?

R. No, because we do not distribute ourselves in the channels of mainstream. For example, this interview is in a channel of mainstreambut we are more in the indie circuit, whatever.

P. ¿Canales mainstream?

R. Yes, also the commercial radio, the big playlists Spotify publishers, magazines, brands … We are very well positioned, but we are not in the large part of the industry.

P. Do you feel that people do not pay attention to letters?

R. In certain music styles it is less frequent to pay attention to the lyrics by how the sound shines. There are people who are surprised at twenty -one lyrics when they make four or five listening.

P. Who is Diego Arroyo?

R. The son of Maricarmen and José Carlos, Pablo’s brother and Javi. A deeply curious individual.