We’ve all been there: you are in a romantic relationship that is not precisely the healthiest, and it will definitely triggers your interior loca, or what males like to discuss with as “psycho b*tch.” Maybe they had been untrue or handled you poorly, ultimately breaking each your coronary heart and your belief in them. You may need tolerated it for weeks, months, and even years till it drove you briefly to lose your sh*t. This is strictly what Mexican singer and icon Thalía tapped into when she wrote her newest single, “Psycho B*tch,” which dropped on Friday, Nov. 4, 2022. Thalía managed to take an unsightly actuality and an exhausting stereotype — trigger Latinas keep getting a foul rep for being spitfire locas — and turned it into one thing each humorous and empowering. It’s relatable, to say the least.
“It’s simply that enjoyable facet of like do not push my buttons. You’re going to search out me. Don’t set off me. Be cautious.”
Thalía believes psycho b*tch is a aspect everybody can channel if pushed or triggered sufficient. She additionally does not see this aspect as essentially good or unhealthy, only a human aspect that naturally comes out whenever you’ve had sufficient. “It’s simply that enjoyable facet of like do not push my buttons. You’re going to search out me. Don’t set off me. Be cautious,” she playfully explains to POPSUGAR throughout an in-person interview.
The monitor looks like old-school electro-pop ballads and new-school Thalía meet fashionable disco. And the lyrics are catchy sufficient to get caught in your head. The refrain reads: “Oops que pasa aquí? / Cómo me controlas cuando tú me tienes así lo loca lo, lo loca lo / Oops te lo advertí / Soy un poco impredecible / Medio psycho b*tch. Psy Psyco B*tch. Oops podre de ti / Cómo me controlas cuando tú me tienes así. Lo loca lo, lo loca por ti.”
Thalía has an over 30-year profession that hasn’t simply been profitable however is clearly not slowing down anytime quickly. From her teen band days with Timbiriche within the ’80s to her “Piel Morena” days within the ’90s and fashionable days collaborating with everybody from Romeo Santos to Natti Natasha and Maluma, her modern spirit is what’s allowed the artist to stay related and nonetheless peaking on the charts.
“I actually like the method of getting within the studio and actually writing the music. I speak to the producers, and I speak to the musicians. And the collabs, I imagine in these collabs as a result of even when they’re contemporary, new artists I study a lot from them or they study a lot from me. Or legends, like if I sing with some huge names I study a lot,” she says. “So, to me, all of that . . . refreshes every part and my perspective. And after all, life retains altering always. It does not simply cease altering. You can’t cease. If you might be afraid of change you cease. And I embrace change. I like change.”
The singer, who began her singing profession largely in Spanish however felt the strain to cross over to English throughout the early 2000s Latin explosion interval, expresses how a lot it conjures up her to see this era of Latin music artists sticking to Spanish and nonetheless discovering main success.
“It’s like the worldwide singers must sing in Spanish on our tracks and earlier than we needed to sing in English. Even although we had been singing our Latin rhythms, we had been singing in English.”
“It is superb what’s taking place proper now in Spanish. It’s unbelievable. Because simply each so-and-so time period there is a Latin explosion. If you return then you could have Carmen Miranda and later it was Julio Iglesias and Gloria Estefan. And then it was Marc Anthony, Shakira, Enrique Iglesias, Ricky Martin, and now with this new era it is lastly in Spanish,” she says. “And it is the other. It’s like the worldwide singers must sing in Spanish on our tracks and earlier than we needed to sing in English. Even although we had been singing our Latin rhythms, we had been singing in English.”
Thalía’s self-titled English-language album debuted in 2003 and featured Fat Joe within the common single “. . . I Want You.” This year marked the 20-year anniversary of Thalía’s 2002 self-titled album, which actually paved the way in which for her musical profession with singles like “Tú y Yo,” “No Me Enseñaste,” and ¿A Quién Le Importa?” She has debuted and peaked on the Billboard music charts all through her profession whereas by no means being afraid to evolve, even switching from pop to urban sounds in recent times. Her versatility is what’s guided the trajectory of her profession. As the tradition modifications, so does she.
Speaking of change, in a tradition that is always evolving, does the icon fear {that a} music like “Psycho B*tch” will set us again or additional stereotype Latinas as hot-tempered psycho b*tches? Not in any respect. In truth, she thinks this era has moved previous that. “That’s old style pondering, no? I feel proper now it is lastly altering as a result of there’s numerous dialog, there’s numerous social media matters and folks utilizing their platforms to speak about these items that earlier than did not have the chance to do,” she says. “So, I feel it is implausible that now the younger era is not taking that. They’re not taking any criticism or something. It’s similar to do not cross that line. That’s a boomer mentality.”
We’re all for reclaiming and proudly owning all points of your self, the nice, the unhealthy, and your interior loquita. Just perhaps do not unblock your ex to ship him this music. Just saying.
Check out the brand new music video for “Psycho B*tch” beneath!
