Kū'ē iā Raphael, ua haʻalele ʻo Mateo i ka helehelena ʻānela i kēlā hanana ʻaʻole i ka makahiki wale nō, akā ʻo ka ʻoihana a me ia, ma ke ʻano he mea hana, koi iā ia i ke ʻano o kona hōʻike ʻana iā ia iho i ka honua. ʻAʻole wale kekahi i haku nona iho a no Juan Magán, akā ʻaʻole ʻo Abraham Mateo ka hua o ka holomua, akā no nā kikoʻī liʻiliʻi loa. ʻO ia ke kumu i hana pū ai ʻo ia a ʻo ka mea i kapa iā ia ʻo "ka Spanish Justin Bieber" ʻaʻole hewa loa.
Ua hoʻohālike ka ʻōpio iā ia. Ma nā lekiō nui a ma nā hui nalo loa kēia mele. Ua hoʻohui ʻia ʻo ia me Jennifer López a i ʻole 50 Cent, nā milestones e hoʻokokoke iā ia iā Julio Iglesias. Loaʻa iā lāua ke aloha i ka mana o Madrid a me Sepania ma ka Latin.
Akā naʻe, ʻaʻole i nalowale ʻo Mateo i kāna leo mokupuni, a ʻaʻole e nalowale ʻo ia no ka nui o kāna kipa ʻana iā Miami a i New York. ʻO kaʻoiaʻiʻo, ua noho nui ʻo ia ma Madrid a ʻaʻole ʻike ʻo ke kapikala, i kēia mea ʻo ka Latin American epicenter o ke kani, aia ma hope o Miami ponoʻī.
ʻO Andalusian, 'cañaílla' (kūlohelohe mai ka Mokupuni o San Fernando), ʻaʻole i koe wale ka leo. He mea maʻamau nō hoʻi ka hana ʻana i ke ala no ka lace a lawe mai i ka ʻohana, ka mea i hālāwai ai ka mea nīnauele i ka wā e komo ai i loko o Madrid o ʻAberahama Mateo.
ʻO Abraham Mateo e hoʻomaka ana i kahi hale ma Madrid - AUTHOR'S ARCHIVE
Kahi a me kahi lā o ka hānau hānau.
ʻO ke ala maikaʻi e hoʻomaka ai i ka nīnauele, 'illo'. Ua hānau ʻia au ma ʻAukake 25, 1998. Ma ka mokupuni ʻo San Fernando, Cádiz. E lilo i 'o'ohe
I ka makahiki hea ʻoe i hōʻea ai i Madrid?
Me 16 makahiki. Ke hoʻomanaʻo nei au i ka lā aʻu i hōʻea ai no ka mea i ka hopena o kaʻu mea i mālama ai i koʻu hele ʻana i ka huakaʻi ua hoʻolilo wau i ke kūʻai ʻana i hale ma Madrid a lawe mai i koʻu ʻohana ma aneʻi. ʻAʻole au i manaʻo e loaʻa koke. ʻO ia, a he ʻoiaʻiʻo wau, he manawa kupaianaha. ʻO ka poʻe e hōʻailona mau loa iā ʻoe.
He aha kou manaʻo ma mua o ke kapikala?
Ua hoʻokau nui ʻo Madrid iaʻu. Psss, ʻaʻole maopopo iaʻu… ʻo ka haʻi wale ʻana i ka helu ua hopohopo wau. ʻO kekahi leo, ʻē aʻe ka wikiwiki. Ke kamaʻilio nei mākou e pili ana i ke kikowaena o Sepania.
Pehea lākou e hana ai iā ʻoe ma ʻaneʻi?
ʻOluʻolu loa au ʻoiai ke minamina nei au i koʻu ʻāina. Maʻaneʻi ua maikaʻi koʻu manaʻo, ua hoʻāʻo ʻia ka manawa a aia kahi ākea ākea loa o nā mea hiki. Also honua.
Ma ka "international", ʻo Miami, New York, Lākana…?
ʻO kekahi.
Hoʻoponopono hou wau. ʻO Madrid, Miami, New York a i ʻole Lākana?
Elegyria Miami no ka hana. No kahi o New York, he moeʻuhane ke noho ma laila a aloha wau iā New York.
Nui i ka "international".
ʻO nā mea a mākou e hana ai ma ko mākou ʻāina ke lilo nei i mea maʻalahi. A pono mākou e manaʻoʻiʻo. Pono mākou e kamaʻilio. Ke hana nei mākou i kahi hana maikaʻi loa. Hāʻawi nā mea pena i nā manaʻo hoihoi loa. Nānā mai ʻo Miami a me ʻAmelika ʻAmelika iā mākou. He mea ʻokoʻa kā mākou: ko mākou aʻa. ʻO ko mākou moʻa Andalusia, Sepania. ʻO ka poʻe o mākou he 'ʻoluʻolu'. He kāne kā mākou iho. A lawe aku ʻo Madrid iā ia. He nui ka exponent o ka Latin 'cool'.
Hiki paha iā Madrid ke Miami hou?
Hiki paha. ʻoia. Nui nā mea pena kiʻi e lawe nei i kēia makemake i kā lākou kahua. Nui nā kālena. Aia ma Miami ke kuleana no ka mea i hana ʻia.
He kūlanakauhale maikaʻi anei kēia no ke mele?
ʻO kekahi. ʻOiai ʻo ke ʻano mele āu e makemake ai e pili ana me ia, he kūlanakauhale maikaʻi ia. ʻO ka maikaʻi loa.
He aha ka mea maikaʻi e hele mai mai Madrid?
Makemake au i ka pop/rock. Hoʻokahi ʻano hou o kā mākou. ʻO ia ka mea āu e makemake ai. Ke ʻoiaʻiʻo a ʻoiaʻiʻo kekahi mea. Loaʻa iā mākou nā mea pena e like me Juan Magán, Alejandro Sanz… Me he mea lā ua hana.
I kekahi keonimana mai Miami, a hoʻi mākou i Miami, pehea ʻo Madrid?
E ʻōlelo ʻo ia he ʻoiaʻiʻo loa ʻo Madrid, e hoʻoikaika iā ʻoe, hiki iā ʻoe ke hana i kekahi mea no ka mea aia nā mea āpau. Loaʻa nā wahi no kēlā me kēia kanaka. He wahi ia e inaina ai oe i ke ola. Paipai au iā ʻoe e hana. Paipai ʻoe i ka hoʻopunipuni.
Ma hea ʻo ia e hālāwai ai me nā muses?
Nui nā wahi e hoʻoulu ai iaʻu. Hoʻihoʻi mai ka Gran Vía i nā hoʻomanaʻo he nui. Ua hoʻohana au i nā mahina he nui ma kahi hōkele ma Gran Vía. Hele au me ko'u makuahine a ma ia alanui au i halawai ai me ko'u aloha mua. ʻO El Retiro hoʻi, i koʻu wā liʻiliʻi.
E kau i kahi 'akā'.
Kauwela. He paʻakikī ʻo ʻAukake ma Madrid. Ua like ia me ka waiho ʻana iā ʻoe iho i loko o Gehena, ʻaʻohe mea ma ke alahele.
Ehia na alanui o Cádiz?
Nou iho, ʻokoʻa ka ʻakaʻaka, ʻoiai aia nā mea a pau. Akā ma Madrid maikaʻi loa wau. Nā manaʻo hoʻi aʻu e hele mai nei mai koʻu wā liʻiliʻi.
Ma ka puka o ka hōkele, ʻo ka mea a mākou i kiʻi pū ai he neon e ʻōlelo ana "Madrid kills me"...
ʻAe, pepehi ʻo Madrid iā ʻoe; Pepehi ia iā ʻoe mai ka wela wela i ke awakea.
