Anitta during the 'Equilibrvm Tour' show in SP Fred Othero/Disclosure Anitta brought to São Paulo, on Saturday night (8), at Parque Villa-Lobos, the tour that presents live the albums “Equilibrvm” and “Equilibrivm II”, released by her between April and July this year. The public's expectation was huge to see what the artist who emerged in Brazil calling on the “powerful” to come down and dance — and then became popular with the world with the reggaeton in Spanish “Envolver” — had prepared for this new “good vibes” phase. With creative direction by Nídia Aranha, the short tour “Equilbrivm” debuted a week ago, in Porto Alegre. From the capital of São Paulo, it will now head to Fortaleza (CE), Niterói (RJ) and anchor, at least for now, in Salvador (BA). All this August. Right at the opening of the show, which lasted around 1h50, the 33-year-old singer from Rio presented the tracks “Ouro”, “Contemplation” and “Ternura”. With bare feet and repeating mantras (“I'm looking for something that's worth more than gold”), she made it clear that this tour would be completely different from her “Rehearsals”. It will be? ‘Equilibrivm’: see the main religious references in Anitta’s new album Sambando miudinho The highlight of this first act (the show is divided into three, separated by costume changes) is the great version of “É d’Oxum”. Famous as the voice of Bahian Gerônimo Santana, Anitta had already performed the ijexá on other occasions throughout her career. Now it makes more sense for your repertoire than ever. The show goes on like this, calmly, gently sung, accompanied by “Deus Mãe”, “Sem Rush” and “Bemba”, until “Caminhador” is amended with a cover of “Andar com fé”, by Gilberto Gil (1982). From the floor, the audience tries to follow this new, more serene “pique” of the singer. Strange sometimes. He moves slowly, sambas little, without letting go much. Romantic sweetheart doesn't move Anitta during the 'Equilibrvm Tour' show in SP Fred Othero/Disclosure Things even start to heat up afterwards. Dressed entirely in red, Anitta raises the temperature — literally, with various fireworks effects — singing a powerful mashup of “Desgraça”, “Mandinga” and “Feitiço”. But then the power decreases again, in the warmest part of the show, which features the songs “Pinterest” and “So Much Love”. Interestingly, the album duo, which brings together more than 20 feats, did not have any special participation in this São Paulo show. But not that Anitta needs it either. Everything lined up Anitta during the 'Equilibrvm Tour' show in SP Fred Othero/Disclosure It is in the third act, however, and fortunately, that the experience on stage finds its full meaning: the promise of a new Anitta meets the Anitta that the public already knows. Everything balances out. It is, by far, the best moment of the show, with the striking and powerful percussions of songs that seem to have been born for the stage, such as “Você Já Sabe”, “Choka Choka” and “Oke”. Here, Anitta returns to the persona that suits her best, that of a pop diva, with very frenetic choreography, as in her solo number in “Sal Grosso”, in which she briefly dances alongside an Omulu. Or when, still in the chorus of the same song, he leans on two dancers to perform the track's viral choreography. Divided and designed to grow gradually — from meditation to party, from sacred to profane — the approximately 30 tracks on the setlist, in the end and if you pardon the terrible pun, balance each other very well. Between tributes to big names in MPB, greetings to Ogum and Nanã, meditation tracks encouraging the public to look more calmly within themselves and their good funkões, Anitta gropes and finds, together with the public, her most mature version as an artist so far. Anitta during the 'Equilibrvm Tour' show in SP Fred Othero/Disclosure Those who thought that, to do so, she would need to completely abandon old eras were wrong. In the final moments of the presentation, she warns: “This project is special because it's where I felt comfortable being Larissa with you but don't think I'm ashamed of anything I've done in my career”. To prove it, he tells fans to open a large wheel to “present” them with “Lose Ya Breath”. Then, he turns the show, which was designed to be more “intimate”, into a true out-of-season Carnival with “Lugar Perfeito”, which contains the verses “Full of faith and positivity, let me know that today I’ll have to arrive later”. All eras are there.
Anitta chants a mantra, salutes Ogum and rolls on her back at the ‘Equilibrivm’ tour show in SP
Anitta during the 'Equilibrvm Tour' show in SP Fred Othero/Disclosure Anitta brought to São Paulo, on Saturday night (8), at Parque Villa-Lobos, the tour that presents live the albums “Equilibrvm” and “Equilibrivm II”,...
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