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We are here at the Rossa Cecilia,
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a Chilean Italian artist living in London.
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So you speak Spanish French and English.
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Yes. But my Spanish is giving second generation.
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So like my AUA speaks to me in Spanish and I respond
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in English but weirdly,
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I can't song write in French.
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I can only song write in English and Spanish.
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I don't know why I think it's because my mother tongue,
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it's like the ones I've spoken since.
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So it feels more natural and what's the best language to flirt
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in? I'm best at flirting in French.
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But I think the most enjoyable language to be flirted in with
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is Spanish. But like from the Caribbean,
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from the Caribbean, you know what I mean?
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They got me really freaking coworker and he's pretty smooth with it
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So like whenever he comes like,
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hey, he called me and I'm like they make you feel
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special. They really do.
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Huh? Can you give a flirty line in each language?
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Honestly, I feel like in Spanish it's about,
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it's not what you say.
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It's how you say it.
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Even if it's just like hola como,
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that's cute. Little squint too.
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That you did. Same in French Sabato English.
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It doesn't work English.
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I just look, I just,
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I just Jenny. You know what I'm talking about you?
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I can see you smiling like you got a good smile.
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Thank you. Thank you,
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Rosa. So the winner UK gets a bad rap.
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like where do you go to get Latino fixed?
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How do you spruce up your meals?
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And how do you make sure it has that?
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That's a song. So I actually don't think that London has
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You can get amazing Latino food.
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The two like Latino hubs would be Elephant and Castle and then
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seven sisters, one's in South,
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one's in North, I will say though where I grew up
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which is around Shepherd's Bush in West,
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there's like a tiny Colombian scene.
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Like I went to school with quite a few Colombians.
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And so we have like our little Mercato and like all the
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you know, but I feel like it's,
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there's more and more Latin food that I'm noticing,
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I think because of the internet genuinely.
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I think accounts like you guys,
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people have a craving for it and when family or friends travel
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outside of London and they go to Mexico or like,
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what do you ask for them like to bring you back?
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Do they bring you back any goodies or do you make any
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I'm not Mexican but I love a tie.
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but like a little tacky with some lemon.
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That's what I'm into.
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It's like I would just go to my alas to get Unitas
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which is like Unita is kind of like a tamale but without
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the meat. So it's literally just like corn wrapped in the
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leaf and she bakes them and she sprinkles sugar on top and
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we have it for breakfast.
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Like for me, if I want Latin food,
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I just go to my because she lives in the suburbs of
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London to the source.
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I'm nice and home cooked too.
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So your music has tons of influences and on your song,
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desire, you're covering it all.
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What's inspiring you these days for desire.
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I was really inspired by Nati Pus's Mafioso because when I heard
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that song Don't Get Me Wrong.
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I love reggaeton with all my heart.
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I couldn't kiki Reggaeton till the cows come home,
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babes. Let me tell you.
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But, but when I heard my foa,
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I was like, this is a Latin pop hit,
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a global Latin pop hit that isn't reggaeton.
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And I'm a vintage girly.
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I love the eighties.
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Like I love to collage when it comes to anything aesthetic.
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So when I heard that song,
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I was really inspired and encouraged that people were making music like
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that. So I was like,
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I wanna make a song like that,
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but that has a bit more London grit because I am a
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Londoner. And so that's what inspired desire really.
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And then I was listening to a lot of like Madonna's Erotica
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which is like kind of a niche Madonna album from the
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nineties. I've never heard of it before.
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I kind of wanna write something a bit kinky,
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a bit taboo. A bit erotic and desire was born basically
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Yeah. And moron music do Latinos show out at
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This is a question that I was asking myself.
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So I work closely with a friend of mine called Santiago who
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is Colombian. We decided to put on a show a year
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ago that was just Latin Acts and we asked ourselves,
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we like, is anyone gonna turn up?
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Like, is anyone gonna calm,
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does anyone even like Latin music in London,
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fully sold out such good energies,
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whether they were Latino or not?
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They showed such a passion for the music.
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It was one of my favorite shows I've ever done.
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And then we, I posted a reel of it around like
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Christmas and it's on like 3 million views which is crazy Latinos
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show up. They show that FOMO is there.
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I feel like, you know,
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people that are Latino,
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they like, they like the culture,
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the food, like they want to take it all in as
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Well, and I think we're all welcoming,
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so for sure, it's like if you play Gasolina in an
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event that is super diverse,
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you're going to see all the Latinos just kind of just show
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up, right? Like you're going to see them parties out
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here. I notice they play Gasolina and even the white boys
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the beats, the vibe.
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So I think they all want to be a part of it
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most definitely. And I think what's so beautiful about all community
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is like, I think a lot of the time in the
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past being Latino has been given a singular rep,
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but there's so much diversity like we're an entire continent.
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Like, do you know what I mean?
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Like, there's so much diversity within our culture in and of
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itself. And I also feel like the UK and Europe need
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to have its time to show what our version of Latinidad looks
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like what's next for you.
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Desire out 26th of July.
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And there might be a little video that comes with it.
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I'll be playing a few shows and then I've also got
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some other singles planned for this year,
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but we want to thank you also for your time and for
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breaking it down how you know the difference is and all that
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how your experience is over there in the UK,
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where can people find you and follow you so they can find
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me everywhere at. It's Rosa Cecilia or on tiktok,
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Rosa Cecilia music. You can find me on Spotify.
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Please listen to my new song.
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It's got a Latin beat,
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British French Spanish lyrics.
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It's inspired by everything and it's a song for everyone.
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It's a hot girl summer song for sure.
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But you see Gracias de Mundo Mi a Mi Take Care.
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