Priscilla Alcantara: change in career (and look) draws criticism from old fans, but reflects career that went from gospel to pop

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Singer, who in recent years had been hinting at a new career direction, recently announced that she had abandoned her surname and is now just Priscilla. Singer Priscilla, who abandoned her surname Alcantara, appears with a new look at an event Reproduction/Instagram 🚨 A radical change in her career (and appearance) placed 27-year-old singer Priscilla Alcantara, one of the biggest names in gospel music in Brazil, among the most talked about topics on the internet this Wednesday (8). On the same day, she released the cover of her new album, “Priscilla”. The single “Quer dance”, a partnership with Bonde do Tigrão, should be released this Thursday (9). 📢 First, on October 31, she published an open letter on Instagram in which she announced the abandonment of the surname with which she became famous. 📝 “Only I know the joys but also the many pains that the baggage of that name brings me. That’s why I decided to leave it here and continue to just be PRISCILLA. […] In this new moment, I wish you the same freedom that I found to find myself. […] And let the new era begin. Let it begin, PRISCILLA”, she wrote. ✂️ Then, on November 5th, the artist appeared with her hair strikingly dyed red (and short) at the Interlagos Autodrome to watch the Formula 1 GP. 😡 That’s it, that was all it took for Old-time fans made severe criticisms, like this: “He died to the things of God. And he lived for the things of the world.” ✋ The truth is that this turn may seem drastic, but it has been taking shape over the last few years. And g1 recorded some crucial points in the journey of this singer who, in 2017, was one of the highlights from the series of interviews on the program “Promises”. 📍 First, a basic context. Priscilla started out as a child. When she was younger, she was the presenter of the program “Bom dia & company”, on SBT, where she remained for eight years. Between 2009 and 2018, she released five albums focused on gospel. Or “Christian pop”, as she always used to say. The first work without the “Christian” addendum is “Você Aprendiz a Amor?”, released in 2021, after she won the reality show “The masked singer Brasil”. See, below, important moments in the trajectory of Priscilla (ex-Alcantara): April 2019: rejection of the ‘gospel’ label Priscilla Alcantara rejects the gospel label and shows the creative process Friend of Bruna Marquezine and by Maísa Silva, the then Priscilla Alcantara already denied the label of “gospel singer” in 2019. In an interview with g1, she said she considers herself a pop singer: “I don’t consider myself a gospel singer. What would that be? A person who only sings what? I’m not prejudiced against the term, it’s marketing, but my art goes much further.” At the time, her most recent album was “Gente”, from 2018, which drew criticism from the evangelical fan club, which felt a lack of God in the lyrics. In the interview, the artist did not want to talk much about evangelical churches in Brazil. And she declared: “Jesus has, yes, been well represented, but there is a part of the fan club that makes mistakes.” August 2021: beginning of a new phase Priscilla Alcantara talks about her ‘transition’ from gospel music to pop In August 2021, Priscilla Alâncara released the EP “Tem dias (Expansão)”, which marked the beginning of a new era. When talking about the track “Boyzinho”, which attracted attention with its electronic pop and verses, let’s say, secular, he commented: “Composing about romance, about breakups, about celebration and enjoyment has always been something that has been with me, because it is part of the human experience . I’m a believer, but I’m also a person. So, it’s always been with me, I just arrived at the moment to share these compositions now with my audience.” “In no way in this change of musical genre will I change or transform myself into something that alters my identity.” She also explained: “I have been demystifying some taboos that people in the Church have always carried, due to religion.” For her, the “great magic” of writing and releasing music is writing something that makes sense in the life of someone she’s never met before. September 2021: desire to participate in festivals Singer Priscilla Alcantara Disclosure/Rodolfo Magalhães In an interview with g1, the São Paulo singer detailed her new career steps and commented on the partnership with producer Lucas Silveira, from the band Fresno. The artist then revealed his desire to sing at major festivals. “If someone asks me what my biggest dream is, professionally speaking, it’s to be on these stages at big festivals. I’ve always told people. In fact, there was an episode, years ago, when I went to Lollapalooza, and the believers didn’t like me. see it at Lollapalooza and it caused a lot of fuss and I don’t know what. And my response was: “Guys, if you find it strange that I’m at Lollapalooza [na plateia], imagine when I sing at Lollapalooza, because that will happen one day.” October 2021: victory in ‘The masked singer Brasil’ Priscilla Alcantara was the winner of the first season of ‘The Masked Singer Brasil’ Globo/Kelly Fuzaro At the time in that songs and clips showed a transition from gospel to pop Priscilla Alcantara participated in the first edition of the reality show “The masked singer Brasil”. She was very successful dressed as a unicorn and singing tracks such as “Shallow”, by Lady Gaga. Even before the revelation of that it was actually her, behind that mask, fans were already speculating. “I like everything that is playful”, commented Priscilla about the rumors. She also said that she thought it was “funny” and asked that the “buzz” on the internet be repeated when she released new songs. In the end, the singer was the great champion of the program. And, later, she announced the arrival of another album: “Você Aprendiz a Amor?”. September 2022: show at Rock in Rio Priscilla Alcantara performs on the Supernova Stage at Rock in Rio 2022 Braulio Lorentz/g1 Priscilla Alcantara’s show almost didn’t fit on the Supernova Stage, the fourth largest at Rock in Rio. Literally. The São Paulo singer and presenter’s band brought a trio with wind instruments, guitarist, bassist, keyboardist and drummer to the small space. “This is R&B, our school, I fell in love listening to these wonderful women”, explained Priscilla, before singing “Say my name” and “Survivor”, by Destiny’s Child, the trio that revealed Beyoncé. The setlist had a more pop-oriented part, with “Correntes” and an excerpt from “Tremendo Vacilão”, a funk melody hit from the 2000s sung by Perlla. Afterwards, it was more soul, a perfect genre for melismas and vocal pirouettes of all kinds. The somewhat exhibitionist vocal worked on the great “Tem dias” and “Tudo pah”. October 2023: Priscilla without Alcantara Open letter published by singer Priscilla Alcântara on October 31, 2023 in which she announced the change of artistic name, just to Priscilla, and the new phase of her career Disclosure/@_apriscilla_ “To the fans of Priscilla Alcantara Thank you very much,” began the open letter published on Priscilla’s Instagram. The first paragraph contained a self-affirming statement and an explanation: “I’m very proud of my journey. Every detail of it has brought me here, always moved by the new, by the different, by what I haven’t seen, haven’t experienced… I’ve never been satisfied with ‘the same as always’. I think that’s why, when I look back, I see COURAGE. Courage to try, make mistakes, mature. Courage to CHANGE”. For me, she cited the beginning of a “new era”. November 2023: change in look and new album Cover of the album ‘Priscilla’, released on November 8, 2023 by the singer Priscilla, previously known as Priscilla Alcantara Disclosure Days after informing that she is now just Priscilla, the singer generated comments when she appeared red and short hair at the Formula 1 GP, in São Paulo. With her multiple tattoos on display, she wore black shorts and cropped tops. This Wednesday, she posted on Instagram the cover of her next album, simply called “Priscilla”, and wrote: “WANT TO DANCE feat. BONDE DO TIGRÃO tomorrow [quinta-feira, 9 de novembro], 9pm”. Priscilla was the host of the program “Bom Dia e Cia” for eight years and has been deconstructing the image of a former child star who sings religious songs. Lucas Silveira, from Fresno, is in charge of helping her with what she calls of “transition”. In the new package, “Boyzinho” draws attention: it is an electronic pop with a certain warmth in the verses. “Composing about romance, about breakups, about celebration and enjoyment has always been something that has been with me, because it is part of the human experience . I am a believer, but I am also people”

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