![]() ![]() “Therapy sessions, the ketamine, moving in and out of countries and trying all sorts of different therapies and just really looking for answers to all of my questions,” she said. “To me, it’s been a journey of all my life,” she said. She was able to better process her dad’s death. She started to understand where a lot of her anxieties came from. It helped her relax and access parts of her subconscious that she was still resisting during her therapy sessions. The ketamine was another way to help slow her down, she said. “It was just nice to feel so free,” she said. “It was just like ‘Oh wow, I’ve been so bad to myself,’” she said.īut in Paris, she remembered walking beside the river, crying for hours, and never feeling judged. Morrison started getting famous in the 2000s, but she said after “a certain thousand followers, it started to get very dark.” With the fame came the daily pressure she put on herself to live up to others’ expectations, and the anguish when she felt she didn’t. “When I arrived, I remember feeling like, ‘Man, these people are so slow,’ and then I realized: No, I’m actually going so fast, and there’s no need to go this fast the whole day,’” she said. She relearned to sit down for coffee without her computer, take photos for herself and not for Instagram, spend time with her husband and dogs and people watch. The pace of the Parisian lifestyle was healing. ![]() I think I started feeling bad when I felt that I couldn’t do that.”) (“I always thought I could be honest with my emotions, I mean, authentic with myself. Creo que me empecé siente mal cuando siente que ya no pueda ser lo,” she said. “Siempre pensé que podría ser honesta conmigo sobre mis emociones, o sea, como auténtica como en mi persona, siempre siente que podía ser lo. Morrison credits being honest about who she is and integrating that new outlook into her music to living in Paris and getting away from the spotlight. The songs she wrote during this period would become “ El Renacimiento (The Renaissance),” the album she released April 29. Her single, “ Ansiedad (Anxiety),” the first song she released after her hiatus, is about the anxiety she’s dealt with since she was a kid.Ģ020 brought more challenges - the pandemic, the death of her father, moving to Los Angeles and a new phase of her mental health journey. When she started making new music again, the songs centered around her mental health. When she spoke to The Times recently, she was preparing to open for Coldplay in Monterrey, Guadalajara and Mexico City and was due to begin rehearsing for her upcoming tour, when she will perform in 19 cities, including a Thursday appearance at the Greek Theatre in L.A.īut before these recent career milestones, she took a three-year break from writing songs. She’s best known for her romantic songs that include “ Eres Tú” and “ Compartir.” She’s released three studio albums, has two Grammy nominations and three Latin Grammy Awards. Overall, Carla has accomplished monumental feats that many Latinx artists were not able to achieve in the United States before the Latin music explosion (pre-“Despacito”), ultimately breaking down boundaries for many artists today.Morrison has been a singer and composer since she was about 20 years old. She was recently featured on projects by Ricky Martin, J Balvin and Nicky Jam, the latter of which sampled her song "Disfruto" on his explosive track "Desahogo." Although her style is still rooted in her beloved acoustic-heavy sound, the project showcases her ability to effortlessly venture into a larger pop realm with versatility and depth.Ĭarla remains one of the most pivotal artists of the past decade with her art surpassing the boundaries of the Latin space resulting in a global, devout following and large cultural impact. Her first project in over 6 years, it arrived to large worldwide critical acclaim and has solidified Carla’s rightful place alongside today's biggest superstars within the pop arena.Įl Renacimiento chronicles her journey of healing from loss and returning to music and serves as her artistic reemergence and rebirth. Grammy-nominated and three-time Latin Grammy-winning artist Carla Morrison has had an explosive year following the release of her highly anticipated album, El Renacimiento, via Cosmica Artists. ![]()
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