26-year-old artist trilingual singer-songwriter and actress GIULIA BE truly does it all, and her new self-titled album feels like it distills what’s made her journey so incredible so far.
The Latin Grammy-nominated pop sensation first flew onto our radars in 2018 with her viral hit “menina solta,” and has since gone on to have more than 1.5 billion streams to her name. The new album, also called GIULIA BE, consists of 21 tracks, with seven each in English, Spanish and Portuguese to showcase not only GIULIA’s immense talents, but also the slightly different personas she takes on with her command of each language. In case that wasn’t enough, each track is also getting its own music video. There is no denying her star power, and we had the pleasure of hopping on a Zoom call with her to learn all about the person behind the music as our Woman Crush Wednesday. Read the full interview below.
(GIULIA BE (english) via Sony Music Entertainment)
Name: Giulia Bourguignon Marinho Kennedy
Hometown: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Birthday: August 13 (I was actually born on Friday the 13th)
Fun Facts:
1. One of Giulia’s favorite fan encounters was with an unexpected mother-daughter duo.
GIULIA BE: During my tour, there was a mom who came with her daughter. It was really funny because I thought the daughter was going to be the one who was my fan, but the mom was like “I showed all of your music to my daughter!” I just thought it was the sweetest thing because it was so unexpected.
Another favorite moment was in Portugal. I opened for Niall Horan at this music festival, and right after the show, I was so pumped. I went backstage, but I just couldn’t stay there, so I ran back out. I needed to talk to the fans! I needed to know what they thought of the show. People were not expecting that. It was so fun to get to hang out with people right after the show and not have to sit backstage with my thoughts.
2. She says her weird talent is her ability to open a bottle with her teeth.
GIULIA: I don’t know how weird that is, but it’s definitely a hidden talent. It comes out parties.
3. People have always come to her for help crafting the perfect important text messages.
GIULIA: Before ChatGPT, I was the designated writer of breakup texts for my friends. Every time they needed to send anyone a huge text, I was always proof-reading and adding words and making sure they were listing all of their main points.
4. She definitely considers herself a night owl.
GIULIA: Even though today I was an early bird, because I’m jet lagged. I woke up at 7 a.m. here, but that’s like 2 p.m. in Europe, which is where I was. That’s more accurate to when I would be waking up.
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5. Her favorite color is navy blue.
GIULIA: I love it. It’s just so classy. I love it in outfits. I love it in nature. Also, one of my last names is Marinho, which means navy blue in Portuguese. That might have a little bit of an effect on me, too.
6. If she could live in any fictional worlds, she’d have to pick either Westeros from Game of Thrones or the world of Vampire Dairies.
GIULIA: Game of Thrones would be sketchy, but if I’m a royal and everything’s fine with my house, then that. I think it would be so fun to get to wear all those cool outfits and braids and have dragons.
7. She loves moves that make you cry.
GIULIA: I just love to get a good cry out. It could be a rom-com, could be a drama, but as long as it makes me cry and it makes me feel sentimental, I feel like it’s done its job. Like Marley & Me.
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8. Her best subjects in school were history and literature.
GIULIA: Which kind of checks out with my career path!
9. Her worst subject was physics.
GIULIA: I desperately hated physics. So much so that in my senior year, I had to take a freshman class because I needed to get the credits for it. I moved around so much that they didn’t count the credits from my first physics class I took, so that was awful! At least I made friends with some of the freshmen.
10. When she wants to unwind after a challenging day, she’ll meditate, hang out with her husband or watch a movie.
11. Her mom never fails to make her smile.
GIULIA: She just makes me laugh all the time. Just being around her makes me so happy. Especially now that I don’t live with her, every time that I’m there, it’s special. She can also make me cry, but that’s another story.
12. It’s also important to GIULIA that she believes in something bigger than herself.
GIULIA: I genuinely believe in magic and that the universe and nature are listening. It’s a genuine belief that I have that I’m secretly a little bit of a witch.
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