Por Trás do Disco #099 - Cícero: “Uma Onda Em Pedaços”
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Cícero explains how his father's death and turning 40 made him stop being the protagonist of his own life.
In this episode of 'Por Trás do Disco', host Kleber Fach interviews Cícero about his new album 'Uma Onda em Pedaços'. The episode begins with Kleber noting the five-year gap since Cícero's last album and the intimate, collaborative nature of the new work. Cícero opens up about how the COVID-19 pandemic acted as a catalyst for change, coinciding with personal events like his father's death and turning 40, which shifted his perspective from being the 'protagonist' of his life to seeing himself more as a son and brother. He describes the album as a 'B side' to his earlier release 'Concerto 1', representing an open, fragmented process. The host guides a track-by-track discussion, starting with 'Pássaro Nave', which Cícero calls a 'letter of intent' for the album. For 'Mente Voa', Cícero explains his reductionist lyric process and admiration for rap as an 'anthropophagic' genre. The collaboration with Duda Beat on 'Sem Dormir' is rooted in a shared memory from a camp in Paraty. Cícero details his song selection criterion: only experiences that 'deserve to become music' based on their worthiness of listener attention. Tracks like 'Ela Disse' and 'Ausência' explore new, sober perspectives on love and solitude. 'Dia Vai' features Tori and evokes his earlier 'Canções de Apartamento' style. 'Lúcio' is discussed as one of his first English songs, kept in English for emotional authenticity. 'Meu Amigo Harvey' samples Brahms to comment on screen alienation across centuries. The title track 'Uma Onda em Pedaços' ties to the album's cover image of a concrete house, symbolizing impermanence. Cícero closes by naming 'Pássaro Nave' as the song that best represents the album, and Kleber mentions the upcoming tour from October to December.
