Why Anitta Is Done with Crossing Over

The Brazilian superstar reveals why she’s returning to her roots and staying there.

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Direct from Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest. Brazilian singer Anita has
become a global crossover success thanks to songs like Girl
from Rio and Involver that bridges the gap between pop
and Brazilian music. But her latest batch of songs, Funk
Generation a Buffella love Story, pulls her away from pop
music back towards her roots and the music she grew
up on, a decision Anita consciously made after a severe

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health scare. It made her recalibrate all her career priorities
and just make the music she's called to, she tells Variety.
For a long time, the numbers decided whether I want
or fail, and that pushed me to be unoriginal. I
want to be clear that doesn't mean I don't love
my old songs. With my last LP versions of me,
I was trying a little bit of everything to solidify
myself in the mainstream. But now I really don't care
what happens with his next album. I love the adrenaline

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of not knowing whether people will like it. That's the
true definition of fearlessness, when you do what you do
because you love it. The words of Anita, speaking on
her new album, Funk Generation A Babella love story that's
out now, that's direct from Hollywood.