48 hours have passed since the release of Bellodrama and we already know that it will become one of the records of the year. five years apart Hint (Ana Mena’s first album) from this second album. Five years in which our favorite Italian from Malaga has built a career between Italy and Spain that has allowed her today to fulfill her dream of starting a new project and becoming one of the most interesting voices in the national scene. She is undoubtedly one of our pop princesses and Bellodrama is the indisputable proof of that..
We have already analyzed the album in depth and she herself told us the stories and anecdotes behind each of the songs. Today, however, we analyze some of his lyrics, performances and music videos to approach the cinematic universe of Ana Mena. And it is that there are clear references to the big screen that we discovered while listening to the album. Do you discover them with us?
Brigitte Bardot
Before fully entering the verses of the album, first of all. Days before departure Bellodrama Ana Mena dedicated herself to answering questions from her fans via Instagram Stories and confessed that French actress Brigitte Bardot was one of the big inspirations while creating the entire visual concept for the album.. Here’s what he had:I would say Brigitte Bardot and all the divas of her time. On this album I wanted to pay homage to this aesthetic of the 70s.. All of the photos have that point in the editing and all of the looks are crafted remembering those years, albeit with a modern twist.”
And it is that The resemblance to the actress can be seen both in her hairstyle and in the makeup and clothing of the photographs that the singer has been sharing for a few weeks.. Even the cover (with the use of colors, the grain of the photos and the filters used) brings us back to times past while retaining its current essence.
Fifty Shades of grey
We immerse ourselves completely in the songs of Ana Mena and the first explicit cinematographic reference that we find is the frankness of Fifty Shades of grey (adapted from the EL James novels) within A classic. And it is that in the second stanza of the song Ana Mena sings: “And like in Fifty Shades I take control, it’s like I’m making love to you in the rain“, alluding to the relationship established between Anastasia and Cristian Gray in the saga that has conquered millions of people.
Euphoria
In this same single, Ana Mena is made up with one of the visual leitmotifs that accompanied the announcement of a classic as the first single from Bellodramaintroducing us to a change of musical era: glittering tears.
That of Estepona cries the glitter as a symbol of the album’s own concept: to see the beauty of all the dramasa project invaded by nostalgia and melancholy full of songs that will make us dance and cry at the same time.
We don’t know if this was done consciously or not, but the use of sequins in this artistic way we could see it in the characters of Rue and Jules during the first season of Euphoriathat although it is a series and not a film, it has undoubtedly marked a whole generation of young people and the way of understanding adolescent series.
Titanic
We will have to wait until Red Dawnthe uppercase ballad of Bellodrama, to find the next movie reference on the disc. And it is that in this song, where Ana Mena only needs her voice and a guitar to make our hair stand on end, the artist sings in her first stanza: “You’re not Jack and I’m not Rose DeWitt, swearing love on a sinking ship”, in a clear reference to Titanicthe film directed by James Cameron and starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet, to make us witness the last night of a broken relationship.
Tomb Raider and Resident Evil
Nine months have passed since Ana Mena and Belinda gave us one of last summer’s authentic songs: Tired 12. A song that the malagueña presented a year ago at the start of its concert tour in Spain and Italy and which had a very particular video clip where the singers paid homage to the video game sagas of tomb Raider there resident Evilwhich have separately had their own big screen adaptations at different times. And it is that to have the possibility of calling someone when noon arrives, you must first survive an avalanche of zombies.
Cinderella
I hadn’t seen all of Ana Mena’s performance until now. I think without a doubt that was the best of the whole evening.
The concept based on Cinderella, the transformation in transition just when she is going to sing a song called “Las 12”. pic.twitter.com/4YpV0KKlN1
— PANTHER (@pantherXshadee) November 5, 2022
During his participation in the La Pija y La Quinqui podcast, Ana Mena has confessed that her performance at the 2022 Los40 Music Awards, where she starred as a rave Cinderella in her rendition of Tired 12was the original idea for the music video with Belinda. An idea that had to be discarded due to time and schedule issues. Still, the show at the Wizink Center managed to get that little thorn out of Ana Mena, giving viewers and her fans a performance at the level of true international stars.
And you, do you know another reference?