Malaga is flooded with 'nostalgia' to the rhythm of Natalia Lacunza

Nostalgia is one of the most used emotions in the world of art. It's an emotion that recalls the past and even longs for it. After ... 3 years without giving her fans an album to listen to on repeat, Natalia released 'N2STAL5IA' a few months ago, read as nostalgia. It's an ode to past feelings that the people of Malaga could experience at Sala París 15.

The singer from Navarre, dressed in a comfortable yet alternative simple outfit, sat on her blue sofa and under the thickness of the fog, was able to transport the attendees on a journey through her memories. They only had to let themselves be guided by a warm voice under the spotlights that told them a story.

In this work, Natalia shares through her songs past life experiences that have made her a different person. Emotions that can be destructive like heartbreak, attachment, lack of internal acceptance, but also how all this is capable of transforming you into a different version of yourself. Leaving space for doubt about whether you like the current version more or the one that only lives in your memories.

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A message that, undoubtedly, resonated with the attendees from Malaga who could not contain their emotion in songs like 'Otro culito' or 'Todo lamento', which were shouted at the top of their lungs. And the fact is that in music there are many genres, but if there is something Natalia Lacunza has shown, it's that she masters "sad pop" like no one else. She is able to tell sad stories without falling into cliché rhythms or piano ballads. She manages with an electric guitar and a synthesizer to make you feel the many faces of nostalgia.

This style was named by the Navarre singer at the concert as "music for lesbians", since Natalia is, from her beginnings, an LGBTQ icon, who has helped many girls and boys feel more comfortable with their sexuality and not be afraid to express themselves. This has been contributed to by songs in which she talks about relationships with other women like 'Rápido', where she refers to being "in the closet".

The singer from Navarre also dared to take on one of the most emblematic songs of one of the musical icons of this country, Jeanette. Natalia, once again sitting on the strange sofa that invaded the stage, performed 'El muchacho de los ojos tristes', a 1982 song about falling in love with someone who, despite being given love, cannot leave behind their sadness.

Despite some technical failures that forced Natalia to use the guitar as an imaginary toy, she demonstrated that Spanish pop has a great future ahead and that there are many artists who, like her, away from the focus of the "mainstream" and commercial, can make music with real messages and complex emotions just when they start to become scarce in the musical world.