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Renata Flores (Music)

Peruvian singer and composer Renata Flores Rivera acquired renown when she covered Michael Jackson's "The Way You Make Me Feel" in Quechua in 2015. Once in the spotlight, Flores began releasing original trap singles in the aforementioned language. This led to Isqun (2021), her first studio album; notorious for having social protest and pro-Indigenist themes.

Flores was born on March 20th, 2001, in Huamanga, Ayacucho, Peru.

See Milena Warthon for another Peruvian young woman who fuses Andean Music with modern genres.


Flores' discography:

Album Singles

Studio Albums

Flores' filmography

Tropes pertaining to her music:

  • Anaphora:
    • The sixth stanza of "Las hijas del sol" is a bold statement about how Indigenous women won't feel ashamed of who they are. The four verses start with 'No nos importa' ('we don't care'), followed by things such as 'lo que diga la gente' ('what people will say'), 'porque somos más fuertes' ('because we are stronger'), and 'por que somos las hijas del sol' ('because we are the sun's daughters').
      No nos importa lo que diga la gente, no
      No nos importa porque somos más fuertes, no
      No nos importa lo que diga la gente, no
      No nos importa porque somos las hijas del Sol.
    • In "Qam hina", Renata and a choir of Andean young girls chant "Munani pukllayta, munani musquyta, munani asiyta, munani yachayta, munani rimayta, munani takiyta, munani pukllayta, munani musquyta". Munani means 'I want', so they are expressing a desire to be like kids from more populated zones; they want to sing, play, dream, and laugh without worry. Andean rural towns suffer from extreme poverty, tainting the kids' childhoods with hardship.
  • Epiphora: In "Akakaw", the lines "Yunka rupachkan, imataq tukuchkan? \ Yaku rupachkan, imataq tukuchkan?" repeat the last part of the sentence which, translated from Quechua, would be "X is burning, what's going on?". With the X being the forest (yunka) and the water (yaku).
  • Female Empowerment Song: "Las hijas del sol" is an ode to Andean women in general; their strength in the face of discrimination and their proud heritage as the daughters of the Inti (the Inca Mythology sun god). Renata's rap lines reinforce this sentiment by saying that Andean women are the revolution.
  • Multilingual Song: The lyrics (and titles) of most of her songs are in Quechua, with some Spanish stanzas or verses sprinkled here and there; particularly, in the refrain and/or bridge. For instance, "Killapa lllullu warmi", only has parts of the chorus—'Bajo el sol y las estrellas', 'Siento tu fuego, no digas más', and 'Que estremece mi piel, sólo quiero escuchar tus labios hablar'—in Spanish; while the rest, such as the pre-chorus—'Purinayta, musyayta / Waytakunata takisqayta / Chirim tukuruchkan / Musquyta atisaq'—is in Quechua.
  • Numerological Motif: Her album's title, Isqun, translates as nine in Quechua. In the traditional pre-Columbian Andean worldview, nine is the triad of triads and, therefore, the reflection of the soul.
  • One-Word Title: Isqun.
  • Red Is Heroic: Red (puka in Quechua), in Inca Mythology, is a royal color, having been worn by the Inca in his mascaypacha. It symbolizes energy and sacrifice. In "Qam hina", both Flores and the Indigenous girls traversing literal mountains to get to school wear it in their ponchos, jackets, and skirts.
  • Symploce: In "Akakaw", which is about celebrating a party in the Amazonas rainforest, the lyrics say "Kay raymipi rupa-, rupan / Kay pachapi rupa-, rupan", which repeats what translating would be "It's hot and hot at this party/in this land". Of course, in Quechua, the adjective (rupa or hot) goes after the noun (raymi or festival and pacha or land), and the preposition (-pi) conjoints with the noun, making it a symploce rather than the anaphora it'd be in English.
  • Translated Cover Version: She first became famous for covering Michael Jackson's "The Way You Make Me Feel" in Quechua.
  • The X of Y: Her collab song "Las hijas del sol" (lit. "The Daughters of the Sun").

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