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\n\tThe album\u2019s title (which loosely translates to \u201cbreaking the bubble\u201d), is \u201ca metaphor for what it means to take care of the things that make you who you are,\u201d she explains. \u201cHaving your own stronghold, your escape where you can grow and be yourself and flourish while you take care of your heart, and being able to have that place in your mind that you return to when you need it most and where you can remind yourself of your purpose always.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\tIt opens with \u201cCarta a M\u00ed\u201d (Letter to myself), which is the way she defines the set as a whole, and closes with \u201cGracias por Estar Aqu\u00ed\u201d (Thanks for being here), an ode to her friends. \u201cI think there is a lot of nostalgia on this album,\u201d the Venezuelan artist adds. \u201cThat\u2019s like a prevailing factor throughout the project, which is very nostalgic.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\tAt 20, she feels she has learned a lot about herself, personally and professionally, in the last few years.<\/p>\n
\n\t\u201cI\u2019ve learned to believe more in myself and to be true to my instincts and the things that move me,\u201d she says. \u201cAnd making this album I have grown a lot as a songwriter, but also in areas like production. It was always a dream for me to grow in that field. So as a musician, as a producer, I am very proud that this is just the first project.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\tBelow, Joaquina breaks down five essential tracks from her new album, Al Romper la Burbuja.<\/em><\/p>\nJOAQUINA \u2018AL ROMPER LA BURBUJA\u2019 <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\t\t\u201cCapricho\u201d\t<\/h2>\n \n\tIt\u2019s one of my favorite songs on the album because I feel like it talks about an emotion that took me a long time to put into words. It talks about that moment when you want to understand why a person hurt you, and about always connecting the dots to understand why things happened a certain way. I am a person who likes to understand things a lot and I need to be talking about it all the time, I need to be like dissecting it all the time \u2014 and I found myself in a situation where I was talking too much about this thing that had happened to me, and I was so tangled in the subject, I couldn\u2019t let go\u2026<\/p>\n
\n\tOne day in a conversation with my mom and my sister, I kept going and they told me: \u201cJoaqui, this is not you, this person is bringing out the worst part of you, you can\u2019t let this happen.\u201d And I said, \u201cNo, but I want that person to ask for forgiveness because I don\u2019t understand why things happened the way they did, and I don\u2019t understand why this person had to act this way because I didn\u2019t do anything.\u201d And in the end they told me, \u201cYou don\u2019t have to understand anything, you don\u2019t have to understand everything.\u201d And that really stuck with me. The song talks about that, about you wanting to repay the person in kind for the situation, but deep down you know that that\u2019s not you and that it\u2019s just a whim \u2014 because you want the person to ask for forgiveness and you want things to have happened as you would have done them. It is a very complex feeling, a mixture of pain, anger, and sadness. That\u2019s why I love that song.<\/p>\n\n
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