Since her breakthrough, Mercury has become one of the best known Brazilian female singers, selling over 20 million albums worldwide. Daniela has a degree in dance from the Federal University of Bahia, having started her studies in this art since she was four years old, later becoming a teacher of jazz, modern and classical ballet, besides having specialized and performed in other genres, such as Afro Dance and contemporary dance. She began singing professionally at the age of fifteen, the same age at which she rode a trio elétrico for the first time, integrating her career as singer and dancer.
She released her eponymous album in 1991, followed by O Canto da Cidade in the following year, leveraging her career as a national artist and bringing the axé music genre to the forefront. Over the years, she released several albums, generating great hits like "Swing da Cor", "O Canto da Cidade", "À Primeira Vista", "Rapunzel", "Nobre Vagabundo", "Ilê Pérola Negra (O Canto do Negro)", "Mutante", "Maimbê Dandá", "Levada Brasileira", "Oyá Por Nós", among others. She recorded a DVD commemorating 25 years of Cirque du Soleil and was part of the Montreal International Jazz Festival. In addition, she participated in Alejandro Sanz's album and sang with Paul McCartney in Norway during the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony. Winner of a Latin Grammy for her album Balé Mulato - Ao Vivo, she also received six Brazilian Music Awards, an APCA award, three Multishow awards, and two VMB awards, for best music video and photography. On television she was a judge and mentor for the talent shows Popstars, Superstar, and The Voice Kids Portugal.
In 2013, Daniela released in partnership with her wife Malu Verçosa, whom she married in Portugal the same year, her first book, Daniela e Malu: Uma História de Amor.
Attentive to the Brazilian social reality and with a great desire to contribute to the preservation of our cultural matrices, Daniela created her Institute "Sol da Liberdade" in 2008. Today, in partnership with UNICEF and ESPN Brasil, the ISL carries out the Caravana da Música project. The Caravana da Música is an itinerant project that has been touring Brazil since 2007, visiting one city every month. The cities to be visited are indicated by UNICEF, according to the HDI (Human Development Index) and the IDI (Child Development Index). In each of the cities visited, the "Music Caravan" sets up a large infrastructure where it offers 3,000 children an unprecedented experience with dance, music, theater, instrument building, circus art, and several other artistic experiences. In addition to the children, the Music Caravan also offers training in Art Education for 250 public school teachers from each of the visited cities. The Music Caravan has already directly assisted more than 50 thousand children and 30 thousand teachers. Considering that each public school teacher trained by the Caravan becomes an Art Education multiplier, it is estimated that the Music Caravan has already indirectly reached more than half a million Brazilians. All the activities of the Music Caravan in the countryside of Brazil are recorded by the ESPN Brazil team, which broadcasts a monthly documentary about the project's activities. The documentary is shown in Brazil and in 157 other countries.
Besides presiding the Instituto Sol da Liberdade, Daniela is also UNICEF's National Goodwill Ambassador, a title she received in 1995, when she became the second Brazilian personality to receive such honor. She has also participated in several benefit shows in favor of children, among them the UNICEF/ Rede Globo's Criança Esperança and the AACD/SBT's Teleton. Part of the rights to her 1998 album Elétrica were donated to UNICEF. She is also an ambassador for the Ayrton Senna Institute. Daniela has also participated in other charitable projects, not directly linked to children. On October 7, 2003, she took part in the show Solidariedade Brasil-Noruega in favor of Fome Zero at the National Theater, in Brasilia. She is also connected to the NGO América Latina em Ação Solidária (ALAS), having participated in September 2007 in an advertising campaign promoting aid to the earthquake victims in Peru. In 2013 she was invited to participate in the UN global campaign, Free & Equal, along with Ricky Martin and other international artists.
Nobre Vagabundo
Daniela Mercury Lyrics
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Pra matar essa saudade
Meu bem o ciúme
É pura vaidade
Se tu foges o tempo
Logo traz ansiedade
Respirar o amor
Aspirando liberdade
Tenho a vida doida
Encabeço o mundo
Sou ariano torto
Vivo de amor profundo
Sou perecível ao tempo
Vivo por um segundo
Perdoa meu amor
Esse nobre vagabundo
The lyrics of Daniela Mercury's song Nobre Vagabundo talks about the emotions of a lover who is experiencing a deep sense of longing and jealousy. The author questions how long it would take to suppress this feeling of sadness that stems from being apart from their loved one. They acknowledge that jealousy is a reflection of their own vanity and the anxiety that ensues when their partner is not around. They yearn to breathe freely and experience love without any restrictions.
The next verse suggests that the author is quite an unconventional person. They say they lead a crazy life and have the world on their shoulders. They describe themselves as an "Ariano torto," which is Portuguese for a crooked Aries – implying that they are a non-traditional Aries individual. They confess that they live for profound love and are aware that life is unpredictable and fleeting. They ask for forgiveness for being a "noble vagabond" and hope that their partner can look past their quirks and love them unconditionally.
Line by Line Meaning
Quanto tempo tenho
How long do I have
Pra matar essa saudade
To kill this longing
Meu bem o ciúme
My dear, jealousy
É pura vaidade
Is pure vanity
Se tu foges o tempo
If you run away, time
Logo traz ansiedade
Brings anxiety
Respirar o amor
Breathing love
Aspirando liberdade
Aspiring for freedom
Tenho a vida doida
I have a crazy life
Encabeço o mundo
I lead the world
Sou ariano torto
I am a crooked Aries
Vivo de amor profundo
I live for deep love
Sou perecível ao tempo
I am perishable to time
Vivo por um segundo
I live for a second
Perdoa meu amor
Forgive me, my love
Esse nobre vagabundo
This noble vagabond
Contributed by Amelia W. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
Paulo Leandro De Santana
Saudade de um tempo que não volta mais ,músicas boas ,a grande maioria das músicas dos anos 90 uma delícia de ouvir , que nostalgia ouvir essa música me faz lembrar os bons tempos de moleque vivendo em um mundo sem se preocupar com nada.
Clovis Filho
Resumindo: Um puro e Total espetáculo reunidos em Letra, melodia, voz, coreografia, tudo em perfeita harmonia.
Bianca Rodrigues
Respirar o amor, aspirando liberdade ❤
Macaxeira Podcast 🎧
Lançada em 96 quando eu só tinha 3 anos
Mas to aqui em 2019 aos quase 26 anos :)
Música boa fica pra eternidade!
Sergio
Hj vc tem 30?
Giovana Gio
Maravilhosa essa mulher,sou fã de mais das músicas dela.
Francisco M. Chaves Trigueiro
Daniela Mercury, uma das maiores cantoras desse país.
Canal GilGamer80
Coloca mundo
Sthefane Barreto
Comecei minha infância ouvindo músicas baianas morando em MG. Nostalgia total. Amo muito!
Tânia Lopes
Amo 💜💜💜💜 das musicas da minha vida. Respirar amor aspirando liberdade 🎶👑 rainha