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.
Swing Da Cor
Daniela Mercury Lyrics
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Não me abandone
Não me desespere
Porque eu não posso
Ficar sem você
Não, não, não
Não me abandone
Porque eu não posso
Ficar sem você
Eu não posso ficar
Ficar sem você
Por que eu não posso ficar
Ficar sem te ver
Vem
Pro swing da cor
Relaxar o calor
E quem sabe
Me amarrar
Vem
O teu sorriso
É pequeno
No teu beijo
Tem veneno
E está querendo
Me apaixonar
Ticurupaco, kioiô
Eu sou Muzenza, larauê
Ticurupaco, kioiô
Eu sou Muzenza, larauê
Não
Não me abandone
Não me desespere
Porque eu não posso
Ficar sem você
Não, não, não
Não me abandone
Não me desespere
Porque eu não posso
Ficar sem você
Eu não posso ficar
Ficar sem você
Por que eu não posso ficar
Ficar sem te ver
Vem, vem
Vem pro swing da cor
Relaxar o calor
E quem sabe
Me amarrar
Vem
O teu sorriso
É pequeno
No teu beijo
Tem veneno
E está querendo
Me apaixonar
Ticurupaco, kioiô
Eu sou Muzenza, larauê
Ticurupaco, kioiô
Eu sou Muzenza, larauê
Ticurupaco, kioiô
Eu sou Muzenza, larauê
Ticurupaco, kioiô
Eu sou Muzenza, larauê
Aia, ulêlêlê lêlê aia
Ulêlêlê lêlê aia
Com Muzenza eu vou
Ah, ah, ah, ah
Aia, ulêlêlê lêlê aia
Ulêlêlê lêlê aia
Com Muzenza eu vou
Ah, ah, ah, ah
Ticurupaco, kioiô
Eu sou Muzenza, larauê
Ticurupaco, kioiô
Eu sou Muzenza, larauê
Ô, ô ô ô
The lyrics of Daniela Mercury's "Swing Da Cor" are about clinging to a lover and the fear of losing them. The singer pleads with their lover, begging them not to abandon or despair her because she cannot bear to be without them. The chorus repeats this sentiment, emphasizing the importance of their relationship. The second verse adds layers to the relationship, declaring that the singer cannot live without seeing their lover, imploring them to come to the swing of color - a space where they can relax and potentially fall in love more deeply. Finally, the song enmeshes itself in Muzenza culture, with the repeated phrases "Ticurupaco, kioiô" and "Eu sou Muzenza, larauê," highlighting Mercury's connection to this Afro-Brazilian religious community.
Line by Line Meaning
Não
Do not do it
Não me abandone
Do not leave me behind
Não me desespere
Do not despair me
Porque eu não posso
Because I cannot
Ficar sem você
Stay without you
Não, não, não
No, no, no
Eu não posso ficar
I can't stay
Ficar sem te ver
Without seeing you
Vem
Come
Pro swing da cor
To the colorful swing
Relaxar o calor
To relax the heat
E quem sabe
And who knows
Me amarrar
To tie myself up
O teu sorriso
Your smile
É pequeno
Is small
No teu beijo
In your kiss
Tem veneno
Has poison
E está querendo
And wanting
Me apaixonar
To make me fall in love
Ticurupaco, kioiô
Chorus
Eu sou Muzenza, larauê
I am Muzenza, larauê
Vem, vem
Come, come
Aia, ulêlêlê lêlê aia
Chorus
Com Muzenza eu vou
With Muzenza, I'll go
Ô, ô ô ô
Oh, oh, oh
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: Luciano Gomes Dos Santos
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