In 1976, Fafá released her first LP, Tamba-Tajá. Her singing seduced even the demolishing critic of Brazilian music from Jornal do Brasil, the feared José Ramos Tinhorão, who poured over her praises, pointing her out as a singer destined to figure in the first team of the current generation of great Brazilian interpreters. The following album, Água (1977) confirmed all predictions: it reached about 100 thousand copies sold.
Although she never thought of becoming a professional singer, since she was 9 years old, Fafá de Belém was an attraction at parties promoted by her family or at friends' houses. In spite of being a little girl, she interpreted as a grown-up "Ouça", a hit by Maysa, or "Eu e a Brisa", by Johnny Half. She was a girl who, like her generation, loved the Beatles, was a fan of Roberto Carlos and the Jovem Guarda group, but was also fascinated by jazz, classical music, and got emotional listening to the great radio singers, like Cauby Peixoto, Angela Maria, Núbia Lafayette and Orlando Silva, "People with a dagger in their chests", who she likes to use as models to interpret.
"Today I see myself as a singer of the great loves, of the losses and reunions. If the music doesn't give me goose bumps, I won't record it. If I am not a character in the lyrics, I cannot interpret. I am a dramatist, a passionate person.", she usually affirms, between pleasant laughs, but from the bottom of her heart, the great interpreter of Nuvem de Lágrimas, the first country song to be played on FM's in Rio de Janeiro.
The wide range of her musical background is reflected in the selection of her repertoire. She recorded everything, without prejudice. Regional music, popular song pearls, such as "Que Queres Tu de Mim", by Evaldo Gouveia and Jair Amorim, or "Você Vai Gostar (Casinha Branca)" by Elpídio dos Santos. Rock, boleros, Caribbean rhythms, guarânias, afoxé, lambadas, sambas-canções, compositions by the great names of MPB, marcha-rancho, sertanejo, and many other rhythms. Not to mention the polemic presentation that the Muse of "Diretas Já" (a past popular political movement that had as its objective the resumption of direct elections for the office of President of the Republic in Brazil, during the Brazilian military dictatorship) gave to the National Anthem, contested by the courts and applauded by the audience.
It was from her decision to turn the tables and let her heart speak louder that Fafá touched deep into the Brazilian soul. With the determination that characterizes her, the years on the road, a strong intuition and the absolute success of songs handpicked by the singer herself at certain moments in her life, like "Bilhete", by Ivan Lins and Victor Martins, that made her break the silence of a year in 1982. Or "Memórias", by Leonardo, popular composer from Pernambuco, responsible for the sale of half a million copies (Platinum Disc) of the album Atrevida (1986), Fafá reached, then, the peak of her career, especially as a romantic singer.
An amazing trajectory, but nothing that surprises those who know her well and her apparent contradictions. It was not for nothing that she interpreted, with such emotion and propriety, the verses of one of the biggest hits of her career, "Dentro de Mim Mora Um Anjo", by Suely Costa and Cacaso: "Who sees me singing like this, doesn't know anything about me...". This is one of the greatest truths about Fafá de Belém, who knows exactly what she wants and what she is capable of.
"I have always done my own thing, lived my own life, fought hard and punched a lot on a knife's blade to get to where I am. It is the people who teach the artist what he has to sing, and not the artist who has to teach the people what they have to listen to.", often repeats Fafá.
Fafá became a national brand. A national brand of joy, with that sincerely loud laugh that can lift the spirits of anyone. A national trademark of health, the beautiful Brazilian woman who even baptized the lanterns of the old VW Beetle, another popular passion. A national symbol of freedom, the symbol of a political movement that moved millions of Brazilians with her interpretation of the national anthem.
This is Fafá de Belém. Or even better: Fafá do Mundo (Fafá of the World).
Atrevida
Fafá de Belém Lyrics
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Mordaz e ferina
Estou cheia de vida
Sagaz e ladina
Já não sou mais a mesma
Respiro outros ares
Navego outros mares
São tantos olhares
Eu gosto eu preciso
Pois é,
Que ficou impossível não ver
Mudei de você
Por isso me esqueça
Virei a cabeça
Nas noites mal dormidas
Chorava seu nome
Olhava na janela
Rezava seu nome
Mexia em sua roupa
Gemia seu nome
Morria de sede
Subia as paredes
Me amava sozinha
Você não me vinha
Pois é....
Que ficou impossível não ver
Mudei de você
Já não me inicía
Já não me arrepia
Estou mais atrevida
Tô cheia de vida
Você não me provoca
Nem quando me toca
Agora eu tenho
É fome de homem
Que seja feliz...
The lyrics of Fafá de Belém's song Atrevida convey a sense of empowerment and liberation where the singer is no longer the same as before but instead is more daring and cunning. The lyrics indicate a personal transformation as the singer now breathes different air and navigates different oceans. The singer seems to have moved on from a past relationship, where she mentions sleepless nights where she cried out the name of her past partner, gazing out the window and praying for his return. But now, she has become more self-sufficient and independent, not needing anyone to provoke or excite her. She states that she now hungers for a man who will be happy in her company.
The chorus suggests a clear separation and break from the past. The singer tells her ex-partner to forget about her as it is impossible to go back to the way things were. She has turned her head, and it is apparent that she is not interested in returning to her previous relationship. The song exudes a sense of confidence, boldness, and sexual assertiveness, with the singer taking control of her desires and needs, searching for a man who is happy to be with her.
Line by Line Meaning
Estou mais atrevida
I am bolder and more daring than before
Mordaz e ferina
Sharp-tongued and cunning
Estou cheia de vida
I am full of energy and vitality
Sagaz e ladina
Clever and sly
Já não sou mais a mesma
I am no longer the person I used to be
Respiro outros ares
I breathe a different air
Navego outros mares
I sail on different seas
São tantos olhares
There are so many looks
Convites, sorrisos
Invitations, smiles
Eu gosto eu preciso
I like it, I need it
Que ficou impossível não ver
It became impossible not to see
Mudei de você
I changed from being with you
Por isso me esqueça
So forget about me
Virei a cabeça
I turned my head
Nas noites mal dormidas
In the sleepless nights
Chorava seu nome
I cried your name
Olhava na janela
I looked out the window
Rezava seu nome
I prayed your name
Mexia em sua roupa
I touched your clothes
Gemia seu nome
I moaned your name
Morria de sede
I died of thirst
Subia as paredes
I climbed the walls
Me amava sozinha
I loved myself alone
Você não me vinha
You didn't come to me
Já não me inicía
You no longer initiate me
Já não me arrepia
You no longer give me chills
Tô cheia de vida
I am full of life
Você não me provoca
You don't provoke me anymore
Nem quando me toca
Not even when you touch me
Agora eu tenho
Now I have
É fome de homem
Hunger for a man
Que seja feliz...
Who will make me happy...
Contributed by Jordyn V. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
Normando Menezes
Album by Fafá de Belém.
1- Meu Homem (Nobody Does It Better)
2- Lambadas II: Fogaréu / A Carta / Final de Semana / Brincar com Meu Amor / Fogaréu
3- Minha Estrela
4- Atrevida
5- Cavalgada
6- Rei no Bagaço, Coisas da Vida
7- Erê
8- P'ra Não Mais Voltar
9- Doce Mistério
10- Memórias
11- Coração de Isopor
12- Mulheres do Brasil
Normando Menezes
Album by Fafá de Belém.
1- Meu Homem (Nobody Does It Better)
2- Lambadas II: Fogaréu / A Carta / Final de Semana / Brincar com Meu Amor / Fogaréu
3- Minha Estrela
4- Atrevida
5- Cavalgada
6- Rei no Bagaço, Coisas da Vida
7- Erê
8- P'ra Não Mais Voltar
9- Doce Mistério
10- Memórias
11- Coração de Isopor
12- Mulheres do Brasil
Janmyson Gutherre
Atrevida 30 anos, ótimo LP.
Jero Albuquerque
Maravilhosa👏👏👏💖💖💖
Eduardo Tavares Lafond
Esse LP tem estória!. Marcou a minha vida ❤
Normalice Carvalho
Muito linda essa música atrevida na voz de Fafá ...amei
Teka Monteiro
amo essa artista!
Roberta Gondim
Amo de paixão, a Fafá é 1000
Eduardo Craveiro
Minha mãe comprou esse disco no Carrefour, parece que foi ontem o tempo passa muito rápido!
Ademar Amâncio
Álbum que marca a guinada ao gênero popular-romântico de Fafá - A única cantora que oscila entre o popular à MPB de grife sem nenhum pudor e, vale dizer,sempre com categoria.
Ademar Amâncio
@Walmir Avilla MPB é Chico e Caetano,popular é Amado Batista e Roberto Carlos.