Kelly de Almeida Afonso Freitas, known professionally as Kelly Key, is a Br… Read Full Bio ↴Kelly de Almeida Afonso Freitas, known professionally as Kelly Key, is a Brazilian presenter, singer, songwriter and businesswoman. In 2004 she also debuted as an art director for her own shows. Academically, Kelly graduated as a teenager in the performing arts course at Teatro O Tablado, but never practiced the profession of actress, in addition to having graduated in business administration at Centro Universitário Augusto Motta (UNISUAM) in 2010. In 2015 she started another university course , veterinary medicine at Universidade Estácio de Sá, from which she did not graduate after becoming pregnant with her third child. Among her philanthropic work, the Federal Government's campaign to encourage the use of condoms in 2002 and the Friends of Childhood with Cancer (AMICCA) stand out, which she has been godmother since 2003. Kelly has been married since 2004 to the former football player and Angolan businessman Mico Freitas, heir to the COSAL Group, whose family fortune was valued at 500 million euros. The singer has three children: Suzanna, Jaime Vitor and Artur – born in 2000, 2005 and 2017, respectively. In her career as a singer, she has sold over 2 million copies.

Her career began in 1999, when she signed with TV Globo and debuted as a presenter on the program Samba, Pagode & Cia. Two years later, in 2001, she was signed by Warner and released her first single, "Escondido", but it was with "Baba" that she gained radio prominence. On August 16, he released his first album, the eponymous Kelly Key, selling 1 million copies and conquering a diamond record in Brazil and Portugal, having also removed the songs "Anjo" and "Cachorrinho". In 2003, she released the album Do Meu Jeito, with which she sold 500,000 copies and produced the singles "Adoleta" and "Chic, Chic". In 2004, she signed a contract with Band to present a talk show inspired by MTV Brasil, but ended up being reassigned to Band Kids, which made her break the contract in a few months. In 2005, he released his third studio album, again an eponymous album, bringing "Escuta Aqui Rapaz" and the version of the song "Barbie Girl" as singles and selling around 250,000 copies, amending in 2006 his fourth work, Por Que Não? .

In 2007, he leaves Warner and signs with Som Livre, releasing his first official compilation, 100%, where he took two of his biggest hits, "Você é o Cara" and "Super Poderosa", selling 100,000 copies. In 2008, his sixth studio album, Kelly Key, hits stores, which would become the last before announcing a seven-year hiatus from music. As of 2009, aiming to focus on her career as a presenter, she becomes a freshman judge on the Show da Gente program. In the same year, she signed a contract with Rede Record, presenting the programs Mestres do Ilusionismo, Hoje em Dia, Game Show, in addition to being a judge for Ídolos Kids, staying at the station until the end of 2014. In 2015 she returned to music and released her sixth studio album, No Controle, by Deckdisc. Since then, Kelly has been dedicated to her YouTube show, where she interviews personalities from the fitness world.

A Loirinha O Play Boy E O Negão
Kelly Key Lyrics

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Geral tava olhando a loirinha com o negão
Juntinhos de mão dadas, zoando no calçadão
Foi quando de repente me veio um cidadão
E perguntou: loirinha, o que tu viu nesse negão?
O que eu vi dentro dele, não vi dentro de você
Me dê papel e caneta que eu vou já lhe responder:
Meu preto é 100% e me coloca pra chorar
Só pra tirar uma onda Playboy, vou te esculachar

Por isso eu fiz essa canção, pensando do meu jeito
Pro Playboy ouvir, rever seus conceitos

Ele é escuro, sim, um tremendo negão
Mas não lhe falta, educação e respeito

Overall Meaning

The lyrics to Kelly Key's song "A Loirinha O Play Boy E O Negão" tells the story of a blonde woman who is walking on the street holding hands with a black man, while people were looking at them. Suddenly, a man comes up to her and asks what she sees in him. She responds by saying that what she saw in him, she didn't see in the man who asked the question. She then proceeds to explain that her black partner has 100% of what she needs and can make her cry just for fun, while the man who asked the question is just trying to show off as a playboy.

The lyrics are a response to society's preconceptions and stereotypes about interracial relationships. The song highlights that love has no color or race and that it should be based on mutual respect, understanding, and affection. The lyrics also challenge the dominant discourse that favors white people and demeans those who do not fit into the Eurocentric beauty standards.

Line by Line Meaning

Geral tava olhando a loirinha com o negão
Everyone was looking at the blond girl with the black guy

Juntinhos de mão dadas, zoando no calçadão
Walking hand in hand, having fun on the sidewalk

Foi quando de repente me veio um cidadão
When suddenly a man came to me

E perguntou: loirinha, o que tu viu nesse negão?
And he asked: blondie, what did you see in that black guy?

O que eu vi dentro dele, não vi dentro de você
What I saw in him, I didn't see in you

Me dê papel e caneta que eu vou já lhe responder
Give me pen and paper and I'll answer you right away

Meu preto é 100% e me coloca pra chorar
My black man is 100% and makes me cry

Só pra tirar uma onda Playboy, vou te esculachar
Just to tease you, Playboy, I'm going to humiliate you

Por isso eu fiz essa canção, pensando do meu jeito
That's why I made this song, thinking my way

Pro Playboy ouvir, rever seus conceitos
For Playboy to hear, to review his concepts

Ele é escuro, sim, um tremendo negão
He's dark-skinned, yes, a huge black guy