1. María 'Malú' Lu… Read Full Bio ↴There are at least 3 singers named Malú or Malu.
1. María 'Malú' Lucía Sánchez (born 15 March, 1982) is a singer from Madrid, Spain. Malú was discovered at the age of 15 when she was singing at a family party. She began the recording of her first album Aprendiz in January 1998. Malú is the niece of the flamenco singer-songwriter Paco de Lucía.
2. Malu is a pop singer from Amsterdam, The Netherlands. There is no accent on the letter 'u', but scrobbles of her songs end up here due to Last.fm's infamous auto-correct. "Sensual vocals, soft synthesizers and danceable bass lines bring you into a summery state of mind (...) one moment in a fantasy, the next on the dance floor." Malu released her first brace of singles and the Rendez-vous EP on Excelsior Recordings in 2023.
3. MALU In her honest universe of pop melodies, soulful tunes and R&B sensations, MALU is singing her way out of her identity crisis, through stories of dreams, heartaches and insecurities. With her Corsican roots, she inherited her grand gestures and in a flirtation between organic elements, attitude and with her heart on her sleeve, she delivers her songs in a balance between contemporariness and nostalgia.
Behind the project is a showdown with her own perfectionism and expectations: ”I have always been busy living up to an idea of who I am supposed to be. Through music I become spontaneous. Here, I can flirt with my identity crisis, set my own boundaries, make fun of my own perfectionistic ego and sing myself to become who I want to be.”
When MALU was five years old, two movers coincidently came by her childhood home, in Denmark, with a piano, they were supposed to get rid of. She was immediately glued to it, and from there the train began rolling. The journey started as a classical pianist and led her to lead singer in a jazz trio, a disco band and a soul orchestra, with concerts around the country and the feeling of belonging on a stage from a very early age.
Arbol Solitario
Malú Lyrics
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En un sitio olvidado
De la mano de los hombres
Y quizás de la de Dios
Su cuerpo retorcido
No alza los brazos
Donde antes descansaban
Por eso aguarda ahora el rayo
Tan temido en su juventud
Para que haga un nido en él la luz del fuego
Que le lleve hacia el Dios que le olvidó
Que le lleve hacia el Dios que le olvidó
Y es que el árbol que allí vive
Ve cómo su sangre
Se envejece, mientras en sus ramas
Sólo crece el fruto de la soledad
Y es tan débil su regazo
Que allí ninguna madre anida ya
Su hojarasca no es ya tan tupida
Como lo fue cuando ofrecía sombra al peregrino
Por eso aguarda ahora el rayo
Tan temido en su juventud
Para que haga un nido en él la luz del fuego
Que le lleve hacia el Dios que le olvidó
Que le lleve hacia el Dios que le olvidó
The lyrics to Malu's "Arbol Solitario" describe the sad and lonely existence of a forgotten tree. The lyrics paint a picture of a tree that no longer provides shelter for birds or bears fruit, and has been abandoned by humans and possibly even forgotten by God. The tree's twisted body stands alone in a forgotten place, waiting for the lightning bolt that will take it towards the forgotten God. The tree's once majestic form now serves as nothing more than a reminder of the loneliness and isolation that it has come to represent. The lyrics suggest that the tree is nothing more than a monument to something that once was and is no more, a poignant reminder of the fleeting nature of all things.
At the heart of the lyrics is the image of the tree that has lost its purpose, a metaphor that applies to so many things in life that suffer from neglect and abandonment. The song is a meditation on the fragility of life and the consequences of neglect and indifference. The song conveys a sense of longing for connection, a desire to be a part of something greater than what is presently available. The ultimate message of the song is one of hope, reminding the listener that even neglected things can find a second life and a renewed purpose, if only given the chance.
Line by Line Meaning
Es un árbol solitario
The tree is living alone in a place where it's forgotten.
En un sitio olvidado
It's living in a forgotten place.
De la mano de los hombres
People have caused its twisted body.
Y quizás de la de Dios
Maybe God has also caused its condition.
Su cuerpo retorcido
Its body is twisted and distorted.
No alza los brazos
It's not able to raise its arms which were once used to provide strength to birds.
Donde antes descansaban
Birds used to rest on its arms.
Las aves que buscaban recobrar su fuerza en él
The birds used to recover their strength by resting on it.
Por eso aguarda ahora el rayo
Now, the tree is waiting for the lightning to strike it.
Tan temido en su juventud
The lightning was once feared by the tree in its youth.
Para que haga un nido en él la luz del fuego
The fire caused by the lightning will make a nest in the tree.
Que le lleve hacia el Dios que le olvidó
The fire will take the tree towards the God who forgot it.
Y es que el árbol que allí vive
The tree which lives there.
Ve cómo su sangre
It sees how its life force is being drained.
Se envejece, mientras en sus ramas
As it grows old, nothing else grows on its branches except loneliness.
Sólo crece el fruto de la soledad
Loneliness is the only thing that grows on its branches.
Y es tan débil su regazo
Its trunk is so weak that no mother can nest on it anymore.
Que allí ninguna madre anida ya
No mother bird can make a nest on it anymore.
Su hojarasca no es ya tan tupida
The tree's foliage is no longer so thick.
Como lo fue cuando ofrecía sombra al peregrino
It's no longer able to provide shade to the traveler like it used to.
Por eso aguarda ahora el rayo
That's why it is waiting for the lightning to strike it now.
Tan temido en su juventud
Although it once feared the lightning in its youth.
Para que haga un nido en él la luz del fuego
The fire caused by the lightning will make a nest in the tree.
Que le lleve hacia el Dios que le olvidó
That fire will take the tree towards the God who forgot it.
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