Xênia Érica Estrela França, also known as Xênia França (born 27 February 19… Read Full Bio ↴Xênia Érica Estrela França, also known as Xênia França (born 27 February 1986) is a Brazilian singer-songwriter from Candeias.[1][2][3]

França was born in Recôncavo Baiano, spent her teenage years in Camaçari. She would later move to São Paulo in 2004. While there, she would work as a model. In 2008, where she started singing in bars alongside her modelling. While working, she met Emicida, a Brazilian rap artist, who invited her to contribute to the production of his EP Sua Mina Ouve Meu Rep Tamém and his album Emicídio, (both released in 2010). The following year, she joined the band Aláfia, alongside artists Pipo Pegoraro and Lucas Cirillo.[4]

In 2017, França released her first solo album, entitled Xenia.[5][6][7] Her album would later be nominated for the 2018 Latin Grammy Awards in the category Best Contemporary Pop Album,[8][9] alongside her track Pra Que Me Chamas? which would be nominated for Best Portuguese-Language Song.[10][8]
In 2019, Xênia França became the first Brazilian artist to perform on the world-renowned COLORS YouTube channel.[11]
In 2022, França released her first self-published album Em Nome Da Estrela[12], again collaborating with former members of Aláfia and Lourenco Rebetez.[13]

Minha Historia
Xênia França Lyrics

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Mainha só lamentou
Sozinha eu fui embora viver
Tanto me questionou
Por fim me abençoou, estou bem

Mainha só lamentou
Sozinha eu fui embora viver
Tanto me questionou

Por fim me abençoou, estou bem

E seguindo embaixo dessa benção eu fui
Sair à procura de um lugar, pra fazer morada
E aos poucos tudo foi se encaixando
Tomando sua forma única de ser

E hoje eu posso dizer
Que criei asas e voei
E os céus fizeram bem pra mim

Mainha só lamentou
Sozinha eu fui embora viver
Tanto me questionou
Por fim me abençoou, estou bem

Mainha só lamentou
Sozinha eu fui embora viver
Tanto me questionou
Por fim me abençoou, estou bem

Já era hora ôh-ôh
De partir ôh-ei
Eu sei, eu sei (Eu sei)
Ter meu espaço
Criar asas, minha história fazer

Já era hora ôh-ôh
De partir ôh-ei
Eu sei, eu sei (Eu sei)
Ter meu espaço
Criar asas, minha história fazer

Mainha só lamentou
Sozinha eu fui embora viver
Tanto me questionou
Por fim me abençoou, estou bem

Mainha só lamentou
Sozinha eu fui embora viver
(Viver, viver, viver)

Tanto me questionou
Por fim me abençoou, estou bem

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of Xênia França's song "Minha História" tell the story of a young woman who leaves her mother's home to find her own place in the world. The opening phrase "Mainha só lamentou" (Mom only lamented) sets the tone for the rest of the song. The mother is hesitant to let her daughter go, asking her many questions, but in the end, she blesses her and sends her on her way. The daughter reflects on her journey, saying that she went in search of a place to call home, and gradually things fell into place. She says that she has created wings and flown, and the sky has been good to her. The chorus repeats the refrain that the mother only lamented but eventually blessed her departure, and now the daughter is happy and content.

Line by Line Meaning

Mainha só lamentou
My mother only mourned

Sozinha eu fui embora viver
Alone, I went away to live

Tanto me questionou
She questioned me so much

Por fim me abençoou, estou bem
In the end she blessed me, I'm fine

E seguindo embaixo dessa benção eu fui
And under this blessing, I went

Sair à procura de um lugar, pra fazer morada
Looking for a place to settle

E aos poucos tudo foi se encaixando
And gradually everything fell into place

Tomando sua forma única de ser
Taking on its unique form

E hoje eu posso dizer
And today I can say

Que criei asas e voei
That I grew wings and flew

E os céus fizeram bem pra mim
And the heavens did me good