Goyo chatted with Billboard’s Griselda Flores and Jessica Roiz ahead of Billboard Latin Women in Music 2025.
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00:00Coyo, welcome to Latin Women in Music. How do you feel in a special night?
00:05Well, I'm really excited. For me, this is a feast. It is a feast for women.
00:11It is recognizing many things, but at the same time, elevating ourselves between ourselves.
00:17You were honored the first year of Latin Women in Music, which was two years ago,
00:22and today you are here because you are going to present the award to Celia Cruz as legend.
00:26How would you describe the legacy of Celia Cruz?
00:29Well, the legacy of Celia Cruz is immense, because it is like a 360,
00:34from her voice, her music, her personality, her sugar,
00:41and obviously everything that has to do with her culture and her Afro pride.
00:45So, for me, it is too much.
00:48I think it is a strong reference for me and for many women in the music industry.
00:54The story that wrote Leila, that wrote the book, I read your story with her and your anecdote with Celia Cruz,
01:00and you met her and, in fact, you sang.
01:02You were like 13 or 14 years old.
01:05What was your impression of her at that moment?
01:08Because I think it was very impressionable.
01:11The truth is, I was a little nervous, especially because it was a song called Ritmo Tamboy y Flores,
01:16and I learned it when I was seven.
01:18So, my mother came singing and talking to her and she said,
01:21and she said, sing.
01:22And I started singing that song.
01:23And she said, she sings, she sings, she sings, she sings, she sings, she sings, she sings, she sings, she sings.
01:27And, well, it was a lot of fulfilled.
01:29It was the first song I could sing in public.
01:32And, well, it was a lot for me that moment.
01:35Viajar with her in that bus for three hours was emotional for me.
01:40And today we are celebrating, because this year will be 100 years.
01:45Why is it important that the new generations that come from women, artists,
01:50know the legacy of Celia?
01:51Well, it's important because I think we need to know our history.
01:58I think it's important to remember it because it's still among us.
02:02We're still listening to her music.
02:04And, well, the worst of the history is forgetting it or not recognizing it.
02:09So, it's very important.
02:12Goyo, the next month we celebrate the Día of the Madres.
02:17How has changed your life since you became a mom?
02:21Well, the truth, a lot.
02:23The responsibilities, but more than all, the care with which I am.
02:28With which I am.
02:29With which I am.
02:30With which I am.
02:31With which I am.
02:32With which I am.
02:33With which I am.
02:34It's very important.
02:35Because I'm thinking a lot in my freedom as a woman.
02:39And as a mom.
02:40But also in the example.
02:41So, that marks a lot.
02:44And the possibility to form a other person.
02:46Para que salga al mundo.
02:48Es muy grande la responsabilidad.
02:49Que lindo.
02:50Estoy segura que próximamente la vamos a ver en uno de estos eventos.
02:53Yo también.
02:54Que lindo tu peinado.
02:55Me encantan las trenzas.
02:56Que bello.
02:57Gracias Goyo.
02:58Que disfrutes tu noche.
02:59Gracias Goyo.
03:00Gracias Goyo, que disfrutes tu noche.
03:01Gracias Goyo.
03:02Gracias Goyo.
03:03Que disfrutes tu noche.
03:04Gracias Goyo.