Diosa Worldwide Celebrates Women's History Month with Latin Artist, Singer, Songwriter : Manu Manzo

Diosa Worldwide Celebrates Women's History Month with Latin Artist, Singer, Songwriter : Manu Manzo

In honor of Women's History month we met up with Manu Manzo, the talented, ferocious - Latina bombshell to speak on how 2023 has been treating her, her goals for this year, her fave places to eat in Miami and whats next!

The Venezuelan songstress started this year off with a bang as she sang the United States anthem in front of millions of viewers on national television!! She tells us she has a lot of music coming and is in walks to releasing an album. Although she has a lot in sight her main goal for 2023 is looking to find peace in all of  her life's decisions ! 

1. Manu, al entrar al año 2023 te hiciste alguna promesa o quizás te propusiste alguna meta que quieres lograr? ¿Cuál es tu energía para este año?
English: 
Manu , when you entered 2023 , did you make any promises to yourself or perhaps set any goals that you would like to accomplish? What's your energy for this year?
-  uyyyy si. Este año mis resolutions cambiaron un poco- yo siempre digo que ante todo quiero ser "FELIZ"  pero ahora ante todo quiero tener y estar en PAZ. y esa es mi resolucion. Estar en paz con los que me rodean, con las decisiones que tomo, con las relaciones que elijo mantener, con mi hogar, con TODO. I was so addicted to chaos and drama for such a long time, that peace seemed boring but not I feel so much joy in finding and aligning with the things that give me peace. No siempre vamos a estar felices pero si tengo paz, I am able to build up from there.
2. After recently becoming a US citizen in 2022 you were chosen to sing the national anthem at the Miami Dolphins game on January 8th , 2023 which aired on FOX , how incredible.
Tell me, how did you prepare for that day? When you were called on to do this, what was your first reaction? and what did it feel like to be in the center of that huge stadium full of people?
Después de recibir tu ciudadanía Estadounidense en 2022, fuiste elegida para cantar el himno nacional en el juego de los Miami Dolphins el 8 de enero de 2023 que se transmitió por FOX, qué increíble.
Cuéntame, ¿cómo te preparaste para ese día? Cuando te llamaron para hacer esto, ¿cuál fue tu primera reacción? y ¿cómo se sintió estar en el centro de ese enorme estadio lleno de gente? 
-  There are moments in life where God and the astros decide to align and create a near perfect moment. My management had been working on closing a date since Oct/Nov 2022 and we were in between the Christsmas game and the Jan 8th game- and we were leaning more toward the Dec 25 game. Gods Plan is Gods Plan so we ended up closing the Jan 8th game early december. Right away I called my amazing voice teacher and we did two hour rehearsals twice a week for 2 weeks since I was leaving on vacation for New years. Long story short- I got extremely sick on my vacation- like cant speak, harsh cough and headache, full of mucus, bedridden, 5 days before the performance. I stayed in bed all those days eating extremely healthy and drinking a ton of liquids including a garlic/honey/ginger/Pinneapple potion my voice teacher recommended & I was so NERVOUS lol. 2 days before the 8th they told us that the National Anthem was going to be televised, they usually don't do that, and that the Anthem had to be timed under 2 mins. So now I was EXTRA nervous. The big day comes around- I get my Jersey which coincidentally is the same number as Damar Hamlin's who had just recovered from his heart attack and whom they were honoring prior to the anthem- I go to soundcheck and I can't get through the anthem without coughing BUT the voice is sounding good. Once show time comes around I just prayed to God that he would take the wheel and sing through me and i really don't remember much after that, I completely blacked out- it was the first time that happened to me and I felt my  whole body vibrating and shaking from clenching so much so I wouldn't cough and would hit the high notes. Once I finished I just felt relief and really good about the whole thing- and when I saw my team and the smiles on their faces I knew I had done my thing. It was interesting because I'm usually a nervous wreck, but I felt so confident that day knowing that God had put me there because I deserved to be there- and I was prepared. It was a lof of pressure but a HUGE honor and genuinely so much fun. I try to never take it too seriously these days because I remind myself that this is supposed to be fun.
3. We know you love to travel, is there somewhere you would love to visit this year? or a dream location to perform at ?
Sabemos que te encanta viajar, ¿hay algún lugar que te gustaría visitar este año? o un lugar en que sueñas cantar ?
Omg siiii. Tengo muchos planes de leisure por que siendo aries y ADHD necesito movimiento constante jaja pero este año me muero x ir a VENEZUELA. estamos ya planificando el media tour para ir a presentar el nuevo proyecto en mi Pais y tengo demasiada emoción de ir a cantar y compartir con mi gente alla. Tambien quiero visitar el Salto Angel en Canaima asi que ojala esa parte se me de despues de terminar todo lo de trabajo que tenemos .
4. Nos diste un preview de Q si Q no, esta buenisima.. dinos , será el próximo sencillo que lanzas? 
You gave us a preview of Q si Q no, it's great... Tell us, will it be the next single you release?
- uyyy gracias! siiiiiiii ! sale ahora en Marzo *fingers crosses* no se exactamente que fecha pero es el proximo single. Le estamos haciendo un video animado entonces se sigue alargando un poco pero ya esta readyyyyyyy. Y en Abril sale el disco asi que vienen muchas cositas. 
5. Where is your favorite place to eat in Miami?
¿Cuál es tu restaurante favorito en Miami?
- Mandolin. Chicken Kebab. nice ambience 
for really good lebanese- Harvest delights yummmmmmmm - literally everything is so delicious.
6. Si, te abro tu cartera en este momento... que traes dentro de ella?
If I were to open your purse right now... what would I find inside of it?
mis Airpods. 4 chap sticks jajaj mi pencil & gloss combo- the gloss is fenty, obvi. Mi billetera. Ricolas because you never know when the throat might hurt y Mi eyelash curler con el que estoy obsesionada,no se como no tuve uno hasta ahora. Eyedrops because red eyes are a huge NO y las llaves de mi carro y de la casa + iphone charger. you know, the basics.
7. When you hear the word Goddess, what comes to your head right away? 
Cuando escuchas la palabra Diosa, ¿qué te viene a la cabeza de inmediato?
Woman. Etheral. need I say more.
8.  What song or songs do you currently have on replay?
¿Qué canción o canciones tienes actualmente en reproducción?
- snooze-SZA
obsessed with that whole project, Also the fKA twigs x The weekend I'm really into rn.
 
9. What is next for Manu Manzo?
¿Qué sigue para Manu Manzo?
- ALBUM DROP. finalizando todo para Abril. Ya tenemos el cover y esta cabronsisima. de verdad que le hemos estado prestando atención a cada detalle y estamos en el mixing stage so the sonics can be bomb & pueda ser una experiencia auditiva total. No espero a que llegue el dia y poder compartirles mas pero for now gotta finish it first !!

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