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In conversation: Girl Ultra on Mexico City's 'haunted' energy

Apr 19, 2023
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ANECDOTE

Interview Location

  • Girl Ultra chose the interview location, a cultural house in Coyoacán, due to her personal history.
  • She took ballet and art workshops there, connecting it to past versions of herself.
ANECDOTE

Family of Artists

  • Girl Ultra comes from a family of dentists who also paint.
  • Her great-grandfather, a painter from Spain, brought the family to Mexico.
INSIGHT

Mexico City's Dark Music

  • Mexico City has a diverse music scene, but there's a strong appeal for darker genres like rock, shoegaze, and goth.
  • Despite the city's colorful surface, its struggles contribute to this preference.
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