As relações de gêneros na trajetória artístico-musical da cantora Marília Mendonça entre 2014-2021

Abstract

This paper discusses the artistic and musical career of Marilia Mendonça, the “Queen of Sofrência” between 2014 and 2021. The analysis is carried out through the lens of gender relations immersed in the context of the music industry, evidenced by the emergence of “feminejo”. That said, the questions that permeate the research are as follows: how is the female gender portrayed in the lyrics? In the singer's musical projects and lyrics, which discourses refer to the feminist movement? Which are recurrent and how are they evidenced? Do the discourses present in the music scene address how women fit into this mostly male environment? Why and how is Marília Mendonça considered by many to be the voice of women's realities? To this end, the sources used include an analysis of interviews given by the artist, news related to her, an analysis of her musical lyrics, as well as works related to Marília. With regard to the theoretical construction of this study, a bibliographical analysis was carried out to build up the concepts discussed. As such, the work focuses on Marilia Mendonça as a representative of the female music movement on the Brazilian scene, who brings to the discussion agendas relating to female empowerment.