Andréa Garside 🇧🇷🇳🇱

✖️Journalist & Photographer ✖️Brazilian ✖️Based in The Netherlands ✖️Anitta’s stan

[Katú Mirim @katumirim_]

Vamos juntos fazer a música Oke viralizar e levar os artistas indígenas ao topo pela primeira vez na história da música Brasileira!!!

#oke #anitta #equilibrivm #katumirim

[Katú Mirim @katumirim_]

Vocês não sabem mas eu trampo de Uber, eu sou rapper há 10 anos e não vivo de música. Anitta gostou das minhas músicas e apostou em mim.
Quem fez isso no mainstream?
Ouçam minhas músicas!!!
Botem OKE NO TOPO! Isso é uma guerra! Boraaaaaa!!

#anitta #oke #anittaoke #equilibrivum

[QG da Anitta @QGdaAnitta]

https://t.co/r49tBSo62L

[Hit Signal @hitsignal]

I wasn’t particularly familiar with Anitta’s discography going into ‘EQUILIBRIVM II.’ Outside a few of her biggest hits, like “Envolver,” which I always found generic and a little forgettable, I hadn’t paid much attention to her as an artist.

This album changed that completely.

From the first few tracks, the production pulls you in. Samba, axé, funk, and ijexá elements run through the entire project as its actual foundation, present in the percussion, the phrasing, the way songs build and release their tension. Every rhythmic choice feels considered rather than being added for just the sake of it, for the sake of texture.

What struck me most is how proudly Anitta presents her faith and her Brazilian heritage across the entire record. It’s unapologetic and front and center from the opening track onward, woven into the lyrics, the imagery, the sound itself. That confidence in her own identity gives the album a sense of purpose beyond just being a collection of songs. The collaborators reinforce that purpose rather than just padding the tracklist. Maria Bethânia’s appearance on “Ogum Me Rodeia” is one of the most significant pairings on the record, a veteran of Brazilian popular music lending real weight to a song built around an orixá. Even more striking is Grupo Ofá’s feature on “Contemplação,” made up of members from the Terreiro do Gantois community in Salvador, one of the most respected Candomblé houses in Brazil. Bringing them into the album isn't just a symbolic gesture but rather Anitta placing the actual keepers of the tradition inside her own music.

The second half leans even further into that, shifting toward a deeper emphasis on spirituality, with direct references to the orixás threaded through the lyrics and imagery. It’s a striking turn, it rewards a full listen rather than skipping around, because the album is clearly sequenced to build toward that spiritual weight.

Then there’s the vocal delivery. There’s a warmth running through these performances that feels genuinely personal, almost intimate in places. You can hear the emotion underneath the technical execution. Listening to it, I found myself picturing her smiling while recording, fully present in the moment, and that, in return, made me smile too.

The album is also accompanied by a 35-minute visual, and it’s genuinely one of the best visual companions I’ve seen in a while. The direction and depth reminded me of Beyoncé’s ‘Black Is King’ in terms of scale and intention, both projects paying homage to their ancestry through imagery, movement, and ritual. In Anitta’s case, it’s a direct homage to Afro-Brazilian roots, identity and religion, and the visual gives the album’s spiritual second half even more weight.

‘EQUILIBRIVM II’ is a genuinely great album, one that reframed how I think about her as an artist entirely. It’s fun, sultry, deep, emotional, personal. It’s made me a fan, and it made me want to go back and actually sit with the rest of her catalog.

My favorites: Você Já Sabe, Sal Grosso, Ponta de Pé, Orgum Me Rodeia, Divino Sexual, Oke.

5/5

[Andréa Garside 🇧🇷🇳🇱 @AndreaGarside]

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[billboard @billboard]

Anitta’s ‘EQUILIBRIVM II’ Album & More: Vote for the Best New Latin Music Release This Week
https://t.co/co9wc9240W

[Rolling Stone @RollingStone]

New Music to Get You To the Weekend:

» @charli_xcx, “Magic Metal Montana”
» @Tyllaaaaaaa, "That Girl”
» @Anitta , Los Brasileros, “Você Ja Sabe”
» @VictoriaMonet, “Reach Out”
» @ShaniaTwain, “Northern Town”

See more songs: https://t.co/xw66ETDgXz

[billboard @billboard]

Anitta’s ‘EQUILIBRIVM II’ Album & More: Vote for the Best New Latin Music Release This Week
https://t.co/FmdlmoLrI4

[Anitta @Anitta]

E aí gente… qual a preferida de vocês ?

[Andréa Garside 🇧🇷🇳🇱 @AndreaGarside]

@Anitta OKE e Sal Grosso! Amei todas, mas essas sao minhas preferidas ate agora! 😍

[Anitta @Anitta]

https://t.co/buTVkHHDLa

[Andréa Garside 🇧🇷🇳🇱 @AndreaGarside]

@Anitta Maravilhosoo! Emocionada com essa obra prima! 🩷

[QG da Anitta @QGdaAnitta]

Vai começarrr #EsquentaTVZ ANITTA

[Anitta @Anitta]

https://t.co/VWbTLTHPqJ

[Anitta @Anitta]

EQUILIBRIVM II já disponível em todas as plataformas ✨

O audiovisual estreia às 21h30 no Multishow, às 22h fica disponível no Globoplay e, à meia-noite, chega ao meu canal no YouTube. ❤️

[QG da Anitta @QGdaAnitta]

SAIUUUUU!!! EQUILIBRIVM II ESTÁ OFICIALMENTE ENTRE A GENTE!!!
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[Andréa Garside 🇧🇷🇳🇱 @AndreaGarside]

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[Andréa Garside 🇧🇷🇳🇱 @AndreaGarside]

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[QG da Anitta @QGdaAnitta]

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