Meme del Real moved back to Mexico City after five years living in Valle de Bravo, where a lakeside studio overlooking forest became a space for solitude and reflection. The physical distance from city life allowed quiet and unhurried exploration of old songs and in-process ideas. Inspiration arrived organically rather than by intention, and a solitary creative practice produced new material in ways he had not experienced before. The resulting songs on his first solo album investigate silence, sonic expansion and introspective textures. Seasonal rains and retreat from routine influenced the emotional and spatial character of the music.
"The summer rain in Mexico City has been driving Meme del Real crazy. "This season of permanent torrential downpour gets to a point where you're like, ' Enough,' he says with a sigh. "There's people who really enjoy it, but I'm done. It's too much introspection to be in here all day, to not be able to go outside. It forces you to try other things, to find a conversation within that rather than a resistance."
"From that exercise of exploring old songs and ideas in process, something started to bloom within me in a way that had never happened before. It was a moment that invited me into a solitary process that I hadn't undertaken with any formality or intention. If these songs have anything to do with where I was physically at the time, I do think that distance I had from everything manifested itself as music."
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