Mónica Naranjo has released her new single, ‘FAMA’, an adaptation of the 1975 French hit ‘Une femme avec toi’ by Nicole Croisille, as reported by Odi O’Malley. A song of love and seduction in the interpretation of Croisille, which Mónica Naranjo transforms into one of her melodramatic arias about glory and “fame”, playing with the phonetic similarity of this word and the pronunciation of the word “femme” (woman). in French) on the original recording.
‘FAMA’ is similar to ‘Europe’ in the portrait that its lyrics present of a diva “dedicated to the clamor” of her audience and who faces great “rivers of fame”, while from the stage she watches a girl dancing happily, who a day it was her. It is the image of a classic, anachronistic diva, a kind of Maria Callas who sings in front of a large orchestra… and then accompanied by a military march.
Although the musical direction is less unpredictable than that of ‘Europe’, the production grates on excess by incorporating a clicking rhythm that sounds out of place. Although Naranjo’s vocal performance is excessive, as in ‘FAMA’ he shows off his lungs, as we like. We recommend the “extended” version over the run-down “edit”.
‘FAMA’ marks the return of Mónica Naranjo after a few months of absence on social networks. Recently, the Catalan singer has announced her ‘Greatest Hits Tour’ for 2025. Not only that, but she would have ventured into a real estate investment project.
According to Lecturas magazine, Naranjo had been involved in selling apartments for two years with her partner, Lain García Calvo, a Catalan self-help and personal improvement writer. In this way, the two would have already invested one million euros in the purchase of seven properties in Madrid, Barcelona and Zaragoza through a company called Agapersons SL.
Not all of these acquisitions would be apartments, but there are also commercial premises and even a parking space. The magazine also reports that both would need each other’s consent to make any move and that three months ago they registered another company, also in the real estate world.
