Performaning two songs from her forthcoming Equilibrium full length, Brazilian singer-songwriter Anitta made her Saturday Night Live debut on April 11.
Two days after the single – featuring Shakira – debuted on Thursday (4.09,) the superstar opened her first-ever SNL stint with “Choka Choka.’
Born Larissa de Macedo Machado, Equilibrium is the Latina’s seventh studio LP. Containing two acts, the first of which is sung in Portuguese and incorporates Brazilian genres like samba and funk, along with some African-inspired rhythms, the second act is recorded mostly in Spanish, with some English, and includes different versions of songs from the first act and ones she previously released.
Anitta’s second performance was “Várias Quejas,” which translates to “Several Complaints.”
Available April 16, the 15-track Equilibrium follows 2024’s Funk Generation that was nominated for Best Latin Pop Album at the 2025 Grammy Awards. At the time Anitta told Rolling Stone “It’s kind of like an artistic-alternative album,” It’s not a mainstream of Latin because it’s funk. It’s not in the mainstream of the English world.”
Disinterested in how her former full length charted, the 33-year old songstress said “When you’re just trying to beat this person, beat that chart, beat that number, you don’t have a purpose.… And for me, it’s way more. I want to open doors for my people.”
With shows in Mexico City and Sao Paulo later this month, Anitta is also the subject of a 2025 Netflix documentary.
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Author: Saul Goode
Photo: Renan Katayama