Hey, what’s up Pink Plata first things first I wanted to thank you for agreeing to be featured on Nefarious Supply, so to get the interview started introduce yourself who is Pink Plata, where are you from, and how has this area played and an influence on you as well as your music?
Hey! Thank you so much for featuring me. I’m super excited! I always have a hard time introducing myself because there is so much that I can talk about, but to explain Pinkplata in the simplest way possible, I can tell you that I am 21 years old. I was born and raised in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. I moved to the US when I was 12 years old and I am currently living in California. Being a Latina has completely influenced my music because it is inspired by the Latin music that I have been listening to since I was born and that I listen to this day. Music is such a big part of me. I could be having the most horrible day and it can be completely turned around if I just play a song I like. When I realized the impact hat music had in my life, I realized that I wanted to create my own in order to express and say exactly what I wanted and needed to say. Any club or party you go to in Mexico will ALWAYS be playing reggeaton. We love the genre in Mexico because it is music you can dance to and feel in your soul and bones. Celebrations and dance are a huge part of our culture, so Mexico loves and supports any artist and genre that can be played to get people to have a good time and get on the dance floor.
What made you choose the Alias Pink Plata?
Before my 2019 travels to Puerto Rico and Colombia, I didn’t have a specific name I would go by. I was also only making music in English. Sometimes I would go by my birth name, Cosette, and sometimes I would go by CPMSC. I didn’t like either one. I wanted something that represented me and just women in general. In Colombia they refer to money as ‘Plata.’ That was dope to me because in Mexico we just say dinero since the literal meaning of plata in Spanish is silver. So, it just came to me and it clicked. In my head ‘pinkplata’ represents money made by women. It represents women’s grind and power. I have been working random jobs since I was 14 in order to get my bag and chase after my dreams, so I am all about that pink plata!
Who are some of your biggest influences, and how have they done so?
I would have to say that some of my biggest influences in music are artist like Shakira, SZA, Frank Ocean, Paloma Mami, Daddy Yankee, and pretty much every single artist that I listen to on the daily. None of them are an influence because of a specific reason. It is just the fact that I literally listen to the same artists every single day. So, I am aware that they all have an influence on how I write, sing, and even dress. I unconsciously take smalls details that I admire about them and make them a part of pinkplata and my music.
What are some things you have learned in your journey as a musician and if you could go back in time and give yourself some advice what would you say?
If I am being completely honest, I feel like I still don’t know so many things. I am so clueless about being an artist and the do’s and don’ts. But I do know that it is a process and that through my short time making music, I have taken each new song I create as a way to learn more about myself, my voice, my message and my sound. Realizing how much I have grown with the little experience I have has taught me that music is nothing but a process, just like anything else in life. So, if I could give beginner me any advice, it would be to not try to rush anything. To embrace my fuck ups and my lack of knowledge and to allow myself to grow without constantly trying to force and rush the process.
So as a whole latin artists have been doing amazing with artists like J-Balvin, Bad Bunny, Rosalia, and many more really representing. So being the first latin artist we have featured on our platform give us some background on your culture and how it has influenced your style of music?
As a woman that comes from a half Mexican, half Salvadorian family, I can say that my culture has influenced my music in the most organic way. When I began making music, I would only write in English. I wanted to specifically be a female R&B artist. But through the process, I realized that I wasn’t being myself. And that if I was having to try so hard to come up with concepts, lyrics, and vibes, then there was something I was doing wrong. After analyzing my music, I realized that my music was in no way a projection of me and my culture. I realized that when I wrote, it was never natural and honest.
So, I decided to grab a notebook and write down every word that represented who I was. After I read my list, I realized I had described my culture and I wanted my culture to be part of my music. I grew up listening to Genres like cumbia, salsa, norteño, and reggaeton which is all music that as soon as it starts playing you want to stop whatever you’re doing and start dancing. I dreamt of having music that as soon as I started singing in a live performance, I could see the crowd dancing and having fun. When I began to write in Spanish, I could hear all my lyrics in really upbeat melodies that were heavily inspired by reggeaton, so I sent MOFLO a bunch of songs from different artist like Annuel AA, Jhay Cortez and Paloma Mami and he agreed to be a part of my new journey. I am so blessed to have artist as talented as MOFLO Music on my corner. His range is admirable, I owe so much of my process to artist who have supported me like he has.
I gotta say the first time I listened to YO VOLÓ I was blown away, walk us through the EP, what was your overall goal with it as a whole, and how does each song add value to your discography?
YO VOLÓ was heavily inspired by my travels to Colombia. I talked to MOFLO about wanting to do an entire project in Spanish before I left for Bogota and Cartagena for almost two months. Before leaving I did not have any inspiration to write anything fun that did justice to the amazing beats that he had sent me. I wanted my lyrics to be actually inspired by my experiences and at the time my life was not exciting at all, I was working 2 different jobs and I was a full-time student, so I had no time to experience anything other than my responsibilities.
So, after I came back from my travels, I was ready to work. I wanted the EP to have fun and catchy songs like La Semana, as well as very positive and sweet songs like Tu Energia. But it also had to incorporate songs such as EnCarretera and No tengo, because I loveeeeee songs that you can have a perreito lento to. I intentionally go out because I love Perreo, mostly with my girlfriends. I have many memories of going crazy to songs like Gasolina, but I definetly love to do my thing to a slower reggaeton beat. I was really happy with the project when we finished it because with the 4 songs, I was able to make the EP everything I wanted it to be. Ya Volo will forever be my baby because it was with this project that I realized that making music in Spanish was what came more natural to me, and that I want to keep representing my culture and people with bigger and better projects in the future.
You’ve worked heavily with producer Moflo Music on “YA VOLÓ”, as well as “AGUA”. how did you end up meeting and collabing, and will you guys be releasing anything in the future?
I am literally MOFLO’s number one fan at this point. I have so much respect for his craft. I honestly got super lucky to get to work with him. He hit me up by email less than two years ago. He told me he found my music on SC and just sent me a bunch of beats. From this came one of my favorite songs we’ve made ‘EGO.’ I hope to have him on my side for the rest of my journey because I truly believe that a song by me and MOFLO will eventually be the big break. He works with so many talented artists so I know extreme success is coming super soon for him and I cannot wait to see him get his bag and take over the world! I always tell him I want to be like him when I grow up, haha!
Tell us about your newest song “SANTO”?
SANTO is very dear to me. It was produced by SuperstarrBeats and mixed by MOFLO. It’s actually funny because I got the beat from SB in 2018 and just kept it in the files because I was never able to get inspired since at the time I was still only writing in English, and it wasn’t until almost a year later that I played it again and I instantly started writing and I just poured all my feelings out. The song means so much to me because it allowed me to forgive an individual that I held so much resentment towards. It was truly healing, and I hope that the people who have listened to it felt it too.
So what’s next for you, what are some of your biggest goals for 2020, and by the end of the decade where do you want to be?
Well I am actually in the process of dropping a two-songproject with MOFLO titled “SON LAS DOS AM.” There is still not a clear drop date, but it is coming so so so soon. This will be my first drop of 2020. I hope that this year is filled with a lot of work, peace, health, and growth. I crave growth in my music and career, and I am willing to work my ass off in order to make it happen. I have actually never put out a music video before so after dropping this small project with MOFLO that will be my next project. Pinkplata’s first music video is coming in 2020 for sure!
Where can the audience find you on social media, as well as your music?
You can find me in every platform as @pinkplata or @pinkplataa ! Follow my socials in order to keep up with my drops and if you’re interested in working do not hesitate to email me to pinkplataa@gmail.com or hit me on a DM.
Any last words?
Thank you for hitting me up to do this! It was really cool to get to tell you who pinkplata really is and what I’m about! Please follow me on my socials to stay on the loop about my upcoming project! To everyone who read this: Please stay nice. Don’t fuck with people’s peace and chase your bag, ALWAYS! And like J Balvin says – “Menos Hate y Mas perreo!” Much love Nefarious Supply!
Big shout out to Pink Plata for interviewing with Nefarious Supply! Her musical discography is available right now on Apple Music right now and while you’re there be sure to check out her newest release with Moflo Music “SON LAS DOS AM”.
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