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Anitta Opens Up About the Woman Behind the Superstar: ‘We Need to Embrace All Parts of Ourselves’
Anitta, Billboard's 2025 Latin Women in Music Vanguard Award recipient, opens up on her Netflix documentary 'Larissa: The Other Side of Anitta.'
The Brazilian superstar, unapologetically herself and fearless, has expanded the boundaries of global Latin music with hits in three different languages — an unprecedented feat among modern-day pop stars. As the recipient of the first-ever Vanguard Award at Billboard ’s 2025 Latin Women in Music event — celebrating an artist who boldly forges her own paths — Anitta continues to prove why she’s in a league of her own. In this interview, conducted in early April (a week after her birthday), Anitta reflects on her dual identities, her mission to bring funk carioca to the global stage, and her ongoing journey of embracing every part of herself — sensual, spiritual, and everything in between.
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