For many singer-songwriters who have had success with their debut album, all the insecurities and fears appear like a tsunami when they release their second album. This was not the case with Leo Rizzi, who, on the contrary, feels more confident, more prepared and ready to show that he has everything to make songs as relevant as those of his first production.
“Yes, there was some pressure, but in this second [disco] “I feel a little more liberated to do what I want to do,” Leo said last week, just the night before “The Beauty of Flowers,” the album in question, was released. “And also with the experience of having made an album.”
That first album was “Pájaro azul”, which he released in 2024 and which was inspired by the story “The blue bird” by the poet Rubén Darío. That production featured collaborations with Zahara, Patty Cantú, Gus and Danny Lux.
It can be said that “The Beauty of Flowers” is a somewhat more alternative album because, among other characteristics, it has as guests three singers who have stood out in the independent scene. They are Santi Balmes, from the band Admire of Lesbian, Violeta Hódar, known for her participation in the Truth Operación Triunfo in Spain, and Manu Om, an artist focused on devotional and spiritual music.
Furthermore, it has as its common thread a phrase by Byung-Chul Han, a prominent South Korean philosopher and essayist, based in Germany, recognized for his criticism of neoliberal capitalism, technology and the “tired society.”
“Everything comes from the phrase that is the beauty of flowers,” said Leo. “It is due to a luxury that every economy is free, and that phrase can be taken from all sides; that is, I think that everything has come from there.”
Leo, born in Ibiza, Spain, but raised between Spain and Uruguay, relates this album as poetic, contemplative and somewhat thoughtful in a product that goes against the grain of what is made in a hurry, just to attract attention.
And on the other hand, it is a reflection of an emotional stage that the singer is going through.
“In the end, love is what the entire album is about,” he said. “In the course of making this album I have found love […]a love that goes beyond what even romantic love can be.”
One of the songs that Leo premiered before releasing the album, and that is related to his emotional state, is “Corazón inflado”, a song that, he admitted, he never thought he could write because he always thought that deep and true love was impossible to exist.
“Somehow I catch myself writing this, and it’s strange for me too,” he said, “I mean, I’ve never written like that in that way, but when you feel it, well, that’s how it is.”
