Chiquis Rivera celebrates her success and resilience on her latest album, 'Diamantes', while performing a sold-out show at the Wiltern. She reflects on her journey overcoming challenges and honoring her legacy.
Under the Wiltern's center-stage spotlight, a bedazzled tejana slowly rises into the audience's view. As the concealed hydraulic platform peaks on the stage's second level, Chiquis appears, sparkling in an all-white rhinestoned outfit. Her surrounding 13-piece band plays the energetic opening notes of “Porque Soy Abeja Reina,” a single off her 2022 album 'Abeja Reina,' and the Wiltern's crowd roars.
The multi-hyphenate talent born as Janney Marin Rivera descends from the staircase and the only thing going through her mind is that all her hard work is finally paying off. Over the past decade, Chiquis has fought what she calls an uphill battle to make music she's proud of. In the face of harsh comparisons to her late mother, the música Mexicana legend Jenni Rivera, and expectations to carry on the family legacy, the three-time Latin Grammy winner stands firm in her corner of contemporary banda music. Unafraid to bring 'new school influences' to the traditional genre, the 39-year-old brings a reignited sense of confidence to her latest album, 'Diamantes.' “I was actually crying right before the show. You know, it's the end of the year and my mom passed away in December. This season usually makes me feel more sensitive,” said Chiquis. “I started thinking, ‘Are people going be able to tell? Are they going see?’ But then I reminded myself, that’s what my music's all about. If I need to cry, I'm going to cry. I'm going to talk about it. This is my space to be myself.” As the singer took the Wiltern's stage that night for what she considers to be a hometown concert, with an extravagant stage design and a full production crew, she says putting on a show of such a large scale reminds her of how much things have changed — she began her musical career by performing at places like the Grove and small nightclubs. Now she sips Don Julio 70 from a diamond-shaped flask and unapologetically belts her lyrics of resilience to a packed theate
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