This whole path has been a transition, so when I used to do rock I loved it, my references were those, I started to writing, I had a producer friend who was also a rocker and we did about 6 songs, so I was super stubborn with rock and at that time, rock wasn't heard much at least in Peru, right? I mean, there were rock festivals, but they were rock bands that had a long professional career, that already had the whole public, so someone of my age who was a rocker was very difficult for me to make a place for myself and also because I was a woman. They called me for festivals but I always opened the festivals. In my live shows I had very good musicians who were obviously much older than me and it seemed unfair not to have the same opportunities as other bands that were all men and they could play at prime time, it was frustrating.

I think it was because I was a woman, they didn't play my music on the radio and I felt that there were many things against me, however I was rotating in the 10 most requested of MTV Latin America and in Peru nobody knew it. I had fans who wrote to me back then, there was no instagram but I had “My Space” and they wrote to me anyway, they also found a way to go to my concerts and carry banners. That encouraged me to continue doing rock music for 9 years until a moment came when many friends told me “don't be stubborn, why don't you try it? Why don't you try another genre? other alternatives” then I said “no, I like rock!”. I got tired of trying and I went to study marketing, then somebody called me to be the host of a radio program where they played electropop music and in the front radio booth there was urban music all day long, we listened to Don Omar, Ozuna, Daddy Yankee, Tego Calderón, and go, go the same songs and I made friends with the programmers who told me "but Leslie there isn't a woman who does urban, why don't you try?" then I felt super sad, I felt that marketing was not something that fulfilled me, I had no motivation, my routine was; Monday to Friday on the radio, studying and the weekend, sleeping and eating, being a super boring year for me until I decided to start making urban music and I don't know, I felt that passion again, the love of my fans, on the radio they started putting my music on because as I became friends with the programmers they helped me with that and people really liked it. The numbers on my platforms on Spotify and YouTube were incredible that even I couldn't believe them, I said "wow!" Then I realized that this was my path, that what I really like is music and I don't mind having to mutate, rediscover myself or have to stop to find myself as long as I continue making music, which is what I love to do.

It was really incredible and that is one of the things that I like about the urban genre, that the artists give and receive mutual aid, right? You don't see that much in other genres and I think it's important to do these collaborations because, well, as you know Thalía has a lifelong audience that follows her, she has an incredible amount of fans and Farina too, she is a Colombian rapper, I really like the way she writes, she has a lot of personality, so working with them has been like a learning. I was able to see Thalía how she worked with her team, how she cares a lot about the stylist, about the lighting, about all the details that sometimes one says no. An artist must be aware of absolutely everything and not delegate things to others because in the end one is who faces the consequences and I have learned that from her at that time that it had a great impact on me when I saw her working. I really like how Farina works in the studio when she writes her songs by herself. They are both very talented artists who inspire me and obviously working with them was incredible and also I was super nervous because since I was little I also watched all the "Marías" (Thalía's soap operas) and thought "I don't know, am I going to get on well with her? or the opposite? Or is Thalia going to talk to me or is she not going to talk to me?", the truth is that she was a love, she was always affectionate with me and with Farina. I knew Farina from before, we met at a music festival and I approached her and introduced myself and told her “I want to make music with you”, we exchanged contacts and it was super cool. Instead, with Thalía, it was a proposal from the record company, when they told me, “Leslie, would you like to do a song with Thalía?” and I said “wow! of course yes, you shouldn't even ask me that” because she is an iconic woman in Latin America. Finally, it has been a very nice opportunity that has presented in my career.

I made the decision to open an Onlyfans' account after all my concerts were canceled in 2020. For me, my concerts meant the only income I had. I have always taken the money from my concerts to invest in my career, in my video clips, in paying for studio hours, in wardrobe, etc. So when all my concerts were canceled and I was going to release an album on those dates I didn't want to live without a fixed monthly income, because I had a rhythm of life where I already spent heavily on my music, on myself and added to living in another country. I did maths in my head about my expenses and said no, I already knew, I had a hunch that this pandemic issue was going to last for years, when government just closed the borders many people thought; "No, this is going to be two months" but I felt and said "this is going to last a long time and I am not going to wait for a miracle to happen without generating anything". I saw that Cardi B opened her Onlyfans' account too, from there I saw another artist and I said well I also have my fans who love me a lot in Peru, new fans in Mexico, now I'm going to release my album and I'm going to have more fans elsewhere of the world. I'm always uploading sexy photos, I have many photographer friends who I'm sure will love photographing me, so I stopped posting sexy photos on my instagram and now all my sexy photos go to Onlyfans. I train a lot, I love my body, I love my tattoos, I feel super sexy so why not use it for myself, right?.

I love Queen's disc "Greatest Hits", also "Get a grip" by Aerosmith and "Jagged little pill" by Alanis Morissette, I love this latest album.

I really like blood and gore, I like Quentin Tarantino's movies, I like "Kill Bill" which is a classic and another, "Django Unchained”.

Last year was a year of making decisions and the reins of what I wanted for my future, because I felt that I was surrounded by many toxic people who didn't let me feel free in my career. I decided to get rid of all these people who brought negativity into my life, but suddenly they were people who influenced my work but I stopped being afraid, stopped beating around the bush and pushed those people away. I took the reins 100% of my career and I don't regret it, I think it was the best decision and now I feel at peace, I work at my own pace and calm. Apart from the fact that last year I wrote a lot of music as a result of the pandemic. I used to have concerts, I don't know, I was always on the move and the pandemic forced me to stop and write more music and I have written many songs that I hope will come out this year, three already came out last year of the ones I wrote and this year more are coming out. I am also writing for other artists, I never thought of doing it, I always thought of writing for myself, I don't know, but they are calling me to do it and I hope those artist projects come out soon. I want to continue taking risks about new sounds, last year I released an electrohouse song that nobody expected in Peru but I love to change, experiment and I want to continue doing it. Suddenly I would like to make more video clips in other countries, last year I made a video clip in the city of Medellin, Colombia, this year I don't know, my career is very unpredictable, one day they tell me "tomorrow we are going to sing in Europe", so I don't have so planned, what I want to continue doing is music no matter what.

I feel that still a long way to go to say “ah! I have triumphed” I feel that I have much more to learn and to go through. I want to do many more things but even so I feel very satisfied and very good because I am doing from Monday to Monday what I really love, which is music. Maybe if I would had given up at that stage and wouldn't have gone back to music, which is what I loved, I wouldn't feel fulfilled making art. I don't care if another pandemic comes and there are no concerts anymore... I always put myself in the worst, what moves me is what I love, or writing music or I don't know, I will always be related to music and that's what it will keep me happy.

Yes, many things, many boyfriends, hahaha. There are times that I regret not have left my comfort zone earlier, I feel like I spent a lot of time in Peru going across within my country, singing in many places when I already had the proposals to go out and for fear of the unknown I didn't go out, in other words , the pandemic had to come to really stayed in the United States, open my eyes and realize that here the opportunities for the genre of music that I am doing now are suddenly bigger, there are much more producers and many artists like me too looking for a place, shaking hands and collaborating. I feel that suddenly if I had dared before now I would be in another position I don't know, I always think about what would have happened if I would have had the courage before, but things happen for a reason and I have also learned from that.

Making mistakes means learning. I believe that if I don't accept my mistakes I won't evolve, neither as a person nor as an artist. I have also trusted in other people a lot, it's ok, now I have learned to be more careful, not to be so naive. I always try to learn from mistakes.

That they have to work hard and that miracles don't happen. I feel that there are a lot of young people who know they have talent, who know they have good ideas, but they sit at home waiting for a manager to come and discover them. The best advice I can give you is not to think that someone is going to come and take you out and discover you. I think the best thing is to work, insist and make good music, search, always be original, not copy other artists and a lot of work, a lot.

Oh, I don't know, my life is my music… I like to be with my dogs. I need, no matter what, "dog love", I always make a stop in my days or in my mornings or in the afternoons to hug my dogs, to give them love, walk and go for a walk with them.

Well, my life is a bit crazy, trips like this come out of nowhere, but when I'm calm at home I don't wake up early, I'll wake up for example at 10 am, I'll have a coffee, I'll play with my dogs in the yard a while. I really like listening to music in the mornings, I listen to a lot of music, I listen to the top 50 Latin America, knowing what is being heard in other countries is good to update myself a little. I also listen to the songs I've made, I also start looking for bits on Youtube in case I hear something interesting, I talk to my manager to find out if there are concerts or any meetings. In the afternoon I go to the gym and in the evenings I go to the studio. I like to make music at night, I feel that ideas come out more and I stay until 3 am, 2 am in the studio.