Maro (Portuguese singer)

Mariana Brito da Cruz Forjaz Secca (born 30 October 1994), known professionally as Maro (stylised in all caps), is a Portuguese singer and songwriter. She won Festival da Canção 2022 and is set to represent Portugal in the Eurovision Song Contest 2022 in Turin, Italy with the song "Saudade, saudade".[1][2]

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Brito da Cruz and the second or paternal family name is Forjaz Secca.
Maro
Secca in 2022
Background information
Birth nameMariana Brito da Cruz Forjaz Secca
Born (1994-10-30) 30 October 1994
Lisbon, Portugal
Occupation(s)
  • Singer
  • songwriter

Early life and education

Secca is the second of the three children of João Pedro Basto Forjaz Secca and Cristina Isabel Capello Brito da Cruz.[3] She initially planned to become a veterinarian, but instead chose to pursue a musical career, studying at Berklee College of Music and moving to Los Angeles.[4]

Career

She has collaborated with Jacob Collier in his Djesse Vol. 2 album and has a presence on YouTube, where she posted videos of herself singing with artists such has António Zambujo, Rosa Passos, Eric Clapton, Mayra Andrade, Salvador Sobral and a plethora of other artists.

She features on the track “Better now” from Grammy-nominee american eletronic music duo Odesza, the second single from the upcoming album “The Last Goodbye”.[5] As of April 2022, the song peaked at 19th on the Dance/Eletronic Billboard Chart.[6]

Discography

Studio albums
  • Maro, vol. 1 (2018)
  • Maro, vol. 2 (2018)
  • Maro, vol. 3 (2018)
  • Maro & Manel (with Manuel Rocha) (2018)
  • It's OK (2018)

EPs
  • Pirilampo (2021)

Singles
  • "Midnight Purple" (feat. Nasaya) (2019)
  • "Why" (feat. Ariza) (2019)
  • "What Difference Will It Make" (2019)
  • "Mi condena" (feat. Vic Mirallas) (2020)
  • "Tempo" (feat. Nasaya) (2021)
  • "I See It Coming" (feat. Nasaya) (2021)
  • "Saudade, saudade" (2022)
  • "am i not enough for now?" (2022)
  • "we've been loving in silence" (2022)
  • "Walk Above the City" (The Paper Kites feat. Maro) (2021)
  • "Better Now" (Odesza feat. Maro) (2022)

References
  1. "MARO wins 'Festival da Canção': will represent Portugal in Turin 🇵🇹". Eurovision.tv. 13 March 2022. Retrieved 13 March 2022.
  2. "Maro wins Festival da Canção 2022 with "saudade, saudade"". 13 March 2022. Retrieved 13 March 2022.
  3. "Mariana Brito da Cruz Forjaz Secca". geneall.net. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
  4. ArticlesNews·. "MARO". Portuguese Soul Magazine. Retrieved 13 March 2022.
  5. "Listen to ODESZA's Stunning New Single, "Better Now"".
  6. "ODESZA". Billboard.


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