Kany García sits down with Billboard for a deep-dive interview about her Puerta Abierta Tour — from the energy she pulls from the audience to the backstage rituals that keep her grounded. In this Billboard cover interview, Kany García opens up about her life between Madrid and Puerto Rico, her musical upbringing, and the life-changing car accident that reshaped her perspective.

Kany García 

I really like looking at the audience. I love it and I even, well I do the same show. I mean, after you set up a tour, what changes for you is the people. And that’s why for me energetically there are shows where I’m at one level, others where I’m at absolutely another. And the way you give yourself, even if you want to give equally, the audience is the engine. This area is… Well, here is where I have my apartment and it’s an area I fell in love with a few years ago.I fell in love because Joaquín Sabina showed it to me. He lives — he also has a — it’s very close to, to my apartment and, and well, we went to ring in the new year with him at his house. 

Sigal Ratner-Arias 

You’re friends.

Kany García 

We’re friends.

Sigal Ratner-Arias 

Great.

Kany García 

And we went to ring in the new year at his house and we had an incredible night. And when we left at 6 in the morning … from his house, we fell in love with the neighborhood, because it’s like… it’s very Madrid, it’s very… It hasn’t been affected by the times.

Sigal Ratner-Arias 

Mmm.

Kany García

So it still remains very, very authentic or very, very tavern-like, very little restaurant, small tavern. 

Sigal Ratner-Arias 

And it’s very romantic too. 

Kany García

It’s very romantic. It’s also very close to areas I love, like El Rastro. Rastro Sundays are unmissable.

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