“Amaia Montero returns to Van Gogh’s ear.” More than fifteen years have passed since the singer from San Sebastian left the group in 2007 and, although the group has had Leire Martínez as its singer since 2008, rumors about the return of its first leader continue to be constant. Especially this summer, after the original singer reappeared by surprise as a guest at one of Karol G’s concerts at the Santiago Bernabéu. She had been absent from the stage for two years and performed one of the blows the most emblematic of the training, Roses.
It has not been a summer in which La Oreja de Van Gogh, for its part, has sat idly by, as it has toured various festivals around the country. “I am surprised that sixteen years later I still have to answer about Amaia because who am I to talk about her? If she wants to say something, let her say it, she is a free and wonderful person,” said Leire Martínez, her current singer, in an interview with Navarra Television on Tuesday. “I understand that there is a morbidity in the fact that people continue to ask me about her. “It was necessary to leave something hanging,” he noted.
The artist made it clear that she did not like the “disrespect.” “It doesn’t matter to me that Amaia is coming back to the group, it doesn’t affect me at all. What I don’t like is that people ignore me when that is said,” she said.
“Coming back is not something I’m considering at the moment. And also it will be the band that will have to decide,” he admitted, “what I don’t like is hearing and seeing certain comments like: ‘This is great!’. And me? It seems that everyone forgets that there is a singer in the band, who has been in the band for sixteen years. Yes, I find it ugly to see that nothing seems to matter. ‘I don’t think I deserve it.'”
“There was some interest in focusing on us. She was there, she’s doing very well. She’s a super charismatic, wonderful girl. He left and I came in. The story doesn’t go any further. “I’m surprised they’re still trying to fuel these problems,” he concluded.
Regarding a possible future collaboration of the group with Amaia, Martínez explained that it should happen “naturally and because I want to do it.” The singer explained that if it has not happened until now, it is because at the time, “relations cooled down,” but that “things have improved.” “It’s not a no, but it’s not a yes either. If it comes up and we want it, we will do it,” he said, leaving the door open.
