Zemmoa is the

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of a Mexican singer-songwriter and musical artist. She is known for her song

Mi Amor Soy Yo "Mi Amor Soy Yo" is an electropop song about self-acceptance co-written by Zemmoa, Tessa Ía (Camila Sodi's sister), and the high-energy duet Trans-X, and produced by Juan Soto. The song samples "El Cóndor Pasa (song), El Cóndor Pasa". Music v ...

featuring

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and Trans-X that went viral on Spotify in 2021.

Life and career

1986-2005: Early life

She is the daughter of

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. Her father was a Mexican politician and professor at the Polytechnic University of the State of Morelos. Zemmoa's

derives from the French "C'est moi" which means "it's me". She had her musical debut during Paris Hilton's first visit to Mexico City in 2005. She grew up surrounded by classical music. Her grandmother was a piano teacher at the Conservatorio Nacional de Música (Mexico); her grandfather, Jesús Silva, was a guitarist, a colleague of maestro Andrés Segovia and with a scholarship named in her honor at Virginia Commonwealth University in the United States. Zemmoa mentioned other transgender artists such as Honey Dijon and Wendy Carlos as her influences when she started in music as a self-taught person.

2006-2012: Career beginnings

In 2006 her song "Fashion Victims", which samples

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, was part of the soundtrack of ''Así del precipicio'' directed by Teresa Suárez. In that year she was the

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for

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, Technotronic, and Erasure. In 2008, Zemmoa hosted the Latin Grammy Awards party in New York. In 2009, she made the "Born To Tour" tour of Mexico as well as in Paris, Berlin, Barcelona, Madrid, Brussels, Vienna, New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, and Bogotá. In 2010, she released her first video with Zemmporio Records titled "Zeuz". In 2012, she made a cameo appearance in

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' music video "Tuve Para Dar". She has been a model for fashion designers such as for

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Mexico, Marvin Durán, Quetzalcóatl Rangel, ManCandy, Carlos Temores, Denis Marcheboud, and the Peruvian photographer Mario Testino. She was also the

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of the MN Roy club, which was the home of Manabendra Nath Roy, one of the founders of the Mexican Communist Party. In 2012, she launched the

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Z01Z, a limited edition calendar (1,000 copies) whose photographs were taken by 15 renowned international artists of contemporary Mexican art, such as Gregory Allen, Yvonne Venegas, Napoleón Habéica, Emilio Valdés, Miguel Calderón, Mauricio Limón, among others, sponsored by Vice México and Cine Tonalá.

2023: Universal Music and Warner Chappell Music

Zemmoa leaves her stage as an independent artist behind and signs a contract with Universal Music Mexico as her record label and Warner Chappell Music Mexico as her publisher.

Activism

She participated in conferences for the Women's Weekend forum at the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Mexico at the St. Regis Hotels & Resorts, Mexico City. In 2019, she was the first 100 percent Mexican advertising campaign that P&G presented at the

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Forum at the 73 General Assembly of the United Nations (UN) as an official spokesperson for the rights of the population LGBT. In 2022, Zemmoa was interviewed by "El Once", "Sistema Público de Radiodifusión del Estado Mexicano (SPR)" and the "Instituto Nacional de las Mujeres (INMUJERES)", for their project “Yo, ellas, nosotras”, a

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in the format of

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among other transgender women: Láurel Miranda ( journalist), Amelia Waldorf ( drag queen), Natalia Lane (sex worker), Mickey Cundapí ( content creator), Eliza Sonrisas (

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), Samantha Flores (

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y Salma Luévano . During the 20-meter flag signing, at the International Transgender Day of Visibility held at the foot of the Monumento a la Revolución, Zemmoa with Kenya Cuevas and Lepaline, gathered over 20 thousand signatures from people around the world showing their solidarity with the transgender community in Mexico City. Zemmoa participated on the music video "Mujeres Ya!" for

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along with Alba Messa, Ainoa Buitrago, Mery Granados, Angy, Ania, Lolita De Sola, Natasha Dupeyron, Soy Emilia, Violetta Arriaza and Volver.

Awards

In 2021 Zemmoa was awarded with the Premio Maguey Queer icon Award in honor of her work as a Mexican singer.

TV

Twourist

Zemmoa appeared on Twourist, a new show from TNT (American TV network), with the presenter Victoria Volkova.

Film

BDAY

Was an actress in the movie ''BDAY'' directed by Andrew Lush in Los Angeles (2016).

Deep Gold

Was an actress in the movie ''

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'' from Julian Rosefeldt in Berlin in 2013.

Discography

Albums

*2013: '' Puro Desamor Volumen 1'' *2015: '' NNVAV'' *2018: '' Zemmoa Covers'' *2021: ''

Lo Que Me Haces Sentir ''Lo Que Me Haces Sentir'' is the fourth studio album by Mexican singer Zemmoa, released digitally and on vinyl on 2021. Background Produced by Juan Soto, Fernando Burgos from Hello Seahorse!, Martin Grinfeld, Imanol González, America Fendi ...

'' *2023: '' The Early Years''

Songs

*2021: "

" *2022: " Querido Corazón" *2022: "Sígueme" *2023: "Soy Un Bombón" *2023: "Fashion Victims" *2024: "Vuela Más Alto" (Cover OV7 1998) *2024: "Mio Gladiatore" *2024: "Queriéndonos Bien"

Appearances

Zemmoa presented her new single "Soy Un Bombón" at the music Festival Axe Ceremonia 2023 at Bicentenario park among Rosalía, Travis Scott, Tokischa,

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, L'Impératrice and

References

External links

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