Dorian’s new album provides a soundtrack to that imaginary limbo of possibilities and places that, due to the whims of fate, never came to exist. In the case of the couple that makes up the core of the group, one of the emblems of the national team of this century, that ill-fated future is that of a love relationship between Marc Gili and Belly Hernández (Vilafranca del Penedès, 46 years old) that lasted two decades . After four years of “a lot of suffering, work and therapy,” the keyboardist, composer and producer who opened the doors for women in the industry turns that grief into a catharsis: “Many people are amazed at the relationship of friendship and camaraderie that I have with Marc.”
When your relationship broke down permanently, did you consider who would get custody of Dorian?
No, I knew it was going to be joint custody because it is our most beloved project. There are times when everything is difficult for you because you are emotionally devastated, you don’t have all your senses, but you have no choice but to move forward. I knew Dorian was going to survive anything.
Isn’t putting music to love songs that are no longer directed at you a little masochistic?
It is the law of life. There is a complicated transition period because I have been the object of all of Dorian’s love stories, but I also find it beautiful that on this album there are already songs dedicated to other people. Stories mutate.
Two out of three artists at festivals are men. Is the lack of parity the fault of the public or the promoters?
Promoters have the responsibility of putting women on stages. I understand that it is a business, but if they do not have visibility, people will not want to listen to and meet groups with girls. It is very important to balance the feminine presence.
After so many years, do they still confuse her with a of the band when arriving at a gig?
It keeps happening, yes. Above all, if you are a girl, you cannot be a composer or instrumentalist, only the one who sings. They imagine that you are more of a vase, that you are there to beautify the stage. In Latin America they have asked me if I was the manager or the one at the record company because I was a woman. It feels bad, but we have to do pedagogy.
Unlike her colleagues, she has been asked several times if she has given up being a mother to be in Dorian.
That is very sexist and a boy is never asked. We were recently talking with other bands about music that they have returned to playing after becoming a mother, and someone said: “How are you going to do it if you have children?” Well, just like everyone at the table who is parents. Don’t you have the same right to go on tour because you are a woman?
