Paulo Netto (Brazil)

Paulo Netto is a singer and songwriter from Condado, Pernambuco, who built his career after gaining national visibility as a finalist on the SBT television talent show Ídolos in 2006. He began performing frevo on the trios elétricos (mobile Carnival band trucks) of Pernambuco before moving to São Paulo, where he studied popular singing at the Emesp Tom Jobim music school. His albums include Dois Animais na Selva Suja da Rua (2012) and Rosáriode Balas (2017), and in 2022 he released Paulo Netto Canta Belchior, a tribute to one of Brazil’s most celebrated songwriters. His most recent album, Manhã Geral de Amor (2025), was produced by Rafael Acerbi.

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Netto wrote “Manhã Geral de Amor” (A Morning Full of Love) with co-vocalist Martins and built the song around percussion, a seven-string guitar, brass arrangements, and electronic textures. It moves between the physical and spiritual, using the imagery of drumbeats and morning light to frame a message of resilience and renewal. “Everything is activated / Every sense awakened, every taste has its flavor / In everything that vibrates / The locomotive at full steam / Because despite everything / I want to sing to the world my deepest song.”

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