Delafé y las Flores Azules: "Love compels you to live, because there are a thousand reasons to commit suicide today."

BarcelonaOscar D'Aniello (Barcelona, ​​1977) and Helena Miquel (Barcelona, ​​1972) return as Delafé and the Blue Flowers for the last time. After the album Of you without me/Of me without you (2013) went their separate ways until They reunited on stage in 2022.. And now they say goodbye with Love (2025), a letter of devotion and appreciation for children, art, and life. Along with Ramir Kulyela, Dani Vega, Chris Carmichael, and D'Aniello's own son—who wrote the album cover—the group embarks on a sonic journey that flows between pop, lyricism, andspoken word, culminating in a 31-minute single-song album. Delafé y las Flores Azules' tour will stop at the Strenes Festival in Girona on April 4th and at the Sala Apolo in Barcelona on May 24th.

Love It was born during the lockdown and following the birth of Oscar's first child. Was this the creative driving force?

— Oscar de Aniello: Luca's birth generated many new feelings that I was unaware of, and with the pandemic, I realized that life was fragile. Love It wouldn't have existed without these two factors. It was a strange time, both dark and bright, which I doubt we'll ever experience again.

You say that album is your legacy.

— OA: Yes. Realizing the fragility of all this gave me the idea of making a musical testament. A legacy for Luca of the things I consider important in life and of my life with Helena and the group. Some parents make photo albums, and I decided to write a song.

In fact, Luca also participates, with the voice and the sound of his heart.

— OA: I realized my son always followed an emotional cycle, and I liked putting it to music: he'd start out calm, then become happy until he reached euphoria, and when the cortisol surged, he started crying. I also wanted to immortalize his first heart ultrasound because it was a very magical moment.

You've made an album consisting of a single 31-minute song. Why?

— OA: At first, it was a song I wanted to write for training, and it was supposed to last the entire bike ride up Tibidabo. Later, Ramir and I proposed breaking the ten-minute barrier as a challenge.

— Helena Miquel: We know it goes against the current way of making and listening to music, but we didn't have any record label pressure and we didn't make a living off of music; so we could afford it.

And what was it like to reunite to make an album after so long?

— HM: I left the group in 2015, and in 2018, I stopped completely because I had become a mother of twins. After two years, I felt a strong urge to get back on stage, so I called Oscar. That's how the song began to take shape in 2020.

— OA: Reuniting as parents has been wonderful and a good way to end the band's recording career.

From the playful and eclectic pop of the record Of you without me/Of me without you You have moved towards a more experimental pop, but also more naked and profound in LoveWhat references have you drawn from?

— OA: Stylistically, it's quite rich because there's a bit of everything. Consciously, there are influences from The Beatles, Rolling Stones, Primal Scream, Flaming Lips, Fred Again, Blaze, Lou Reed, Yo La Tengo, and others.. In the end, it turned out pretty well put together, despite combining very complicated genres.

The dreamlike and epic musical atmosphere of the album reminded me of Alexandre Desplat's music for the film soundtrack The tree of life, by Terrence Malick.

— OA: Thanks for the comparison, because I love that director. The song talks about the cycles of life, death, and journey. It's pure spirituality. A lot of Terrence Malick, yes. The album caught us in a very introspective period, although it would be impossible to do so now because we're in the phase of yelling at children all day long.

In the final section of the song, Oscar recounts the toughest moments of his life. These include the death of his father and the period he suffered from depression. How did they affect you?

— OA: It was a very dark time because I was alone, and the character of Delafé overwhelmed me; I didn't know who I was, and I lived to play gigs and then lock myself in a cave. I guess this is what it means to be depressed and lost in life. After three tough years, I slowly emerged. Love compels you to live, because there are a thousand reasons to commit suicide today.

Now that you're saying goodbye to the group and looking back, what do you think has been the most difficult part of your career?

— OA: Betrayal. Because we've been deceived several times.

— HM: You're supposed to be able to trust the people you're working with, and when you find out you can't, it's very disappointing.

And the most rewarding thing?

— HM: Having made a living from music for almost ten years is wonderful, a very difficult feat for a musician in that country.

— OA: The beauty of music is that it's the soundtrack to people's lives, and that's priceless. We haven't made millions from music, but we receive a lot of love from people and we're part of their lives. For us, this gives meaning to the profession.