A Muse.

Fado is a genre of music that is characterised by mournful melodies and lyrics, usually speaking of the sea, heart breaks or the poor, instilled with feelings of resignation, melancholia and the most important one yet, “saudade” which funnily enough, has no literal translation for in the English language, but in short it is a profound emotional state of nostalgic longing for a no longer present something or someone. Thus, most Fado songs talk about people whose presence is unknown, from a lost lover, family member who is missing, moved or passed. The smoke lingered in the gleaming and filled chapel, yet the clapping echoed all around filling the room, reaching the roof and hitting the dusty walls. I sat ecstatically watching such a personality on stage, the Muse and fado singer, Gisela João.