The Queen of Pop

August 10, 2024

Synopsis

Sara is sitting on the lid of the closed toilet, it seems that something has happened in this room and Sara is ready to tell it to a third person that we do not see.
To do this we go back in time to when she was a girl. A recorded cassette of the group Van Gogh’s Ear reaches her hands; her cousin has given it to her so she can listen to it during her vacation. Sara can’t imagine to what extent that cassette is going to be a turning point in her life.
We accompanied Sara during the summer of the 2000s. We went from the walkman to the discman, through Super Pop magazine and its posters, and of course, with the help of Amaia Montero and La Oreja de Van Gogh, we went from childhood to adolescence. Sarah.
From first teenage love to adult love, but all under the same soundtrack; cassettes, records, concert tickets… And while life happens, and the band changes, Sara herself does too, but Van Gogh’s Ear continues to hold a special place inside her.
However, as an adult, Sara realizes something; Amaia Montero and all the songs from La Oreja de Van Gogh had lied to him. Irremediably, there is only one solution left for everything she has been accumulating from the group; set them on fire in the bathtub of her house.

About the author

David Goñi