Many years have passed since then but there are those who, to this day, are still wondering: why did Amaia Montero leave the group Van Gogh’s ear?
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Why did he leave?
The singer, vocalist of the band from its inception until 2007, has responded on more than one occasion to the reason for this question, being, in 2015 and on the Spanish program ‘Al Rincon de Penser’, the time that she spoke more clearly .
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Amaya’s reply
“It was not because of a fight with anyone in the group. There were many things that happened and, deep down, none,” assured Amaia.
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Of fights, nothing
Amaia Montero assured that her abandonment of La Oreja de Van Gogh had nothing to do with a strong argument with one of the members of the group or with the band’s guitarist, Pablo Benegas (in the photo with Amaia), as it came to be post.
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It wasn’t because of that
“I don’t know why, suddenly, that was said regarding Pablo. But no, it wasn’t for that.”
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The truth regarding his goodbye to the group
“There were different circumstances, we had been together for a long time; we grew up together,” said Amaia Montero on the Antena 3 program at the time.
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The passing of the years
“But I think we reached a turning point where… I don’t know, maybe it was the years, that we evolved to different places, that we wanted different things…”
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What Amaia Montero said
Paths that ended up separating on November 19, 2007 when, at the height of the wave for La Oreja de Van Gogh, Amaia Montero’s departure from the group was announced. “We supported each other a lot and I remember that I was very protected within the group,” the singer recalled in ‘Al Rincon de Pensar’.
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crying in an elevator
“After several meetings and things that we had to fix, we sat down. I experienced it as something unreal: although I was sure of the step I was going to take, I remember that when I had already made the decision, the five of us went up in an elevator and I began to cry “.
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a very painful moment
Amaia Montero then recalled that “it was the most difficult decision” of her personal and professional life and that she got off that elevator “without knowing when I was going to get back together with them.”
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a very painful moment
“It was painful because we were practically like brothers.”
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More than a friendship?
An interview in which the singer made it clear that her departure from the group had nothing to do with a relationship of “something more than friendship” with any of the members of La Oreja de Van Gogh: “It was not the case. I was something as well as the little sister, a girl among boys…”
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The official statement from Amaia Montero
Be that as it may, that decision by Amaia Montero meant the separation of paths between La Oreja de Van Gogh and herself. Thus, the singer began a new professional career that began with these words written in an official statement sent to the media in November 2007.
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a solo career
“This is, to this day, the most difficult decision of my life. The eleven years I have spent with Van Gogh’s Ear and everything I have experienced with them will remain forever in my heart and in my head.”
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A new stage in your life
“But I have felt that it is time to start a new stage in my life by embarking on my solo career. It is a decision that gives me both hope and fear.”
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“I love them like brothers”
“I have come to hear a lot of nonsense regarding the relationship I have with the boys from La Oreja de Van Gogh and I can only say that, in recent years, I have lived with them more than with anyone else and that I love them like brothers. And add I have learned a lot of what I am as a person from them. I wish them all the best and who knows what will happen in the future”.
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The statement from the rest of the band
For their part, the boys from the band Pablo Benegas, Álvaro Fuentes, Xabi San Martín and Haritz Garde added the following to the group’s blog. “A few weeks ago, Amaia decided not to continue with us in La Oreja de Van Gogh to start her solo career.”
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“We wish you all the luck in the world”
“Since we have learned of this decision, we have felt a lot of sadness, not only for the obvious musical reasons, but also for all the years and experiences lived and to live. However, and although we would like Amaia to continue with us, we wish her all the fate of the world in the new stage it has decided to take”.
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A new job in mind
“At La Oreja de Van Gogh we still feel that we still have a lot of songs to write. So much so that we are already composing, with the same passion as always, a new album that we hope to have ready throughout 2008. Until then, a big hug strong to everyone and especially to those who follow us so closely”.
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And Leire arrived at Van Gogh’s Ear
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a new album
With Leire Martínez, La Oreja de Van Gogh released their album ‘A las cinco en el Astoria’ in 2008 and a new era full of successes began for the band.
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Leire’s ear
Little by little the name of Amaia Montero was separating itself from a renewed La Oreja de Van Gogh and with a new face at the forefront.
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Bad relationship with Amaia?
Various media have published that the relationship between Amaia Montero and Leire Martínez has never been good. However, neither of the two singers has wanted to talk regarding it in public.
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two different races
Be that as it may, the paths of these two singers have always gone their separate ways and, who knows, maybe one day they will surprise each other and come together in the same project.
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What happened to Amaia Montero?
And what happened to Amaia Montero following her departure from ‘Van Gogh’s Ear’? The Spanish continued her solo career, launching up to four record works on the market.
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a different success
They were not as successful as they were with the La Oreja de Van Gogh brand, but they did allow him to continue to have the support of critics and the public.
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His first solo job
Her first solo album, entitled ‘Amaia Montero’, was released on November 18, 2008. In its first week on sale, it managed to sell more than 40,000 copies.
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The loves of Amaia Montero
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