What Clara Fiol was like according to her younger brother: "She always had beautiful hair."

Palm"For me, it's as if Clara had been an adult all her life." It's not that she was born and skipped the entire childhood stage; it's that the person speaking to us is the younger brother of the singer and poet Clara Fiol (Palma, 1995), Joan Fiol. With almost eight years between them, it's normal that the child, upon becoming conscious, already saw her as an adult. "Actually, she wasn't that much of an adult; it was just the effect she had on me because I was very young. For that very reason, I suppose, she has been a great role model for me."

There is something that perhaps fueled the image of an older person that Juan had in his head regarding his sister: "She had a very good relationship with older people: with her godmother, with her old aunts... It's as if you're always doing fieldwork. During meals, she would stretch their tongues with questions, one after the other."

Who knows if this curiosity also made Clara a doll who "had many things": "She did ballet, music, went to high school... She only had an hour and a half to do her homework. I think this has made her who she is, very decisive and efficient." But she insists again and again that her sister was an "artist" from a young age, with many concerns and deep interests, as well as an avid reader.

Regarding their sibling relationship, he is not sure how to explain it: "There are people who say that she and I still have not found each other. We went to the same school, but she was in a very different world. Her worries were not about doing her elementary school homework." However, they have some similarities: "We're very stubborn. If something doesn't go well for her, or she's having a rough day, it shows. We're strong-willed people. She knows how to handle things very well; if something doesn't go well the first time, it will the second time."

We got to know Clara Fiol mainly through the group Marala (with whom they closed a chapter a few months ago), also through the poetry collections Miloques i rabasses (Editorial Documenta Balear, 2018) and Córpora (AdiA, 2022), and through other artistic events. Joan Fiol says that she's not sure if she's a musician; she prefers to say that she's an artist. "She considered studying theater, humanities... She wasn't one of those who, at eight years old, you already knew they would be artists. I don't think she wanted to be a dancer (she studied at the Conservatory), but she did have a very solid level of ballet. She was hypermobile, which suited her well, on the one hand, but on the other, she was lacking, and that made it difficult for her to get into the mood," she recalls.

However, there is something in Clara's spirit that makes her a "true creator," according to her younger brother. She gives us an example: "I've been told that, because if I was born, I don't remember. It seems that some Argentinian friends came to our house, and my father and she started playing tangos. The Argentinians were amazed to see her, and she was still a doll with my mind, but she doesn't do it with a guitar. and she goes on doing it. I think this makes everything that comes out so authentic.

She also highlights Clara's way of nurturing relationships and friendships: "She loves her godmother very much. She's a friend of her friends, and she still has some from high school. Relationships are like her concerns: deep." And another thing that struck Clara's brother when he was little was her long, black hair: "She's always had beautiful hair. She wore it long and then she would cut it. I think it's very characteristic of her, her mane."