Mariana Brito da Cruz Forjaz Secca (born 30 October 1994), known professionally as Maro (stylised in all caps), is a Portuguese singer and songwriter. She won Festival da Canção 2022 and represented Portugal in the Eurovision Song Contest 2022 in Turin, Italy with the song "Saudade, saudade".[1][2]

Maro
Secca in 2022
Background information
Birth name	Mariana Brito da Cruz Forjaz Secca
Born	(1994-10-30) 30 October 1994 (age 27) Lisbon, Portugal
Occupation(s)	Singer songwriter

Early life and education

Secca is the second of the three children of João Pedro Basto Forjaz Secca and Cristina Isabel Capello Brito da Cruz.[3] She initially planned to become a veterinarian, but instead chose to pursue a musical career, studying at Berklee College of Music and moving to Los Angeles.[4]

Career

She has collaborated with Jacob Collier in his Djesse Vol. 2 album and has a presence on YouTube, where she posted videos of herself singing with artists such as António Zambujo, Rosa Passos, Eric Clapton, Mayra Andrade, Salvador Sobral and a plethora of other artists.

She features on the track "Better Now" by American electronic music duo Odesza, the second single from the upcoming album The Last Goodbye.[5] As of April 2022, the song peaked at 19th on the Dance/Electronic Billboard Chart.[6]

Discography

Studio albums

• Maro, vol. 1 (2018)
• Maro, vol. 2 (2018)
• Maro, vol. 3 (2018)
• Maro & Manel (with Manuel Rocha) (2018)
• It's OK (2018)
• Can You See Me? (2022)

EPs

• Pirilampo (2021)

Singles

• "Midnight Purple" (feat. Nasaya) (2019)
• "Why" (feat. Ariza) (2019)
• "What Difference Will It Make" (2019)
• "Mi condena" (feat. Vic Mirallas) (2020)
• "Tempo" (feat. Nasaya) (2021)
• "I See It Coming" (feat. Nasaya) (2021)
• "Saudade, saudade" (2022)
• "Am I Not Enough for Now?" (2022)
• "We've Been Loving in Silence" (2022)
• "It Keeps on Raining" (2022)
• "Like We're Wired" (2022)

As featured artist

• "Walk Above the City" (The Paper Kites feat. Maro) (2021)
• "Better Now" (Odesza feat. Maro) (2022)
• "Lua" (Jacob Collier feat. Maro) (2019)

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