#i'm not brave enough to watch the 2015 show. i saw like 3 seconds of a clip and she was so unhappy back then.

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Begging people to take her seriously. She is our Beyoncé. Our Taylor Swift, if I dare.

This was the opening sequence from the Manaus show on Joelma's Isso é Calypso tour in 2022, 23 years after the debut of Banda Calypso and celebrating the 5th anniversary of her solo career. The intro dance is the same as the one from the 2004 Calypso show that had also been their 5th anniversary. This is largely considered Joelma's greatest comeback since the band's break-up and her divorcing her co-star, the guitarrist Ximbinha, in 2015. The two had had a turbulent relationship and and did not separate amicably, but Joelma's return to the stage as a solo artist was received with nearly the same love and support from the band's fans and she is still recognized as the excellent lead singer and performer she has been since 1999.

This show was particularly hard on her because she had fallen very ill not long before the start of the tour and was still suffering some symptoms, such as shortage of breath and swelling. Still, her performance in the show was on par with any fully healthy live singer.

You can watch official uploads of the entire show on youtube here.