Tatiane Zaqui Ferreira da Silva, simply known as Tati Zaqui, is a Brazilian singer-songwriter and dancer, influenced by the carioca, ostentação and ousadia subgenres of Brazilian funk. Known for her bright blue hair and outspoken stances, she reached fame in 2014 with the hit "Parará Tibum".
Biography
Zaqui was born in São Caetano do Sul, São Paulo on February 18, 1994, and raised in Santo André. She first began writing songs with 7 years old, and initially studied to be a flight attendant. Her musical career officially began in 2013, when she uploaded to YouTube the song "Salve, MC Kauan", a tribute to the eponymous musician; it reached over 15,000 views in a day after he shared it in his Facebook page. She counts MC Kauan as one of her major influences, alongside Dulce María and Justin Bieber. It wasn't until 2014 when Zaqui reached nationwide fame with the song "Parará Tibum", a "sexy cover" of the song "Heigh-Ho" from the 1937 Disney filmSnow White and the Seven Dwarfs. "Parará Tibum" went viral after a video of actress Bruna Marquezine dancing to the song surfaced on the Internet, prompting Zaqui to come up with the "Parará Tibum Challenge", encouraging people to record themselves dancing to the song; participants included Anitta, Preta Gil and Cláudia Leitte. A music video, produced by KondZilla, was released in 2015 and reached 6 million views in less than two weeks; however, the song was later removed from all platforms due to allegations of copyright infringement from Disney. In 2015 she released the song "Água na Boca", travelling to Cancún for the shooting of its music video. The same year, in July, she posed for Playboy Brasil. In 2016 she released a collaborative track with singer Lexa, "Movimento". In September 2019, alongside Dadá Boladão and OIK, she released the song "Surtada", described as "a foray into brega funk".
Personal life
Zaqui is bisexual, and came out openly in 2015. In a 2016 interview with journalist Felipe Gonçalves she stated she was "dating someone", later revealed to be her life-long idol MC Kauan; they announced their engagement in February 2018, but eventually broke up six months later. In 2019 she admitted to have had a brief affair with Neymar during the Carnival season, claiming it "was good". As of May 2019 Zaqui is in a relationship with footballer Yan, brother of Yuri, who played for Santos and Audax. In July 2016 she was forced to cancel a performance after being admitted to an hospital under suspects of a viral disease.
