{
  "id": 3990456,
  "title": "Roberto de Carvalho: Love, partnership and the legacy of MPB",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/28/roberto-de-carvalho-amor-parceria-e-o-legado-da-mpb",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-28T09:50:49.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Brazil Journal",
    "slug": "brazil-journal",
    "url": "https://braziljournal.com/roberto-de-carvalho-amor-parceria-e-o-legado-da-mpb/"
  },
  "original_language": "pt",
  "account": "Roberto de Carvalho, musician, composer, and producer, has spoken about his nearly 50-year partnership with Rita Lee, which ended with her death in 2023. He met Rita after playing her song \"Bandido Coração\" and they began working together, with Roberto helping Rita through difficult times, including her pregnancy, imprisonment by the dictatorship, and financial struggles. Roberto and Rita went on to create many hit songs, including \"Mania de Você\", \"Lança Perfume\", and \"Saúde\", that helped define Brazilian pop. Roberto described their creative process as intimate and personal, with him improvising melodies and Rita writing lyrics. He now feels Rita is still with him, and is experiencing a new moment of happiness in a new relationship.",
  "summary": "Rita Lee ouviu a guitarra de Roberto de Carvalho antes de conhecê-lo – e gostou. A música em que ele tocava era Bandido Coração, composta por Rita para Ney Matogrosso nos anos 1970. Neste episódio de The Business of Life, apresentado por Nilton Bonder, o músico, compositor e produtor Roberto de Carvalho fala sobre como […] The post Roberto de Carvalho: Amor, parceria e o legado da MPB appeared…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Brazil Journal",
        "title": "Roberto de Carvalho: “I still feel Rita Lee alive in me”",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/28/roberto-de-carvalho-ainda-sinto-a-rita-lee-viva-em-mim",
        "published": "2026-08-28T09:50:49.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}