Freestyle Queen CORINA Returns In Style With Pop-Up Show For Comeback Album SPANGLISH - Boy Culture : Covering Hot Men, Gay Issues, Celebrities, Movies, Music & More

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On Sunday, I was excited to be invited to a special pop-up show by Corina, a name I had not heard in a long time.

Corina was a freestyle queen in the late '80s and early '90s, most famous for the dance classic “Temptation” as well as several other hits. Now, all these years later, she is finally realizing her dream of a deeply personal album called Spanglish that draws from her life and presents her work in an entirely new way — while still delivering her signature beats.

The show was actually a contest won by Angel Love and Frank Orlik — by entering, they were entitled to a small show by Corina for them and their friends. Instead, they secured Red Eye NY (W. 41st St., NYC) and produced, with the help of Michele Ruiz, a full show that found Corina offering old hits, tracks from Spanglish and plenty of charismatic stories about how she overcame a near-fatal condition to achieve a creation she felt was her calling in life.

Ravishing Corina with event producers Angel Love and Frank Orlik, Love's husband Gerard Mawn, and Michele Ruiz

The show kicked off with a deeply moving intro by Corina's sister, who held back tears while talking about their troubled childhood and Corina's example as a hard-working female artist of color back in the day.

By the time Corina emerged, she, too, was in her feelings, which only added to the depth and artistry of her two-hour performance.

It also bears mentioning that while she must be north of 50 since she has been around since the '80s, she is an ageless beauty with a body-ody-ody. The statuesque artist has the looks of an Old Hollywood film siren and surprising vocal chops. All that, plus she wrote her new stuff.

Some of the highlights: “Temptation,” “Whispers,” “Don't Take My Love,” “Give Me Back My Heart” and her spicy new diss track “Not Like You.”

Also worth noting, she was reunited after a long estrangement with producer Carlos “After Dark” Berrios — right onstage.

It was an enthralling show from beginning to end, when Love handed out free vintage records that had been used as stage dressing and Corina took time out to meet every fan.

This event, which could have been an informal gig for 20 people in someone's living room, became a full-fledged concert and release party — only in New York!

Check Corina out at her official site.

She came out after the show all kinds of excited — mission: accomplished!