Latin Grammys 2025 con Lena Dardelet

Dominicana-Francesa? Les presento Lena Dardelet una Dominicana, Bachatera en ascenso con un Jen ne said quoi, o sea un piquete diferente.

Follow Reggaeton Con La Gata

on Instagram

on YouTube

on TikTok

xoxo Gata

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Let's go to son son Is It's got and I
am live here in Las Vegas during Latin Grammy. This week,
I'm doing interviews with up and commerce a listers Salving.
Let's go ahead and tap into the special edition on
iHeart podcast Michael Network. Let's get into it. And disclaimer,

(00:22):
this is recorded live, so you're gonna hear I'm being
in the background. Okay, there's nothing wrong with the little
vibe in the bar. But I do want to give
you guys a heads up. Okay, let's get into it.

Speaker 2 (00:33):
You okay, Salvad then.

Speaker 3 (00:51):
Love me my thoks.

Speaker 1 (00:53):
When I saw that, I was like, the synergy is giving.
I love that you guys are Incohos the Mann excellence.
I love that you are an artists that are putting
out for a different sound in Isla. Oh my god,
where to start? First of all, I of course, to
get here, I have to listen to a lot of

(01:14):
your music. I am particularly fascinated with you.

Speaker 4 (01:18):
Have a lot, and I love that.

Speaker 1 (01:20):
I love your EP made my Lad, but I also
love your chata girl. I love it because it's something
that's unexpected and you can sing that might be on
Talk to me about is that like your own like
classical training? Is that something that?

Speaker 2 (01:39):
Like?

Speaker 1 (01:39):
What is that?

Speaker 3 (01:41):
Yes?

Speaker 4 (01:41):
Yes, I don't know, I've been saying since I was
a kid. Okay, but I did study music in Montreal.

Speaker 3 (01:47):
I studied jazz, yes, and I think that jazz that
I got to study in university really got me into
exploring my voice a little.

Speaker 4 (01:55):
More and improvising.

Speaker 3 (01:56):
Yes, and yeah, I'm still working on it, but thank you.

Speaker 1 (01:59):
No, you're you aren't doing it. There are those who
want to do it, and that's who I'm doing it.

Speaker 4 (02:03):
I'm releasing they might call.

Speaker 1 (02:07):
A Minicano and and because I mean the Menica are
honestly my favorite people. At this point, I feel like
ifriend isn't said I do you even know that already?
I don't know how many times I shout it out,
But no, old Sally, what does that mean for you
to represent?

Speaker 3 (02:24):
It's very special because I'm originally from France. My parents
are French, but I grew up in the Dominican call
like my whole life, and I guess them playing a
lot of Dominican music when I was a kid, and
then growing up with that music. I don't know, I
felt like deeply in my heart. I had to do
something with that, and it's actually going.

Speaker 4 (02:44):
I studied in.

Speaker 3 (02:45):
Montreal, going out of the countries that I realized I.

Speaker 4 (02:48):
Wanted to do something with Caribbean music and kind of.

Speaker 3 (02:50):
Explore that way, and uh and I did, and before
like surprised at first, this is like yes'geting getting.

Speaker 4 (03:18):
It stays interesting, mahony.

Speaker 1 (03:21):
I feel like there's space for everybody, and especially if
you're unique in your own way, why not flaunted? Like
why so? I love that about you?

Speaker 4 (03:30):
And what is your like artistical?

Speaker 1 (03:33):
What do you want people to take away when they
hear your music?

Speaker 3 (03:38):
I guess music made authentically and kind of uh from
who I am, which is like we're saying, like I
am a lot of things and kind of like blending
all those universes together. And I want to make people
feel proud of Dominican music and roots if they're from there.
And also yeah, just like music that that has like

(04:03):
something like a message.

Speaker 4 (04:05):
I guess yes, it is the goals.

Speaker 1 (04:07):
I love that and you're a proud woman, Like what
does that mean? Also for you to connect with other
women through music as well? And within this crazy landscape.

Speaker 4 (04:15):
Of an industry that's everything. Yeah, and we just need
to keep going.

Speaker 1 (04:35):
I want to go back to your roots really quick?
Am I gonna hear? Are we gonna get French?

Speaker 3 (04:40):
Soon? Like?

Speaker 4 (04:41):
What's French?

Speaker 1 (04:43):
I gotta tease the public?

Speaker 3 (04:44):
Girl?

Speaker 1 (04:45):
Tell me about that process, because that's really cool.

Speaker 4 (04:47):
I love that.

Speaker 1 (04:48):
What was that, like you know, like teasing back and
for because but like like trying to like make sure
it matched type of thing or like made sense.

Speaker 3 (05:06):
I mean, butcha came into my life in a really
strange way. The very first one that I did was
a very traditional that came out just for fun. Like
I was with my partner at the time.

Speaker 4 (05:19):
He was playing.

Speaker 3 (05:22):
And I was like, let me pretend I'm this like.

Speaker 4 (05:32):
And Campo experiment France. Here in France, people want.

Speaker 3 (05:55):
The people want no.

Speaker 1 (05:57):
Honestly, I think it's beautiful. I got to do the
like you know what I mean, Like they're like French
but of Dominican. What like we gotta do the public.

Speaker 4 (06:06):
I think that's beautiful. I want to see more.

Speaker 1 (06:09):
I want to see more because I just think that's beautiful.
Only you could do that, Only someone like you could
do that. True, And I say, honestly, you can be scary,
but I think that's.

Speaker 4 (06:21):
Your super pound. But I guess I can see is
that uniqueness kind of like made it.

Speaker 1 (06:33):
The stories on TikTok like I'm not. I'm going, oh
my goodness, oh my godness.

Speaker 3 (06:39):
The music coming soon, Yes, oh my god, let's go.

Speaker 4 (06:44):
Yeah, go listen to my music. Follow me. I'm on
social media.

Speaker 3 (06:48):
Lear We're working towards a lot of collaborations and yeah.

Speaker 1 (06:55):
I love it's they it was beautiful. Hey, hello, let's go.
Thank you for being here. I talkata and I heart.
Make sure to show some loved to lead the line,
saw her I sent you at the La Rossima