Some songs arrive like a spark: instant, electric, fleeting. Others arrive like a warm breeze that lingers, like a familiar face in a crowded bar, or a night you never meant to remember but somehow never forgot. Brindo por los míos, the new collaborative anthem by Queralt Lahoz and Lia Kali, is the latter: a toast made song, an ode to friendship, and a soulful offering to the nights that shaped them.
Born out of laughter, late-night improvisations, and the sisterhood forged in Barcelona’s now-legendary (and long-gone) Babia bar, this track is more than just a summer hit. It’s a time capsule, a blend of bulería and rap, nostalgia and hope, sung from the gut and wrapped in a rhythm that pulses with lived experience.
Queralt and Lia, both rising stars in their own right, reunite here not as icons, but as friends. As women who once stood on the same staircases outside the cathedral, freestyle-battling the dawn with a crew of dreamers by their side. You can hear it in the harmonies, which swell not with studio polish but with the raw intimacy of real-life companions; friends, artists, and team members lending their voices to the chorus like a family singing at the table after dinner.
The lyrics toast los míos (our people). Those who held us down before the spotlight found us. Those who danced, dreamed, and stayed. And as the track unfolds, so does its message: art is not just for the charts, it’s for the soul. Life, when lived with love, is enough reason to sing.
Brindo por los míos is more than a single. It’s a ritual in sound and a clink of glasses raised to memory, music, and the magic of community. It’s the kind of song you’ll want to play loud with the windows down, or whisper-sing under your breath when you miss your people most.
So here’s to Babia. To the after-hours tangos. To the faithful, then and now. And to artists like Queralt and Lia, who remind us that no matter how far we go, the truest melodies are the ones we carry from home.
