Before you press play on “La Falda,” Judeline suggests leaving yourself room to move. She recommends listening while standing up or in the car. Wherever you are—or wherever you’re headed—she’d rather you not sit down for this one.
The invitation arrives at an especially good moment. Her viral collaboration with KAROL G and Rusowsky, “BbY WOW,” produced by Tainy, has introduced her to listeners well beyond her existing audience. Now, with her new single “La Falda,” she has something of her own to put on their radar: a song she describes as “so sexy,” with an energy she could barely wait to share.
“It has been crazy. I didn’t expect it,” she tells Remezcla about the response to “BbY WOW.” “It opened so many doors for me.”
One of those doors led straight to a stadium stage. On Sept. 17, Judeline and Rusowsky joined KAROL G and producer Tainy as surprise guests at the singer’s MetLife Stadium show in New Jersey, performing the song live together for the first time.
Online, listeners have found their own ways into the song. Asked about men letting their feminine side take over in viral videos soundtracked by “BbY WOW,” Judeline is fully on board. “I love it! I think every man has to be, you know, a little bit sassy.”
She’s enjoying what people are doing with the music, but the attention has also got her thinking about what she wants to make next. As her music reaches well beyond the audience she’d already built, she wants to make the most of the moment, work on new material, and “make the best art I can make.”
“La Falda” brings that ambition into a world where flamenco roots, French composition, Spanish cinema, and fashion meet. Judeline co-wrote and co-produced the track with Isaiah Beard and John Blanda, and it samples Yann Tiersen, the French composer whose music helped give Amélie its unmistakable atmosphere. Here, his work becomes a song about desire and attraction, on Judeline’s terms.
The accompanying video expands that world. Directed by Jacob Parra Mena, it stars Judeline and Mexican actor Diego Calva, with a special appearance by Rossy de Palma. Dior fashion meets the light and colors of Andalusia, bringing together references that also emerge when Judeline talks about her personal style.
Her fashion inspirations include early-2000s Spain, particularly a young Penélope Cruz. She’s drawn to the possibility of looking recognizably Spanish without dressing up the country in clichés.
“I think you can have this classic, beautiful Spanish style,” she says. She explains it can avoid stereotypes while still feeling Spanish and “very Mediterranean.”
That sense of recognition shapes her listening habits, too. Niña Pastori’s music takes her straight back home, she says. At the same time, lately she’s been drawn to Angeliyo El Blanco’s blend of Flamenco, rumba portuguesa, and other experimental sounds—a “crazy mix” she can’t get enough of.
Home, then, offers more than nostalgia. It gives her sounds and images to keep exploring, even as her audience expands. Asked whether her forthcoming music marks a new era, Judeline agrees. But exploring different genres doesn’t mean starting from scratch. She sees it as an evolution, with new sounds joining the world she’s already built.
“Everything, even if it’s different genres, can fit in the same universe.”
That helps explain why her answer to a question about dream collaborators extends beyond musicians. Her list includes filmmakers, art directors, fashion stylists, singers, and producers. She’s always thinking about the people who could help give an idea its sound, clothes, images, and a place to live.
For the rest of 2026, though, she wants time to work. She describes this period as planting seeds, gathering inspiration, and winding down touring so she can release things on her own terms. After a song took off beyond her expectations, she’s eager to return to the part she can shape.
“I feel like it’s my time to lock in and connect with the art.”
Reporting by Alma Sacasa.