Julia Mestre
Julia Mestre | |
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| Born | 1996 or 1997 (age 28–29)[1] Rio de Janeiro |
| Years active | 2017–present |
Julia Mestre is a Brazilian musician and singer-songwriter. She is a member of the band Bala Desejo and has released three albums as a solo artist.
Music career
[edit]Mestre was born in Rio de Janeiro.[2] Before making music she acted, and appeared in the 2014 film Confissões de Adolescente.[3]
Mestre's first EP Desencanto was released in 2017.[3] Her debut album Geminis was released in 2019, and she performed it at the Centro Cultural Solar de Botafogo in Rio de Janeiro in June of that year.[4]
During the COVID-19 lockdowns, Mestre formed the band Bala Desejo with Dora Morelenbaum, Lucas Nunes, and Zé Ibarra, with whom she released an album and toured in Europe.[3][5] She released her second solo album Arrepiada in 2023.[3]
In 2025 Mestre released her third album Maravilhosamente Bem on Mr Bongo Records. Mojo described the album as "a modern twist on 1980s MPB (música popular Brasileira)". In a review for Songlines, Justin Turford wrote that "Mestre's voice is a sultry, bewitching instrument and the album is impressively produced but I can't help but find the music to be a bit too derivative."[6]
Discography
[edit]Albums
[edit]- Geminis (2019)
- Arrepiada (2023)
- Maravilhosamente Bem (2025, Mr Bongo)
Extended plays
[edit]- Desencanto (2017)
References
[edit]- ^ "Julia Mestre, uma voz da nova MPB que vale a pena conhecer" [Julia Mestre, a voice from the new MPB that's worth getting to know], GQ (in Portuguese), 20 February 2019, retrieved 4 July 2025
- ^ David Hutcheon, "Julia Mestre – Maravilhosamente Bem", Mojo, no. 381 (August 2025), p. 83
- ^ a b c d Timothy Monger. Julia Mestre Biography at AllMusic. Retrieved 2025-07-04.
- ^ "Julia Mestre lança seu álbum de estreia: 'Geminis'" [Julia Mestre releases her debut album: 'Geminis'], GQ (in Portuguese), 24 May 2019, retrieved 4 July 2025
- ^ Joana Oliveira (8 July 2022), "Julia Mestre, a mulher-canção" [Julia Mestre, the songstress], Claudia (in Portuguese), retrieved 4 July 2025
- ^ Justin Turford, "Julia Mestre – Maravilhosamente Bem", Songlines, no. 209 (July 2025), p. 54, ISSN 1464-8113, retrieved 4 July 2025
External links
[edit]- Julia Mestre discography at Discogs
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