Far from imagining how many describe her with labels like “the new Rosalía” or with continuous comparisons with other artists like Lola índigo, Judeline was born when Lara Fernandezthe woman from Jerez who hides behind the stage name, was 14 years old because of the Beatles song Hey, Judehis father’s favorite.
So, I lived in Los Caños de Meca (Cádiz), where he spent his adolescence and a place that he claims has influenced his “creativity” and his sound. “Growing up surrounded by nature is something that has always done me a lot of good, to be able to have a place where I can nourish myself creatively, where I can reflect a lot, where I can connect with the sea, the animals… I think that has nourished me a lot when it comes to how creative I am today,” she explains to El HuffPost.
In 2020 he published his first single I just want to run away, but it was not until 2022 with its themes Tangier y Zahara with which he reached the general public. With his first album Bodhira, published on October 24, in which her melodic voice moves from more urban themes such as INRI to more melodic ones and ballads like silver tendrils o Heavenly It has even reached the international press. Rolling Stone He described her voice as “captivating” and his performance in the Coachella 2025. In this whirlwind of events, the woman from Cádiz does not forget the support she has achieved from artists like Bad Bunny and Rosalía, who did not hesitate to share the artist’s album on her Instagram account.
“He story Rosalía made me very excited, I thanked her and I have felt very supported by her and by many other artists,” says the singer, who despite expecting a reception for her album, seems surprised by the impact it is having.
There are those who assure that Judeline is one of the artists who will mark the coming years and her international projection has led her to collaborate with artists such as the Argentine Duki on the song Empire: “I didn’t expect it, I am very happy and very grateful. I had no expectations, I wanted it to be good, but I didn’t imagine it would be so good.”
Regarding the continuous comparisons that are repeated on social networks, the artist criticizes that they always occur between women. “Not only have they compared me to Rosalía, they have compared me to many other women from Latin America now that I have collaborated with Duki. They’re always talking about women, they’re a bit annoying, to be honest, but I handle it well because it’s true that I admire all the women they compare me to a lot,” he recalls.
“It is true that when they say it disparagingly or belittle your work, it is a little painful, but I handle it well,” he adds. Regarding the aesthetic and musical pressure that female artists experience, Judeline denounces that “women have a much easier time falling.”
“Women have a much easier time falling”
“As if we fail we will be recriminated three times as much as them. A man says something stupid in an interview and the next day no one remembers and a woman’s career could end. Criticizing and judging women is much easier,” he criticizes.
About the complaints that have been occurring in the music industry with the Abusos en la Música Instagram account or the recent Denuncias Granada account that has uncovered accusations of sexual abuse against rappers Ayax and Prok.
“I think it is necessary in all cases for victims to find a space where they can raise their voices and denounce their aggressors. In all cases, not only in music. It has also happened now in cinema, in politics… “There is sexual abuse in all areas,” says the woman from Jerez, who denounces the impunity that men have experienced for years: “I hope the men who have been so protected all this time can be unmasked more.”
Judeline, in fact, has not only spoken out publicly to defend women’s rights, she has also spoken out against the conflict in Gaza and the defense of the Palestinian people. “It’s complicated because in the end there are many people in the industry who may feel offended by this topic, but I believe precisely that we artists have this speaker and we can open more doors for these issues to be talked about because they are really happening.“he emphasizes.
Judeline in a promotional image.
Andalusian roots, Arabic and Venezuelan sounds, but without labels
Judeline defines herself as “a believer that labels are gradually going to disappear.” “There are people specialized in certain genres, in journalism it helps a lot to classify it. But I don’t like to classify my music nor do I know how to do it,” he explains.
This is understood by listening to their works, where melodic ballads reminiscent of artists like Billie Eilish or María José Llergo are mixed, touches of Andalusian folklore like those of La Plazuela seasoned with a peculiar Arabic sound and Venezuelan sounds.
In fact, in Joropoher father, an amateur musician of Venezuelan origin, accompanies her playing the cuatro and the bandola: “It was super cool, I wanted to represent a little of what my culture is, which is what I was raised in, which is a mix of Andalusia, Venezuela, Arabic music because of the geographical point where I have been.
Regarding the rise of Andalusian folklore throughout Spain, he believes that “it is complicated” and that it is greatly influenced by “fashion.” But he does defend that Andalusian culture has been appropriated by the rest of Spain at certain times, while the town has been “ignored” at others.
“Sometimes we Andalusians feel that we have been ignored or that our culture is highlighted for what is wanted only”
“It is true that sometimes we Andalusians feel that we have been ignored or that our culture is highlighted for what is wanted only,” he explains. “Personally, I think that my roots are there and that I have my vocabulary when it comes to writing and my melodies, but I don’t think I do flamenco, which is being said everywhere. It’s something very complicated because reggaeton is also done in Andalusia.” , he adds.
Although it is her first LP, Judeline has been lavish in publishing EPs such as of the light y singles and but of the latter she has only advanced three, so she says she does not feel too much pressure from the industry.
“I also don’t feel like I’m keeping up with the pace that’s being set now of continually taking out singles as we are used to. I take my time to do things, but you do have to be thinking about the next thing without having finished what you were doing,” he says.
He does admit that the pressure exists when it comes to having to fill venues or sell tickets: “In the end it is the dissatisfaction all the time that one will always be there thinking that it is never enoughbut I am very grateful. Having already sold out my entire tour and all the things they’re thinking about, I can’t complain at all.”
Looking to the future, Judeline is already thinking “about what’s next” in collaborations and new compositions, always starting from her “creativity” and her “root.” If I had to think of a dream collaboration, it would be Caroline Polacheck, something that seeing its international impact is not as far away as it seems.
Source: www.huffingtonpost.es
