Natalis wearing Taino inspired red and white makeup, holding an iguaca bird, tropical rainforest backdrop and Viva Natalis text

FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION

Every genre that ever mattered was created in a community that had little, yet gave the world EVERYTHING. That is the spirit of my salsa album VIVA.

It introduces TropiSoul, a bold new sound where salsa meets bomba, plena, reggaeton, R&B, trap, and pop. Across eight tracks, it celebrates resilience, identity, love, and joy while honoring the sounds that continue to shape new generations.

VIVA is also a tribute to my late father—a salsero in the 1970s—and to everyone who has ever had to create something out of nothing to survive.

As an independent Boricua artist, I hope VIVA helps create more space for women to be seen, heard, and celebrated in salsa.

ABOUT THE SINGLES

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A tropical song born where rhythm meets temptation, "Triple Amenaza" brings together Natalis, Carlos Névarez, and Babywine in a fearless collision of styles, personalities, and undeniable chemistry. Bold, playful, and magnetic, it celebrates the thrill of surrendering to the moment.

"Hasta en la Luna" is a fearless urban anthem that fuses dembow, trap, and bomba yubá into a bold cultural statement. Driven by infectious rhythms and a commanding vocal performance, the song celebrates Puerto Rican identity beyond borders, reminding us that no matter where life takes us—even to the moon—we carry our culture, our roots, and our orgullo with us. Written at the RAMPD songwriting camp in collaboration with Ivan Estrella, Joel Werner and Ario Armanie.

MEET THE TEAM

Bobby Allende

A New York-born percussionist and salsa mainstay, Bobby Allende has served as musical director for Marc Anthony and Tito Nieves and recorded with Rubén Blades and Willie Colón across four decades in the genre. He co-produced VIVA, bringing salsa's golden-era lineage into direct conversation with Natalis's modern TropiSoul sound.

Adán Perez

Adán Pérez has built a reputation in New York's salsa scene arranging and producing for acts like David Millán & Amistad and La Banda Ramirez. He co-produced VIVA, and the majority of the album's percussion and brass were recorded at his Allertone Studios, grounding the project in the same Bronx studio culture that's shaped salsa records for decades.

Willy the Producer

Pianist for the acclaimed salsa dura band La Excelencia, Willy Rodríguez is also a musical director, producer, and CEO of The Valens Agency, as well as co-founder of the International Salsa Museum. He co-produced VIVA, bringing that same salsa dura foundation into the album's sound.

DIZZI

A Colombian producer, arranger, and mixing engineer based in Bucaramanga, DIZZI has built a career specializing in Latin urban and Latin tropical production. He served as arranger and co-producer on VIVA, bringing that same cross-genre fluency to the album's fusion of salsa with trap, dembow, and bomba.