Julia Mestre
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Julia Mestre | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1996 or 1997 (age 28–29)[1] |
| 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.
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)".[2] 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
Albums
- Geminis (2019)
- Arrepiada (2023)
- Maravilhosamente Bem (2025, Mr Bongo)
Extended plays
- Desencanto (2017)
