Mëstiza’s Coachella debut

Mëstiza hit Coachella on Sunday, April 12, in the same weekend they dropped a 15-track album called *Spanish Chica* on Friday, April 10. The timing turned a festival slot into a launch party for a record built for dance floors, not just headphones. (billboard.com) (spotify.com) The duo is Pitty Bernad and Belah, two Spanish DJs who joined forces in 2021 and built the project through their own label, Sacro. Billboard reported they were the only women act from Spain on this year’s Coachella lineup. (billboard.com) Their sound starts with electronic club music, then pulls in flamenco and other traditional Spanish elements. Belah told Billboard the name Mëstiza comes from the idea of mixture, and the goal is to make people feel their roots on the dance floor instead of leaving them at the door. (billboard.com) That mix is part of why Coachella fits them. The festival has spent years turning side-stage discoveries into global exports, and in 2026 it is again running two weekends in Indio, California, from April 10 to 12 and April 17 to 19, with YouTube carrying the official livestream. (coachellavalley.com) (blog.google) For Mëstiza, this is not just a music act but a full visual package. Billboard said both members come from fashion-adjacent backgrounds, with Belah in fine arts and styling and Pitty in communication and image, and they treat wardrobe as part of the performance instead of decoration after the fact. (billboard.com) The new album shows how they are shifting the formula. Billboard described *Quëreles*, their 2023 debut, as more instrumental and more directly tied to flamenco, while *Spanish Chica* moves darker and more club-driven. (billboard.com) They are also widening the palette without dropping the Spanish core. Billboard said the new record folds in Arab, African, and Oriental influences, which the duo connects back to flamenco’s own history, and named songs like “Enamorá,” “Báilame,” and “Salam” as examples of that approach. (billboard.com) The line that stuck from their Coachella interview was not about streams or ticket sales. Belah said they want to “open doors” for women starting out in electronic music, which puts their festival debut in the lane of representation as much as career growth. (billboard.com) Coachella’s livestream setup makes that ambition bigger than one tent in the desert. YouTube said the 2026 festival stream began Friday, April 10 at 4 p.m. Pacific Time, with seven stages available at once and multiview on television, so a debut like this can travel far beyond Indio in real time. (blog.google) So the story here is a Spanish duo arriving at one of the world’s biggest festival stages with a new record, a sharply defined visual identity, and a clear pitch for where electronic music can expand next. Instead of sanding down flamenco to fit a global festival, Mëstiza brought the whole mix with them. (billboard.com)