For years, Kakalo has shone behind the scenes as one of the most talented and sought -after composers of the Mexican regional and romantic pop, writing songs for artists such as Carín León, Pepe Aguilar and Iván Cornejo. However, at 30 years old, this originating in Hermosillo, Sonora, has decided to step forward to tell his own stories and show his unique voice to the world as an interpreter.
His solo career took off with great force after winning winner of the internal competition at the Viña del Mar 2025 Festival, one of the most prestigious scenarios in Latin America, where he conquered both the public and criticism with his first unpublished theme, Tierra Tragame. Now, Kakalo presents his second single as a singer -songwriter, “They do not give me the accounts”, a deep ballad that explores the disappointment of a love that never flourished, but that leaves an indelible brand.
With a romantic style that characterizes it, Kakalo not only stands out for his talent for the composition, but also for his sensitivity and authenticity when interpreting songs that connect with those who have suffered similarly and similar nostalgia. In this exclusive interview, he opens the doors to his creative process, his experiences in Viña del Mar, and he advances what we can expect from his first album under the Music partners, a project in which he promises to return to the letters with true substance and emotion.
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“They do not give me the accounts” is your second unpublished theme as a soloist who speaks of a loving disappointment before love even began. Did you inspire a personal experience?
I believe that the inspiration for the lyrics of “do not give me the accounts” is born from a mixture between personal experiences and close people (friends, family). Above all, of a temporary stage, when one experiences for the first time love relationships and the term “affective responsibility” is neither in vocabulary nor in the contract. I even confess that, in those first-class relationships, it was once I who excited. But when they “made it on me,” I unlock a feeling of empathy and, since then, I was clear with my intentions. Hence the first verses, when I say: “It shows that in life no one has hurt you.”
Congratulations on winning in Viña del Mar 2025. How did you live that experience and what did it mean for you?
It meant very much, since it is a festival that I am still as a child and I know the magnitude it represents in Latin America and in the world. It is an honor to have represented my country and bring the top award from the competition: the silver seagull. It was a platform that sent my music to many corners of Latin America and connect with other countries, especially with Chile, which already is a second house for all the love and the community to support my project that was created following the Viña Festival. It was also very therapeutic something on a personal level, since the fact of submitting my talent to such a hard competition and going out with the first place provides an air of trust or self -affirmation, something that many times artists do not have plenty.
You have composed for big names such as Carín León, Pepe Aguilar and Iván Cornejo. How was that writing process for other artists?
Writing for other artists is something that I love, because I feel that I can give free rein to the imagination, as if I wrote the dialogue of a character with whom I do not necessarily have to identify.
In that sense, the rules of the game are others: it has to be consistent with the speech and style of another artist. But it is very exciting to create in that direction. There is a lot of “replacement” when imagining situations. For example, when writing “take care of her”, which deals with a father delivering his daughter’s hand, but having no daughter, I had to do the effort to put myself in place and imagine what I would feel and how I would say it.
What led you to take the composer’s passage to the interpreter?
In fact, the interpretation came first to my life. I sing from the age of six and compose from the age of fifteen, only that, at the professional or media level, the composition was the one that made my way for my interpreter facet to also be heard.
How do you decide what topics you keep for you and which ones you share with other artists?
There are songs that I feel very personal or that have a seal that I would like to represent; Those, generally, I keep them for me. There are also songs that I feel that they would have more visibility in someone else’s voice, and I make a balance to see what is most convenient at the time. Although, sometimes, it is also good to follow intuition when it comes to songs.
You are working on your first album. What can you tell us about that project?
It is my first album as a singer -songwriter. I feel that this album is very important and special because being a composer at the same time as an interpreter is something that defines me, and perhaps that is the most interesting part of my project. However, it is something that I am barely showing the world. If we make an analogy with the construction of a house, we could say that I am involved from the plans, the foundations, the labor, the finish and to the real estate. I do everything in my recording studio “La Cantera”, in Hermosillo, Sonora.
Hand work with close friends who are exceptional in their field. This album will be 100% singer -songwriter; Some of the compositions are co -authorship with colleagues that I admire and with which I like to work. I would like to print on this album a simple language proposal, but with deep and interesting impacts, trying to bring the letters back with “substance” and inge-name to the current market. I plan to sing to love, to heartbreak and nostalgia. The modus operandi will be to launch a song approximately every month to complete an album of between 12 and 15 songs.
Will there be collaborations in the album? Who would you like to work with?
Yes, there will be collaborations, although I still would not like to ensure anything because they are not 100% confirmed. I would like to collaborate with Pepe Aguilar, Camilo, Caloncho, Daniel, you are killing me, Mario Domm, among others.
Do you plan a tour to accompany these releases?
There are some invitations to festivals and palenques at Puerta, also to open concerts of some large artists of Mexican music. But a formal tour as such is not, since the priority this year is to be in the study to consolidate a solid and important musical proposal in this album that I am preparing.
