Lisey Tigra Drops Debut Album ‘LT’

If 2025 has belonged to anyone in the UK Latino scene, it’s Lisey Tigra. 

After a breakthrough year that saw her tearing up Glastonbury’s Shangri-La and packing out The Jazz Café, the British-Colombian artist caps it all with her debut album LT—a record that feels like both a victory lap and a mission statement. Fresh off the success of her swaggering single “BANDIDA,” Tigra rolls into her new era with a sound that hits the sweet spot between old-school reggaetón cool and modern pop muscle.

“BANDIDA” is the kind of lead single that announces itself before you even hear the chorus. It’s steeped in the warmth of early-2000s reggaetón and bachata—the music Tigra grew up on—yet the track never feels trapped in nostalgia. Thanks to crisp, contemporary production, it sits right alongside today’s urbano heavyweights: Bad Bunny’s boldness, Karol G’s melodic flair, Bad Gyal’s club-ready bite. But even with those parallels, Tigra’s voice cuts through with a tone that’s unmistakably her own.

The song’s roots stretch back to a creative writing camp in Bogotá, where Tigra let guitar lines guide the earliest sketches. That organic start is still audible in the final product. The melody feels lived-in; the rhythm feels hand-built rather than factory-made. It’s danceable and unashamedly catchy, but there’s also a sense of intimacy, like Tigra is giving us a page from a sonic scrapbook—one foot in Colombia, the other stomping down in London.

LT, the album, pushes that duality into technicolor. Tigra doesn’t shy away from contradictions—in fact, she invites them. “I wanted to embrace contradiction and freedom,” she says, and the album mirrors that ethos with a mix of fierce, high-energy tracks and softer, more introspective cuts. There’s no attempt to sand down the edges or make everything match; Tigra understands that the magic lies in the clash. She’s building something new, and new things are rarely tidy.

With LT, Lisey Tigra plants her flag firmly in the future of Latin music. She’s not just blending genres; she’s bending them, reshaping reggaetón’s golden era with a British-Latina twist and powering it with electronic textures that feel built for the next decade. If “BANDIDA” is the spark, LT is the fire that follows—bold, stylish, personal, and primed to resonate far beyond the UK.