Aitana, Yami Safdie, Yailin & More Reflect on Gender Equality at Latin Music Week 2025: ‘When We Come Together, We Are Stronger’

Rising planetary stars of Latin euphony similar Aitana (Spain), Silvana Estrada (Mexico), Yami Safdie (Argentina), Ela Taubert (Colombia) and Yailin (Dominican Republic) gathered Tuesday (Oct. 21) to sermon the challenges of achieving sex equity successful the euphony manufacture during the 2nd time of activities astatine Billboard Latin Music Week 2025, successful Miami Beach, Florida.

During the “Women’s Panel: Global Rise,” moderated by Billboard Español exertion Sigal Ratner-Arias, the artists besides talked astir the biggest challenges they’ve faced arsenic women successful the euphony industry, the relation of societal media successful their lives and careers, however they’ve recovered their unsocial sound, and the value of intelligence health.

The speech showcased a wide scope of opinions, styles, cultures, originative processes and challenges faced by these pistillate stars successful the Latin euphony industry, who stock similarities successful property (all successful their 20s), a coagulated vocation way successful music, and wide planetary growth. Some of them person won Latin Grammy Awards and sold retired stadiums successful their location countries

“When we travel together, we are stronger,” Estrada, who won the Latin Grammy for champion caller creator successful 2022, said arsenic she spoke astir the situation of achieving sex equity successful an manufacture that has historically been predominantly male-led and highly competitive.

Yami Safdie, who started retired years agone arsenic a fashionable contented creator successful Argentina, stated that the standards for men and women successful the euphony manufacture are different. From her experience, she said, “Women are perpetually being pitted against 1 another.”

“I didn’t cognize however to dance, and successful this industry, they thatch you that popular singers indispensable cognize however to creation well, but men aren’t expected to creation well,” added Spanish prima Aitana. “I thought, I’m not a bully popular creator if I can’t enactment connected a show.”

Silvana Estrada shared that galore radical told her she wouldn’t beryllium capable to execute her dreams, but her beardown content successful herself helped her crook her aspirations successful euphony into a reality. She added that she has received large enactment from colleagues and friends similar chap Mexican singer-songwriter Natalia Lafourcade. “The rivalry [imposed by nine connected women] is designed to weaken us, to isolate us, erstwhile successful reality, erstwhile we travel together, we are stronger,” she expressed.

Colombian creator Ela Taubert admitted that winning the Latin Grammy for champion caller creator successful 2024 near her feeling insecure astir what would travel adjacent and whether she would beryllium capable to conscionable expectations. “I’m acrophobic of disappointing people. The unit is there,” she said. “But past came the proposal from my mom… The cardinal is to bask the process.”

Yailin, who was a spot much reserved than her peers connected the panel, spoke astir the value of intelligence wellness and recalled being a unfortunate of online hatred owed to her high-profile relationships with municipality euphony artists. “I faced hatred I didn’t deserve,” she said, “but my mode of dealing with it was by delivering joyful euphony to my audience.”

With implicit 30 years of history, Latin Music Week is the largest and astir important gathering of Latin artists and euphony manufacture executives worldwide. The lawsuit besides coincides with the Billboard Latin Music Awards 2025, which volition aerial connected Thursday (Oct. 23) connected Telemundo and Peacock, wherever Bad Bunny volition beryllium honored arsenic the Artist of the 21st Century.