Luísa Sonza made her Tomorrowland Belgium debut, joining Kris Kross Amsterdam for the first live performance of ‘My Oh My’ with Willy William
Luísa Sonza is making a habit of turning up on the world’s biggest festival stages, and this time she did it in Belgium. The Brazilian pop star made her Tomorrowland debut on Friday (July 24), appearing as a surprise guest during the set of Dutch duo Kris Kross Amsterdam to deliver the first-ever live performance of “My Oh My,” their collaboration with French singer and producer Willy William. The moment landed at 5 p.m. local time on The Great Library, one of the festival’s main stages, folding Sonza’s pop instincts into the duo’s electronic set for a crowd drawn from more than 200 countries.
For Sonza, the significance was national as much as personal. “I’m very excited and honored to represent Brazilian pop at a festival that brings together people from more than 200 countries,” she told Billboard Brazil. It is a pointed framing. Tomorrowland is one of dance music’s most globally watched events, and a Brazilian pop artist stepping into that space, rather than a DJ, is a small statement about where the country’s mainstream sound can travel.
A Collaboration Born Backstage
The path to the stage was almost accidental. “My Oh My” came together after Kris Kross Amsterdam and Willy William crossed paths with Sonza backstage at the Q Music Awards. The duo were looking for a voice to complete the track, extended the invitation, and Sonza brought her pop identity to the production. The result is a genuinely cross-continental record: Dutch dance producers, a French hitmaker whose “Ella, Elle L’a” and Magic System work made him a global chart fixture, and a Brazilian vocalist, all on one song. Its first live airing happening at Tomorrowland rather than in any of their home countries suits the internationalism baked into it.
The appearance also extends a pattern. “My Oh My” is only the latest in a run of border-crossing collaborations for Sonza, whose catalogue already includes work with PRETTYMUCH, Danna Paola, Aitana, and Katy Perry. She has spent the last several years methodically building a footprint beyond Brazil, and the Tomorrowland slot is that strategy paying off on one of the most visible stages available.
Coachella, Tomorrowland, and Rock in Rio
The bigger story is the year she is having. The Tomorrowland debut comes roughly three months after Sonza performed at Coachella, where she held her own billing and staged a show tied to Brutal Paraíso, the album she released in April. Going from a headlining-adjacent Coachella slot to a surprise Tomorrowland guest spot inside one summer is the kind of trajectory most Brazilian artists never get a shot at, and she is doing it across genres, pop one weekend and electronic the next.
It does not stop there. On September 7, Sonza plays the Palco Mundo at Rock in Rio, with bossa nova legend Roberto Menescal as her guest, a set expected to weave career highlights together with Bossa Sempre Nova, her project with Menescal that also involved Toquinho. That same night, the Palco Mundo hosts Elton John, Gilberto Gil, and Jon Batiste, which is the caliber of company she is now keeping at home.
Taken together, the three festivals sketch the full range of what Sonza is trying to be: a pop star at Coachella, a dance collaborator at Tomorrowland, and a torchbearer for Brazilian musical tradition at Rock in Rio. “My Oh My” was one song in one set on one Friday afternoon. It was also proof that Brazilian pop travels, and that Sonza intends to be the one carrying it.
