{"id":726743,"date":"2026-04-14T06:48:15","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T06:48:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/726743\/"},"modified":"2026-04-14T06:48:15","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T06:48:15","slug":"meet-the-female-mariachis-who-performed-with-karol-g-at-coachella","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/726743\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet the female mariachis who performed with Karol G at Coachella"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

On Sunday night, Karol G<\/a> made history as the first Latina to headline at Coachella. The Colombian artist\u2019s energetic set not only incorporated salsa, merengue and reggaeton classics \u2014 it also paid homage to regional Mexican music<\/a>, with help from the Latin Grammy-nominated ensemble, Mariachi Reyna de Los Angeles<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cKarol G knew that when people would see us up on that stage, that they would feel immense pride,\u201d said Crystal Hernandez, a violinist and vocalist in the group, who hails from Newport Beach. \u201cShe knew bringing Mariachi Reyna de Los Angeles would be an empowering move for women, Mexican culture and mariachi.\u201d<\/p>\n

And at \u201cKarolchella<\/a>,\u201d the first all-women mariachi ensemble in the United States demonstrated what female empowerment can look like, despite performing in a historically male-dominated music genre.<\/p>\n

Dressed up in royal blue traditional mariachi suits and charro sombreros, the L.A.-based group backed the \u201cBichota\u201d singer as she sang her ranchera ballad, \u201cEse Hombre Es Malo\u201d \u2014 and shared the stage with Inglewood native Becky G<\/a> for their joint hit, \u201cMamiii.\u201d<\/p>\n

While performing on the world\u2019s biggest festival stage, the trailblazing group of mariachi women wanted to represent the beauty and natural \u201calegria\u201d of the Mexican music genre with \u201celegance, pride and responsibility,\u201d said Hernandez, 25.<\/p>\n

The group\u2019s musical talent has been recognized twice at the Latin Grammy Awards. In 2025, their record \u201cAlma de Reyna 30 Aniversario\u201d was nominated in the category for ranchero\/mariachi album; previously, in 2009, \u201cCompa\u00f1eras\u201d was nominated for regional Mexican album. <\/p>\n

In March, the group was also inducted into the California Hall of Fame<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cI had the privilege of growing up and seeing amazing mariachi musicians like my father, uncles and grandfather performing at a restaurant on the weekends, during birthday parties and quinceaneras,\u201d said Hernandez. \u201cThen [seeing them perform] on national stages \u2014 at the Grammys [or] on tour with Luis Miguel.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hernandez joined the ensemble founded by her father, Jose, in 1994 through his nonprofit organization the Mariachi Heritage Society. Now a seventh-generation mariachi, she is proudly challenging a musical tradition that was once passed from father to son.<\/p>\n

\u201cHaving Karol G invite us to Coachella meant a lot to me because I\u2019m carrying out my family\u2019s legacy of representing mariachi music on a huge stage,\u201d Hernandez said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"On Sunday night, Karol G made history as the first Latina to headline at Coachella. The Colombian artist\u2019s…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":726744,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5123],"tags":[48153,1582,276,59076,300915,8761,5169,300917,23786,2961,224,5337,300919,300916,113565,300920,300918,9221,21189,11459],"class_list":["post-726743","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-los-angeles","tag-alma","tag-ca","tag-california","tag-coachella","tag-crystal-hernandez","tag-father","tag-group","tag-immense-pride","tag-karol-g","tag-la","tag-los-angeles","tag-losangeles","tag-male-dominated-music-genre","tag-mariachi-reyna","tag-mexican-culture","tag-ranchero","tag-regional-mexican-music","tag-stage","tag-uncle","tag-woman"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116401728090361398","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/726743","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=726743"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/726743\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/726744"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=726743"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=726743"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=726743"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}