Review: on 'Fala Que Me Quer', Diego Martins shelters Valesca Popozuda in a horror castle with funk and house — and turns his 'Beijinho no Ombro' tribute into a Halloween fashion film

This is a review. Diego Martins, who became nationally known as Kelvin in the TV Globo telenovela 'Terra e Paixão' and won 'The Masked Singer Brasil', released 'Fala Que Me Quer', featuring Valesca Popozuda, on streaming platforms on Thursday (8) and on YouTube on Friday (9). He sums the track up as 'a big pop song, a funk' with a frenzy that keeps everyone moving. Blending Brazilian funk with house is the most obvious route to the dancefloor in 2026, but it makes sense for an artist whose debut album 'TANTO' (2025) already moved between pop, R&B and MPB and who now fully embraces his dance side.

The big asset is the video, shot in São Paulo on a day of heavy rain, right after Diego performed on 'Dança dos Famosos'. The plot follows a girl fleeing a storm into a dark castle, where she meets strange characters, changes in look and personality and is finally welcomed by the lady of the house: Valesca. Reopening the castle from 'Beijinho no Ombro', with nods to 'Rock Your Show', is smarter than a simple reference, because it casts the funk star as the host of a new queer pop generation, mixing horror, fashion, choreography, humor and drag culture in a Halloween mood.

The risk is that the tribute outweighs the song: when a video leans so heavily on the memory of a classic, the music needs a chorus strong enough not to become background for its own concept, and the promotional material talks far more about the aesthetics than the lyrics, described only as intense and full of desperate longing. Still, the pairing feels genuine: Diego says he has followed Valesca since he was a preteen, and that she worked to fit it into her schedule and stayed on set until the end. For the first drag queen on Universal's Brazilian roster, it is a coherent step toward the dancefloor. Score: 7/10