The TikTok account @julia.martin.juli, known as "THE GRANDMOTHER OF THE CAST," has once again set social media ablaze with a 44-second video that has already garnered over 154,000 views, in which a Cuban grandmother dances with enviable ease to the tune of "Un tin," the latest track by Payaso x Ley.
What makes the clip particularly striking is not only the charisma of the protagonist but also the chosen song: "Un tin" is a completely unprecedented offering in the Cuban lineup that fuses urban genre with classical operatic lyrical technique, something that has never before happened in the genre.
The artist himself defined his creation with a phrase that says it all: "This is a performance with opera."
The song was released on April 20 under the Befocus Music label, in collaboration with Rowell Urban and produced by Ernesto Losa. Its music video, published on TikTok on April 21, features Payaso x Ley singing in a classical lyrical register, which created a huge buzz on social media since its debut.
The video of the grandmother, published last Thursday, has accumulated 18,700 likes, 1,220 comments, and 1,583 shares, making it one of the most talked-about clips of the week in the Cuban TikTok community.
The account @julia.martin.juli is no stranger to this: in December 2025 she was already featured in a viral video showing a seventy-year-old woman dancing with an energy that left many in awe.
The phenomenon of Cuban grandmothers and the reparto has already several memorable chapters. In July 2025, Luisa, a 97-year-old Cuban grandmother, went viral dancing to the rhythm of "Tacto que llegó el reparto" by Bebeshito, with the accompanying text: "97 years old, I'm looking for her to bathe her, and she's out here dancing wherever there’s music."
These videos have become a recurring viral subgenre that breaks stereotypes about age and shows how the cast connects generations both inside and outside of Cuba.
The Cuban ensemble was born around 2007 in the working-class neighborhoods of Havana, incorporating elements of timba, rumba, and guaguancó. Until "Un tin," it had never borrowed anything from the classical opera repertoire.
Payaso x Ley, with 956,500 monthly listeners on Spotify, is one of the most active artists in the genre, featuring recent releases such as "BOTA" (November 2025), "Soltera" with DJ Unic, and "Chencha" (2026).
The comments on the video of the grandmother came in quickly: "I want to be like that at 70" and "That grandma has more rhythm than I do" are phrases that users repeatedly share, while the official description of "Un tin" on digital platforms presents it as "the new anthem of the Cuban urban movement."
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