A Cuban grandmother has become the new TikTok sensation after being captured dancing with complete confidence to the song "Un tin" by the repairmen Payaso x Ley and Rowell, in a video that has garnered over 150,000 views on the platform.
The clip was published on April 22 by the account @la_mas_viral_de_cuba (Marielena) and shows the elderly woman moving to the rhythm of the music in her humble home, with an energy that captivated thousands of users.
The video has 15,300 likes, 955 comments, and 4,370 shares, and was uploaded with the description "it has a vibe @Elpayasoporley share and make this viral," directly tagging the artist.
However, what has caught the most attention among internet users is the precariousness in which the lady lives in Cuba and how, despite the difficult conditions she faces on the island, she maintains her joy and desire to dance to the rhythm of the music.
Many users highlighted that this attitude reflects the resilience of the Cuban people, who try to hold on to small moments of happiness even amid daily hardships and shortages.
It is not the only case: the account @julia.martin.juli, known as “La Abuela del Reparto”, published another video of a grandmother dancing to the same theme, which surpassed 154,000 views, with 18,700 likes and over 1,200 comments.
Both clips are part of the viral wave unleashed by "Un tin," released on April 20 under the Befocus Music label, produced by Ernesto Losa.
The song represents an unprecedented innovation in the Cuban reggaeton scene: Payaso x Ley opens the track singing in a classical operatic lyrical style before transitioning to pure reggaeton, a concept he himself defines as "reggaeton with opera".
This unprecedented fusion immediately caused a stir on social media, with followers questioning whether it was truly the artist's voice, and expanded the genre's usual audience beyond its traditional fans.
The official music video has accumulated over 4.6 million views and nearly 48,000 likes on YouTube, establishing itself as one of the most talked-about releases from the Cuban cast so far in 2026.
The phenomenon of Cuban grandmothers dancing reparto on TikTok is a recurring trend that connects generations and breaks stereotypes. In July 2025, Luisa, 97 years old, went viral dancing "Tacto que llegó el reparto" by Bebeshito, with the text: "97 years old, I'm looking for her to give her a bath and she’s dancing where there’s music."
The account @julia.martin.juli had already starred in a viral video in December 2025 featuring a seventy-year-old woman dancing, confirming that the genre has permeated all levels of Cuban society.
El reparto is an urban subgenre that emerged around 2007 in the working-class neighborhoods of Havana, influenced by timba, rumba, and guaguancó, which gained massive popularity starting in 2019.
Payaso x Ley has reached this new success with nearly 956,500 monthly listeners on Spotify, and with "Las Ganas" —alongside Musteerifa— as support, a track that surpassed five million views on YouTube in March 2025.
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