Tiffany Román Louk PART II

PART II: The Magic in Tiffany Román Louk’s Musical Collaborations 

In PART I, we explored Tiffany Román Louk’s neoclassical reggaeton. Now, we’ll understand the magic behind her collaborations with other artists. She conceives music as this art form in which she constantly expresses herself. It’s an art form that has become how she exists on this planet and the way she manages everything that happens in her life. 

With that very clear idea of music, the Puerto Rican-Chinese musician, pianist, artist, composer, and producer keeps her mind open to whatever collaborations might come through. She sees no limitations, whether that’s conducting an orchestra or playing her neoclassical reggaeton on tour with Bad Bunny.

But before Bad Bunny, she was already exploring the world through live music while touring with the Puerto Rican artist iLe in 2021.

“She gave me the opportunity of playing my first live shows. Before her, I had only played with a very small group of people. She gave me that opportunity of playing on the tour through Europe and the United States. Playing her songs from Nacarile,” Román Louk said. “It was an incredible experience.” 

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The creative process behind the preparation for iLe’s shows was quite different from her usual methodology; when she sits down to listen to the music and then runs to the piano to play it by ear. This time it was quite different because she was playing with a band involving other musicians. 

She had to attend rehearsals and, in her specific case, she was on a quest for sounds she could contribute to the band. That musical search was done with both her computer and piano to see how she could add something special to the sound. 

Besides this exploration, Román Louk described the experience with iLe as one that was more hands-on with the design of the keyboards and learning all of her songs from her album “Nacarile.” It’s also part of her general process whenever she performs live with another artist. One in which she’s sometimes the accompaniment of the singer with her piano or keyboard.  

“Playing live is a full circle. It’s like a circle because you start in a very solitary manner practicing, improvising, and composing. Then, the circle opens with other people. So, performing live is basically showing off the material that was created to play in front of people,” Román Louk said. “That’s a different type of magic.”

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The Magic of Performing Live

It’s a different type of magic because that’s when she connects with the audience through the music. She gives off her energy to the audience and they respond back to her with more energy. That’s when she feels that the circle closes completely. 

These feelings were also experienced with the Dominican-Italian artist Yendry in 2025. In this occasion, the process was a bit different from the previous ones with both Bad Bunny and iLe. 

“[Thanks to iLe] the doors opened to work with Yendry. She’s a Dominican-Italian artist who has a very interesting and unique sound because she’s also bringing in her Dominican and Italian roots,” Román Louk said. “She also gave me the time to experiment, whether it was with the piano or composing.”

There was a bit more of freedom for Román Louk to explore and experiment with the piano and music when she collaborated with Yendry. Even though she was given that liberty, it was also a bit more traditional because it was based on a classic piano. They performed at the Hollywood Bowl – somethings that’s no small feat – with a grand piano. It was all about playing an acoustic piano.

Both of these opportunities with iLe and Yendry represent a time and space for Román Louk to become a better musician. With each experience, she got a clearer idea of what she brings to the table through her musical expertise. It also confirmed her once again, that she’s super open to experiment.

She’s super open to keep growing as a person, musician, and artist. Along with the Bad Bunny experience, she also deepened the connection with herself and learned what she likes. She understood what type of musician she wants to be and what music she wants to keep learning about. 

“It’s given me the confidence to keep working and not being limited. To be a bit more open to everything that’s out there,” Román Louk said. 

Keeping the doors open to whatever comes her way is always present in her magical musical collaborations with other artists, which don’t only happen on stage. They also occur when she jumps into her roles as producer and composer.

Producing a “FAVORiTE” Song 

And one of the best examples for this other type of magical collaboration happened with her role as one of the producers of PJ Sin Suela and RaiNao’s song “FAVORiTE.” This opportunity also came through as a result from her previous work with Bad Bunny. 

“Thanks to that, I’ve met a lot of people like RaiNao and PJ. It simply happened during a day of camp where we all gathered together, including other producers,” Román Louk said. “This song was born in one day. One night. Other [songs] came through, but I know this one was the one that caught their attention the most.”

The production of that song was the one that fit best for PJ Sin Suela and RaiNao to write and sing over. It was a collaborative process with multiple producers including Román Louk, David B., Noize, Wiso Rivera, Flamez, Gaby Morales, and Randall Medina.

In the case of Román Louk, she started with the melody’s chords on a Prophet, which is an analog synthesizer. Then, she started shaping the song and the teamwork with David B. came through as he added his own rhythm. 

“It’s a collaboration. There are various people who worked on the song, but it all started as an idea. A main idea and [elements] were added on,” Román Louk said.

The sound that they were looking for began as a slow melody on the keyboard. They were nostalgic keyboards, which then transformed into a drum and bass. Then, the chorus of the piece became a reggaeton, which was unexpected for all the team. They did not know it would end up in that way.

If you listen to “FAVORiTE” carefully, it begins slowly with PJ Sin Suela singing and as soon as RaiNao joins him, the beat speeds up. She then leads the musical conversation and once the reggaeton beats and rhythms come through, the chorus starts between both of them. Just as PJ Sin Suela starts to sing again, there’s a new change and the reggaeton merges with the rapid and slow beats.

The song becomes very dynamic as both PJ Sin Suela and RaiNao exchange their “protagonist roles” vocally. It’s a balanced single where they both take turns to sing in an even manner. No voice has more power over the other and it’s well complemented with the beats and rhythms. 

“It was about experimenting because we liked the path the drum and bass was taking, but we also kept adding that rhythm. All of us in the room were Boricuas,” Román Louk said. “So, someone said: let’s go for the reggaeton. It was about experimenting and we liked it.” 

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The constant experimentation can be clearly listened to when there are rapid changes in the rhythms and beats, which is something Román Louk attributes to David B. She recalled that the melody, chords, and lyrics that PJ Sin Suela and RaiNao brought to the table simply worked really well with whatever rhythm they produced. It was a perfect match, which allowed a more creative versatility throughout the song.

As usual, as the process went by, Román Louk went on that continuous path of adding more layers for the song to make sense musically. It was all part of an intensive production teamwork in search of a fun song that takes the listener through different musical worlds with PJ Sin Suela and RaiNao’s harmonious voices.

If you listen carefully, this song in particular also clearly depicts how Román Louk easily moves through many music genres. It’s part of her philosophy of keeping herself open to new ways of creating music and really diving deep into whatever connects her during the moment when she’s composing, producing, or performing a piece. 

You might think it’s a complex task for her to flow through these different genres, but it’s actually more about the feelings and sensations she gets when she’s creating.

“I think that when you’re creating, the most important [thing] is that you like it. With that, I feel it says a lot and it’s the most important [factor]. If it has a good feeling. If I’m feeling it. If the person who’s next to me creating, is feeling it, I know it’s on a great path,” Román Louk said.

She feels that if the music connects with one person, she’s winning in life. The feelings her music generates on others is also a great part of the magic that sprouts in her collaborations. It’s also part of the different genres she explores, whether that’s her state-of-the-art neoclassical reggaeton, a more traditional classical piano, or an even more conventional reggaeton.

There are no limitations for her marvelous art of music. It’s a sensorial art that dives deep into diverse emotions one key at a time in her blissful piano. 

“I’m almost always in the nostalgic and sad world. I don’t even know why because I’m a very happy person, but I’m attracted to that world. I also like surprises and I use it in the sound design,” Román Louk said laughing. “I try to have more surprises and more strange, fresh, and unusual sounds.” 

To learn more about the magic in Tiffany Román Louk’s musical collaborations, you can follow her on Instagram at @tiffanyromanlouk. Stay tuned next week for PART III, where we’ll explore the deeply sensorial and human aspects of Román Louk’s music.

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