Helado Negro and Reyna Tropical Release Debut Album "Helado Tropical"
Artists Helado Negro and Reyna Tropical drop their first collaborative album, "Helado Tropical," accompanied by a lively music video for their song "Tocando."
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Helado Negro and Reyna Tropical Team Up for Helado Tropical
A cheerful “Tocando” video leads their debut collaborative album By Jazz Monroe May 12, 2026 Save this story Save this story
Helado Negro has joined forces with Reyna Tropical , the Los Angeles project of She Shreds founder and sometime Sleater-Kinney tour guitarist Fabi Reyna, for a new album. Reyna and the ever-affable Roberto Carlos Lange trot around a grocery store in the Josh Finck-directed video for lead single “Tocando,” which you can watch below, ahead of Helado Tropical ’s release on July 17 via Psychic Hotline .
The album emerged from a session originally intended to make a single, the duo explains in a press release. Says Lange, “There was never a moment where we felt super stuck. It was just like ‘ok what’s next?’ and even within the songs, trying to create these micro worlds—we just felt excited about each moment…. It’s not about us speaking to each other. It’s about us existing in the same feeling.”
Reyna adds, “This particular album really was able to ground me in what movement means to me and just different characters that the range of movement, travel, environment—sun, wind, and water—has the potential to bring out.”
A pair of Helado Tropical shows have been lined up in California, at Los Angeles’ John Anson Ford Theater and San Francisco’s Yerba Buena Gardens, on August 13 and 15, respectively. A tour will be announced later.
Helado Tropical : 01 Sensación 02 Tocando 03 El Tiempo 04 Soledad 05 Luna 06 Fluye 07 Sol 08 Déjate Caer 09 Un Calor
_Originally reported by [Pitchfork](https://pitchfork.com/news/helado-negro-and-reyna-tropical-team-up-for-helado-tropical/)._
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