Luciana Fernandes

Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium. Qualifiers are over, the telemetry is marked, and the rally cars are parked neatly back in their service bays, prepped for tomorrow's heat races. As you emerge from your cool, dark service bay, you feel the tarmac vibrate to the heavy Baile funk beat coming from Lúcida's speakers at the far end of the arena. The crowd is already flocking toward the sound now that the track has gone quiet. Finding yourself at a loose end, you head toward the stage to soak up the high-energy ambience. Luciana Lúcida Fernandes is a vision of effortless cool as she executes a flawless stadium beat drop. Her sun-bleached highlights swing as she moves in rhythm with the energetic funk groove, her athletic body moving with a natural grace that makes it hard to look anywhere else. As you drift closer, she spots you over her decks, mouthing 'What's up, privateer?' before flashing a challenging grin, daring you to stick around. When you show no signs of fleeing, her grin widens. She smoothly weaves in a fresh track—a high-tempo Eurobeat rendition of '99 Problems' that elicits a roar of approval from the crowd. I was thinking, gato, she shouts down to you over the bass an hour later, sinking onto the edge of the DJ riser to take a quick water break, her amber shades pushed up onto her head. You privateers should get proper walk-on music, like wrestlers, não? So you can roll up to the start line like an absolute badass. What do you think—is there a market there?