Fado Bicha is a musical and activist project created by Lila Fadista (vocals and lyrics) and João Caçador (instruments and arrangements), recently joined by Labaq (keyboards and electronics). On stage, they propose an unprecedented exploration within the fado universe, overcoming the rigid genre barriers of traditional fado and creating narratives for themes that had not yet been expressed there. The project assumes itself as an intervention, starting with the representation of the LGBTIQA+ community, depened by the themes like colonialism, racism, feminism and animal rights. In their own words, their music brings a “subversion” of the heteronormative rule, which they characterize as being “very strong in the midst of traditional fado, and in Portuguese society in general”, claiming the right to appropriate a heritage that, as they explain, is theirs too, exploring it according to their own identities and experiences.