Bala Desejo is a Brazilian musical group formed in Rio de Janeiro in 2020.
The band formed in 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic, when musicians and former Escola Parque schoolmates Dora Morelenbaum (the daughter of musicians Jaques and Paula Morelenbaum), Julia Mestre, Lucas Nunes and Zé Ibarra (the latter two also members of the group Banda Dônica) decided to spend the quarantine together in an apartment in Copacabana.
[1][2] Shortly later they started performing in web shows, often appearing as support band for singer Teresa Cristina in her Instagram live concerts.
[1] Producer Gabriel Andrade noted them and offered them an album, whose composition and production took 11 months.
[4] The band has performed in various important festivals, including Rock in Rio and Primavera Sound.