Mical Teja

Who he is

Mical Teja, whose real name is Mical Williams, was born in Belmont, Port of Spain.¹ Before he became a headliner he built a reputation as a songwriter for other artists, including Destra Garcia, Wadicks and Farmer Nappy.¹ He has described the move from writing to performing as natural: "It's a form of expressing myself and expressing things I see in my environment."¹

Then came Carnival 2024, when one song turned him from an insider's favourite into a household name.

Signature sound and key songs

Teja writes soca with a calypsonian's eye: catchy enough for the road, but full of observation about Trinidad and its people. "DNA" is the perfect example. He set out to write a song that embodied the spirit and attitudes of Trinidad and Tobago and its people: "Happiness, we really fiery, we love a picong and I wanted to capture that as best as I can in one song."¹ By the time it won the Road March, the official video had passed 2.8 million YouTube views.¹

Since then he has kept releasing, with songs such as "Runaway", "Energy" and "Last Train", the latter also released in 2025 as a live orchestral version.²

Carnival legacy

Carnival 2024 belonged to Mical Teja. In January he won the 38th Young Kings Calypso Competition at the Grand Stand in the Queen's Park Savannah, singing "DNA" from position eight to top a field of 16 finalists. It was only his second attempt, after placing fourth the year before.³

Weeks later "DNA" was played 341 times at the judging points on Carnival Monday and Tuesday to win the Road March, ahead of Bunji Garlin's "Contract" and Patrice Roberts's "Anxiety" in a hotly contested race.^4,1 Bunji himself publicly congratulated Teja on his first Road March title.¹ Winning a calypso crown and the Road March with the same song in the same season shows just how widely "DNA" connected.

Start here

• "DNA" (2024): the Road March and Young Kings winner.
• "Runaway" (2023): an easy, melodic first listen.
• "Last Train" (2025): a newer, reflective side.
• "Energy": a high-tempo road song.
• "Home (Trini 2 De Bone)": pride in country, Teja style.

Sources

1. Trinidad Guardian: Mical Teja now has Road March in his DNA (2024) (opens in a new tab) ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴ ↩⁵ ↩⁶ ↩⁷

2. Spotify: Last Train, Orchestral Version (Live), Mical Teja (opens in a new tab) ↩

3. Trinidad Guardian: Mical Teja crowned Young King 2024 (opens in a new tab) ↩

4. Express Vibes: Mical Teja had the DNA to win Road March crown (2024) (opens in a new tab) ↩