A Grammy in 2020 and eight Latin Grammy Awards between 2018 and 2020 for his album El Mal Querer, launched when she was only 25 years old. Millions of streams online – more than 210 million just for his 2018 hit unwell – and views on YouTube – already 86 million for the clip of the excellent The Fama, launched just five months ago, in which she sings with The Weeknd. No doubt, Rosalía is one of the Spanish-speaking artists of the hour – artist period, one might add.
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Born in Catalonia 28 years ago, Rosalía Vila Tobella may have a background in flamenco, but it’s her ability to integrate it into current music that has made her famous. El Mal Querer was a model of its kind, and in Motomamiwhich has just been released, she pushes her taste for mixing genres and experimentation even further, but also her feminist and feminine affirmation.
In this third career album, where she still sings almost entirely in Spanish, reggaeton rubs shoulders with flamenco, which rubs shoulders with trap, which rubs shoulders with Japanese influences, the cover of a classic Cuban song follows a very very explicit piece , the very melodic lyrical flights do not prevent the use of autotune elsewhere, hyper contemporary lyrics are slapped on a traditional flamenco tune, with finger snaps and all the imagery that goes with it. There are no limits for the singer, and above all, no border that she cannot cross.
Motomami indicates a duality form, motorbike for power, mami for vulnerability. But if she allows the second aspect to express itself sometimes with abandon, it is first with her strength and her uninhibited sensuality that Rosalía strikes. Strong.
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