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4 | Rosalía Vila Tobella (born 25 September 1992), known mononymously as Rosalía, is a Spanish singer, songwriter and producer from Barcelona. Her music is inspired by the genre of flamenco, making a modern interpretation of it. |
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6 | Her debut album, ''Los ángeles''[[note]]"the angels"[[/note]] was released in 2017, and was mostly composed of acoustic takes on old flamenco songs centered around the themes of death. Made in collaboration with guitarist Raül Refree, it gained a lot of critical acclaim in her home country due to her vocal performance and became a SleeperHit. |
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8 | After collaborating with Colombian reggaeton singer Music/JBalvin on the hit album ''Vibras'', she started teasing the release of her second album with the single "Malamente"[[note]]"badly"[[/note]]. It became one of the most successful singles of the year in Spain, marking [[NewSoundAlbum the change of her trademark acoustic flamenco style]] for something more inspired by [[AlternativeRAndB experimental R&B]] and ElectronicMusic. |
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10 | Finally, ''El mal querer''[[note]]roughly translated as "the bad loving"[[/note]], a ConceptAlbum inspired by an obscure Occitan novel of the 13th century, was released in November 2018, to widespread success and acclaim both in Spain and the rest of the world. |
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13 | !!Discography: |
14 | * ''Los ángeles'' (2017) |
15 | * ''El mal querer'' (2018) |
16 | * ''Motomami'' (2022) |
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19 | !! Her works provide examples of: |
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21 | * TheCameo: Rosalía made a rather unexpected appearance in one of Francis Bourgeois’s trainspotting Platform/{{TikTok}}s. |
22 | * ConceptAlbum: ''El mal querer'', being loosely based on the 13th century Occitanian book ''Flamenca'', each track is divided in "chapters" along with a title accompanying the song's official title. |
23 | * CoverVersion: The entirety of ''Los ángeles'' is based around covers of old flamenco songs. |
24 | ** A cover of "I See a Darkness" by Bonny "Prince" Billy closes the album. |
25 | * DrivenToSuicide: The narrator of "Catalina". |
26 | * EverythingIsAnInstrument: "De aquí no sales" is based on samples of motorbike engines. |
27 | * GenreBusting: ''El mal querer'' is flamenco + everything else, really. |
28 | * IntercourseWithYou: "Di mi nombre" and, infamously so, "Hentai". |
29 | * LastNoteNightmare: "Sí tú supieras compañero" slowly devolves into PsychoStrings that last for ''two minutes''. |
30 | * LighterAndSofter: ''Los ángeles'', a sparse, funereal pure flamenco album was followed by the more accessible and poppier, although somewhat experimental ''El mal querer''. |
31 | ** her work since ''El mal querer'' qualifies, with singles like "Aute Cuture", "Con altura" and "Yo x Ti, Tu x Mi" being simple pop songs. |
32 | * LyricalDissonance: Despite being ethereal and quite catchy, "Bagdad" is about descending to hell. |
33 | * NewSoundAlbum: ''El mal querer'' compared to ''Los ángeles''. |
34 | * {{Sampling}}: "Bagdad" samples Justin Timberlake's "Cry Me A River" and "Que no salga la luna" samples "Mi cante por Bulerías" de La Paquera de Jeréz. |
35 | * TorosYFlamenco: Being flamenco-inspired music, a lot of the imagery surrounding her music videos is based around this trope. |
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