EL MAL QUERER

Rosalía is definitely the musical phenomenon the world needed, a hope for new-coming artists and a salvation for Spain. Barcelona-based flamenco fusion artist Rosalía is more than just a vulgar singer. She is an artist. Rosalía writes and produces her own songs and performs them in the most passionate way I have ever seen. Crossing language borders is hard as hell and she has been able to do it with honor.
Spain's economic and socio-political decadence is notable. The absence of strong governments and solid figures has made the country reach a point of failure. Rosalía's apperance in the music industry, however, has made the country believe in its art and strength once again. Rosalía feels like a salvation if she officially isn't yet.
The 2010s decade, musically talking, has been one where very interesting artists have rose out of nothing but Rosalía's ascence to the international music scene has been cosmic thanks to this excellent produced and passionately sung work of art done in a little apartment 40km away of the well-known city of Barcelona with only a microphone, a sound table and lots of passion for this work, music and art. Combining the rawest musical art, flamenco, with the most common pop sound, the singer has been able to capture the essence of both ways of expression mixing them in a perfect and mature way. The songs are catchy but at the same time ground-breaking. This album is inspired in a 13-century Occitan romance and it is incredible to see how topics like gender violence and jalousie remain being daily topics after more than 600 years.
It has been very emotional to see in Donald Trump's America a Spanish artist rise and shine so bright with this amazing work of art that will for sure be remembered as one of the best and most interesting albums in music history. Thank you Rosalía.