Bad Gyal has won this Sunday with the Europe Music Award (EMA) of the MTV network for "best Spanish artist", a popular vote award in which Rosalía has been imposed, among other important nominees. Specifically, the Catalan artist has emerged as the winner in a strong list of applicants completed by the aforementioned author of "Motomami", by Fito
Real name Alba Farelo (Vilasar del Mar, Barcelona, 1997), this performer and composer abandoned her job as a baker and her Fashion Design studies to start a musical career as Bad Gyal (which in Caribbean slang means "bad girl" ).
Became one of the ambassadors of the "dancehall" style in Spain, which mixes with trap and reggaeton, she went from being "the odd one" who listened to music without much prestige in Spain to being at the center of the hurricane from 2016 with songs like "Pai", a Catalan version of "Work" by Rihanna and Drake.
His popularity began to grow thanks to albums like "Slow wine" (2016) and, above all, "Worldwide Angel" (2018), which were followed more recently by the EP "Warm Up" (2021) and the mixtape "Sound System". : The Final Releases" (2021).
With hits like "Flow 2000", "Alocao", "Zorra", "Blin Blin", "Nueva York" or "Tot*", Bad Gyal has made the use of provocative lyrics to turn machismo on its head and the misogyny present in urban music and turning sex into a form of female empowerment.
