The young restless artist, Rosalía Vila Tobella – popularly known as Rosalía is blending tradition and modernity with her modern take on iconic Spanish flamenco tradition.
In just a few years with exceptional talent and unique presentation, the artist has become one of the most exciting artists to watch grow on the global platform.
Many people know her from the global smash hit with J Balvin, ‘Con Altura‘, or one of the most successful albums of this year, ‘MOTOMAMI‘, but she has been making music for quite a few years now.
From impressive vocals and interesting composition to the grand and growing list of collaborators the singer, the songwriter has built her separate international fanbase. On top of that, receiving appreciation from music legends and icons like Madonna, Pharrell Williams, and Frank Ocean placed the young artist at the center of attraction. In such a short span of her career, Rosalía has gained popularity, fame, grammies, and immense international audience support.
Here are the things that you might have not known about Rosalía.
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Time magazine’s list of “Next Generation Leaders” in 2019 only featured one musical artist; which was Rosalía
In 2019, Time magazine created a list of ‘Next Generation Leaders’ which featured a lot of influential people around the world. Rosalía was the only musician that was featured on that list. Calling her a “Latin pop phenomenon“, the magazine highlighted that the artist is a complete yet complicated genius and by the critics, she has been hailed as a “rule-defying renegade“.
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Madonna once tried to book the artist for her Moroccan birthday party in 2018
Madonna, the pop icon is one of the few artists who started appreciating Rosalía early in her career. She also said in an interview she tried to book the artist to perform at her Moroccan birthday party in 2018 and admired the uniqueness Rosalía reflects through her music.
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Rosalía has been getting backlashes from flamenco purists
She professionally studied flamenco at Catalonia College of Music when she was 13. This changed her tone of music which is heavily influenced by flamenco. Part of the reasons why the artist is so widely popular is because Rosalía has successfully made the youth interested in the traditional dance and art form by giving it a modern twist. However, immediately around the same time, she has also been getting criticisms and backlash from the flamenco purists. The main reasons are her not following the strict rules of the art form and not being from Andalusia, a place where it originated from. This also made the artist accused of ‘appropriating‘ the culture and not giving credit to the Gypsy culture.
In response, Rosalía said that music does not belong to one group. As she studied the art form for several years she has immense respect for it. She acknowledged the contribution of Gypsy culture in flamenco but at the same time said it doesn’t only belong to the gypsy culture.
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2017’s ‘Los Ángeles’ and 2018’s ‘El Mal Querer’, both of the artist’s albums were recorded without any help from Record Labels
In an interview with Pitchfork, Rosalía admitted that she plays a key role in her music which is not only restricted to performing. She writes, composes, produces, and arranges most of her songs by herself. It was not until 2018 when the impressive talent signed a record deal with Sony Music Spain which means her previous two albums were all her.
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‘Tú Sí Que Vales’ was her first television appearance
When the artist was only 15 years old, she took part in a reality talent competition where she sang the Spanish classic ‘Como En Un Mar Eterno’ by Hanna which left some of the audience feeling emotional. Unfortunately, the judges were not moved and one of the judges had a lot of potentials but shouldn’t have chosen the song. The youngster attempted two more times with different songs such as ‘No One’ by Alicia Keys, and ‘Leave’ by JoJo but failed to impress the judges. But Rosalía’s confidence and ability to take criticism were shown throughout the time she was standing on the stage.
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Rosalía is multilingual
You might have heard Rosalía singing in Spanish but she can also speak Catalan and English. Her previous music like the single ‘Millonária’ she sings in Catalan. English is also a language that she is fluent in and due to international fame she has been in several talk shows and interviews where she displayed her English speaking skills.
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She wanted to be a musical artist since she was 10 years old
Once giving an interview, the artist recalled a time when her parents asked her to perform when she was 7 years old and she moved them to tears with her performance. She said she did not clearly understand what was happening but she knew she could do something in music. On her 9th birthday, her parents gifted her a guitar and by her 10th birthday, she knew she would dedicate her life to music. She had started to study music and dancing by the age of 13 which was the time she took an interest in flamenco.
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Childhood and growing up have a lot of influence on her music
Rosalía grew up in a small town and spent her childhood in a place where there was nature and man-made surroundings. This has a big influence on her music and art. Rosalía has always felt connected to nature as her home was near the woods which reflects in the tone of the music. If you are a Rosalía fan you might have seen a lot of motorcycles in her music videos which is a reflection of her parents. The Spanish singer said that her parents used to have motorcycles when she was growing up and in the area, she lived, people used to roam around in the vehicle which later inspired her to create relatability with the visuals of her music videos.
Now enjoy her latest release ‘MOTOMAMI’ with these newly known facts about the artist.
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