BAD GYAL
Spanish-Catalan singer Alba Farelo (aka Bad Gyal) uses a blend of trap, reggaetón, and dancehall to write songs about youth and sexuality. She found mainstream success in 2016 when her cover version of Rihanna's "Work" became an online hit, paving the way for her debut mixtape, Slow Wine. In 2019 she inked a deal with Interscope, resulting in the release of the EP Warm Up in 2021. This was followed by Sound System: The Final Releases later in the year and several 2022 singles including "Real G" (with Quevedo). La Joia, her debut album, arrived in 2024, incorporating house and Afrobeats influences.
Born in 1997 in Vilassar de Mar, Farelo is the eldest of five -- her father, Eduard Farelo, was a renowned voice actor who would often overdub popular films in Spanish. Despite what might have been perceived as an advantage, Farelo was keen to carve out her own path, which she did by releasing a homemade video of herself covering Rihanna's "Work" in 2016; the track used a mixture of Spanish and Catalan and was subsequently titled "Pai." She was still attending university, with a side job at a call center, when the video went viral; this spurred her on to release a mixtape the same year, titled Slow Wine.
Bad Gyal later signed to Canada/Pure Records, which released the single "Jacaranda" in 2017. The following year, she issued her second mixtape, 2018's World Wide Angel, which featured a slew of producers including Jam City, DJ Florentino, Dubbel Dutch, and El Guincho. She signed with Interscope the following year, and in 2021 she issued the EP Warm Up, which included the hit "Blin Blin (featuring Juanka)." Sound System: The Final Releases appeared at the end of the year. Numerous singles were released in 2022, including "La prendo," "Sin carné," and "Real G" (with Quevedo). In 2023, she released songs such as the two-part "Chulo" and the Myke Towers collaboration "Mi Lova," and guested on Karol G's "Kármika" (with Sean Paul) as well as tracks by Ovy on the Drums and Nicki Nicole. La Joia, Bad Gyal's long-awaited debut album, arrived in 2024, with guests including Anitta, Ñengo Flow, and Tokischa. The release was a huge hit in the artist's home country, hitting number two on the Spanish album chart.
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Chulo pt.2
BAD GYAL, Tokischa, Young Miko
World - Released by Universal Music Latino - Interscope on Jun 22, 2023
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La Joia
World - Released by Universal Music Latino - Interscope on Jan 26, 2023
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Zorra
World - Released by Bad Gyal Aftercluv - Interscope on Dec 12, 2019
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Enamórate
World - Released by Sony Music Latin - DALE PLAY Records on Nov 14, 2023
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BOBO
Mariah Angeliq, BAD GYAL, Maria Becerra
World - Released by Universal Music Latino on Jun 25, 2021
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Warm Up
World - Released by Bad Gyal Aftercluv - Interscope on Mar 18, 2021
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Bota Niña
World - Released by Universal Music Latino - Interscope on Jan 12, 2024
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Real G
World - Released by Universal Music Latino - Interscope on Dec 2, 2022
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El Sol Me Da
Pop - Released by Universal Music Latino - Interscope on Jun 7, 2023
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Worldwide Angel
Dancehall - Released by Puro Records - CANADA on Feb 21, 2018
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Chulo pt.2
BAD GYAL, Tokischa, Young Miko
World - Released by Universal Music Latino - Interscope on Jun 22, 2023
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La Joia
World - Released by Universal Music Latino - Interscope on Jan 26, 2023
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Slow Wine Mixtape
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released by Bad Gyal on Nov 11, 2016
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Chulo
World - Released by Universal Music Latino - Interscope on Feb 10, 2023
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Mi Lova
Pop - Released by Universal Music Latino - Interscope on Jul 7, 2023
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Sin Carné
World - Released by Universal Music Latino - Interscope on Oct 6, 2022
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Alocao
World - Released by Bad Gyal Aftercluv - Interscope on Oct 24, 2019
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La Prendo
World - Released by Universal Music Latino - Interscope on May 26, 2022
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