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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Flow 2000 (Remix)
World Music - Erschienen bei Universal Music Latino - Interscope am 14.10.2021
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Su Payita (Gramos)
World Music - Erschienen bei Bad Gyal Aftercluv - Interscope am 02.12.2021
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Tu Eres Un Bom Bom (Remix)
World Music - Erschienen bei Aftercluv Dancelab am 10.04.2020
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Sexy
World Music - Erschienen bei Universal Music Latino - Interscope am 14.07.2022
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Nueva York (Tot*)
World Music - Erschienen bei Bad Gyal Aftercluv - Interscope am 25.11.2021
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GHETTO PRINCESS
Ovy On The Drums, BAD GYAL, Ryan Castro
Lateinamerika - Erschienen bei WEA Latina am 05.10.2023
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Sound System: The Final Releases
World Music - Erschienen bei Bad Gyal Aftercluv - Interscope am 09.12.2021
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Flow 2000
World Music - Erschienen bei Bad Gyal Aftercluv - Interscope am 14.10.2021
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Give Me
Pop - Erschienen bei Universal Music Latino - Interscope am 15.12.2023
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Santa Maria
World Music - Erschienen bei Bad Gyal Aftercluv - Interscope am 05.07.2019
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Tremendo Culón
World Music - Erschienen bei Universal Music Latino - Interscope am 16.06.2022
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Blin Blin
World Music - Erschienen bei Bad Gyal Aftercluv - Interscope am 13.11.2020
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Zorra (Remix)
World Music - Erschienen bei Bad Gyal Aftercluv - Interscope am 12.12.2019
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Internationally
Dancehall - Erschienen bei Puro Records - Canada am 29.06.2018
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Hookah
World Music - Erschienen bei Bad Gyal Aftercluv - Interscope am 19.07.2019
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Mas Raro (Prod. Cadenza)
Dancehall - Erschienen bei Puro Records - CANADA am 27.07.2018
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Open The Door
Reggae - Erschienen bei Aftercluv Dancelab am 02.11.2018
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Aprendiendo El Sexo
World Music - Erschienen bei Bad Gyal Aftercluv - Interscope am 31.07.2020
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QUE RICO (w/ Bad Gyal)
Un Titico, El Dany MG, BAD GYAL
Reggaeton - Erschienen bei 2023 Calientalo Media - WK Records - Bad Gyal, Courtesy of Universal Music Latin SPAIN am 18.05.2023
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La Prendo
World Music - Erschienen bei Universal Music Latino - Interscope am 26.05.2022
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Formosa (Remix)
Kaio Viana, BAD GYAL, Totoy El Frío
Funk - Erschienen bei Universal Music Ltda. am 19.11.2021
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