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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Su Payita (Gramos)
World - Released by Bad Gyal Aftercluv - Interscope on 2 Dec 2021
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Flow 2000 (Remix)
World - Released by Universal Music Latino - Interscope on 14 Oct 2021
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Sexy
World - Released by Universal Music Latino - Interscope on 14 Jul 2022
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Tu Eres Un Bom Bom (Remix)
World - Released by Aftercluv Dancelab on 10 Apr 2020
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Nueva York (Tot*)
World - Released by Bad Gyal Aftercluv - Interscope on 25 Nov 2021
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Sound System: The Final Releases
World - Released by Bad Gyal Aftercluv - Interscope on 9 Dec 2021
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GHETTO PRINCESS
Ovy On The Drums, BAD GYAL, Ryan Castro
Latin America - Released by WEA Latina on 5 Oct 2023
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Flow 2000
World - Released by Bad Gyal Aftercluv - Interscope on 14 Oct 2021
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Give Me
Pop - Released by Universal Music Latino - Interscope on 15 Dec 2023
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Santa Maria
World - Released by Bad Gyal Aftercluv - Interscope on 5 Jul 2019
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Tremendo Culón
World - Released by Universal Music Latino - Interscope on 16 Jun 2022
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Blin Blin
World - Released by Bad Gyal Aftercluv - Interscope on 13 Nov 2020
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Zorra (Remix)
World - Released by Bad Gyal Aftercluv - Interscope on 12 Dec 2019
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Internationally
Dancehall - Released by Puro Records - Canada on 29 Jun 2018
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Hookah
World - Released by Bad Gyal Aftercluv - Interscope on 19 Jul 2019
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Mas Raro (Prod. Cadenza)
Dancehall - Released by Puro Records - CANADA on 27 Jul 2018
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Open The Door
Reggae - Released by Aftercluv Dancelab on 2 Nov 2018
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Aprendiendo El Sexo
World - Released by Bad Gyal Aftercluv - Interscope on 31 Jul 2020
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QUE RICO (w/ Bad Gyal)
Un Titico, El Dany MG, BAD GYAL
Reggaeton - Released by 2023 Calientalo Media - WK Records - Bad Gyal, Courtesy of Universal Music Latin SPAIN on 18 May 2023
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La Prendo
World - Released by Universal Music Latino - Interscope on 26 May 2022
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Formosa (Remix)
Kaio Viana, BAD GYAL, Totoy El Frío
Funk - Released by Universal Music Ltda. on 19 Nov 2021
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