Once again Rosalía plays the groom, his metallic voice fully realised, far harsher than the soft heights her voice can reach, and has reached, and will reach over the rest of the record. It’s hardly a noticeably short song, but the words are stark. Mucho más a mí me duele, de lo que a ti te está doliendo Fear not, back to regularly scheduled poetic waxing today. The Swiss company Audemars Piguet is one of the most exclusive watch companies in the world and has fans ranging from Harry Styles to Kim Kardashian, while that black Hublot that is mentioned is valued at over a million Dollars.If you noticed Rosalía business slow down yesterday, it is only because your girl sometimes has to write essays for her degree, and not for fun. All queens need a jewel that will represent them, and our queen moves past a crown to a super luxurious watch down to the nails. In the first half of her mixtape "F*cking Money Man,” Rosalía makes it very clear that-unlike the rest of us mortals-she doesn’t aspire to pay off a mortgage in 20 years. “Porto dos Audemars / Fets a mà coberts de diamants / I un Hublot Black Caviar Bang bang / Que te'l puc regalar" from “Milionària” The “tra tra” in particular are derived from the “brap brap” of Jamaican music where the “tra” is frequently shouted during a flamenco performance. All those “toma que tome” and “así sí” which continuously play into the song, in fact, have no significant meaning they’re ‘jaleos’, which is the flamenco equivalent of “ad libs” (similar to those commonly found in rap-think “It’s lit” by Travis Scott or “Huh?” by Kanye West. After a few months of gaining momentum from the first single of El mal querer, Rosalía got on Instagram stories to explain the album’s themes in response to watching a Youtuber’s viral analysis of the music’s technical styles. In it, Rosalía returns to Caló and uses “sacáis” which means "sacks" to allude to the eyes of the bride a term that many may have heard in the legendary track "Tú me camelas" by Niña Pastori.įun Fact: In the music video of “Malamente”, the bullfighter who Rosalía tries to ram with a motorcycle is wearing a Camarón t-shirt. Both the work and the song deals with a wedding doomed by jealousy and death. The most flamenco track of El mal querer is clearly influenced by the tragic verse of 1931 Bodas de Sangre by Federico García Lorca, as well as the author’s obsession with knives, razors, and the moon. “Como las hojas de un cuchillo / Brillaban los sacáis suyo' cuando le di el anillo" from “Que no salga la luna” In this case, the nails are interpreted as a symbol of status, but also a sharp weapon. In “Aute Cuture,” Dvine refers to Dvine Nails, a nail shop in Barcelona that specializes in sculpted nail techniques and does Rosalía's nails, becoming a big hit with her fans, as well as a topic of much debate on social media. Rosalía, alongside artists like Bad Gyal, have made "nail art" a fundamental pillar of their visual imagery.
“Uñas de Dvine ya me las han copiao' / Que te las clavo niño ten cuidao" from “Aute Cuture” In an interview for Genius, the singer confirms that she likes him almost as much as she likes Hector Lavoe, but this reference in particular is dedicated to Lavoe, one of the most important salsa singers of all time.įun fact: the music video for “Bagdad” was not filmed in the actual Bagdad but at a club in Pigalle, a Parisian neighborhood. If you thought that the Hector named by Rosalía in her reggaeton megahit was “El Bambino” from the duo known as Hector and Tito, you were almost right. “De Héctor aprendí la sabrosura / Nunca he visto una joya tan pura” from “Con Altura” In this guide, we take a tour of her lyrics, which contain everything from idioms in Caló-a dialect spoken by the gypsies of Spain, France, and Portugal-to watches that cost more than our parents’ homes, to better understand the universe of pop’s newest sensation. In tracks like “Con Altura,” “Aute Cuture," and “Milionària,” the Catalan bombards us with contemporary references and talks a lot about her quick rise to fame, along with her love of jewelry and fast cars.
The timeless narrative of El mal querer ("The bad love"), however, doesn’t entirely connect with the messages found in the latest singles, precisely the ones that have skyrocketed in the international market. There are many interpretations of the album, few of which have been addressed by Rosalía herself. The album is about a toxic relationship, inspired by an anonymous Occitan novel from the 13th century called Flamenca.