| "Malamente" | ||||
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| Single by Rosalía | ||||
| from the album El Mal Querer | ||||
| Language | Spanish | |||
| English title | "Badly" | |||
| Released | 30 May 2018 | |||
| Recorded | 2017 | |||
| Studio | Casa Arte (El Hierro, Canary Islands, Spain) | |||
| Genre | Flamenco pop[1] | |||
| Length | 2:29 | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
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"Malamente" is a song by Spanish singer Rosalía. It was released on 30 May 2018 by Columbia Records as the lead single from her second studio album, El mal querer (2018). Written by Rosalía and C. Tangana and produced by El Guincho and co-produced by Rosalía herself, it was released on 30 May 2018 through Columbia Records as the album's lead single.
"Malamente" mixes flamenco with urban and pop music. It received positive reviews,[2] and was nominated for five Latin Grammy Awards, including Song of the Year and Record of the Year, winning for Best Alternative Song and Best Urban Fusion/Performance. Billboard and Pitchfork named it one of the songs that defined the 2010s.[3][4][5] Journalist and writer Leila Cobo included the song in her book La fórmula 'Despacito', which gathers the most emblematic hits of Latin music of the last 50 years. With this release, media dubbed the artist as "Hurricane Rosalía".[6][7][8]
- ^ Blum, Dani. ""Malamente" by Rosalía, Track Review". Pitchfork. Retrieved 28 December 2018.
"Malamente" (which translates to "Badly") [...] fuses flamenco with pop, reggaeton and R&B.
- ^ "Get to Know Rosalía, the Spanish Singer Giving Flamenco's Age-Old Sound a Bracingly Modern Twist". Pitchfork. 18 September 2018. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
- ^ "The 100 Songs That Defined the 2010s". Billboard. Retrieved 4 December 2019.
- ^ "The 200 Best Songs of the 2010s". Pitchfork. 7 October 2019. Retrieved 15 December 2021.
- ^ "Hispanic Heritage Month: The 50 Best Latin Songs of All Time". Billboard. 15 September 2020. Retrieved 15 September 2020.
- ^ "Cómo el fenómeno Rosalía ha eclipsado a Rosalía la cantante". Vanity Fair (in Spanish). 3 November 2018. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
- ^ Reina, Elena (16 November 2018). "Rosalía, el fenómeno más exótico de los Grammy Latinos". El País (in Spanish). ISSN 1134-6582. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
- ^ "Why Everybody's Betting Big on Rosalía, the Flamenco Star No One Saw Coming". Billboard. 10 October 2019. Retrieved 19 March 2021.