The difference was that Rosalía, along with peers like Bad Bunny, J Balvin, and Luis Fonsi, sang in her native Spanish, refusing to court success on any single market’s terms. But Rosalía’s one-of-one blending of flamenco with modern sounds enraptured listeners and synced up with what some called the “second Latin explosion,” after the late-’90s moment when artists like Ricky Martin, Marc Anthony, and Enrique Iglesias broke into American pop with English-language hits. After all, no one, least of all Rosalía, could have foreseen that a Spanish-language record that she conceived and produced independently as part of her college thesis project, 2018’s El Mal Querer, would catapult her to global success. It is a simple question but also a freighted one. ❼hica, qué dices? The question-“Girl, what you sayin’?”-opens Motomami, the Spanish pop star Rosalía’s latest album, released in March. GQ Hype: It's the big story of right now.
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