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Bad Gyal: La Joia review – one frisky Latin banger after another
The Auto-Tune-loving Catalan star makes free with dancehall, reggaeton and urban sounds on her eagerly awaited debut album
Her recent threeway with female rappers Young Miko and Tokischa, Chulo Pt 2, is one permutation of her supersexualised party music, which at its best boasts either reckless brio or a bittersweet edge. Bad Gyal’s rise has been powered by two conjoined forces: the popularity of reggaeton outside Puerto Rico, and the wider mainstreaming of non-anglophone pop. Of the newer tracks, Bad Gyal’s Auto-Tune-heavy collaboration with gruff dancehall MC Tommy Lee Sparta, La Que No Se Mueve, stands out for its directness, while Así Soy finds her closer to home with Spanish-Moroccan rapper Morad.
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