Marked by its poetic symbolism, the video is considered a "visual poem" interpreted as omens for the failure of a love relationship.
Also, some media have been reprimanded for calling Rosalía "the renovator of flamenco", thus ignoring Gitano contemporary flamenco artists and currents. The song was born in the small island of El Hierro and talks about a toxic relationship and how the woman knew that something wrong was going to happen in her life. The track was almost completely written by the singer herself, and was produced by Pablo Díaz-Reixa, better known as El Guincho. On 4 November, Rosalía performed the song at the MTV Europe Music Awards 2018 gala, held in the city of Bilbao. The track was included in many soundtracks of TV shows and movies and has been featured in their respective soundtracks.

Finally, in October of that same year it was certified double platinum. The music video for the song was released simultaneously with the single on digital platforms. It was released on 30 May 2018 through Sony Music as the album's first single. [6] Also, Pitchfork named "Malamente" the 23rd best song of the 2010s. A day later, Rosalía offered a concert at the Village Underground in London, where she returned to perform the song for the second time. On 31 October 2018 she performed "Malamente" in front of 11,000 people at a free concert brought by Red Bull at the Plaza de Colón, in Madrid. The music video was filmed in Badalona and shows Rosalia in the industrial zone of the city, recreating the constant truck traffic and industries that there are in her hometown Sant Esteve Sesrovires. On 15 November, she performed the song at the 2018 Latin Grammys ceremony in Las Vegas. It was directed and produced by the company Canada, marking the third time that they worked with the Spanish singer after videos for "De plata" and "Aunque es de noche", and filmed simultaneously with the "Pienso en tu mirá" video. Released in tandem with a stunning, provocative video full of imagery and Spanish symbolism, “Malamente” broke ranks, visually and musically, amalgamating Rosalía’s flamenco vocals with loops, beats, and raps, turning every preconception about her country’s iconic musical tradition on its head". In November, the song reached the second position in the Spanish Song Charts thanks to the album release.

At the end of September, Rosalía performed at the Flamenco Biennial in Seville, where she played the theme. [10] On 11 November, she performed "Malamente" at Casa Patas, Madrid, an iconic place for flamenco artists and lovers. "Malamente" won two of these awards for Best Alternative Song and Best Urban Fusion/Performance.[5]. The flamenco inspiration is still there but, at the same time, it is something else." The accusations have met both support and opposition.

Most of the controversy faced by Rosalía and "Malamente" revolves around the alleged appropriation of Gitano culture present in her music and visuals, whether symbolism, topics or even her singing accent. At the end of April 2018, Rosalía published a short documentary video to her social media accounts where she talked about her new album. [11][12], *sales figures based on certification alone^shipments figures based on certification alonesales+streaming figures based on certification alone, Learn how and when to remove this template message, "Hispanic Heritage Month: The 50 Best Latin Songs of All Time", "Rosalía aclara que 'Malamente' se gestó en El Hierro", "Rosalía: Su éxito en 10+2 películas y series | CINEMAGAVIA |", "Rosalía aparece en una escena de 'Euphoria, "Rosalía vuelve a la gran pantalla junto a 'Hellboy, "Nicki Minaj, Halsey and Rosalía Will Perform at the 2018 EMA", "Latin Grammys 2018: Watch All the Best Short-Form Video Nominees", "Premio Lo Nuestro 2019 Nominations: Natti Natasha, J Balvin, Bad Bunny Lead Nods", "Top 100 Ecuador – Semana 48 del 2018 – Del 23/11/2018 al 29/11/2018", "Top 100 Venezuela – Semana 8 del 2019 – Del 15/02/2019 al 22/02/2019", "Top AFP - Audiogest - Top 3000 Singles + EPs Digitais", Asociación Mexicana de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas, "American single certifications – Rosalia – Malamente", Recording Industry Association of America, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Malamente&oldid=979812040, Latin Grammy Award for Best Alternative Song, Latin Grammy Award for Best Urban Fusion/Performance, Articles needing additional references from November 2018, All articles needing additional references, Pages using infobox song with unknown parameters, Certification Table Entry usages for Mexico, Certification Table Entry usages for Spain, Certification Table Entry usages for United States, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 22 September 2020, at 23:01. She said: "Everything I have I am leaving it here; I'm in the red, I'm risking a lot. These include the first season of Élite, the second season of The OA, Euphoria and Good Girls as well as in the soundtrack of the 2019 movie Hellboy.[7][8][9]. The video also received nominations for Best Music Video at the Latin Grammy Awards and Video of the Year at the Premio Lo Nuestro 2019. In the song, Rosalía narrates that even though everyone is warning her that their relationship is doomed, she will continue with it to the point of getting married. Finally, on 29 May 2018 she unveiled the release date of this new single, as well as its title. In November 2019, American magazine Billboard named the track one of the songs that defined the 2010s decade[2] as well as the 32nd best Latin song of all time.[3].
The imagery includes a man in a typical Holy week capirote riding a skateboard with nails, which spawned a certain controversy for its religious implications, or Rosalía riding a motorbike that is bullfought by a man in a white studio set. The single was nominated in five categories at the 2018 Latin Grammys. A couple weeks later, Rosalía once again presented the single at the Festival Cultura Inquieta held in the city of Getafe, near Madrid. The novel revolves around themes of gender violence and tragic romance; how a man falls in love with a woman and, because of jealousy, he locks her up in a tower. A week later, Rosalía presented "Malamente" for the first time in Miami to celebrate her five Latin Grammy nominations. "Malamente" was nominated for three UK Video Music Awards of which it won in two: 'Best Pop Video' and 'Best Direction'. Rosalía was part of the poster of the Starlite Festival in Marbella, where she performed on 24 August. The music video, produced by the audiovisual company Canada, was played more than a million times two days after its release and accumulated two million views for 3 June on YouTube, as well as a million streams on Spotify. At the end of July, "Malamente" was presented live at the Plaza de Quintana in Santiago de Compostela. The track was almost completely written by the singer herself, and was produced by Pablo Díaz-Reixa, better known as El Guincho. In November 2019, American magazine Billboard named the track one of the … It was released on 30 May 2018 through Sony Music as the album's first single. "Malamente" (stylised in all caps as "MALAMENTE", officially "Malamente – Cap 1: Augurio") is a song recorded by Spanish singer and songwriter Rosalía from her second studio album El mal querer (2018). "Malamente" was certified a Gold Record in Spain in the first week of July, as well as a platinum record in August 2018.

[4] The song forms the introductory part of its parent album's narrative arc, which is inspired by the 13th-century Occitan novel "Flamenca". In September 2020, Billboard named "Malamente" the 32nd best Latin song of all time and stated that "Rosalía's contemporary, hip hop/electronic take on traditional flamenco was different from anything heard before. This project is what I've always wanted to do, I've been thinking for a long time about making an album like the one I'm going to release. Three days after the international release of the song "Brillo", composed by herself and in collaboration with Colombian reggaeton singer J Balvin, the Barcelona-native singer announced in her social networks that she was going to release a new single in the coming days. Other alternated scenes show Rosalía dancing inside the back of a truck or being hit by a car. Two days later she performed the song again at Los 40 Music Awards. [1] The Guardian commented on the following about the Catalan:" Rosalia is the most exciting thing that is going to happen to music this 2018".

On 5 September, the singer played the song at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles, where she was the opening act of the Colombian singer Juanes. "Malamente" was performed for the first time at the Sónar 2018 Festival held at the Fira de Montjuïc, Barcelona on 15 June of that year. On 16 October, the Barcelonian went on the BBC program Later... with Jools Holland, where she sang "Malamente" and "Pienso en tu mirá". The American magazine Pitchfork called the singer's voice "a soft liquid velvet" and wrote about the song that "Malamente consumes the listener with drums and soft synthesizers that drag you to their world completely". The song debuted in the fourth position on the PROMUSICAE musical chart. "Malamente" is a song recorded by Spanish singer and songwriter Rosalía from her second studio album El mal querer.