2016–2018: Slow Wine Mixtape and Worldwide Angel After "Pai" gained popularity on
YouTube, and was picked up by a local radio, Farelo started recording
Slow Wine Mixtape, alongside producer Pablo Martínez. The mixtape was released on 9 November 2016 and caught the attention of several professional magazines and music outlets, including
Pitchfork and
Fact. The latter named her song "Jacaranda," the best single of 2017. After releasing the record's debut single "Fiebre", Bad Gyal's popularity grew exponentially. The song has developed a
cult following ever since. The mixtape's success and critical acclaim led Farelo to perform at numerous festivals throughout Europe. In late 2017 she also toured Mexico and the United States. In February 2018, she released her second mixtape,
Worldwide Angel, to critical acclaim. The album was licensed and distributed by
Canada Editorial. The mixtape was produced by
Jam City, Dubbel Dutch, Florentino and
El Guincho. It spawned many singles including "
Blink", "Candela" and "Internationally". To promote the album, she took part in international festivals such as
SXSW and
Lollapalooza and toured the United States once again. In November 2018, she embarked on her first Asian tour, which visited Japan, China, and the Philippines. She also released "Open the Door" featuring Jamaican singer Govana, "Yo sigo iual" and "Unknown Feeling".
2019–2021: Commercial breakthrough and Warm Up Formerly signed with the production company
Canada Editorial, in April 2019 it was announced Farelo had signed with
Interscope Records and
Aftercluv Dance Lab. As a signed artist, was able to enter the mainstream. Her first release was "Santa María", featuring
Busy Signal, which became her first charting song in Spain, and was later certified gold. Its B-side, "
Hookah", peaked at 55 in Spain. In October 2019, Farelo collaborated with
Omar Montes on "
Alocao", which peaked at number one in Spain for several weeks and is certified five times platinum. Two months later she released "
Zorra", which peaked at number 2 in Spain. A remix featuring Rauw Alejandro was released in February 2021. In 2020, Farelo was featured on Kafu Banton's "Tú eres un bom bom", which would later be remixed in collaboration with
Guaynaa. She also released "Aprendiendo el Sexo" later on, with a music video produced by
Canada and filmed at the
W Hotel in Barcelona. In November, she released "Blin Blin" to commercial success and the acclaim of the general public. The track became viral in her home country and significantly used
TikTok. She also partnered with
Vodafone and offered a unique virtual concert. Bad Gyal released her first extended play
Warm Up on 19 March 2021. The EP peaked at 5 in Spain. She also collaborated with clothing brand
Bershka and released an exclusive clothing line. On 25 June, she collaborated with
Mariah Angeliq and
María Becerra on "BOBO", which sampled
TLC's "
No Scrubs" and sparked controversy due to similarity with Luchy DR's "Bufón". As tour season came to an end, Farelo published "Flow 2000" as well as her second extended play
Sound System: The Final Releases featuring songs she had been performing live for years yet remained unreleased. She released "A la mía" in parallel, exclusively for the
Grand Theft Auto Online radio station
Motomami Los Santos hosted by
Rosalía and
Arca.
2022-2024: La Joia, La Joia Tour, and La Joia: Bad Gyal At the beginning of 2022, Bad Gyal traveled to the
United States to meet in the studio with producers such as
Scott Storch,
Supa Dups, and
Nely el Arma Secreta, to record her first studio album. Additionally, she attended Paris Fashion Week. On March 18, she released "Flow 2000 (Remix)" alongside singer
Beny Jr, a release that she herself announced on social media on March 15. A few days later, on March 21, the rum brand
Havana Club and Bad Gyal presented a new limited-edition bottle, which went on sale shortly thereafter. In April, one new collaboration were announced, "Formosa (Remix)", originally by Kaio Viana, featuring Totoy el Frío and MC CJ, which premiered on May 6. In May 2022, the Catalan artist announced her two biggest concerts yet, to be held in
Madrid and
Barcelona in February 2023. During the last week of May, she announced the release of the song "La prendo" on May 26, produced by Leo RD and previewed during the first show of her new tour. The music video is the first part of a series of videos. The continuation was released on June 17 at midnight, led by the track "Tremendo culón", also previewed during her new tour shows, with a music video continuing the story from "La prendo". Continuing with the releases of songs previewed on La Joia Tour, the singer released the song "Sexy" at midnight on July 15. During the La Joia Tour show in
New York, a surprise new song was performed, which was later released as "Sin Carné" at midnight on October 6. On November 28, Bad Gyal and Spanish artist
Quevedo uploaded a video to TikTok dancing to the song "Real G". Two days later, she performed a snippet of the song during a concert in
Mexico City. Finally, the song was officially released on December 2. The year 2023 began with the Catalan artist’s two largest concerts to date at the
Palau Sant Jordi and
WiZink Center. She also announced that her debut album would be released that same year. One day before the
Barcelona concert, on February 10, she premiered her song "
Chulo", which had been previewed during La Joia Tour and on
TikTok, where she had over ten thousand videos related to it before the official release. On February 11, during her first concert at Palau Sant Jordi, she confirmed the album would be titled
La Joia. On February 24, 2023, Karol G released her album
Mañana será bonito, which includes the song "KÁRMIKA" a collaboration between the Colombian artist, Bad Gyal, and Jamaican
Sean Paul. On April 20, 2023, Bad Gyal performed "
Chulo" live at the
Latin American Music Awards in
Las Vegas, marking her first invitation to perform at a major international music awards show. The following day, Spanish singer
Amaia released her own version of the song "Fiebre", which she had been performing in concerts for some time. On May 18, a remix of the song "Qué rico" by Un Titico and El Dany MG was released, featuring Bad Gyal. On June 7, Bad Gyal became the face of the annual summer advertising campaign
Mediterráneamente by the renowned beer brand
Estrella Damm. As part of this collaboration, the short film titled PKM (“Pussy K Mana”) and the song “El Sol Me Da” were released. Later, on June 22, Bad Gyal released the remix "
Chulo pt.2", a collaboration with Dominican artist
Tokischa and Puerto Rican
Young Miko. This song remained on the music charts of several Latin American countries, on the
Hot Latin Songs chart and the
Billboard Global 200 for several weeks. It was also certified six-times platinum in the United States by the
Recording Industry Association of America and gold in Mexico by
AMPROFON. Two weeks after this release, on July 7, Bad Gyal launched her new song "Mi lova" alongside Myke Towers. In September, the singer was awarded the International Young Talent award by the Spanish newspaper
La Vanguardia. The ceremony took place at the
Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya, with
King Felipe VI,
Queen Letizia, and the acting First Vice President of the Government,
Nadia Calviño, presenting the award. On October 2, producer
Ovy On The Drums posted an
Instagram reel announcing that his next song would feature Bad Gyal and Colombian singer
Ryan Castro, accompanied by a preview of the lyrics during the studio composition. "Ghetto Princess" was released on October 5. Additionally, on October 4, Chilean singer
Polimá Westcoast announced the tracklist of his
EP De Camino a Hermes, which includes the song "BARCELONA", a collaboration with Bad Gyal and Chilean artist Standly. The EP and the song were released on November 9. Later, singer
Nicki Nicole announced via her Instagram channel the collaboration "Enamórate" with Bad Gyal. The track had been previewed in shows by both artists throughout 2023. The song was finally released on November 14. On November 23, the Catalan artist revealed the first official teaser of her
debut album,
La Joia, via an Instagram reel, announcing a January release the following year. Along with this, she published the upcoming Spanish dates for La Joia: 24 Karats Tour, which will visit Spanish indoor stadiums such as
Palau Sant Jordi and
WiZink Center. To close the year, on December 13, she revealed the album’s tracklist via Instagram. It will include 15 songs, among them previously released projects, show previews, and other unreleased tracks. At the beginning of 2024, Bad Gyal revealed the release of a collaboration, and the final preview of her upcoming album, with Brazilian singer
Anitta. The song, titled "Bota Niña", was released on January 12th. Finally, after much anticipation and speculation surrounding the project, her debut album La Joia was released on January 26, 2024, across digital platforms. On the same day, the music video for the song "
Perdió este culo" premiered, starring actor
Martiño Rivas. Additionally, the official album merchandise was announced for sale on the singer’s website, along with
LP,
CD, and limited edition CD formats of the record. On February 22nd, Bad Gyal performed "Bota Niña" together with Anitta at the
Premios Lo Nuestro, held at the
Kaseya Center in Miami. Both artists took advantage of the trip to shoot the music video for the song, which was released on March 14th. Shortly after, on March 22nd, "
Double team", a single by Anitta featuring Puerto Rican artist Brray and Bad Gyal, was released as part of Anitta’s album
Funk Generation. On March 28th,
Mushkaa and Bad Gyal released "SexeSexy", marking Bad Gyal’s first song in
Catalan since the 2018 release of "Yo sigo igual", previously unreleased from her sister’s album. Her next collaboration came out on April 18th, "Guay" with Puerto Rican singer
Ozuna. The song stayed for weeks on the Spanish weekly charts, reaching number 8 on PROMUSICAE’s
Top 100 Canciones list. It also earned a platinum certification. On May 24th, Bad Gyal released the remix of "Perdió este culo" alongside Puerto Rican artist
Ivy Queen, titled "
Perdió". Then, on July 5th, "Party Amanecio" was released, featuring Bad Gyal alongside
Ryan Castro,
De La Ghetto,
Maldy (from the duo Plan B), and producers
DJ Luian and Mambo Kingz, under the Hear This Music label. On July 9th,
Amazon Prime Video released the teaser for La Joia: Bad Gyal, a
documentary about the making of the album
La Joia, announcing its release for later in the year. One month later, Colombian artist
J Balvin released his album
Rayo, which includes a song featuring Bad Gyal titled "Gato". On September 12th, "Duro De Verdad pt. 2", Bad Gyal’s first bachata, was released. It is a remix of the original song by Los Sufridos, a group of Dominican producers and artists. The track reached number 2 on PROMUSICAE’s charts in Spain, the highest position Alba has achieved on this list since the release of "Zorra" in 2019. On October 23rd, the documentary La Joia: Bad Gyal premiered at the In-Edit festival in
Barcelona, and the following day it was released in
cinemas across
Spain and
Andorra. The singer received five nominations at the
LOS40 Music Awards, where she won
Mejor Colaboración Latina Urbana for "Mi Lova" with Myke Towers, and
Mejor Artista Español Urbano. She also performed at the awards ceremony, presenting a medley of her songs including "Fiebre", "Flow 2000", "
Chulo", "
Perdió Este Culo", "La Que No Se Mueva", and "Duro de verdad pt.2".
2025-present: New singles and Bikini Badness Tour On January 17, she released her first single of the year, "Angelito", in collaboration with Argentine rapper
Trueno. A month later, in February 2025, it was revealed that the Catalan artist had recorded a new track with singer
Nicky Jam and American producer
Scott Storch, generating high expectations among her fans. On February 20, she attended the 37th edition of
Premios Lo Nuestro, where she had received five nominations, including Album of the Year for
La Joia. That night, she took home her first Premio Lo Nuestro in the category of Best Eurosong for "
Chulo pt.2", alongside
Tokischa and
Young Miko. Continuing her streak of releases, on April 18 she dropped "Comernos", a collaboration with Puerto Rican artist
Omar Courtz. On May 27, she announced her upcoming festival tour Bikini Badness Tour. The first show took place on June 2 at the well known Pachá nightclub in
Ibiza, where she also premiered "Da Me", her first solo single in over a year. The track was officially released on June 6 and quickly climbed to number 7 on the
PROMUSICAE Top 100 chart. During an
Instagram Live session where she discussed the new single, she reflected on her artistic direction, stating: "You have to follow your own instincts", referring to her embrace of
autotune in this new era. On June 13, during her performance at the O Son do Camiño festival, she surprised the audience with the live debut of an unreleased collaboration with
Zion & Lennox. A few weeks later, on July 18, she released "Última noche" with
Ozuna, produced by Jorge Miliano and Cromo X. Staying true to the Caribbean sounds that have characterized her recent work, the song debuted at number 23 on the
PROMUSICAE chart. ==Discography==