El mal querer

The record cycle for Rosalía's sophomore album, El Mal Querer, began in late 2016 as her baccalaureate project, graduating from the Catalonia College of Music. She chose to work alongside Spanish musician El Guincho and spawned its concept alongside friend Ferran Echegaray, who bet on the Romance of Flamenca to follow the album's storyline. Thus, every song on the album would be a chapter of the story narrated in the anonymous Occitan novel. Despite having no budget to produce the record as she was an independent artist working on a university project, Rosalía invested a lot of her own money, to the point of almost going bankrupt. However, she continued working on it, stating that "my goal was to find a way to explain this tradition that I'm obsessed with in the most personal way without fear and with risk. Before releasing the album I was in debt and had no guarantees that this would work but I had the hope that, since I was making it from my heart, whether it was a few or many, that those people that liked it, would like it for real".{{Cite magazine|title=La Rosalía: El Sonido de la Energía, la Libertad y el Amor|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/partner/8551726/la-rosalia-el-sonido-de-la-energia-la-libertad-y-el-amor/|access-date=16 February 2021|magazine=Billboard|language=en|archive-date=20 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201120052336/https://www.billboard.com/articles/partner/8551726/la-rosalia-el-sonido-de-la-energia-la-libertad-y-el-amor/|url-status=live}} The album was almost completely recorded at El Guincho's apartment in Barcelona with a computer, a microphone and an audio interface.

At the end of April 2018, Rosalía published a short documentary video to her social networks where she talked about her new album. She said: "Everything I have I am leaving it here; I'm in the red, I'm risking a lot. 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. The flamenco inspiration is still there but, at the same time, it is something else." Three days after the international release of the song "Brillo", composed by her in collaboration with Colombian reggaeton singer J Balvin, the Barcelona-native singer announced on her social networks that she was going to release a new single in the coming days. Finally, on 29 May 2018, "Malamente" was released. Rosalía confessed that El Mal Querer is actually her final bachelor's degree project, graduating from flamenco studies.

El Mal Querer is a flamenco pop, experimental pop and Latin R&B record that mixes flamenco music with contemporary urban sounds drawn from pop and reggaeton.{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/el-mal-querer-mw0003212018|title=El Mal Querer – Rosalía|last=Jurek|first=Thom|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=17 March 2022|archive-date=24 May 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220524205421/https://www.allmusic.com/album/el-mal-querer-mw0003212018|url-status=live}} Critics noted the experimental tendencies in the production.

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| MC = 89/100{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/el-mal-querer/rosalia|title=El Mal Querer by Rosalía Reviews and Tracks|publisher=Metacritic|access-date=23 November 2018|archive-date=27 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181127083534/https://www.metacritic.com/music/el-mal-querer/rosalia|url-status=live}}

| rev1 = AllMusic

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| rev2 = Crack

| rev2score = 7/10{{cite web|url=https://crackmagazine.net/article/album-reviews/rosalia-el-mal-querer|title=Rosalía – 'El Mal Querer' review|last=Welsh|first=April Clare|work=Crack|access-date=23 November 2019|archive-date=30 November 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221130141049/https://crackmagazine.net/article/album-reviews/rosalia-el-mal-querer/|url-status=live}}

| rev3 = The Guardian

| rev3score = {{Rating|5|5}}{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/nov/01/rosalia-el-mal-querer-review-flamenco-pop-star-is-a-formidable-new-talent|title=Rosalía: El Mal Querer review – flamenco-pop star is a formidable new talent|last=Petridis|first=Alexis|website=The Guardian|date=1 November 2018|access-date=7 November 2018|author-link=Alexis Petridis|archive-date=22 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190322214025/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/nov/01/rosalia-el-mal-querer-review-flamenco-pop-star-is-a-formidable-new-talent|url-status=live}}

| rev4 = Mondo Sonoro

| rev4score = 9/10{{cite web|url=https://www.mondosonoro.com/criticas/discos-musica/rosalia-el-mal-querer/|title=Rosalía, crítica del disco El Mal Querer|date=31 October 2018|access-date=10 November 2018|work=Mondosonoro|location=Spain|language=es|last=Iborra|first=Yeray S.|archive-date=11 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181111043856/https://www.mondosonoro.com/criticas/discos-musica/rosalia-el-mal-querer/|url-status=live}}

| rev5 = Pitchfork

| rev5score = 8.8/10{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/rosalia-el-mal-querer/|title=Rosalía: El Mal Querer|last=Shepherd|first=Julianne Escobedo|work=Pitchfork|date=8 November 2018|access-date=10 November 2018|archive-date=11 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181111043942/https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/rosalia-el-mal-querer/|url-status=live}}

| rev6 = Q

| rev6score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite journal|title=Rosalía: El Mal Querer|last=Snapes|first=Laura|journal=Q|issue=393|date=January 2019|page=113}}

| rev7 = Rolling Stone

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El Mal Querer was widely acclaimed by music critics;{{cite web|url=https://www.revistagq.com/noticias/cultura/articulos/rosalia-el-mal-querer-criticas-hype-exito/31541|title=Así es cómo 'El mal querer', de Rosalía, ha sobrevivido al hype|language=es|last=Ceballos|first=Noe|date=5 November 2018|work=GQ|location=Spain|access-date=11 November 2018|archive-date=11 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181111043812/https://www.revistagq.com/noticias/cultura/articulos/rosalia-el-mal-querer-criticas-hype-exito/31541|url-status=live}} at Metacritic, the album received an average score of 89, based on five reviews, indicating "universal acclaim". Writing for The Guardian, head critic Alexis Petridis highly commended the album, giving it the highest rating and describing it as "the calling card of a unique new talent." He praised Rosalía's vocals for giving the album "a head-turning freshness", noting that her singing style "is audibly rooted in a different musical tradition to the usual styles in which pop vocalists perform."

Pitchfork ranked El Mal Querer the sixth best album of 2018, with Philip Sherburne complimenting its combination of traditional and modern styles, and praising Rosalía's voice, saying, "Whether breathy or belting, she's as commanding a presence as Spanish-language pop has encountered in ages—less an ambassador for flamenco than the inventor of her own fascinating hybrid."{{Cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/features/lists-and-guides/the-50-best-albums-of-2018/?page=5|title=The 50 Best Albums of 2018|website=Pitchfork|last=Sherburne|first=Philip|date=11 December 2018|access-date=12 December 2018|archive-date=14 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181214065629/https://pitchfork.com/features/lists-and-guides/the-50-best-albums-of-2018/?page=5|url-status=live}}

Conversely, Rosalía has been accused of cultural appropriation by some Spanish publications, due to her use of gitano symbology.{{cite web|last=Terrasa|first=Rodrigo|title=La polémica de la apropiación cultural: ¿Es el éxito de Rosalía un robo a los gitanos?|language=es|url=https://www.elmundo.es/papel/cultura/2018/09/17/5b9e799be2704ea8af8b465b.html|work=El Mundo|date=18 September 2018|access-date=23 November 2019|archive-date=7 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191207191330/https://www.elmundo.es/papel/cultura/2018/09/17/5b9e799be2704ea8af8b465b.html|url-status=live}}{{cite news|title=Rosalía cree que la polémica por la apropiación cultural es positiva|language=es|work=El País|url=https://elpais.com/elpais/2019/04/04/gente/1554392788_017857.html|date=5 April 2018|access-date=23 November 2019|archive-date=7 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190407071849/https://elpais.com/elpais/2019/04/04/gente/1554392788_017857.html|url-status=live}} She is from Catalonia, which has underlying "cultural and political tensions" with Andalusia, the home of flamenco. Paula Ibieta of Phoenix New Times cited "the questionable nature of Rosalía's aesthetic and use of Andalusian slang".{{cite web|last=Ibieta|first=Paula|title=Why Rosalía's El mal querer Is Being Accused of Cultural Appropriation|url=https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/music/why-rosalias-el-mal-querer-is-being-accused-of-cultural-appropriation-11073106|work=Phoenix New Times|date=18 December 2018|access-date=23 November 2019|archive-date=1 February 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220201121725/https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/music/why-rosalias-el-mal-querer-is-being-accused-of-cultural-appropriation-11073106|url-status=live}} Rosalía has responded that the controversy is positive, and that flamenco elements will always be present in her work.

After the release of El Mal Querer, demand skyrocketed for Flamenca, the medieval novel that inspired the album. In September 2019, Roca Editorial reissued the novel, marking it as "a 13th-century classic feminist novel" and noting the inspiration the novel provided for Rosalía's project. Anton M. Espalader, who translated the book into Catalan, stated to Verne, "We have to congratulate Rosalía and thank her for this phenomenon that is not currently occurring in other countries. It is always good news that a medieval novel of these characteristics returns to bookstores."{{Cite web|date=2019-09-04|title=La novela medieval que inspiró 'El mal querer' de Rosalía renace en las librerías|url=https://verne.elpais.com/verne/2019/09/04/articulo/1567594882_786552.html|access-date=2021-07-09|website=Verne|language=es|archive-date=9 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709185025/https://verne.elpais.com/verne/2019/09/04/articulo/1567594882_786552.html|url-status=live}} The themes surrounding the narrative of the album, which revolves around the toxicity of a heterosexual relationship, became instruments for teachers and professionals to explain topics related to gender violence. It also became a narrative to analyze didactically in literature courses.{{Cite web|date=2019-06-17|title=Cómo analizar El mal Querer, de Rosalía, en clase de Literatura|url=https://www.educaciontrespuntocero.com/experiencias/analizar-rosalia-clase-literatura/|access-date=2021-07-09|website=EDUCACIÓN 3.0|language=es|archive-date=9 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709190146/https://www.educaciontrespuntocero.com/experiencias/analizar-rosalia-clase-literatura/|url-status=live}} Parallelly, El Mal Querer spawned controversy in Spain as it mainly takes inspiration of flamenco and gypsy culture and symbolism. While some personalities and media outlets, like The New York Times, defended Rosalía by saying "the debate on the cultural appropriation of the Spanish singer is unfair: her music embodies, with height, the most eloquent artistic form of globalization: the remix",{{Cite news|last=Carrión|first=Jorge|date=2019-11-17|title=La conquista global de Rosalía|language=es-LA|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/es/2019/11/17/espanol/opinion/rosalia-grammy.html|access-date=2020-09-22|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=1 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201001074703/https://www.nytimes.com/es/2019/11/17/espanol/opinion/rosalia-grammy.html|url-status=live}} many others criticized Rosalía's privilege as a white person within the music industry, stating that a Romani female would never have had the same amount of opportunities as her.{{Cite web|date=2019-07-16|title=Rosalía es una Racista.|url=https://rebelionfeminista.org/2019/07/16/rosalia-es-una-racista/|access-date=2020-08-01|website=Rebelión Feminista|language=es-ES|archive-date=30 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201030082053/https://rebelionfeminista.org/2019/07/16/rosalia-es-una-racista/|url-status=usurped}} These topics were analyzed in many college theses. María Guadalupe Benzal Alía, a degree student in Translation and Interpretation and with a diploma in Intercultural Communication ratified by the Comillas Pontifical University of Madrid, wrote her thesis about the album, which she titled Análisis intercultural del álbum musical de Rosalía Vila, El Mal Querer y el consecuente rechazo de la comunidad gitana española.{{Cite book|last=Benzal Alía|first=María Guadalupe|title=Análisis intercultural del álbum musical de Rosalía Vila, El Mal Querer y el consecuente rechazo de la comunidad gitana española|publisher=Universidad Pontificia Comillas|year=2019|location=Madrid|pages=7–81}} Peter Manuel, ethnomusicology professor emeritus (CUNY Graduate Center), published the journal article The Rosalía Polemic: Defining Genre Boundaries and Legitimacy in Flamenco also based on the controversy.{{Cite journal|last=Manuel|first=Peter|date=2021|title=The Rosalía Polemic: Defining Genre Boundaries and Legitimacy in Flamenco|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5406/ethnomusicology.65.1.0032|journal=Ethnomusicology|volume=65|issue=1|pages=32–61|doi=10.5406/ethnomusicology.65.1.0032|jstor=10.5406/ethnomusicology.65.1.0032|s2cid=241190141|issn=0014-1836|access-date=15 December 2021|archive-date=15 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211215103129/https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5406/ethnomusicology.65.1.0032|url-status=live|url-access=subscription}}

All sociology and musicology behind El Mal Querer was compiled in the 2021 essay book Ensayos Sobre el Buen Querer, written by thirteen authors.{{Cite web|date=2021-03-12|title="Ensayos sobre el buen querer", un libro sobre el disco de Rosalía|url=https://www.mondosonoro.com/noticias-actualidad-musical/rosalia-libro-el-buen-querer/|access-date=2021-07-09|website=MondoSonoro|language=es|archive-date=9 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709190928/https://www.mondosonoro.com/noticias-actualidad-musical/rosalia-libro-el-buen-querer/|url-status=live}}

Spanish-Croatian artist Filip Ćustić is responsible for the visual aspect of the album. The visuals of El Mal Querer are mainly inspired in contemporary paintings, including The Two Fridas, Ángeles y Fuensanta, Ophelia, Naranjas y Limones, and La Maja Vestida. Upon its release, Ćustić started to be cited by the international press as "one of the present day's most sensational young artists".{{Cite web|title=Donde El Arte Vive: Filip Ćustić|url=https://vmagazine.com/article/donde-el-arte-vive-filip-custic/|access-date=2021-07-09|website=V Magazine|date=14 June 2021 |archive-date=9 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709184420/https://vmagazine.com/article/donde-el-arte-vive-filip-custic/|url-status=live}} In 2019, he won the Latin Grammy for Best Recording Package. Ćustić later worked with Lil Nas X on the cover art for his hit single "Montero (Call Me by Your Name)", which resembled The Creation of Adam.{{Cite web|date=2021-05-27|title=Filip Custic sobre trabajar a distancia con Lil Nas X|url=https://www.subterfugeradio.com/filip-custic-las-blingueras/|access-date=2021-07-09|website=Subterfuge Radio|language=es|archive-date=9 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709190737/https://www.subterfugeradio.com/filip-custic-las-blingueras/|url-status=live}} Again, the visual art of El Mal Querer became the subject of many college theses, including Raquel Baixauli and Esther González Gea's (both ethnomusicology students) Rosalía y el discurso visual de El Mal Querer. Arte y folclore para un empoderamiento femenino ("Rosalía and the visual discourse of El Mal Querer. Art and folklore for female empowerment") as well as Silvia Vaquero Tramoyeres' essay El Mal Querer de Rosalía: análisis estético, audiovisual e interpretativo. Vaquero is an audiovisual communication student at Technical University of Valencia.{{Cite thesis|title=El mal querer de Rosalía: análisis estético, audiovisual e interpretativo|url=https://riunet.upv.es/handle/10251/151595|publisher=Universitat Politècnica de València|date=2020-10-13|degree=Proyecto/Trabajo fin de carrera/grado|first=Silvia|last=Vaquero Tramoyeres|access-date=9 July 2021|archive-date=9 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709190425/https://riunet.upv.es/handle/10251/151595|url-status=live}} Welsh singer Marina explained that Ćustić's artwork for the album inspired the cover art for her fifth studio album, Ancient Dreams in a Modern Land (2021).{{Cite web|last=Info|first=Rosalía|date=June 13, 2021|title=El artwork de 'El Mal Querer' inspiró a Marina en su 5º álbum 'Ancient Dreams in a Modern Land'.|url=https://twitter.com/RosaliaInfoES/status/1404160659387043847|access-date=July 9, 2021|website=Twitter|archive-date=9 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709195057/https://twitter.com/RosaliaInfoES/status/1404160659387043847|url-status=live}} The iconicity of this musical era was brought to television in 2021, with the contestants of Drag Race España recreating the looks of it in a special episode called "the night of the thousand Rosalías".{{Cite web|last=Redacción|date=2021-07-05|title='Drag Race España' desfiló al ritmo de Rosalía y dijo adiós a una reina que 'cedió' su puesto|url=https://vertele.eldiario.es/noticias/drag-race-espana-desfilo-ritmo-rosalia-dijo-adios-reina-cedio-puesto_1_8104373.html|access-date=2021-07-15|website=Vertele|language=es|archive-date=15 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210715233702/https://vertele.eldiario.es/noticias/drag-race-espana-desfilo-ritmo-rosalia-dijo-adios-reina-cedio-puesto_1_8104373.html|url-status=live}}

The marketing strategies used to promote the album were often discussed in the Spanish media.{{Cite web|date=2019-01-04|title=Caso de éxito: Rosalía y el marketing digital|url=https://www.letsmarketing.com/blog/rosalia-y-el-marketing-digital/|access-date=2021-07-09|website=Let´s Marketing|language=es|archive-date=9 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709184516/https://www.letsmarketing.com/blog/rosalia-y-el-marketing-digital/|url-status=live}} They highlighted a very American way to promote the album especially through appearances in MTV and pointed out a big fight to internationalize the singer and turn her into a superstar, yet an underground artist.{{Cite web|last=Moda|first=S.|date=2018-11-04|title=Vídeo: Rosalía se come el escenario en los MTV awards|url=https://smoda.elpais.com/celebrities/fiestas/video-rosalia-se-come-el-escenario-en-los-mtv-awards/|access-date=2021-07-09|website=S Moda EL PAÍS|language=es|archive-date=9 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709184733/https://smoda.elpais.com/celebrities/fiestas/video-rosalia-se-come-el-escenario-en-los-mtv-awards/|url-status=live}} They also distinguished all the digital marketing around the album. In 2018, Rosalía became one of the first Spanish artists to promote a musical project on a billboard in Times Square, which became a big deal within the Spanish population.{{Cite magazine|date=2018-09-13|title=Rosalía anuncia su nuevo álbum con una megapantalla... en Times Square|url=https://www.revistavanityfair.es/poder/articulos/fecha-lanzamiento-nuevo-album-rosalia-el-mal-querer-times-square/33490|access-date=2021-07-09|magazine=Vanity Fair|language=es|archive-date=9 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709190625/https://www.revistavanityfair.es/poder/articulos/fecha-lanzamiento-nuevo-album-rosalia-el-mal-querer-times-square/33490|url-status=live}} Stylishly, Rosalía was noted for the constant use of long personalized acrylic nails and for the mix of an urban and elegant fashion, which would often receive mixed reviews.{{Cite web|last=Majdalani|first=Jorge|date=2020-07-21|title=Aseguran que Rosalía ha transformado el concepto de moda choni|url=https://www.elgoldigital.com/aseguran-que-rosalia-ha-transformado-el-concepto-de-moda-choni/|access-date=2021-07-09|website=elgoldigital|language=es|archive-date=9 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709185418/https://www.elgoldigital.com/aseguran-que-rosalia-ha-transformado-el-concepto-de-moda-choni/|url-status=live}} She also "took the color red and made it her own" while mixing it with traditional Spanish and Catholic symbolism.{{Cite news|last=ICON|date=2018-06-01|title=Así se modernizan siete tópicos (viejos y nuevos) españoles|language=es|work=El País|url=https://elpais.com/elpais/2018/05/30/icon/1527691092_555624.html|access-date=2021-07-09|issn=1134-6582|archive-date=9 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709184555/https://elpais.com/elpais/2018/05/30/icon/1527691092_555624.html|url-status=live}} She has often made visual references to industrial plants, trucks, suburban culture, bullfighting and Holy Week.{{Cite web|last=admin3003|date=2019-06-08|title=¿Rosalia estrategia de marketing?|url=https://xn--seoraperdiz-2db.com/rosalia-marketing/|access-date=2021-07-09|language=es|archive-date=9 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709190818/https://xn--seoraperdiz-2db.com/rosalia-marketing/|url-status=live}}

Many critics have seen an increase of popular interest in flamenco music after the release of El Mal Querer, highlighting that Rosalía "has made the harrowing music of Andalusia into a global phenomenon".{{Cite web |last=Parker |first=James |date=February 1, 2020 |title=How Flamenco Went Pop |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2020/01/rosalia-flamenco/603049/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210901234714/https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2020/01/rosalia-flamenco/603049/ |archive-date=1 September 2021 |access-date=February 20, 2022 |website=The Atlantic}} In 2021, Stereogum noted the cultural influence of Rosalía in Kacey Musgraves' interpretation of Violeta Parra's signature song "Gracias a la Vida", included on her fifth studio album Star-Crossed, as well as in Christina Aguilera's La Fuerza (2022).{{Cite web |date=2021-09-01 |title=Review: On 'star-crossed,' Kacey Musgraves Says Goodbye To Her Marriage And Country Music |url=https://www.stereogum.com/2158897/kacey-musgraves-star-crossed-album-review/reviews/premature-evaluation/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210902003626/https://www.stereogum.com/2158897/kacey-musgraves-star-crossed-album-review/reviews/premature-evaluation/ |archive-date=2 September 2021 |access-date=2021-09-10 |website=Stereogum |language=en}} Various media outlets also saw a resemblance to the intention of El Mal Querer in C. Tangana's 2021 studio album El Madrileño, claiming "it is a kind of continuation of the path El Mal Querer started".{{Cite web |last=Diariocrítico.com |title='El Madrileño': C. Tangana reivindica la canción española sin complejos |url=https://www.diariocritico.com/musica/el-madrileno-c-tangana-critica |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210928145104/https://www.diariocritico.com/musica/el-madrileno-c-tangana-critica |archive-date=28 September 2021 |access-date=2021-09-28 |website=Diariocrítico.com |language=es}}

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The Spanish singer embarked on a big festival tour, El Mal Querer Tour, from March to December 2019. The tour began on March 29 in Buenos Aires, as part of Lollapalooza.{{Cite web|title=Lollapalooza 2019 Lineup: Tame Impala, Janelle Monáe, Lil Wayne, More|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/lollapalooza-2019-lineup-tame-impala-janelle-monae-lil-wayne-more/|access-date=2019-03-22|website=Pitchfork|date=19 March 2019 |language=en|archive-date=20 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190320143523/https://pitchfork.com/news/lollapalooza-2019-lineup-tame-impala-janelle-monae-lil-wayne-more/|url-status=live}} Rosalía later visited other festivals in North America such as Coachella, Made in America and Astroworld.{{Cite web|date=2019-01-03|title=Rosalía toca el cielo de Coachella: la cantante se une al cartel del festival más destacado del mundo|url=https://us.hola.com/actualidad/20190103135189/rosalia-cartel-coachella-moda/|access-date=2019-03-22|website=HOLA USA|language=en|archive-date=22 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190322214022/https://us.hola.com/actualidad/20190103135189/rosalia-cartel-coachella-moda/|url-status=live}} Solo concerts were also celebrated in San Francisco, Los Angeles, New York City and Toronto.{{Cite web|title=Rosalía expands first North American tour (2nd NYC show added)|url=http://www.brooklynvegan.com/rosalia-expands-first-north-american-tour-2nd-nyc-show-added/|access-date=2019-03-22|website=BrooklynVegan|language=en-US|archive-date=22 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190322125736/http://www.brooklynvegan.com/rosalia-expands-first-north-american-tour-2nd-nyc-show-added/|url-status=live}} It latter visited Europe, with Rosalía taking part in festivals such as Glastonbury or Primavera Sound.{{Cite web|date=2018-12-05|title=J Balvin y Rosalía protagonizan el cartel de Primavera Sound 2019|url=https://www.mondosonoro.com/noticias-actualidad-musical/cartel-primavera-sound-2019/|access-date=2019-03-22|website=MondoSonoro|language=es|archive-date=22 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190322214025/https://www.mondosonoro.com/noticias-actualidad-musical/cartel-primavera-sound-2019/|url-status=live}} Encore solo shows in Europe happened in December, with five sold-out shows in Paris, London, Barcelona and Madrid.

All tracks produced by El Guincho and Rosalía. All music by Rosalía Vila and Pablo Díaz-Reixa, unless noted otherwise.

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| title1 = Malamente

| note1 = Cap.I: Augurio

| lyrics1 = {{hlist|Rosalía Vila|Pablo Díaz-Reixa|Antón Álvarez}}

| length1 = 2:29

| title2 = Que no salga la luna

| note2 = Cap.II: Boda

| lyrics2 = {{hlist|Vila|Díaz-Reixa|Álvarez}}

| length2 = 4:29

| title3 = Pienso en tu mirá

| note3 = Cap.III: Celos

| lyrics3 = {{hlist|Vila|Díaz-Reixa|Álvarez}}

| length3 = 3:13

| title4 = De aquí no sales

| note4 = Cap.IV: Disputa

| lyrics4 = {{hlist|Vila|Díaz-Reixa|Álvarez}}

| length4 = 2:24

| title5 = Reniego

| note5 = Cap.V: Lamento

| lyrics5 = {{hlist|Vila|Public domain}}

| music5 = {{hlist|Public domain|Vila|Díaz-Reixa|Jesús Carmona}}

| length5 = 3:28

| title6 = Preso

| note6 = Cap.VI: Clausura

| lyrics6 = {{hlist|Rossy De Palma|Ferran Echegaray}}

| length6 = 0:40

| title7 = Bagdad

| note7 = Cap.VII: Liturgia

| lyrics7 = {{hlist|Vila|Díaz-Reixa|Álvarez}}

| music7 = {{hlist|Vila|Díaz-Reixa| Luis García|Leticia Sala|Justin Timberlake|Timothy Mosley|Scott Storch}}

| length7 = 3:02

| title8 = Di mi nombre

| note8 = Cap.VIII: Éxtasis

| lyrics8 = {{hlist|Vila|Díaz-Reixa|Álvarez}}

| music8 = {{hlist|Public domain|Vila|Díaz-Reixa}}

| length8 = 2:42

| title9 = Nana

| note9 = Cap.IX: Concepción

| lyrics9 = {{hlist|Public domain|Vila|Díaz-Reixa}}

| music9 = {{hlist|Public domain|Vila|Díaz-Reixa}}

| length9 = 3:17

| title10 = Maldición

| note10 = Cap.X: Cordura

| lyrics10 = {{hlist|Public domain|Vila|Díaz-Reixa|Álvarez}}

| length10 = 2:55

| title11 = A ningún hombre

| note11 = Cap.XI: Poder

| lyrics11 = {{hlist|Vila|Díaz-Reixa|Álvarez}}

| length11 = 1:34

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Notes

• All tracks are stylized in all caps except the chapters. For example, "Malamente (Cap.I: Augurio)" is stylized as "MALAMENTE (Cap.I: Augurio)".

Sample credits

• "Que No Salga la Luna" contains a sample of "Mi Cante por Bulerías", performed by La Paquera de Jerez.
• "Bagdad" interpolates "Cry Me a River", performed by Justin Timberlake.{{Cite web|date=2018-11-04|title=La canción del día: 'Bagdad' de Rosalía es mucho más que su guiño a 'Cry Me a River'|url=https://jenesaispop.com/2018/11/04/345512/la-cancion-del-dia-bagdad-de-rosalia-es-mucho-mas-que-su-guino-a-cry-me-a-river/|access-date=2022-04-09|website=jenesaispop.com|language=es|archive-date=1 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201101011905/https://jenesaispop.com/2018/11/04/345512/la-cancion-del-dia-bagdad-de-rosalia-es-mucho-mas-que-su-guino-a-cry-me-a-river/|url-status=live}}
• "Maldición" contains a sample of "Answers Me", performed by Arthur Russell.

Credits adapted from liner notes.{{cite AV media notes |title=El mal querer|others=Rosalía |year=2018|type=LP Record|publisher=Sony Music|location=Spain|id=190758879710}}

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Musicians

• Rosalía – vocals (1–5, 7–11), choir (1–4, 7–8, 10), claps (1, 2, 7, 8), ad-libs (1–4, 6, 8), arrangements (1–4, 6–11), sampler (3, 4, 10), keyboard (3, 7, 10), bass (3, 8, 10), motorcycles (4), 808 (4), harmonizer (9), synthesizer (10)
• Pablo Diaz-Reixa – Herreño drum (1), 808 (1, 3, 4, 7, 8), synthesizers (1, 8, 10), claps (1, 7), ad-libs (1–4, 8), arrangements (1–4, 7–11), sampler (2–4, 9, 10), bass (2, 3, 7, 8, 10), harmonizer (3, 9, 11), keyboard (3, 7, 9, 10), motorcycles (4), choir arrangement (7)
• Antón Álvarez – ad-libs (1)
• Lin Cortés – choir (2)
• Nani Cortés – choir (2)
• Las Negris – choir (2, 8), "jaleos" (2, 8)
• Los Mellis – claps (2–4, 8), choir (2, 8)
• Juan Mateo – "jaleos" (2)
• Milagros – choir (3)
• Ana Molina Hita – choir management (Milagros; 3)
• Bratislava Symphony Orchestra – orchestra (5)
• David Hernando Rico – orchestra direction (Bratislava Symphony Orchestra; 5)
• Juan Mateos – whistles (6)
• Rossy de Palma – special appearance (vocals) (6)
• Coro infantil del Orfeó Català – choir (7)
• Joan Albert Amargós – choir arrangement (7)
• Laura Boschetti – harp (8)

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Technical personnel

• Jaycen Joshua – mixing
• Jacob Richards – mixing assistance
• Rashawn McLean – mixing assistance
• Mike Scaberg – mixing assistance
• Pablo Diaz-Reixa – recording engineer
• Chris Athens – mastering
• Brian Hernández – recording engineer (3, 7)

Concept and artwork

• Rosalía – conceptualization, original idea
• Ferran Echegaray – conceptualization
• Filip Ćustić – photography
• Tamara Pérez – art direction
• Carlos Pérez Rullan – technical assistance
• Claire Romain – art assistance
• Carla Casals – makeup
• Raquel Pintado – makeup
• Pili Vila - stylist
• O Estudio Creativo – production company
• Man Mourentan – graphic design

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