{{Short description|2018 single by Rosalía}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2019}} {{Infobox song | name = Malamente | cover = MalamenteRosalia.jpg | border = yes | alt = | type = single | artist = Rosalía | album = El mal querer | language = Spanish | English_title = "Badly" | released = {{Start date|df=y|2018|5|30}} | recorded = 2017 | studio = Casa Arte (El Hierro, Canary Islands) | genre = Flamenco pop<ref name="Pitchfork review">{{cite web|quote=""Malamente" (which translates to "Badly") [...] fuses flamenco with pop, reggaeton and R&B."|last1=Blum |first1=Dani |title="Malamente" by Rosalía, Track Review |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/tracks/rosalia-malamente/ |work=Pitchfork|access-date=28 December 2018 |ref=1}}</ref> | length = 2:29 | label = Columbia | writer = * Rosalía Vila * Pablo Díaz-Reixa * Antón Álvarez | producer = * El Guincho * Rosalía | prev_title = Aunque es de noche | prev_year = 2017 | next_title = Pienso en tu mirá | next_year = 2018 | misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|Rht7rBHuXW8|"Malamente"}}}} }}
"'''Malamente'''" is a song by Spanish singer Rosalía. It was released on 30 May 2018 by Columbia Records as the lead single from her second studio album, ''El mal querer'' (2018). Written by Rosalía and El Guincho and produced by Rosalía and co-produced by El Guincho, it was released on 30 May 2018 through Columbia Records as the album's lead single.
"Malamente" mixes flamenco with urban and pop music. It received positive reviews,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Get to Know Rosalía, the Spanish Singer Giving Flamenco's Age-Old Sound a Bracingly Modern Twist|url=https://pitchfork.com/features/rising/get-to-know-rosalia-the-spanish-singer-giving-flamencos-age-old-sound-a-bracingly-modern-twist/|access-date=2021-03-19|website=Pitchfork|date=18 September 2018 |language=en}}</ref> and was nominated for five Latin Grammy Awards, including Song of the Year and Record of the Year, winning for Best Alternative Song and Best Urban Fusion/Performance. ''Billboard'' and ''Pitchfork'' named it one of the songs that defined the 2010s.<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/100-songs-that-defined-the-2010s|title=The 100 Songs That Defined the 2010s|magazine=Billboard|access-date=2019-12-04}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-10-07|title=The 200 Best Songs of the 2010s|url=https://pitchfork.com/features/lists-and-guides/the-200-best-songs-of-the-2010s/|access-date=2021-12-15|website=Pitchfork|language=en-US}}</ref><ref name="billboard.com">{{Cite magazine|date=2020-09-15|title=Hispanic Heritage Month: The 50 Best Latin Songs of All Time|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/latin/best-latin-songs-of-all-time-6760654/|access-date=2020-09-15|magazine=Billboard}}</ref> Journalist and writer Leila Cobo included the song in her book ''La fórmula 'Despacito''', which gathers the most emblematic hits of Latin music of the last 50 years. With this release, media dubbed the artist as "Hurricane Rosalía".<ref>{{Cite magazine|date=2018-11-03|title=Cómo el fenómeno Rosalía ha eclipsado a Rosalía la cantante|url=https://www.revistavanityfair.es/cultura/articulos/rosalia-cantante-el-mal-querer-critica-justin-timberlake-c-tangana/34456|access-date=2021-03-19|magazine=Vanity Fair|language=es}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Reina|first=Elena|date=2018-11-16|title=Rosalía, el fenómeno más exótico de los Grammy Latinos|language=es|work=El País|url=https://elpais.com/cultura/2018/11/15/actualidad/1542266468_561087.html|access-date=2021-03-19|issn=1134-6582}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine|date=2019-10-10|title=Why Everybody's Betting Big on Rosalía, the Flamenco Star No One Saw Coming|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/latin/rosalia-billboard-cover-story-interview-2019-8532527/|access-date=2021-03-19|magazine=Billboard}}</ref>
==Background and release== At the end of April 2018, Rosalía published a short documentary video to her social media accounts 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 herself and in collaboration with Colombian rapper J Balvin, the singer announced in her social networks that she was going to release a new single in the coming days. Finally, on 29 May 2018 she unveiled the release date of this new single, as well as its title.{{citation needed|date=December 2021}}
==Composition and lyrics== "Malamente" was written in the 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.<ref>{{Cite news|location=Las Palmas de Gran Canaria|date=2018-11-27|title=Rosalía aclara que 'Malamente' se gestó en El Hierro|url=https://www.canarias7.es/revista-c7/gente/rosalia-aclara-que-malamente-se-gesto-en-el-hierro-XF6025462|access-date=2020-06-05|newspaper=Canarias7|language=es-ES}}</ref> The song forms the introductory part of its parent album's narrative arc, which is inspired by the 13th-century Occitan novel ''Flamenca''. 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. 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.{{citation needed|date=December 2021}}
==Critical reception== The American magazine ''Pitchfork'' called the singer's voice "a soft liquid velvet" and wrote that "'Malamente' consumes the listener with drums and soft synthesizers that drag you to their world completely".<ref name="Pitchfork review"/> ''The Guardian'' commented on the following about the Catalan singer: "Rosalía is the most exciting thing that is going to happen to music this 2018". The single was nominated in five categories at the 2018 Latin Grammys. "Malamente" won two of these awards for Best Alternative Song and Best Urban Fusion/Performance.<ref name="winners">[https://www.marca.com/claro-mx/trending/2018/11/16/5bee2aa3268e3e814a8b4626.html Full winners list]</ref>
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. 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".<ref name="billboard.com"/> Also, ''Pitchfork'' named "Malamente" the 23rd best song of the 2010s.{{citation needed|date=December 2021}}
==Commercial performance==
=== Spain ===
«Malamente» became Rosalía's first ever chart appearance in her native Spain. In its first week the song debuted at number 74 on the PROMUSICAE chart, issued June 6, 2018.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://spanishcharts.com/weekchart.asp?year=2018&date=20180603&cat=s|title=Top 100 canciones general|author=PROMUSICAE|access-date=June 15, 2024|date=June 6, 2018}}</ref> Jumping up 70 spots to number four in its second week of performance, it became her highest-climbing single, first top ten and top five single.<ref>{{cite web |author=PROMUSICAE |date=June 10, 2018 |title=Top 100 canciones general |url=https://spanishcharts.com/weekchart.asp?year=2018&date=20180610&cat=s |access-date=June 15, 2024}}</ref> The next weeks on the chart the single would start to decrease in popularity, slowly going down in the chart. Following the release of ''El mal querer'' the single would see a commercial boost that made the song jump 22 positions moving from 24 to its peak at number 2 in its 24th charting week on the issue dating November 11, 2018.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://spanishcharts.com/weekchart.asp?year=2018&date=20181111&cat=s|title=Yop 100 canciones general|author=PROMUSICAE|date=November 11, 2018|access-date=June 15, 2024}}</ref> After peaking at number two, «Malamente» stayed two more weeks, blocked by Rosalía's own «Di mi nombre», the first debut artist since the chart is published to occupy the chart's first two spots.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://spanishcharts.com/weekchart.asp?year=2018&date=20181111&cat=s|title="Di mi nombre" rises to number one in its second week|access-date=June 15, 2024|author=PROMUSICAE}}</ref> The song had a 75-week run.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://spanishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Rosal%EDa&titel=Malamente&cat=s|title=Rosalía - Malamente|website=spanishcharts.com}}</ref> Rosalía's longest appearance on the chart after «Despechá». And was certified as 5× platinum for shipments of 300.000 equivalent units.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.elportaldemusica.es/single/rosalia-malamente|title=Malamente song's file|language=es|access-date=June 15, 2024|author=PROMUSICAE}}</ref>
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. The song debuted in the fourth position on the PROMUSICAE musical chart. "Malamente" was certified a Gold Record in Spain in the first week of July, as well as a platinum record in August 2018. Finally, in October of that same year it was certified double platinum. In November, the song reached the second position in the Spanish Song Charts thanks to the album release.{{citation needed|date=December 2021}}
The track was included in many soundtracks of TV shows and movies and has been featured in their respective soundtracks. These include the first season of ''Elite'', the second season of ''The OA'', ''Euphoria'' and ''Good Girls'' as well as in the soundtrack of the 2019 movie ''Hellboy''.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-11-02|title=Rosalía: Su éxito en 10+2 películas y series {{!}} CINEMAGAVIA {{!}}|url=https://cinemagavia.es/rosalia-banda-sonora-series-peliculas/|access-date=2020-06-19|website=CINEMAGAVIA|language=es}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Taibo|first=Por Marieta|date=2019-07-16|title=Rosalía aparece en una escena de 'Euphoria'|url=https://www.cosmopolitan.com/es/famosos/peliculas-series/a28404976/euphoria-rosalia-malamente/|access-date=2020-06-19|website=Cosmopolitan|language=es-ES}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-05-20|title=Rosalía vuelve a la gran pantalla junto a 'Hellboy'|url=https://us.hola.com/actualidad/20190520142310/rosalia-banda-sonora-hellboy-malamente/|access-date=2020-06-19|website=HOLA USA|language=es-US}}</ref>
==Live performances== [[File:Rosalía MTV.jpg|thumb|upright|250px|Rosalía performing a medley of "De aquí no sales" and "Malamente" at the MTV Europe Music Awards 2018.]] "Malamente" was performed in a great quantity of festivals and award shows during its promotion period. Its first performance happened at Sónar music festival, held at the Fira de Montjuïc on 15 June 2018. Rosalía later performed at Festival Cultura Inquieta in Getafe, near Madrid, at the Flamenco Biennial in Seville, and in Santiago de Compostela. She also served as the opening act for Rozalén at Starlite Festival, in Marbella and for Juanes at the Hollywood Bowl, in Los Angeles.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-08-27|title=Rozalén se lleva de viaje por las emociones a su público en el Starlite de Marbella|url=https://www.elespanol.com/malaga/cultura/20210827/rozalen-lleva-viaje-emociones-publico-starlite-marbella/607439507_0.html|access-date=2021-12-15|website=El Español|language=es}}</ref> In September, Rosalía presented "Malamente" for the first time in Miami to celebrate her five Latin Grammy nominations.
Televised performances of "Malamente" include an appearance on BBC program ''Later... with Jools Holland'', where she sang "Malamente" and "Pienso en tu mirá". On 31 October 2018 she offered a free concert sponsored by Red Bull at the Plaza de Colón, in Madrid in front of 11,000 people. It was livestreamed through YouTube. Two days later she performed "Malamente" at LOS40 Music Awards and, on 4 November, at the 2018 MTV Europe Music Awards gala, in Bilbao.<ref name="Performers1">{{cite web|url=http://www.mtvema.com/news/rn45ig/nicki-minaj-halsey-rosalia|title=Nicki Minaj, Halsey and Rosalía Will Perform at the 2018 EMA|publisher=mtvema|date=19 October 2018|access-date=19 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181019164221/http://www.mtvema.com/news/rn45ig/nicki-minaj-halsey-rosalia|archive-date=19 October 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref> On 11 November, she performed "Malamente" at Casa Patas, Madrid, an iconic place for flamenco artists and lovers. On 15 November, she performed the song at the 2018 Latin Grammys ceremony in Las Vegas.
"Malamente" was included in the setlist of her Mal Querer Tour (2019) and in the Motomami World Tour (2022).
==Music video== The music video for the song was released simultaneously with the single on digital platforms. 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.
Marked by its poetic symbolism, the video is considered a "visual poem" interpreted as omens for the failure of a love relationship. 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. Other alternated scenes show Rosalía dancing inside the back of a truck or being hit by a car. The music video was filmed between Barcelona, Badalona, Barberà del Vallès and l'Hospitalet de Llobregat and depicts Rosalia in the industrial zone of the city, recreating the constant truck traffic and industries that there are in her hometown Sant Esteve Sesrovires.
"Malamente" was nominated for three UK Video Music Awards out of which won two: Best Pop Video and Best Direction. 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.<ref name=LatinGrammy2018>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/latin/latin-grammys-2018-best-short-form-video-nominees-8476162/|title=Latin Grammys 2018: Watch All the Best Short-Form Video Nominees|magazine=Billboard|access-date=29 September 2018|date=20 September 2018|last=Fernandez|first=Suzette|publisher=Billboard-Hollywood Reporter Media Group}}</ref><ref name="lo-nuestro-2019-nominees">{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/latin/premio-lo-nuestro-2019-nominations-full-list-8492678/|title=Premio Lo Nuestro 2019 Nominations: Natti Natasha, J Balvin, Bad Bunny Lead Nods|magazine=Billboard|first=Jessica|last=Roiz|date=8 January 2019|access-date=21 January 2019}}</ref>
==Charts== {{col-begin}} {{col-2}}
===Weekly charts=== {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |+ Weekly chart performance for "Malamente" ! scope="col"| Chart (2018–2019) ! scope="col"| Peak<br />position |- {{single chart|Flanders Tip|3|artist=Rosalía|song=Malamente|rowheader=true|access-date=1 December 2018}} |- {{single chart|Wallonia Tip|26|artist=Rosalía|song=Malamente|rowheader=true|access-date=1 December 2018}} |- ! scope="row" | Ecuador (National-Report)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.national-report.com/top-ecuador/|title=Top 100 Ecuador – Semana 48 del 2018 – Del 23/11/2018 al 29/11/2018|publisher=National-Report|access-date=6 December 2018|language=Spanish|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181206184151/http://www.national-report.com/top-ecuador/|archive-date=6 December 2018}}</ref> | 21 |- {{single chart|Portugal|79|artist=Rosalía|song=Malamente|rowheader=true|access-date=26 November 2025}} |- ! scope="row" | Spain (PROMUSICAE)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.elportaldemusica.es/lists/top-100-canciones/2018/45|title=Top 100 Canciones: Semana 45|publisher=Productores de Música de España|access-date=14 November 2018}}</ref> | 2 |- ! scope="row"| Venezuela (National-Report)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.national-report.com/top-venezuela/|title=Top 100 Venezuela – Semana 8 del 2019 – Del 15/02/2019 al 22/02/2019|publisher=National-Report|access-date=22 February 2019|language=Spanish|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190222182016/http://www.national-report.com/top-venezuela/|archive-date=22 February 2019}}</ref> | 97 |} {{col-2}}
===Year-end charts=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |+ 2018 year-end chart performance for "Malamente" ! scope="col"| Chart (2018) ! scope="col"| Position |- ! scope="row"| Spain (PROMUSICAE)<ref name = "SPAYE2018">{{cite web|url=https://www.elportaldemusica.es/lists/top-100-canciones/2018|title=Top 100 Songs Annual 2018|publisher=Productores de Música de España|language=es|access-date=13 May 2022}}</ref> | 14 |} {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |+ 2019 year-end chart performance for "Malamente" ! scope="col"| Chart (2019) ! scope="col"| Position |- ! scope="row"| Spain (PROMUSICAE)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.elportaldemusica.es/lists/top-100-canciones/2019|title=Top 100 Songs Annual 2019|publisher=Productores de Música de España|language=es|access-date=14 May 2022}}</ref> | 50 |} {{col-end}}
==Certifications== {{Certification Table Top|caption=Certifications and sales for "Malamente"}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=Brazil|type=single|digital=true|award=Platinum|artist=Rosalía|title=Malamente|relyear=2018|certyear=2022|access-date=18 August 2022}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=France|title=Malamente|artist=Rosalía|certyear=2023|type=single|award=Gold|relyear=2018|access-date=2 December 2023}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=Mexico|title=Malamente|artist=Rosalía|certyear=2025|type=single|award=Platinum+Gold|number=2|relyear=2018|access-date=26 November 2025}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=Spain|title=Malamente|artist=Rosalía|relyear=2018|certyear=2019|type=single|award=Platinum|number=5|id=rosalia-malamente}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|title=Malamente - Cap.1: Augurio|artist=Rosalía|certyear=2024|type=single|award=Gold|relyear=2018|access-date=25 June 2024}} {{Certification Table Bottom|nosales=true|streaming=true|noshipments=true}}
==Release history== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" |+Release dates for "Malamente" ! Country ! Date ! Format ! Label |- ! scope="row"| Various | 30 May 2018 | {{flatlist| * Digital download * streaming }} | rowspan="3" |Columbia |- ! scope="row"| Spain | 17 June 2018 | rowspan="2" | Contemporary hit radio |- ! scope="row"|Italy |12 October 2018 |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
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