On the other end of the phone, Mala RodrÃguez could easily pass for a 25-year-old girl. “I speak as it is spoken on the internet. I am always updating myself; This year I have turned 44, like a gun, and I feel Magnumâ€. Back from almost everything, her art ranges from hip hop and trap to electro-Latin, she defends herself in Spanglish, she knows the workings and ins and outs of social networks inside out, and she even opened an account on OnlyFans to exhibit her voluptuous sensuality because it gave her the win If they criticize, let them criticize.
The UMusic Hotel in Madrid hosted the presentation of his new work on a night in which the renowned master mixologist Javier de las Muelas worked magic with Marie Brizard. The single Do Not Disturb, in collaboration with Polimá Westcoast, MarÃa ‘Mala’ RodrÃguez (Jerez, 1973), anticipates her next album in a temperamental return to her position by right of hers: the No. 1 Spanish rapper.
La Mala responds to La Vanguardia with her spirit still shrunk by the disappearance of Tina Turner. She’s not a fan anymore; For her it meant something measurable: “She is the representation of a fighting woman. She is a rabid human being, full of energy, that she pushes forward and does not give up. She inspired me as a child and also after her: a Buddhist mantra [Nam Mioho Renge Kio] caught my attention that helped her leave behind the toxic burden of her marriage. From there I began to be interested in Buddhism and other Eastern philosophies. And at that moment, the Mala refers to the work of Lao-Tse as one of her header readings.
It’s not posturing. She really means it. Example: Bad is on Barack Obama’s Spotify list. “Looking over your shoulder for that? “Nah… I’m not like that. Only if I’m being a little silly, but I’m not like that at all. In fact, it makes me wonder if life tests us. When Will Smith punched Chris Rock, Denzel Washington reportedly told him, “The Devil is always there waiting to test you.” For me the world is like a multiplayer video game in which you have to go through screens where everything is evidence â€.
We return to earth to talk about Do Not Disturb: “In all the songs there is a part of me. This one specifically talks about ‘ghosting’ [in an incipient relationship, disappearing without giving explanations]. If you don’t know what’s happening to you, you can go crazy and that’s what we show in the video clip: “Why don’t you call me, why don’t you call me!” I think something like this has happened to all of us. At least, on the days when you are meeting people, it can happen that you are ‘love bombed’ and then ‘ghosted’: first I love you very much and suddenly, you don’t know anything about that character. We deserve a bit of affective responsibility from each other.â€
Two gold records, a double platinum with Juan Magán, 2019 National Award for Current Music, nominated for a Grammy… All in all, in the flamenco city of Jerez they are happy that their perhaps best-known artist is dedicated to hip hop and to the Latino electro: “They love me a lot; in fact, last year I received an award for my career and the impulse that I have given to women and freedom. At present, the negative comment matters a lot, but the positive is worth more to me, that there are girls who feel strong and courageous if they have references like Tina Turner or what I could have done leaving the field. That I am from the countryside, huh? And not only girls, but also boys who are lost and don’t know how to express themselves. That is why I like that in my concerts there are people of all types and conditions, of any age or raceâ€.
Mala RodrÃguez naturally defends the erotic side of her character. “What I do on OnlyFans are photos in lingerie: since I’m a bit of a fetishist and I have a lot, a lot, that’s how I monetize. Each one plays with their cards and everything else is envy. There are those who are interested in the body and who find the mind very exciting. Will you do better at work because you have a physique? Maybe yes, or maybe not. It is clear that I do not have to prove anything, I already did it. In fact, I sweat it. I sweat a lot of everything and at this point I strictly do what I feel like; I refer to a song by Los Punsetes called Your shitty opinion. I want to close the interview saying that there is no need to cry, that life is a carnivalâ€.
