If you’re here it’s because you’re one of the many who have been looking for a ticket for the premiere of the first documentary about Bad Gyal that will be presented tonight at the In-Edit music documentary festival. Alba Farelo (aka Bad Gyal, as her instagram is also called) is, after Rosalía, the most international contemporary Catalan singer, so “La Joia: Bad Gyal”, which will premiere tonight at 9pm at Cinemes Aribau, has generated a lot of expectation.
“La Joia: Bad Gyal” will have its world premiere at the Inaugural Gala of the 22nd edition of In-Edit Barcelona. The gala will include a photocall and red carpet with the participation of the entire documentary team, including its director and Bad Gyal herself, as well as numerous guests to be confirmed shortly.
We have been lucky enough to see it in a previous press screening, so we will tell you some details about it (without spoilers or telling you the juiciest details).
What is “La Joia”, Bad Gyal’s documentary about?
“La Joia: Bad Gyal” will have its world premiere at the Inaugural Gala of the 22nd edition of In-Edit Barcelona. The gala will include a photocall and red carpet with the participation of the entire documentary team, including its director and Bad Gyal herself, as well as numerous guests to be confirmed shortly.
In this documentary, David Camarero portrays the steps of the singer from Vilassar de Mar on her way to conquering the mainstream through the release of her first album,“La Joia: Bad Gyal” , which was postponed for more than a year, forcing her to make an exercise of resilience within the industry and with herself.
For almost two years, the camera follows the singer from Barcelona through cities like Barcelona, Miami, Santo Domingo, Las Vegas, Milan and Paris, in a thousand events, shootings and recordings, but always with one theme in the background: the release of the album La Joia, which for various reasons was delayed for more than a year.
During this time we see the singer in the studio, arranging the songs that will be on the album. But also in fashion events such as Fashion Week in Paris or in concerts like the one she did with Karol G. At her side always the lens of the director, David Camarero, who records handheld camera giving the documentary that air of a birthday party recording, close and intimate.
Because that is the best part of the documentary. The parts in which the camera captures intimate moments of the singer. Out of the big spotlights, the moments of stress (for an album that is not released or for a few joints that have been lost), of laughter before a concert or desperation for things to go well. Also the singer’s personality and determination when it comes to directing her own music videos or deciding on her clothes.
There are more things, obviously, but it is better to see them on screen.
In short, this is a documentary that doesn’t talk so much about Bad Gyal’s rise, music or impact, but about her more personal side. It is easy to watch it and feel that you are not following a super international artist, but a colleague from Barcelona who mixes Catalan and Spanish when she speaks and who sometimes just wants to go home and “smoke a joint” when she is stressed.
And just to discover this close face is worth the trip to see the documentary.