Malena Zavala is a London-based singer and songwriter born in Argentina in 1993. She works in alternative pop and sings in both English and Spanish.

Career

Zavala’s debut album, Aliso, appears in 2018. It presents personal, emotionally direct songs and establishes the sound she develops further on La Yarará.

La Yarará expands her style with densely layered arrangements that draw on cumbia, reggaeton, Afrofunk, Argentine folk, bolero-son, and British and American music. The record shows her combining these influences into a multicultural pop sound.

Style

Her music brings together Latin American and Anglo-American influences, with material performed in two languages. The songs are described through their emotional intensity and their use of detailed, layered production.