Bad Gyal

Due to the impossibility of paying for a recording studio and a producer, she recorded at home and with the help of friends, she managed to release her first tracks while working. After some time, with the earnings from her first concerts, she started to delve more into production and recording. Finally, Bad Gyal focused completely on her artistic career. Bad Gyal released her first single «Bandulés» with the Catalan group P.A.W.N Gang; soon after, she made a place in the alternative scene after releasing a series of self-produced singles that gained her popularity. On April 11, 2016, she released «Pai», a Catalan version of the well-known «Work» by Rihanna, produced by Pablo Martínez, also known as Fake Guido, which reached several million views on YouTube.

She also released other singles that gained public interest, such as «Indapanden», «Mercadona» and «No pierdo nada». Alba began to gain strong recognition in the scene and collaborated with people like Khaled (member of PXXR GVNG) or Ms Nina. The media started to crown La Zowi, Chanel and Bad Gyal as the female 'trap' queens. Despite this, Alba has never declared to make trap and completely distanced herself from the trap scene, although during those years, all urban music passed through there and the misinformation from the media led to any urban music being labeled as trap. The first mixtape of Bad Gyal, Slow Wine Mixtape, was released on November 9, 2016, and was produced by Fake Guido himself.

According to Mondosonoro, with this work, she moved away from the elements most associated with trap to focus on sounds linked to Jamaican music. In the words of the medium, it was a proposal «more close to Kingston than to Atlanta», in which Farelo incorporated catchy rhythms. The Jenesaispop critic said: «almost everything in 'Slow Wine' ended up being a great fresh hit from a 20-year-old artist». The good reception of Slow Wine Mixtape by the critics made Bad Gyal start to gain international recognition, achieving performances in cities such as Prague, Copenhagen, Zurich, Rome or London, among others. Later, that same year, she announced her first North American tour with different dates in Mexico and the United States.