Gael Valenzuela

Gael Valenzuela is a singer and songwriter from Mexico. His writing naturally juxtaposes melodic, often moody pop woven into alternative corridos tumbados. That said, his knowledge of both and his seamless approach to melding them established him as an innovator among his peers. His first single, 2021's "Ya Es Posado," offered polished pop and shoegazey production. "Abrázame," released the same year, embraced corridos tumbados (often called "trap corridos") inside the same production frame. In 2022, three singles -- the sad, neo-psych pop-cum-musica mexicana track "9:26," the...