As in most In fields, women have also had to make their way in the music industry. And they have succeeded. According to a recent report by the World Intellectual Property Organization, their voices have doubled among the most listened to the world. It is confirmed by the millions of monthly listeners, and now that summer arrives, Sónar – from June 12 to 14 – where these leading female artists act: Peggy Gou, Mushkaa and the band Rinena Tarta.
The city will also receive Billie Eilish. On June 14 and 15 he will present at the Palau Sant Jordi, Hit me hard and softhis third studio album, which obtained more than 500 million global reproductions in his first week.
From Birds of A Feather –Which reached second place in the Billboard Hot 100– until the ballad Folk-pop Wildflowerhis tour has closed more than 80 dates all over the world. In addition to successes, the young woman also collects prizes: she has ten Grammy and two Oscar.
Billie Eilish is well accompanied
But as we have already said, the Californian will not be the only one to turn June into the Barcelona sound epicenter. A new generation of women is taking the stage and you can listen to them in Sónar. The Asian Peggy Gou, the Catalan Mushkaa and the duo also Catalan Tarta Renena do not come to fit; They come to rewrite the rules and to give fresh pace to the industry.
If their names do not sound, some of their Hitsas (It Goes Like) Nananawith more 600 million reproductions in Spotify. Its author, Peggy Gou (South Korea, 33), is the first Korean DJ to have punctured in Berghain (the exclusive Tecno disco in Berlin) and not for nothing: he challenged all the rules of his country and academic pressures of his parents, to pursue his dream, electronic music.
Mushkaa (Vilassar de Mar, 21 years old) is much more than “Bad Gyal’s little sister.” Debuted being a minor with his album Sexy sensitive (2024), considered one of the best within the Spanish urban. His Single Sow lies It became a success in Tiktok, becoming the 17th most listened to Spotify Spain.
The Reena cake duo is another of Sónar’s female attention spotlights. Formed by Marta Torrella and Helena Ros, they define their music as a fusion of electronics with ancestral song and sacred harmonies. That question (2024), his latest album, is a work of linguistic art: songs in Catalan, Latin, Sephardic and Italian. If Billie Eilish is the queen of originality, the Catalans are not far behind. The Super I the Cant It is not just a song: it is a contemporary ritual that confirms what we already know – this summer, music bears a woman.
