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{{Infobox song

| name = Bagdad

| type = single

| cover = Rosala Bagdad.png

| artist = Rosala

| language = Spanish

| album = El Mal Querer

| released =

| studio = El Guincho Studio

(Barcelona, Spain)

| genre = New flamenco R&B

| length =

| label = Sony

| writer = * Rosala Vila

* Antn lvarez

* Luis Troquel

* Leticia Sala Bufill

* Justin Timberlake

* Timothy Mosley

* Scott Storch

| producer = * Rosala Vila

* El Guincho

| prev_title = Di mi nombre

| prev_year = 2018

| next_title = De aqu no sales

| next_year = 2019

| misc =

}}

"'Bagdad'" (stylised in all caps, officially "'Bagdad Cap 7: Liturgia'") is a song by Spanish singer and songwriter Rosala. A fan favourite, it is the seventh track on the singer's second studio album 'El Mal Querer' (2018), released on 2 November 2018, through Sony Music. It was sent for a radio release on 4 December 2018 as the album's fourth single.

Inspired by the Barcelonian erotic club of the same name, lyrically "Bagdad" talks about a woman's loneliness. It was written by Antn lvarez, Leticia Sala, Lus Troquel and Rosala, with production on being handled by the performer and El Guincho. It contains an interpolation of Justin Timberlake's "Cry Me a River" and a choral participation by the Orfe Catal as well as arrangements by Joan Albert Amargs.

In 2021, "Bagdad" was included in the soundtrack for season four of the hit Netflix show 'lite', which pushed the song's commercial success to the point that the daily consumption of its music video tripled and the song entered the top 40 of the Shazam Global chart.

Background



In an interview with Beats 1, Rosala said she was inspired by an erotic club in Barcelona called Bagdad and by Timberlake's "Cry Me a River": "He heard the song and said, "Yes, you can use the melody"; I was so excited because he never approves anything."

In this song, Rosala represents a woman drowned by her anguish and grief due to a bad love. The woman does nothing to prevent it, but flooded by her own tears she finds salvation. The liturgy, a worship ceremony, ends with a rebirth. The song's lyrics, part of a narrative arc that spans the whole album, revolve around the main character of the story being seen alone crying in the streets at night, clapping her hands in sorrow "like she's praying to the rhythm of buleras", and then being rescued by a "fallen angel".

Music video



The music video for "Bagdad", directed by Helmi, was filmed in Paris and released on 4 December 2018 on YouTube. It features Rosala as a strip-club dancer, dancing in a pole wearing a blonde wig and a red latex mono similar to the one Britney Spears used in the music video for "Oops!... I Did It Again" in 2000. She goes to the place's bathroom after having a heated up phone conversation, where she starts crying to the point that the water from her tears fills up the whole room, drowning her. The singer tweeted that the music video is "For all those who were heartbroken and drowned in their sorrow." A portion of an unreleased track "Lo Presiento", initially intended for 'El Mal Querer', can be spotted at the beginning of the video.

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Category:2018 singles

Category:2018 songs

Category:Music videos shot in France

Category:Rosala songs

Category:Spanish-language songs

Category:Songs written by Justin Timberlake

Category:Songs written by Scott Storch

Category:Songs written by Timbaland

Category:Songs written by Rosala


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