Guitarricadelafuente

Lafuente first started posting covers of different songs on YouTube and Instagram in 2017. His mix of modern and antique musical arts attracted multiple people. He was asked by the team of La Voz to audition for the television contest but didn't make it to the show.[4] In December 2017 he played his first official concert at La Rockeria, a small musical bar in Valencia. Throughout 2018 he continued posting covers and original songs on different streaming platforms, played a couple concerts in the Valencian Community and Madrid and collaborated with Balcony TV, a Catalan a web platform that serves as a showcase for emerging artists which has also collaborated with artists like C. Tangana, Eurovision performer Alfred García or global pop phenomenon Rosalía back in the day.[5] In October 2018 he posted four songs on Spotify, "Guantanamera", "Sixtinain", the previously released "El Conticinio" and a cover of Manuel Vallejo's 1926 track "Catalina" and continued promoting them in local radios and free performances in local parks. He left university after changing his professional career three times (first architecture, then cinema and then a degree in design) to focus on his music.[6]

In January 2019 he sang the main song for the movie "Nada Será Igual" and started a small tour which he named "La Girica" a month later.[7] The tour visited selected musical bars in a couple of cities. On June 5 he posted on YouTube the music video for "Guantanamera" directed by Pedro Artola, being this his first one. That same month he performed two sold-out shows at Galileo Galilei, a 500-capacity musical venue in the centre of Madrid. He also opened the show for Diego el Cigala at the Jardins de Pedralbes festival in Barcelona and performed for the first time on television in the musical segment of La 2 evening newscast.[8] That same day, June 14, his collaboration with fellow friend Natalia Lacunza was released for digital download through Universal Music. Lacunza had participated on the tenth edition of the Spanish televised musical contest Operación Triunfo which had an average audience of two million people. Thus, her first single, "Nana Triste", which features Guitarricadelafuente, became a must-listen song in Spain thanks to its high expectancy. The music video for "Nana Triste" was visualized more than a million times in its first 24 hours and peaked at number four on the PROMUSICAE chart, the organisation responsible for the Spanish Albums Chart.[9] The song charted for 18 consecutive weeks, leaving the chart in December 2019. Thanks to the success of the collaboration, his song "Guantanamera" peaked at number 69 and spent 3 weeks on the chart.[10] Lafuente became extremely popular and performed in several national festivals through the year in Valladolid and Galicia. He also expanded his tour and performed sold-out concerts in Castellón, Málaga, Granada, Murcia and Barcelona between others, all of them being sold-out.[11][12] On August 17, 2019 he performed a whole concert at Las Cuevas de Cañart's old monastery ruins which, following his words, has been his most emotional and special concert to date.[13]

The singer collaborated with Muerdo on his album "Fin de la Primera Vida", which was released in January 2020.[14] He also covered "Cerrado Por Derribo" alongside Niño de Elche for Joaquin Sabina's tribute album "Ni Tan Joven Ni Tan Viejo" which was a best-selling album that topped the album charts for several weeks.[15] In 2020 he extended his national tour and scheduled two concerts in Mexico which had to be postponed due to the 2019-20 coronavirus pandemic.[16] Other shows in theatres in Spain were cancelled or rescheduled.[17] That same year he was also nominated for three MIN awards for "Best New Artist", "Best Music Video" for "Guantanamera" and "Song of the Year" for "Agua Y Mezcal".[18][19] This awards congratulate independent music performers. In January 2020 he collaborated with Mexican musician Silvana Estrada on the acoustic remix of "Guantanamera".[20]

Recording sessions for his debut album (then planned as an EP) began in October 2019. On April 3, 2020 he released "Desde las Alturas" which has been confirmed to be the first single of the album, which is scheduled to be released in late 2020 although the recording sessions have been stopped due to the ongoing pandemic.[21][22] The album is being produced by Raúl Lamina and Refree, who has worked with Rosalía and Amaia between others. The release of the songs ends his droplet no-radio impact era where he released "Nacido Pa Ganar", "Agua Y Mezcal" and "ABC" in June and September 2019 respectively.[23]