Zaragoza, October 2025
Spanish pop has a new manifesto.
It’s called No Me Llames Artista, and it comes from DELACUEVA, the musician from Zaragoza who has been busting clichés with humor, vulnerability and contagious melodies.
This Friday, October 24, the musician releases his long-awaited first solo album, a work that confirms what many already sensed: that DELACUEVA is not only a promise, but a reality of the national alternative pop.
“Soy Un Puto Criminal” is irony and emotional venting.
Among the ten tracks on the album, the focus track “Soy Un Puto Criminal” perfectly sums up the essence of DELACUEVA: a pop of sparkling guitars and playful saxophones, which hides under its danceable layer a story of heartbreak and redemption.
“Tengo la piel de mazapán y un corazón de mierda“, he sings shamelessly in a chorus as catchy as it is brutally honest.
The music video -directed by Vanilla Bloom, his fetish producer- is a delirious and luminous piece: the musician appears imprisoned, surrounded by a chorus of girls with balaclavas, in a choreography as clumsy as wonderful.
A wink between punk and theatrical that has already become part of his identity.
Melodies, lyrics and attitude are DELACUEVA’s DNA.
The songs on No Me Llames Artista work as a distorting mirror between laughter and hurt.
There is pop fantasy and also emotional chronicle.
There are stories to live (“Premio a Mejor Guión Original”, “Partido en Dos”), and scars narrated without filter (“Así Bailaban Los Muertos”, “Estoy Jodido”).
DELACUEVA writes with acid humor and lyrical sensitivity, mixing cultural references with generational winks: from Gabriel García Márquez to Arctic Monkeys, passing through Woody Allen, Art Attack or Digimon.
In his universe, drama and irony do not contradict each other; they dance.
Musically, the album bets on a luminous and cinematographic guitar pop, where echoes of Vetusta Morla, Leiva and Joe Crepúsculo coexist, but with a seal of their own: round melodies, sharp lyrics and an attitude that alternates cheekiness with tenderness.
A concept that questions the artistic ego
The title is not accidental.
No Me Llames Artista is a declaration of principles.
DELACUEVA renounces the aura of the “artist” to claim himself as a musician and emotional craftsman.
“I just write songs,” he explains. “Art happens when someone listens to them and something ignites inside. That spark is not created by me, it’s created by the audience.”
In times where music is measured by reproductions, DELACUEVA reminds us that the important thing is still on stage, not in the algorithms.
It is not a pose: before releasing the album, he toured venues across the country to present his songs live, before publishing them, as if the feedback from the public was part of the creative process.
Magic made videoclip
Each song on the album has its own visual universe.
The music videos and visualizers created with Vanilla Bloom transform pop into performance: theaters inhabited by memories, car washes turned into tragicomic soul sets, impossible choreographies and surreal kittens accompanying lyrics somewhere between cheesy and brilliant.
The result: a visually coherent and emotionally unpredictable work, where each shot expands DELACUEVA’s universe.
🎸 Technical data and sound
Production: Noel Campillo
Mix: Diego García
Master: Víctor García (Ultramarinos Mastering)
Musicians: Jorge Portillo (guitars and keyboards), Carlos Montull (bass) and Dani Katena (drums)
Composition, voice and guitars: Manuel de la Cueva
They are ten songs without filler, recorded with organic energy and band soul.
Pop with body and message.
A benchmark in emerging Spanish pop music
At 31 years old, Manuel de la Cueva has already won the Aragonese Music Awards for Best Group (2021) and Best Album (2022), as well as representing Spain at the Universal Expo in Dubai 2022.
With No Me Llames Artista, he takes a leap of maturity and confirms that his talent transcends local labels.
The album not only sounds like the future, but embodies it with chutzpah and elegance.
And yes, it’s probably – as he himself says – “the first time I know these songs are the dick.”
