V Girls: Paloma Mami

As a Chilean native growing up in Manhattan, English and Spanish are the two central languages in your life. Those two languages are often mixed and intertwined, creating the widely known dialect that is ‘Spanglish’— a hybrid language that combines expressions and words from both English and Spanish. Much like Spanglish, Paloma Mami blends both her Chilean and American cultures to inspire and create her music, with Spanglish at the center of all her songs. “Spanglish definitely influenced my personality,” says Paloma, “In the family, that’s how it is.” Paloma says she hadn’t thought about the fact that her songs were in both languages, “It’s literally just how it flowed.”

A true born and bred New Yorker, Paloma has always been connected to her Chilean roots. But at 16, the family moved back to Chile, where she then decided to pursue music. Her stage name “Paloma Mami,” is inspired by the nickname her NYC friends had for her. “People would just always call me ‘mami mami mami’ and I thought it was so annoying,” says Paloma. “But Paloma Mami is just what I am.” At just 18, Paloma Mami’s moody single “Not Steady” boosted her to fame, and at 22, she made Billboard’s list of 25 Best Latin Albums of 2021 with her debut album Sueños de Dalí, alongside more established artists like Karol G and Wisin. “It kind of changed my world overnight,” says Paloma about her success.

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