The 26th edition of the Latin Grammys officially wrapped up! The annual award show took place back at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, last night (November 13). Among the multi-awarded winners were Puerto Rican icon Bad Bunny, Argentine duo Ca7riel y Paco Amoroso, and Spanish emblematic singer Alejandro Sanz. But a new name in the Latin industry game who took a major award was Paloma Morphy, who won for Best New Artist.

“I want to thank everyone who believed in me, who did so to such a degree that they made me believe in myself,” Paloma Morphy said when she received the award, per an official press release. “If you have a song you’re embarrassed to upload, do it. If you’re sad and don’t see a way forward or can’t find the will to keep going, do it, because you might end up at the GRAMMYs.”

Who is Paloma Morphy?

Morphy is a 25-year-old Mexican criminal defense attorney-turned alternative pop singer known for her songs like her breakout hit “lo que un día fue,” and others like “(sola), and “SEB.” She recently released her debut album, Au, on May 14. According to Spotify, her first track was called “La Idiota Soy Yo,” released back on November 10, 2022. Who would’ve thought that only three years later, she’d be crowned Best New Artist by the Recording Academy?

Moreover, her newest single is called “la mexicana,” a powerful track about gender-based violence that affects many women in Latin America. “I wrote this song to Mexico as if it were a person I love, but who I feel doesn’t love me back the way I love them,” she said about the song per a press release. “I witnessed cases of femicides, abuse, disappearances, and domestic violence that were minimized. That’s not justice, it’s impunity.”

Check out “la mexicana” below.