She’s already been hailed as the “the Spanish Rihanna” in Spain’s music press and whether you agree or not, there’s no denying that Aleesha is set to take the music world by a storm. Actually of British stock but spending her childhood growing up in Ibiza, the 20-year-old singer left the electronic music Mecca two years ago to pursue her own career in Barcelona. Her sound, which she’s honed in her apartment in Barcelona’s Les Cortes neighborhood, couldn’t be further away from that associated with her native island. Merging equal parts hip-hop and pop with occasional injections of subtle Latino rhythms, it is the result of her multicultural upbringing spent listening to her mom’s Whitney Housten records and watching American TV shows. Although her goofy Instagram videos might lead you to think she’s not all business, Aleesha Rose, known just as Aleesha, has been writing and recording her own songs, taking every gig she can get while still juggling a day job. Only last year did she manage to earn enough from music to quit her job in retail and dedicate all her time to songwriting.