# Cariño
**Cariño** is a Spanish indie pop band from Madrid, formed in the summer of 2017 by María Talaverano, Paola Rivero, and Alicia Ros. The trio became standard-bearers of the playful Madrid pop wave nicknamed tontipop (playful, tongue-in-cheek Spanish indie pop style), released the mini-LP *Movidas* (2018) and the albums *Cariño* (2022) and *Tanto por hacer* (2024), and played Coachella in 2022.[1](https://cariniopop.com/bio.html) • [2](https://elpais.com/ccaa/2020/02/06/madrid/1581015780_040705.html) • [3](https://www.20minutos.es/musica/ahora-duo-carino-lanza-odio-musica-tras-su-ruptura-con-tercera-integrante_6973912_0.html) • [4](https://los40.com/2025/09/24/maria-se-marcha-de-carino-estos-son-los-planes-para-la-banda-espanola-que-conquisto-coachella/) Since May 2025 the band has been a duo of Ros and Rivero, working toward the album *Pop! Magic! Tragedy!*, due 6 November 2026 on Sonido Muchacho.[5](https://elpais.com/cultura/2025-09-26/la-banda-carino-pierde-una-componente-decidimos-desde-el-primer-momento-seguir-adelante-de-esto-no-solo-dependemos-nosotras.html) • [6](https://qconciertos.es/carino-anuncia-su-nuevo-disco-pop-magic-tragedy-grabado-en-abbey-road-y-fija-gira-con-show-de-magia/)
| Fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Founded | Summer 2017, Madrid, as a trio[2](https://elpais.com/ccaa/2020/02/06/madrid/1581015780_040705.html) |
| Members | María Talaverano (voice, keyboard/synth, 2017–2025), Alicia Ros (voice, bass), Paola Rivero (guitar, backing vocals)[2](https://elpais.com/ccaa/2020/02/06/madrid/1581015780_040705.html) • [5](https://elpais.com/cultura/2025-09-26/la-banda-carino-pierde-una-componente-decidimos-desde-el-primer-momento-seguir-adelante-de-esto-no-solo-dependemos-nosotras.html) |
| Labels | Elefant Records (2018), then Sonido Muchacho (from 2020)[1](https://cariniopop.com/bio.html) |
| Releases | *Movidas* (2018), *Cariño* (2022), *Tanto por hacer* (2024), *Pop! Magic! Tragedy!* (due 6 November 2026)[1](https://cariniopop.com/bio.html) • [6](https://qconciertos.es/carino-anuncia-su-nuevo-disco-pop-magic-tragedy-grabado-en-abbey-road-y-fija-gira-con-show-de-magia/) |
| Streaming landmark | "Si quieres" above 36 million Spotify streams (2026)[3](https://www.20minutos.es/musica/ahora-duo-carino-lanza-odio-musica-tras-su-ruptura-con-tercera-integrante_6973912_0.html) |
| Key festivals | Primavera Sound, FIB, Low Festival (2019); Coachella (2022)[7](https://www.mondosonoro.com/entrevistas/carino/) • [4](https://los40.com/2025/09/24/maria-se-marcha-de-carino-estos-son-los-planes-para-la-banda-espanola-que-conquisto-coachella/) |
## History and formation
Rivero, from Tenerife, and Talaverano, from Pozoblanco, met in 2017 through Wapa, a dating app for lesbians that predates Tinder; they found Alicia Ros of Madrid, then a member of the band El Buen Hijo, at an after-party, and the three began playing together that year.[2](https://elpais.com/ccaa/2020/02/06/madrid/1581015780_040705.html) Some coverage has described the band as born on Tinder rather than Wapa; the later [El País](https://www.edgepedia.org/el-pais) report names Wapa specifically, and The Wat Magazine uses Tinder in its headline while giving the same summer-2017 start date.[2](https://elpais.com/ccaa/2020/02/06/madrid/1581015780_040705.html) • [8](https://www.thewatmag.com/descubrimientos/carino-banda-pop-que-nacio-tinder)
The trio circulated homemade demos before their first releases on Elefant Records.[1](https://cariniopop.com/bio.html) Their lo-fi cover of C. Tangana's "Llorando en la limo" spread their name through the independent scene; against the glamour of the original, Cariño's version connected immediately with an independent spirit.[1](https://cariniopop.com/bio.html) Their first single arrived in early 2018, followed by the mini-LP *Movidas* in November 2018.[8](https://www.thewatmag.com/descubrimientos/carino-banda-pop-que-nacio-tinder) • [9](https://www.elconfidencial.com/cultura/2019-05-25/carolina-durante-carino-entrevista_2004050/)
In February 2020 the band sold out its first concert at the Madrid venue But, with Vera Amores performing transitions between songs; by then they had been booked for Coachella, which only four other Spanish artists had achieved up to that point.[2](https://elpais.com/ccaa/2020/02/06/madrid/1581015780_040705.html)
## Members, roles and songwriting
In the trio's lineup, Talaverano sang and played keyboard, providing the band's characteristic synthesizer melodies; Ros sang and played bass; Rivero played guitar and, later, sang backing vocals.[2](https://elpais.com/ccaa/2020/02/06/madrid/1581015780_040705.html) • [5](https://elpais.com/cultura/2025-09-26/la-banda-carino-pierde-una-componente-decidimos-desde-el-primer-momento-seguir-adelante-de-esto-no-solo-dependemos-nosotras.html) El País reported that Talaverano composed; El Mundo in 2024 listed her as voice and composer.[10](https://www.elmundo.es/cultura/musica/2024/11/11/6732054de85ece52188b4591.html)
Songwriting runs through the band's phones. The members understand songs from voice notes in the band's WhatsApp group, from which lyrics, melodies, and instrumental parts develop.[9](https://www.elconfidencial.com/cultura/2019-05-25/carolina-durante-carino-entrevista_2004050/) External collaborators shape the records: the self-titled 2022 album was co-produced by Juan Pedrayes, drummer of Carolina Durante, together with Paola Rivero, and *Tanto por hacer* was produced by the Argentines Luis Lamadrid and El Malamia (Lucas Solovera).[11](https://jenesaispop.com/2022/05/10/433438/carino-carino/) • [12](https://universalmusic.es/carino-te-invitan-a-viajar-con-ellas-en-tanto-por-hacer-su-tercer-album-de-estudio/)
## Discography
- **Movidas** (Elefant, November 2018). Eight songs about love, echoing 1990s Spanish indie groups such as Fresones Rebeldes and Meteosat; the band and Jenesaispop classify it as a mini-LP rather than a debut album.[9](https://www.elconfidencial.com/cultura/2019-05-25/carolina-durante-carino-entrevista_2004050/) • [11](https://jenesaispop.com/2022/05/10/433438/carino-carino/)
- **"X si me dejas en visto"** (Sonido Muchacho, 2020), the band's first release on its current label, including the song ":(", its most emblematic.[1](https://cariniopop.com/bio.html)
- **Cariño** (2022). Written over two years and released almost four years after *Movidas*, with 12 tracks and "Si quieres" as first advance. Jenesaispop and the band's own bio call it their first full-length, with *Movidas* as a mini-LP; Universal Music Spain, Efe Eme, and 20minutos count *Tanto por hacer* (2024) as the band's third studio album, implying the 2022 record was the second. Both framings appear in print.[11](https://jenesaispop.com/2022/05/10/433438/carino-carino/) • [13](https://www.lahiguera.net/musicalia/artistas/carino/disco/12171/) • [12](https://universalmusic.es/carino-te-invitan-a-viajar-con-ellas-en-tanto-por-hacer-su-tercer-album-de-estudio/) • [14](https://www.efeeme.com/tanto-por-hacer-de-carino/) • [3](https://www.20minutos.es/musica/ahora-duo-carino-lanza-odio-musica-tras-su-ruptura-con-tercera-integrante_6973912_0.html)
- **Tanto por hacer** (November 2024). Twelve tracks, produced by Lamadrid and El Malamia, moving toward organic pop and urban rhythms such as trap and reggaetón while keeping the band's melodic lightness.[12](https://universalmusic.es/carino-te-invitan-a-viajar-con-ellas-en-tanto-por-hacer-su-tercer-album-de-estudio/) • [14](https://www.efeeme.com/tanto-por-hacer-de-carino/)
- **Singles of the duo era**: "Odio la música" (22 May 2026), an advance of an already-recorded album addressing burnout and social-media promotion,[15](https://jenesaispop.com/2026/05/22/523610/carino-entrevista-single/) and "Romántico", previewing the next album.[16](https://chicasenbanda.com/noticias/carino-se-ponen-romanticas-con-su-nuevo-single-romantico/)
- **Pop! Magic! Tragedy!** (announced 11 September 2026, due 6 November 2026, Sonido Muchacho). Recorded at [Abbey Road Studios](https://www.edgepedia.org/abbey-road-studios) and produced by Pete Robertson, former drummer of [The Vaccines](https://www.edgepedia.org/the-vaccines).[6](https://qconciertos.es/carino-anuncia-su-nuevo-disco-pop-magic-tragedy-grabado-en-abbey-road-y-fija-gira-con-show-de-magia/) • [16](https://chicasenbanda.com/noticias/carino-se-ponen-romanticas-con-su-nuevo-single-romantico/)
## By the numbers
The band's scale shows in a few figures. *Movidas* sold out its short run of five hundred copies within a short time of its November 2018 release and has since become a collector's item for which buyers pay three-figure sums.[9](https://www.elconfidencial.com/cultura/2019-05-25/carolina-durante-carino-entrevista_2004050/) • [1](https://cariniopop.com/bio.html) "Si quieres" had more than 36 million Spotify streams as of 2026.[3](https://www.20minutos.es/musica/ahora-duo-carino-lanza-odio-musica-tras-su-ruptura-con-tercera-integrante_6973912_0.html) Sold-out dates at the But in Madrid in 2020 and two consecutive sold-out nights at Foro Indie Rocks in Mexico City mark the domestic and international reaches of the band before its first full-length release.[2](https://elpais.com/ccaa/2020/02/06/madrid/1581015780_040705.html) • [1](https://cariniopop.com/bio.html)
## Live career and festivals
Festival programming followed *Movidas* quickly: by 2019 Cariño had confirmed slots at Warm Up in Murcia, Tomavistas in Madrid, Primavera Sound in Barcelona, FIB in Benicàssim, and Low Festival, and were preparing an EP and collaborations.[9](https://www.elconfidencial.com/cultura/2019-05-25/carolina-durante-carino-entrevista_2004050/) • [7](https://www.mondosonoro.com/entrevistas/carino/) At FIB 2019 on Sunday 21 July the trio performed with no extra equipment or screens; a live review noted that the three of them on stage were enough.[17](https://musicazero.com/2019/08/13/cronica-del-fib-2019-domingo-21/)
The Coachella booking first announced for 2020 was realized when the band performed there in 2022, followed by more dates in the Americas; in 2022 they also played [Primavera Sound](https://www.edgepedia.org/primavera-sound) (3 June), FIB (15 July), and Contempopranea (29 July), with SanSan Festival in April 2023 and FIB again in July 2024.[2](https://elpais.com/ccaa/2020/02/06/madrid/1581015780_040705.html) • [4](https://los40.com/2025/09/24/maria-se-marcha-de-carino-estos-son-los-planes-para-la-banda-espanola-que-conquisto-coachella/) • [13](https://www.lahiguera.net/musicalia/artistas/carino/disco/12171/) On 23 November 2025 the duo played a free farewell concert for fans at the Teatro Barceló in Madrid, closing one era and opening the next.[18](https://www.mondosonoro.com/entrevistas/carino-entrevista-diciembre/) For autumn and winter 2026 they designed an immersive venue tour through Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia, Bilbao, Granada, Málaga, and Zaragoza in which each city gets its own magic show.[19](https://qconciertos.es/carino-anuncia-el-album-pop-magic-tragedy-estrena-single-y-prepara-una-gira-de-salas-con-ilusionismo/)
## Sound and place in the Spanish indie pop scene
Cariño embraced the tontipop label that some predecessors, including Fresones Rebeldes and La Casa Azul, disliked; with its debut the band was a standard-bearer of that wave alongside Ginebras, Axolotes Mexicanos, and Confeti de Odio.[20](https://undergroundlab.es/2020/05/carino/) • [14](https://www.efeeme.com/tanto-por-hacer-de-carino/) Against guitar-led Madrid contemporaries such as [La Plata](https://www.edgepedia.org/la-plata) and Carolina Durante, Cariño plays more with electronics and dispenses with drums, and its C. Tangana cover experiments with new age, shoegazing, and even trap.[8](https://www.thewatmag.com/descubrimientos/carino-banda-pop-que-nacio-tinder) • [20](https://undergroundlab.es/2020/05/carino/) Rivero placed the band at the center of a Madrid pop scene she called the religion's holy see, shared between Sonido Muchacho, its own label, and Elefant.[2](https://elpais.com/ccaa/2020/02/06/madrid/1581015780_040705.html)
Around *Tanto por hacer* in November 2024 the trio declared an end to tontipop, telling El Mundo: "Ya no nos sentimos en un mundo tan divertido, tan feliz y tan tonti". Addictive and toxic loves remained the nucleus of the songs.[10](https://www.elmundo.es/cultura/musica/2024/11/11/6732054de85ece52188b4591.html)
## References
1. [Bio | Cariño | Web Oficial](https://cariniopop.com/bio.html)
2. [Cariño, santa sede del pop madrileño | EL PAÍS](https://elpais.com/ccaa/2020/02/06/madrid/1581015780_040705.html)
3. [El ahora dúo Cariño lanza 'Odio la música', 20minutos](https://www.20minutos.es/musica/ahora-duo-carino-lanza-odio-musica-tras-su-ruptura-con-tercera-integrante_6973912_0.html)
4. [María se marcha de Cariño (LOS40)](https://los40.com/2025/09/24/maria-se-marcha-de-carino-estos-son-los-planes-para-la-banda-espanola-que-conquisto-coachella/)
5. [La banda Cariño pierde una componente | EL PAÍS](https://elpais.com/cultura/2025-09-26/la-banda-carino-pierde-una-componente-decidimos-desde-el-primer-momento-seguir-adelante-de-esto-no-solo-dependemos-nosotras.html)
6. [Cariño anuncia su nuevo disco 'Pop! Magic! Tragedy!' (QdConciertos)](https://qconciertos.es/carino-anuncia-su-nuevo-disco-pop-magic-tragedy-grabado-en-abbey-road-y-fija-gira-con-show-de-magia/)
7. [Cariño, entrevista en la revista Mondo Sonoro (2019)](https://www.mondosonoro.com/entrevistas/carino/)
8. [Cariño, la banda de pop que nació en Tinder (The Wat Magazine)](https://www.thewatmag.com/descubrimientos/carino-banda-pop-que-nacio-tinder)
9. [Carolina Durante y Cariño frente a frente (El Confidencial)](https://www.elconfidencial.com/cultura/2019-05-25/carolina-durante-carino-entrevista_2004050/)
10. [Cariño entierra el tontipop | EL MUNDO](https://www.elmundo.es/cultura/musica/2024/11/11/6732054de85ece52188b4591.html)
11. [Cariño / CARIÑO – jenesaispop.com](https://jenesaispop.com/2022/05/10/433438/carino-carino/)
12. [CARIÑO te invitan a viajar con ellas en "Tanto por hacer" (Universal Music Spain)](https://universalmusic.es/carino-te-invitan-a-viajar-con-ellas-en-tanto-por-hacer-su-tercer-album-de-estudio/)
13. [Cariño, segundo álbum (La Higuera)](https://www.lahiguera.net/musicalia/artistas/carino/disco/12171/)
14. [Tanto por hacer, de Cariño (Efe Eme)](https://www.efeeme.com/tanto-por-hacer-de-carino/)
15. [Cariño: 'La música se ha convertido en puro contenido' (Jenesaispop)](https://jenesaispop.com/2026/05/22/523610/carino-entrevista-single/)
16. [Cariño se ponen románticas con su nuevo single "Romántico" (Chicas en Banda)](https://chicasenbanda.com/noticias/carino-se-ponen-romanticas-con-su-nuevo-single-romantico/)
17. [Crónica del FIB 2019: Domingo 21 (Música Zero)](https://musicazero.com/2019/08/13/cronica-del-fib-2019-domingo-21/)
18. [Cariño, entrevista en Mondo Sonoro (2026)](https://www.mondosonoro.com/entrevistas/carino-entrevista-diciembre/)
19. [Cariño anuncia el álbum, estrena single y gira con ilusionismo (QdConciertos)](https://qconciertos.es/carino-anuncia-el-album-pop-magic-tragedy-estrena-single-y-prepara-una-gira-de-salas-con-ilusionismo/)
20. [Cariño, un referente en el panorama indie español (Undergroundlab)](https://undergroundlab.es/2020/05/carino/)
21. [Cariño se rompe entre reproches (ABC)](https://www.abc.es/cultura/musica/carino-rompe-reproches-era-turbio-esconderlo-vamos-20250926131619-nt.html)
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