Rigoberta Bandini is the stage name of Paula Ribó, a singer, actor, and writer born in Barcelona in 1990. She started out dubbing films in Spanish and Catalan as a child, then trained at the city's Institut del Teatre before co-founding the theatrical pop trio Las Mamzelles, who released two albums together in the early 2010s. In 2019 she reinvented herself as Rigoberta Bandini, taking the name from human rights activist Rigoberta Menchú and the John Fante character Arturo Bandini.
Her solo singles "In Spain We Call It Soledad," "Perra," and "Ay Mamá" built a huge following before landing on her 2022 debut album, La Emperatriz. A year later she won a Goya Award for "Yo Solo Quiero Amor," written for the film Te Estoy Amando Locamente. Her songs mix theatrical Spanish pop with sharp, feminist lyrics, and she is now working on her next album, Jesucrista Superstar.