Rizha

After moving to Spain and starting high school, Ronchese was accidentally discovered by a Universal Music Publishing talent scout named Jordi Tello, who after seeing her perform on a cell phone video recording, offered to help her develop her professional career as an artist.[3]

When starting her music career at 14, she decided to call herself "Rizha." By the end of 2013, she had begun to appear in magazines, including Vanity Fair and the Spanish music magazine 40 Principales.[4][5] She quickly followed up with her debut EP in 2014, called Grandma Jewels, which was produced in collaboration with Fernando Gómez of the Venezuelan music duo Masseratti 2lts.[6] A music video for the track Back Home was released in 2015.

In 2017, Rizha released her debut album, called Finally. On the album, she was also credited as a producer. The album was well received by the public, industry figures, and radio stations, including Radio 3 and Los 40 Principales.[7][8]

The next year, Rizha released EPs Lifted, a collaboration with Chesko, and Fuckit.[9] By 2019, she had released her second studio album, OUTSIDE and two more EPs called Hipnos and Dysnomia, a collaboration with Ikki.

She has continued releasing music at a rapid pace. Studio album FEVER DREAM came out in 2020, along with EPs I DON'T NEED YOUR VALIDATION, YOU NEVER MEET MY EXPECTATIONS and XX, where the songs were sung exclusively in Spanish. The years 2021 and 2022 saw Rizha release a total of twelve singles combined, including songs Aladdin 2.0 and LLORANDO A 160BPM.[10][11]

In September 2023, Rizha dropped a new single, HUMO, along with a music video for the track.[12] She quickly followed up on this release, featuring on Rakky Ripper and detunedfreq's song, RUIDO, and then releasing a new song in English, ADHD, that October.[13][14]

As a child, Ronchese was featured in short films La llamada and Ente in small roles. Both were directed by her father. She made a guest appearance on Centro médico in 2017, and then made her English-language debut as singer Angel X in 2018's Teen Spirit, directed and written by Max Minghella.[15]

In 2019, she was cast in the role of Joana Bianchi Acosta in season 2 of Skam España, based on the popular Norwegian teen drama series, Skam. Joana was the love interest of season 2's central character, Cristina "Cris" Soto Peña, played by actress Irene Ferreiro. In a break from the traditional Skam, where a season centers around the romance of two teenage boys, España chose to have the storyline revolve around two teenage girls, and the topics of bisexuality, borderline personality disorder, familial struggles, and dealing with problems and decision-making through Cris, Joana, and their relationship.[16][17]

She continued to appear on the show through seasons 3 and 4. The final episode aired in October 2020. For its third season, which centered around the characters of Nora and Viri, Skam España was awarded the "Cima TV Award for Equality" from the FesTVal de Vitoria for how it promoted themes of feminism and empowerment to a youth audience.[18] Rizha's music was also featured in the show's soundtrack for seasons 1 and 4.

Ronchese has continued to act, appearing in the movie I Can Quit Whenever I Want in a small role. She will also soon be featured in the short film, The Same, as herself.