For Guitarricadelafuente, La Bola Negra was definitely his jam.

The Spanish singer-songwriter revealed how he went from making music to making movie magic in the drama, which is already an awards season frontrunner.

“The truth is that I said yes to this role a bit blindly because the script wasn’t written yet,” Guitarricadelafuente told E! News in an exclusive interview, translated from Spanish, at the 2026 LACMA Art+Film Gala Nov. 7. “There was only the idea of the character of Sebastián and for me it was like a gift from heaven to be able to participate in this film.”

Plus, the 29-year-old (real name Álvaro Lafuente Calvo) had good reason to trust his instincts. After all, he was already a longtime fan of the film’s co-writers and co-directors Javier Calvo and Javier Ambrossi, known as “Los Javis.”

“They knew they could count on me without me having the story in mind—they already knew I could do it,” he shared. “It was something that made me immediately say yes.”