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El Niño de Elche (Francisco Contreras Molina) was born in 1985 in Elche to a family from Granada . He began his career as a flamenco singer at a very young age, participating in different competitions, although he soon became interested in other artistic fields, such as rap or performance, and social activism.

He has been widely considered by critics as one of the biggest flamenco renovators today, although he has also stated that his work is difficult to classify within a single genre. In addition to mixing musical genres such as jazz, rock or electronics, his work is also linked to other artistic disciplines, such as multimedia performance, and stands out for collaborations with audiovisual, poetry, or dance. In 2019 he joined the popular indie band Los Planetas in the collaborative project, which resulted in the homonymous album and netting El Niño de Elche even more critical praise.