Superstar OTT Release Date: When and where to watch series
Superstar OTT Release Date: What happens when pop culture, tabloid frenzy, and glittery chaos collide in the weirdest, wildest corner of Spanish history? You get
, a bold new Spanish-language series arriving on Netflix this July 18. Created by the mind-bending filmmaker Nacho Vigalondo and backed by creative powerhouses Javier Calvo and Javier Ambrossi (the duo behind
Set in the early 2000s,
dramatises the real-life rise of Tamara, later known as Yurena, a singer who went from public ridicule to full-blown icon status with her breakout song “No cambié” and her cult-favorite album Superstar. Her larger-than-life presence, flashy outfits, and unfiltered persona made her a tabloid sensation and a TV fixture. But behind the glitter was a woman constantly being redefined by a public obsessed with laughing at her, until she took the narrative back.
Leading the cast is Ingrid García-Jonsson, playing the fictionalised Tamara/Yurena, and Secun de la Rosa, whose exact role is under wraps. Alongside Vigalondo (best known for
and Anne Hathaway’s
) is Claudia Costafreda, co-director and known for
. The writing team also includes María Bastarós and Paco Bezerra.
As for the producers, Calvo and Ambrossi, they’ve made it clear that
is close to their hearts. In their words, the show “pays tribute to an era when the most unexpected protagonists monopolised television” and when Spain's cultural identity was being remixed in real time. They say they’ve found the perfect tone, thanks to Vigalondo’s wild vision and a team that wasn’t afraid to “humanise people who were once treated as jokes.”
So mark your calendars.
lands July 18 on Netflix, and if the trailer and the creative pedigree are anything to go by, it’s going to be unlike anything you've seen before in Spanish or otherwise.