In 2009, Vidal moved to Barcelona and began writing new material while continuing to perform Rancid covers as Your Kid Sister, and playing in other bands.
Her first effort as Maïa Vidal, God Is My Bike was recorded in Barcelona and was released in Europe and Japan by the Belgian label Crammed Discs on October 31, 2011.
[6] Guitarist Marc Ribot plays on two of the tracks on the album: "God Is My Bike", and "Le Tango de la Femme Abandonnée".
[9] Two of her songs from "God Is My Bike" ("Le Tango de la Femme Abandonnée" and "The Waltz [Instrumental]") were featured in the animated feature "The Scapegoats" (2013), by independent filmmaker Tor E. Steiro[10] In the summer of 2015, the beer company Estrella Damm released a short film entitled "D'acord" (in Catalan) / "Vale" (in Spanish) directed by Alejandro Amenabar and starring Dakota Johnson, Natalia Tena, and Quim Gutierrez.
[11] In the summer of 2018, Estrella Damm did another short directed by Dani de la Torre, and Vidal had a cameo appearance playing "Our Place" outside of a guitar shop.
In 2017, Vidal started a new project in Barcelona, called Side Chick, with Eduardo Benatar (drums) and Scarlett (vocals, guitar).