"After Motomami, which took home album of the year at the Latin Grammys, it felt almost impossible to predict where the genre shape-shifter would go next. But on her new album Lux, out Nov. 7, the artist goes all the way back in time, to the classics of symphonic sound and opera vocals. Recorded with the London Symphony Orchestra, the album is maximalist it plays like a dramatic score for an extremely intense, epic film."
"Rosalia isn't singing on top of the symphony but rather in tandem with it. The instrumentation fortifies her voice and message as she threads the line of folk music and classical tradition with contemporary electronic accents. On the album, Rosalia also sings in 13 different languages, taking musical inspiration across the world, from Mexico to China. Lux sounds like it was made by an artist who comes from everywhere, experiencing the whole world simultaneously."
Rosalia has repeatedly reinvented her sound, moving from an avant-garde electronic flamenco on 2018's El Mal Querer to the global reggaeton, hip-hop, bachata fusion of 2022's Motomami. Lux, released Nov. 7, returns to classical and operatic forms and was recorded with the London Symphony Orchestra. The album is maximalist, resembling a dramatic, intense film score, with vocals woven in tandem with orchestration. Instrumentation reinforces melodic and thematic lines as folk and classical traditions intersect with contemporary electronic accents. Lux features songs in 13 languages and centers on feminine mysticism, examining female saints' approaches to love, lust, and mortality.
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