"I didn't think anything of it, he says. And then two years later, we heard some quite bizarre whispers that Rosalia had somehow heard it. It was true: six months ago, Maltese was sent the Spanish pop star's demo of the song. He tried not to get too excited, even when, a few weeks back, a blurred-out photo of a Rosalia album tracklisting appeared online. On the WhatsApp group we were like: I think that says Magnolias!"
"Maltese first heard the finished song the day the album came out, when he'd got back to London from a US tour. I took a long jet-lagged walk and listened to the whole album to contextualise it. It's extraordinary. On Magnolias, Rosalia changed some words, he says, and dramatised it incredibly. It's exquisite. It's a gift from someone, somewhere, that it fell into her lap."
Matt Maltese co-wrote a piano ballad called "Magnolias" three years ago. Rosalia later received a demo and included the song as the final track on Lux. Lux reached the UK Top 5 and brought renewed attention to Maltese when the album was released. Maltese heard Rosalia's finished version after returning from a US tour and described her interpretation as dramatized and exquisite. Maltese is a 30-year-old British-Canadian artist with six solo albums since 2018, viral TikTok exposure, six million monthly Spotify listeners and over one billion combined streams. His work blends sensitive indie-pop balladry with wry humour and has led to high-profile collaborations and fans.
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