Rosalía is officially back! The superstar unveiled the title and release date of her much-anticipated fourth studio album, 'Lux,' through a massive digital billboard in Times Square. The image featured the fan-favorite artists dressed as a nun in a symbolic straitjacket.
Fans of the singer are sharing their excitement and their thoughts ahead of the release, including Madonna, who showed her approval and proved she is a big fan of Rosalia by liking her recent post, featuring a full orchestra.
But her admiration runs deeper. In an interview with Los 40 Principales, Madonna revealed she once tried to book Rosalía for her birthday in Morocco, back before the Spanish singer had broken into the mainstream.
“At that time, nobody knew who she was and I thought I had discovered someone,” Madonna recalled. She loved that all Rosalía needed was “her guitarist and some clappers.”
But things got complicated. “Then a manager stepped in… then an agent… then five people… and then 36 people,” Madonna said with a laugh. “I was like, ‘Wait, what?’ So it never happened.”
Madonna remains a fan. “I admire her because, in a world full of pop stars that sound the same and look the same, I feel that she is truly unique and true to herself. I like it. There is something special about her.”
'Lux' drops November 7, as she announced, and it seems this new musical era is full of surprises. Earlier today, Rosalía shared a short but powerful teaser of the album on Instagram, filmed inside London’s Battersea Arts Centre.
In the video, she films herself while a full orchestra plays behind her, an audio-visual hint that 'Lux' may be her most cinematic and spiritual work yet.
She doubled down on this divine imagery, biting a rosary in the video and leaning heavily into religious themes. “As an artist, there’s a connection between emptiness and divinity,” she told Ràdio Noia, a podcast hosted by Mar Vallverdú.
“If you make space, maybe someone above you can pass through you. I have a desire I know this world can’t satisfy. God is the only one who can fill those spaces," she said.
A departure from 'Motomami':
It’s a long way from 'Motomami.' In that same podcast, Rosalía confessed she’s been working on 'Lux' for almost three years. “I think this is the first time I’ve made an album without fear of failure. I made it from the inside out.”
She also teased the aesthetic of the era. “I like the idea of living in seclusion, like a nun. A simple life, full of complexity — maybe that’s the most beautiful path.”
During her TikTok Live on Monday, Rosalía prepared for a major public appearance in Madrid’s Plaza de Callao. Dressed in a modest white blouse, a high-low black skirt, red ballerinas, and barely-there makeup.
All signs point to an album steeped in classical and spiritual inspiration. Posters in Madrid, her new partially golden-dyed hair, and leaked sheet music allegedly from Substack have fans speculating wildly about what the new sound will be.
According to Forbes, who recently named her one of Spain’s most influential women, the album will include collaborations with Sean Paul and Caroline Polachek, suggesting that 'Lux' may merge the sacred with the sensual, and the orchestral with the experimental.