Yesterday marked a full calendar yr since Rosalía dropped her third album Lux, and he or she marked the event with a few celebratory choices. They embody a 1,000-song Spotify playlist titled “1000 TEMAS QUE TE DAN LUX,” with tracks from Kate Bush, Mozart, Bon Iver, Yung Lean, Labi Siffre, Pink Floyd, Caetano Veloso, Verdi, and plenty of extra. Give it a spin under.
Rosalía additionally rang in Lux’s first birthday with the discharge of a limited-edition vinyl field set and, in true trendy pop auteur style, a Substack publish. Within the letter, written in Spanish, Rosalía mirrored on the creation of the album and her previous yr, which she describes as “one of many hardest of my life, but additionally some of the significant.”
“I like acts of service; there’s one thing about making ready one thing for another person that fascinates me,” she wrote. “That’s why I made a playlist of 1,000 songs I listened to in the course of the years I dreamed up, composed and shared Lux.”
Since introducing Lux to the world final yr, Rosalía has barely taken a breather. She supported the album on a critically-acclaimed tour; sang “Reliquía” en pointe on Saturday Evening Stay; and launched a tune with Fontaines D.C. On November 12, she’ll carry out on the Latin Grammys, the place she and Lux are up for seven awards together with Album and Report of the Yr.
