Rosalia’s Lux: Everything we know about the project
The follow-up to 2022’s Motomami will be arriving next month.
Rosalía has officially hard-launched her fourth studio album. Titled LUX, the pop star confirmed on Monday, October 20, the project is set to arrive on November 7.
Lux will be her first full-length since Motomami was released in 2022. In recent weeks the Spanish artist has teased snippets of new music online and launched HOLA ROSALÍA, an official HQ page for news and updates. Before the official announce via a TikTok livestream — in which she seen ambling down Madrid’s Gran Vía while smoking cigarettes in a car — billboards teasing the album title and release date appeared in New York City's Times Square.
In addition to releasing new music, Rosalía is confirmed to be joining the cast of Euphoria ahead of its eagerly-anticipated third season.
Read on for everything we know so far about Lux.
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The first song taken from Lux was produced by Rosalía alongside Noah Goldstein, Jake Miller, and Dylan Patrice. Sung in German, Spanish, and English, it arrives with a video shot in Poland and directed by longtime collaborator Nicolás Méndez, whose previous work includes her videos for "Malamente," "TKN," and "Pienso En Tu Mirá."
What is Rosalía's Lux?
Lux is the title of her new album. In August, fans online noticed that Rosalía had registered the name "Lux" as a trademark for musical use. The pop star later confirmed the project during a live stream on October 20.
When will Lux be released?
The album will be released November 7.
What is the Lux tracklist?
See the full tracklist of Lux, below, which will be broken down into four movements.
MOV I
1. “Sexo, Violencia y Llantas”
2. “Reliquia”
3. “Divinize”
4. “Porcelana”
5. “Mio Cristo”
MOV II
6. “Berghain”
7. “La Perla”
8. “Mundo Nuevo”
9. “De Madrugá”
MOV III
10. “Dios Es Un Stalker”
11. “La Yugular”
12. “Focu ‘ranni”
13. “Sauvignon Blanc”
14. “Jeanne”
MOV IV
15. “Novia Robot”
16. “La Rumba Del Perdón”
17. “Memória”
18. “Magnolias”
Who is involved on Lux?
According to a press release, Rosalía recorded Lux with the London Symphonic Orchestra and conductor Daníel Bjarnason. The album includes vocals from Björk and Yves Tumor plus Carminho, Estrella Morente, Silvia Pérez Cruz, the Escolania de Montserrat i Cor Cambra Palau de la Música Catalana, and Yahritza.
One person who wasn't involved on the album: El Guincho, the Spanish producer who helped bring El Mal Querer and Motomami to life.
"I honestly love working with people long-term. But sometimes people grow apart," Rosalía said of El Guincho in the Elle interview. "He’s on a journey now, he’s done his [own] projects all these years. And yes, sometimes that can happen where people, you know, they grow to do whatever their journey is. Right now, I’m working by myself."
What has Rosalía said about Lux?
In an August interview with Elle, Rosalía was asked what she could reveal about her new album. She said “that it doesn’t sound like my previous album at all” and that she was eager to take her time with the project.
“The rhythm [of the music industry] is so fast. And the sacrifice, the price to pay, is so high,” she said. “The driving force that leads you to continue making music, to continue creating, has to come from a place of purity. Motives like money, pleasure, power… I don’t feel that they are fertile. Nothing will come out of there that I’m really interested in. Those are subjects that don’t inspire me.”
What are the themes of Lux?
The record will is set to explore themes of “feminine mystique, transformation and spirituality” while “moving between intimacy and operatic scale to create a radiant world where sound, language and culture fuse as one," according to a press release.