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Rosalía Calls Loneliness Her Lifelong Lesson as Creative Isolation Tests Relationships

In a NYT Popcast interview, the 33-year-old links constant travel to the deliberate solitude she relies on to make music.

Overview

  • She told Popcast that loneliness is her "lesson in this life" and a feeling she continues to struggle with.
  • She said her work often places her in other countries and requires isolating herself to create, even when she has a partner.
  • Identifying herself as "too much" of a romantic, she said balancing intimacy with what she called "jealous and demanding" art is difficult.
  • To manage lonely moments, she turns to Nina Simone’s music, a bath, ice cream, a walk, and phone calls with her sister.
  • Her comments come weeks after releasing her fourth album, Lux, on Nov. 7, with public interest in her relationships following links to Jeremy Allen White and a called-off 2023 engagement to Rauw Alejandro.