Overview
- The album arrived Friday as Rosalía mounts a heavy media rollout, with a TV appearance set for Monday on TVE’s La Revuelta.
- She describes the project as inspired by the lives of female saints and the feminized mystic tradition, featuring songs across roughly 13 languages.
- Credits include the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Daníel Bjarnason, choral contributions from Escolanía de Montserrat and the Cor de Cambra del Palau de la Música Catalana, and guests such as Björk, Yves Tumor and Yahritza.
- Rosalía says she spent about a year on lyrics and another on arrangements and production, much of it in isolation in Los Angeles, and she emphasizes extended techniques from ongoing operatic vocal training.
- Early reviews hail the record as a major artistic leap, while social media discussion has included claims of cultural appropriation tied to its wide-ranging languages.