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Rosalía Stages Secretive 'Lux' Premiere at Barcelona's MNAC as Album Leaks Online

The invitation-only listening capped a synchronized rollout across 18 cities with the official release due Friday.

Overview

  • Rosalía attended in near silence, reclining onstage as the 18-track, four-movement album played with projected multilingual lyrics and orchestral textures recorded with the London Symphony Orchestra.
  • Roughly 900 invited guests entered through a dark tunnel into an all-white staging, with phone cameras taped over and a brief interruption from government rain alerts sounding in the hall.
  • High-profile attendees included Culture Minister Ernest Urtasun, Barcelona mayor Jaume Collboni, Estopa, Amaia, Sílvia Pérez Cruz, Rossy de Palma and Belén Esteban.
  • A lawyer for Villanueva de Sijena asked a Huesca court to halt the MNAC event over conservation concerns about murals, but the listening party proceeded as planned.
  • The full album was reported leaked on social networks hours before the event, while the campaign continued with coordinated previews in about 18 cities ahead of Friday’s official release.