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Rosalía Unveils ‘Lux’ With Silent MNAC Listening as Leak Hits Before Friday Release

The tightly choreographed presentation in Barcelona capped synchronized global events despite the full album surfacing online ahead of schedule.

Overview

  • About 900 invited guests filled MNAC’s Oval Hall, where Rosalía attended in person but remained silent onstage throughout the playback.
  • Organizers required attendees to cover phone cameras and observe quiet as part of a coordinated rollout spanning roughly 18 cities worldwide.
  • A lawyer for Villanueva de Sijena petitioned a Huesca court to stop the MNAC event over mural-preservation concerns, but the presentation proceeded.
  • The album circulated online before its official Friday release, with 15 tracks on digital editions and three additional songs reserved for physical formats.
  • The record marks an orchestral, multilingual turn with collaborators including the London Symphony Orchestra and Björk, and a Protecció Civil rain alert briefly interrupted the session.