Rosalía (Post-Flamenco Art-Pop From Spain)

This review (from The Nation, of all places) was very interesting to me because I usually don't pay attention to lyrics, but the author makes it clear how crucial they are to this album:

https://www.thenation.com/article/rosalia-flamencos-new-album-el-mal-querer-review/

Missed this thread; discovered her (2) albums via end-of-year lists. Absolutely love them... her voice!

Way into both of these albums as well.

https://www.stereogum.com/2027027/rosalia-oneohtrix-point-never/news/

Entertaining and slightly nerdy analysis.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NgHXFTgaVT0

I'm updating the thread for no other reason than I still enjoy checking her different performances so much. Maybe I'm crazy but I still feel like she has this spectrum of moods that each of her songs works with and that make me scream art.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLWfMPPh1F8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sRph0jV4mO4
Someone tell how I left out this song from my top25, oh yes, it's partly because of the others.

Also she said she'd love to collab with Dua Lipa and that'd be ultimate sexiness, so fingers crossed.

“Di Mi Nombre” is still my favorite of hers.

This is cool, first time I've seen a vid of her performing. I'm so into El Mal Querer

she's going to be on the james blake album out tomorrow

And since you mentioned it. We hear her first, as we should. I'm not familiar with James Blake, but he makes me think of Anthony. Nice duo.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6LkoaO8-z6I

Delicious actually. And incredible delicate performance. Her parts (my amateur translation):

Agujerito del cielo - Little hole in the sky
Cuelando el brillo de Dios - letting in the brilliance of God
Un rayo cayó en tus ojo' - a beam struck your eye
Y me partió el corazón - and split my heart
Agujerito del cielo - Little hole in the sky
Díctame por dónde ir - instruct me where to go
Para yo no equivocarme - so that I do not get it wrong
Y así ver mi porvenir - and thus see my future

Ya tengo to' lo que quiero - I already have al' that I desire
Ya no puedo pedir má' - I cannot ask for mo'
Cuando te tengo a mi la'o - When I have you by my sid'
Lo pasa'o se queda atrá' - The pas' is left behin'
Si te apartan de mi vera - If they separate me from your side
Y te tuviera que encontrar - And if I had to find you
Hasta allá te encontraría - I would find you up there
Como el río va a la mar - As the river goes to the sea

new collab with J Balvin

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7bfOZek9t4

I definitely prefer "Brillo," their collab from the J Balvin album, but it's always fascinating to hear Rosalia in the context of club music.

Grabbed a ticket for her SF show. Sold out in in less than a few hours last week.

Just a short North America tour this time-- West Coast plus NYC and 1 Canada show

Need to listen to "Brillo" again, think I recall liking it. x-post

I don't think there's anything "fascinating" about it. Rosalía's own music is fascinating. This is generic bullshit - literally any female voice could have been punched into that track. Ugh.

(I hate J Balvin's music in general, though.)

Yeah, same reaction here.

anyway, here she performs Con Altura live (along with "El Presiento)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6e9lCXT1xLs

she's a huge pop star--she's gonna do pop tracks. obviously her own stuff is gonna be more interesting than her collabs, but i do think she adds some stuff that generic singer x would not, like how she subtly subverts the synth melody in the pre-chorus.

ugh i mentioned this upthread but i am very very thirsty for "el presiento", "aute couture / esto esto enciendo", "santeria" and all these other unreleased songs she's teased live

the new song is fun, not her best ever obviously but if it turns out to be a hit i'm all for it

well, my thirst ^ is about to be partially quenched... "aute cuture" is out tomorrow

estáis ready????? AUTE CUTURE 💅🏼💅🏼💅🏼💅🏼💅🏼💅🏼💅🏼💅🏼💅🏼💅🏼💅🏼💅🏼💅🏼💅🏼 30/5 pic.twitter.com/jFEKzdR4Cl

— R O S A L Í A (@rosaliavt) May 28, 2019

Estoy ready!

Meanwhile, she’s also done a song for the Game of Thrones album:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2OxVKUf8a4

Rosalía ft. A.Chal • Me Traicionaste

https://variety.com/2019/music/news/rosalia-spanish-flamenco-singer-superstar-1203227213/

"con altura" is awesome you guys are crazy

yeah i agree, but still not as good as Brillo

I was too harsh on “Con Altura” on the Rolling Afro-Latin Music thread - I actually like it fine, but it’s not nearly as good as the El Mal Querer singles (or indeed “Brillo”).

only rosalía song i've heard other than "con altura" is "malamente" and i think they're on a similar level (i.e. both quite enjoyable)

"aute cuture" teaser is intriguing

Dyl, you should listen to El mal querer, stat!

hah i think i will :)

i also don't agree that "con altura" could just be any other female vocalist in duet w/ j balvin ... there's a certain presence, confidence, and command of the moment that carries a direct throughline from i.e. "malamente." the song is not as good if it's becky g or karol g or whoever. i think the video makes this clear as well... it's very much a more conventional pop video but it has her stamp all over it.

brillo is super dope too tho

banger

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLFUhty8EF4

hell yeah

she is p much a genius

Took me a few plays, but I like this track a lot -- a banger for real! (I'm straight-up dancing here in my "open plan" office environment)

so is she shifting away from her flamenco influence

yeah that song is summer for me right now

I can't wait for her next album.

I can’t wait for her to tour again; I missed her recent show here in L.A.

Not as keen on this new song - her voice is transcendent and this track feels like its squandering her talent.

If her next album indeed does step away from flamenco, I hope she figures out a way to still showcase her vocal brilliance.

BTW, saw her live in SF and Barcelona, she's a must see act. Incredible performer.

I think the track is a good showcase for her voice; it's just in a different format than before....

Madre mia rosalia bajale

I like “Aute Cuture” a lot. Fully expecting the third single to be called “Costa Azul/Côte d’Azur” or something.

More a fan of Los Angeles and the more overtly Flamenco than where she's headed, but keeping an open mind.

Long way from covering "I See A Darkness"!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fg7GJghu4Zo

Man I love that cover

Is "Aute Culture" produced by Pharrell ?
It really sounds like it is !
I don't really hear anything Flamenco (or Post Flamenco) but it's nice.

she's still working with El Guincho

There are Pharrell songs apparently but this isn’t one of them. This particular song has been around for a while and could’ve gone on the album, I guess, but it didn’t really fit with its narrative which is I suspect why she waited until now to put it out

I find it effortless, like she wrote it in her sleep, and it goes like a flash, but it's good.
I was with my girlfriend/wife buying Aubade lingerie (on sales) and Con Altura was playing. Close enough, could have been (h)aute c(o)uture.

just saw her at primavera sound in porto and yes, she's a genius.

Sounds great! Seeing her at Roskilde in about a month, very much looking forward to it.

The funny thing to me is that it IS pop

well it definitely is a pop album, she is a pop artist. but to me it's less of a pop album than el mal querer (or functions less as so) and probably not even as experimental, and then obviously 'motomami' has it beat on both counts pretty easily. so it sorta falls in this half-measure space to me... she has set an extremely high bar for her albums to clear, to her credit

was there a second performance i'm not aware of? you're talking about the one where he was wearing a shirt and tie? is there a coded message hidden in your post that i'm not picking up on? are you okay and do you need help?

― slob wizard (J0rdan S.)

Her aura made his dumb song sound more substantial. Send Rokku gin.

i'm not following the logic there but i wish you the best of luck on your journey

I didn't watch the show live: I watched his bit after hers.

you guys made me watch the harry styles performance. like watching a gap ad on g.

choreography reminded me a bit of this infinitely superior vivien vee performance

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8bW4airi8c

now that's performance art.

I watched it— I’ve def softened on my “Lux” skepticism but my contempt for this song remains strident. I can’t believe anybody hears this track and doesn’t feel embarrassed for everyone involved and themselves for listening

Lol

i kinda felt that way when the video dropped but i think the song works a lot better w/in the context of the album and i think that performance is just flat out great, tho -- tbf -- the best part is a remix of the track done fully outside of rosalia's camp

Just postponed Florida shows due to "family emergency"

https://people.com/rosalia-postpones-florida-concerts-due-to-family-emergency-11991333

https://www.hola.com/us/celebrities/20260605905790/rosalia-returns-barcelona-after-postponing-tour-dates/

As of now, Thursday June 11 Boston show is still on, but Rosalia was last seen back in a Barcelona airport with her sister after returning there from Florida for the family emergency. Hope all is well or will be.