Rosalía turned Madrid’s Gran Vía into her own cathedral of light on Monday night (Oct. 20) to announce LUX, her fourth studio album and first since 2022’s Motomami. The Spanish artist revealed the project in a theatrical live event that combined performance art, religious imagery, and real-time fan interaction, a fitting prelude to a record that promises to explore spirituality, femininity, and transformation on an operatic scale.
Thousands gathered in the city’s Plaza del Callao as the singer appeared in an all-white, nun-like outfit, her hair bleached into what she called a “halo.” As the lights of Gran Vía flickered off, a single orchestral passage began to play; when they returned, the album’s cover was projected across a nearby building. The moment, streamed live on TikTok, marked the culmination of a worldwide teaser campaign that included billboards in New York’s Times Square and other major cities.
LUX arrives November 7 via Columbia Records and marks a significant evolution in Rosalía’s sound. The 18-track album, divided into four movements, was recorded with the London Symphonic Orchestra under the direction of Icelandic conductor Daníel Bjarnason. The result, according to a press release, blends intimacy with grandeur: “a radiant world where sound, language, and culture fuse as one.”
Rosalía herself served as executive producer, steering the album’s concept of “feminine mystique, transformation, and spirituality.” The choice of collaborators underscores the album’s global and cross-genre ambition. Icelandic visionary Björk, Portuguese fado singer Carminho, Spanish flamenco icon Estrella Morente, and experimental artist Yves Tumor all appear, alongside Silvia Pérez Cruz, regional Mexican act Yahritza, and two of Spain’s most renowned choral groups, the Escolania de Montserrat and the Cor Cambra Palau de la Música Catalana.
The CD and vinyl editions will feature three exclusive songs: “Focu ’ranni,” “Jeanne,” and “Novia Robot.”
If Motomami was Rosalía’s manifesto of digital sensuality, LUX appears to shift toward sacred drama. The imagery alone hints at rebirth: a modern saint dressed in white, surrounded by light and silence, confronting the tension between purity and power.
The brief teaser posted earlier that day showed Rosalía staring into her phone, smiling slightly, rosary between her teeth as an orchestra played behind her. It was an image that blurred the sacred and the profane, religion reframed through performance. The same duality defines her artistic language: reverence filtered through irony, spirituality rendered through spectacle.
Since Motomami’s release, Rosalía has remained one of the most forward-thinking artists in global pop. The 2022 LP peaked at No. 33 on the Billboard 200 and swept major awards, including Album of the Year and Best Alternative Music Album at the Latin Grammys, plus Best Latin Rock or Alternative Album at the 2023 Grammys.
In the three years since, she’s kept a relentless pace: RR, her collaborative EP with Rauw Alejandro; the single “Tuya”; “LLYM”; and avant-garde collaborations such as “Oral” with Björk and “New Woman” with BLACKPINK’s Lisa. Each hinted at an artist restless to move beyond the frameworks of Latin pop into a more experimental, cinematic realm.
LUX will be released worldwide on November 7, 2025. Pre-orders for CD and vinyl are already open, each including exclusive tracks and expanded artwork. A global tour is expected to follow in 2026, though official dates have yet to be confirmed.
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