Four minutes were enough for Rosalía to excite the Roig Arena in Valencia, where the LOS40 Music Awards will be held this Friday. The Catalan singer opened the gala. The lights had not been turned on when the strings sounded. Relic in the first seconds performed live by an orchestra. Then she appeared surrounded by illuminated crosses projecting the lyrics of the song. The singer presented a song live for the first time Luxtheir long-awaited fourth album will be released this Friday. Only a ray of light, it couldn’t be otherwise, illuminated the place where the artist was spinning on stage. 18,000 people screamed and applauded loudly as the lights began to flash rapidly just before the end. In the last minute of the song, hundreds of sheets of paper that looked like the scores that have been so present since he announced his album flew from the ceiling. The short performance was a vocal performance, with some microphone failure.
The song begins with the strings of the orchestra, but then an electronic beat appears in the background, giving the piece a contemporary veneer. In the last seconds of the song a reminiscent rhythm explodes drums and bass of the nineties. You can also hear the clapping, which punctuates much of the album as one of its hallmarks, flamenco. The lyrics are a tourist guide to the protagonist’s adventures around the world: “I lost my language in Paris, my time in Los Angeles, the heels in Milan, the smile in the UK”, sings the artist. Things also happen to her in Spanish cities: in Jerez, Barcelona, Madrid and Granada.
Relic is the second theme of Lux, a song that leaked last Tuesday on Spotify for a few minutes. Then he disappeared again. It was one of the leaks that led to the launch of Rosalía’s fourth album, accompanied by a promotional campaign that is far from over. Today you can listen to the entire album because it was released this Friday. The digital platforms edition contains three fewer songs. The full version, lasting one hour, can only be listened to in the vinyl and CD editions.
Before the performance, the Catalan artist had already captured all the attention. Rosalía turned the red carpet into a massive demand for autographs. When it arrived there was no doubt: chaos announced it. Dressed, against all odds, completely in black, she advanced less than 10 meters and responded as best she could to the shouts in the form of questions from the journalists who followed her as fans, forgetting the cord that separates the professional cameras from the glamor of the stars. With a superior feathered and with a mask-glasses that covered half her face, the artist, the most anticipated of the evening, said goodbye in three minutes. Unlike that image of the nun dressed in white that stands out on the cover of her new album, which, she confessed in such a short time, “surprised her by the desire that people had to listen to it”.
Ed Sheeran, Myles Smith, Aitana herself, Dani Fernández, Dani Martín, Quevedo, Feid, Bad Bunny, Beéle, Emilia, Kapo, Mora, Morat, Rauw Alejandro, Karol G, Lola Indigo and Sebastián Yatra lead the nominations at the LOS40 Music Awards.
