Album Review of “Lux” by Rosalia
By Jocelyn Osoria | Nov. 7, 2025 | Music
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Rosalia is a Spanish pop artist with over 26 million Spotify listeners and is best known for her artistic versatility. She released an album on Nov. 7, 2025 titled “Lux” which wildly contrasts her last album. “Lux” is an introspective, avant-garde pop album that promises a spiritual experience for her fans.
Music Across Place and Time
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Rosalia completes a full circle by returning to her Spanish roots in Flamenco-influenced pop. “Lux” delivers timeless elements and connections across the global music community by implementing 13 total languages. Rosalia includes multi-cultural influences such as the Portuguese Fado style of “Memoria” and her Baroque inspired collaboration with Bjork on “Berghain”.
Female Divinity and Mystique
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The album redefines what it means to be a feminine saint; gracious, but strictly in control. Lyrics from “Dios es un stalker” describe “divine intervention” in making someone fall in love. Despite the haunting words, the song is embellished with a delicate veneer. She may be kidnapping his heart, but she’s doing it with love and care. The phrase “divine intervention” makes more appearances in the lead single, “Berghain” featuring Bjork, highlighting otherworldly fate as a central theme of the album.
New Emotional Depths
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“Lux” is all about new beginnings without forgetting who you are. Rosalia chooses to revisit Flamenco, but with all the experience she’s gathered as an international pop star, culminating in a cautiously crafted mix of the old and new. From the album itself, track “Divinize”: “This ghost’s still alive/I’m still alive.”
Visual Songwriting
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The fifth song of the album “Mio Cristo Piange Diamanti” translates to “my christ cries diamond” and describes the chaotic but passionate love of two lovers with references to a hurricane, to the grave, and to the moon and stars. Each song brings together vivid images, such as heavenly vocals, demanding the listener’s full attention. Rosalia ends the album with sweeping dramatics in the angelic outro, “Magnolias”: “Today I turn into dust / To return with them.”
