LUX, an hymn to feminine, faith and creation

Rosalía’s latest album is pure artistic avant-garde, and at the same time, an exploration of ancestral questions. Old and new collide in LUX, a project where the Catalan artist dares to experiment and wander freely, chasing stories that move her. The album weaves together around fourteen languages, evoking Japanese nuns, Saint Clare, and Simone Weil in a borderless dialogue between the sacred and the human.

The artistic quest:

Released on November 7, LUX follows the explosive single Berghain, which already hinted at a new artistic era for the Spanish singer. Rosalía described the album as born from the discovery of a spiritual feeling, a kind of mystical support for life, love, and human connection.

In an interview given before the album topped charts worldwide, she confessed in Catalan:
“For the first time in my life, I wrote an album starting from the possibility of failure – and not being afraid of it. It’s the first time.”

Reflecting on the nature of love and transcendence, she adds:
“In relationships, you suddenly place your partner on a pedestal… And no, maybe we’re confusing that space. Maybe that’s God’s space, the space of divinity. Maybe He’s the only one who can fill it, and He will, if you’re open to it.”

From these reflections, and her unmistakable talent, LUX emerges, each song a universe of its own.

In Divinise, Rosalía contemplates the innate human desire for spirituality – not tied to any specific religion, but to the natural tension of the human being toward the divine.
Each vertebra / Reveals a mystery / Pray on my spine / It’s a rosary
Through my body, you can see the light / Bruise me up, I’ll eat all of my pride / I know that I was made to divinize / Outside me, inside me

In Porcelana, she gives voice to the story of Ryōnen Gensō, a 17th-century Japanese nun and poet. The song reflects on sacrifice, beauty, and spiritual freedom, reclaiming feminine power and self-deification. In an interview with Zane Lowe, Rosalía explained:
“There’s this Japanese saint, Ryōnen Gensō. She apparently disfigured her face to be accepted into a monastery… The level of sacrifice, and how something like that could be seen as madness, was fascinating to me.”

Vulnerability and tenderness

But perhaps the most striking track is Mio Cristo Piange Diamanti – an ambitious, hybrid project where opera meets the spontaneity of pop. Rosalía crafts a kind of contemporary aria, a fusion of sacred music, lyricism, and minimal electronica. Inspired by the relationship between Saint Francis and Saint Clare of Assisi, she explores a love that is pure, contemplative, and free from possession.

The result is a song suspended between mystical ecstasy and human vulnerability. The Italian language, with its sweetness, amplifies the emotional depth, especially through rosalía’s soft pronunciation.

The key lies in one verse:
“Imperfetti, agenti del caos, ci smontiamo come i miti.”
It’s an admission of shared fragility – of falling and rebuilding together.

When she sings, “Mio Cristo piange diamante, ti porto sempre,” rosalía isn’t invoking a religious Christ, but a beloved figure – fragile yet luminous, carrying both pain and grace. The “diamonds” are sublime tears: suffering transfigured into beauty.

Imperfection, tenderness, and loyalty – “ti porto sempre” – form the emotional spine of the record.

The spiritual awakening: an old quest

Some have questioned her sincerity, accusing her of using spirituality as a spotlight magnet. But the album’s authenticity speaks for itself. The search for the divine is as old as humankind — it’s just that postmodernism has blurred our thirst for transcendence. There’s a growing weariness with the “liquid society” – volatile, self-centered, and detached – that has long placed the individual at the center of everything.

We have grown up in a world where religious frameworks felt heavy, exhausting — where the relationship with the divine was often met with suspicion. That’s why today, the truly revolutionary act is to start asking questions again, or at least to be curious. Since the pandemic, there has been a visible break from old paradigms and a new openness toward the “beyond.”

Ultimately, LUX is not just an ode to spiritual seeking, but also to the feminine. The album is almost entirely inspired by women’s stories and voices, making it a profoundly personal and singular journey – as unique and fearless as Rosalía’s own artistic path.