From Mozart to Berghain: Rosalía’s LUX Bridges Centuries of Musical Temptation
Rosalía’s new album LUX unites classical inspiration with modern intensity, creating a dialogue between centuries of musical seduction. Made in collaboration with the London Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Daníel Bjarnason, it draws lines from Mozart to modern club culture.
Before Beatlemania, there was Lisztomania; before people danced in nightclubs, they waltzed in beer halls and sang passionate operas. Emotions remain constant, but musical tastes evolve: what once thrilled in triple time later found its fire in four-on-the-floor rhythms.
Just as music transforms over time, religion also adapts. LUX channels Rosalía’s personal spirituality, shaped by her Catholic roots, new age influences, Islamic mysticism, and an introspective relationship with the divine. The album’s architecture mirrors philosophical and moral depth found in classical works like Mozart’s Don Giovanni.
Echoes of Don Giovanni
In Don Giovanni, the titular libertine repeatedly escapes retribution until meeting a power beyond his control. His downfall culminates in a choral warning—a moral closure repeated across centuries of art and faith.
“Questo è il fin di chi fa mal, e de’ perfidi la morte alla vita è sempre ugual.”
“This is the end of one who does evil, and for the wicked, death is like life.”
Like that opera, LUX places Rosalía and her characters in moral peril. The narrative concludes with the ultimate confrontation—death, as both metaphor and truth, completing its exploration of what it means to be human.
Summary
Author’s note: Rosalía’s LUX merges centuries of sound and spirit, weaving a modern hymn to human desire, transformation, and the timeless pursuit of meaning.