Harry Styles has heaped praise on Rosalía’s LUX album.
The Aperture singer, 32, says he was struck by how purely the multi-lingual collection, which was released in November, reflects Rosalia’s own artistic instincts.
Speaking on the Royal Court podcast, he gushed: “I think it’s great. So brilliant.
“What is really inspiring to see when you see something like Lux is it’s so obviously for her. It’s so obviously to fulfill something that we get to watch.”
Harry’s praise for LUX comes after Madonna said she had been listening to the record nonstop since she received an early copy.
The Queen of Pop hailed the 33-year-old singer “a true visionary.”
Madonna, 67, shared to her Instagram Story: “Thank you @Rosalia. I can’t stop listening! You are a true visionary!!!”
Rosalía sings in 13 different languages on LUX.
The lead single, Berghain, a collaboration with Björk and Yves Tumor, sees the Spanish star sing in English, German and Spanish.
Rosalía used a mix of Google Translate, real-life translators, and teachers to ensure the words she rhymed together made sense.
She told The New York Times: “It’s a lot of trying to understand how other languages work … it’s a lot of intuition and trying to be like, ‘I’m going to just write and let’s see how these will sound in another language.’”
The Flamenco star says singing in different dialects enables her to “expand” her artistry.
She said: “I love travelling, I love learning from other humans. Why would I not try to learn another language and try to sing in another language and expand the way I can be a singer or a musician or an artist? The world is so connected.”
The Con Altura hitmaker also spoke about her first meeting with Icelandic singer Björk, 60, and how it was an “instant crush of admiration”.
Rosalía recounted: “She is my favourite woman and artist. I think we met through Pablo, El Guincho [Rosalía’s former producing partner]. We went to have some tapas in Barcelona. And I thought that she was the most fascinating human I’ve ever met because her train of thought was so different than I’ve ever seen before. It was just an instant crush of admiration.
“We stayed in touch and I just felt like with this album, if this was such a strong, demanding musical exercise, if I was doing it good enough, maybe, I would send it to her, and if it was in the right level, maybe then she couldn’t say no.”
