Rosalía Doesn’t Want to Take It Easy
On Lux, her intense and expansive new album, Rosalía pushes the boundaries of pop music. While many artists today seem eager to embrace a pop persona, Rosalía stands apart with her distinctive approach.
Pop Trends Among Contemporary Artists
- Last year, Taylor Swift shifted from calling herself a “tortured poet” to identifying as a “showgirl,” releasing a concise album with hitmakers Max Martin and Shellback.
- The fictional group Huntr/x from Netflix's animated film KPop Demon Hunters is among the year’s most talked-about musical acts.
- Demi Lovato revisited her club roots with the single “Fast,” featured on the aptly titled album It’s Not That Deep.
- Machine Gun Kelly tried reinventing himself with the video “Cliché,” parodying a boy bander chasing one last hit, which sparked enough humor to prompt an Instagram explanation:
“It’s a pop song, man,”
he said.
Rosalía’s Unique Path
Rosalía is a trained flamenco singer from Spain who gained global recognition in 2018 with El Mal Querer. The album combined flamenco with pop experimentation and doubled as her thesis project at the Catalonia College of Music.
“El Mal Querer” was full of diaphanous flamenco-pop experiments.
Her work defies the common trends, marking her as exceptional in today’s music scene.
Author’s summary: Rosalía challenges pop conventions with her flamenco roots and boundary-pushing style, standing out among artists who often conform to mainstream trends.