The religious and romantic rapture of Rosalía's Lux
About this episode
A live discussion about Rosalía's ambitious album 'Lux' featuring insights from host Niall and guest Louise Bruton.
A live recording of a discussion about one of the best albums of 2025 from Rosalía. Rosalía’s Lux is the kind of album that demands to be heard properly and intently – a mountain-moving, orchestral operatic masterwork recorded with the London Symphony Orchestra, sung in 13 different languages, and inspired from the writings of Simone Weil, Clarice Lispector and the lives of female saints, so that's what we did in March when we hosted two listening parties in Dublin's The Big Romance and Fidelity, as part of the Nialler9 Listen Closely album listening events. After the flamenco pop of El Mal Querer and the genre-slicing Motomami, on Lux, Rosalía made something else entirely – intimate and enormous, ancient and futuristic, deeply human in every sense. The album is so ambitious and creative – it felt right to dedicate some real time to the record in a suitable environment without distractions. So this podcast episode is a recording from night two in The Big Romance between myself Niall and guest Louise Bruton - who recently directed the short film Let Go - discussing the massive scope of Rosalía's Lux - the literary writing and saint-inspired spiritually romantic and rapturous album…
People in this episode
Host: Niall
Guest: Louise Bruton
Topics covered
- Rosalía
- album discussion
- music analysis
- listening party
- orchestral music
- female saints
- literary inspiration
Keywords
- Rosalía
- Lux
- London Symphony Orchestra
- album listening
- music podcast
- female saints
- Simone Weil
- Clarice Lispector
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: London Symphony Orchestra
Books & works: Lux, El Mal Querer, Motomami, Let Go, Chemical Brothers – Dig Your Own Hole
Places: Dublin
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