Rosalía Says ADHD Makes Her More Creative

About this episode

Rosalía discusses her creative process and the impact of ADHD while riding the New York City subway with Kareem Rahma.

Rosalía boards the New York City subway with Kareem Rahma for an unfiltered ride about music, creativity, faith, and the strange ways the internet is changing all of us. She talks about why she listens to music loud, why quiet music is “bad luck,” how ADHD shapes her artistic process, and why every album she makes sounds completely different. She opens up about mirrors, phones, self-image, childhood, and trying to get closer to God through her work. Produced on the New York City subway. Credits: Host: Kareem Rahma Creators and Producers: Kareem Rahma & Andrew Kuo Creative Producer and Editor: Tyler Christie Associate Producer: Ramy Shafi Camera: Alex Robinson & Maksim Axelrod & Tian Sippel Interstitial Footage: Jake Lazovick Mixer: Dale Eisinger Artwork: Andrew Lawandus Theme Music: Tyler McCauley Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: Kareem Rahma

Guest: Rosalía

Topics covered

• music
• creativity
• ADHD
• faith
• self-image
• internet culture

Keywords

• Rosalía
• ADHD
• creativity
• music
• New York City
• self-image
• faith

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: New York City, megaphone.fm

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