Rosalía: "It's the first time I've made an album without fear of failure."

Barcelona"It's the first time I've made a record without fear of failure," explains Rosalía about what will be her fourth album, imminent publication although no date has yet been announced. He has been in a conversation in Catalan with Mar Vallverdú on the podcast Radio Chica from Radio Primavera Sound. "For me it's a privilege to be able to do an interview in Catalan. Doing an interview in your first language is a pleasure," she said while the comments column filled with people asking what language she spoke and if there would be subtitles. Some users also made short summaries in Spanish.

Rosalía has assured that there are "two ways to have confidence" in oneself: "The first is based on the belief that what you do will be successful. The other, by not being afraid of failure. Until now I've always made albums believing they would work." Although she hasn't given too many details about the album she will release three years after Motomami (2022)Rosalía did say that she spent "two years basically shut down, working on the project." "In my musical cell," she added.

Throughout an hour of rather relaxed and informal conversation, Rosalía also showed a spiritual side, as when she stated that "the more space you make within yourself, the better receptacle you are." "Sometimes I have a desire that I know this world will not be able to satisfy, because it will not be able to fill that void. Perhaps only God can fill this space, if you have the necessary predisposition," she argued before saying: "I greatly admire nuns, they are like heavenly citizens."

Regarding music, she recalled that for her it is "a mission." "Nobody forces me to do anything. I decide that my mission in life is to make music. I am at the service of the mission of making music," she insisted. She has been working on the mission of the new album since the final part of the tour of Motomami, at least because she started to think about some conceptual aspects.

Rosalía excitedly recalled her time studying and living in Barcelona. "First I lived in Sant Andreu, super cool. I shared a flat with two guys, and I wouldn't do it again. Then I lived in Bogatell and I loved going running on the beach," she said. She also enjoys returning to the city and riding "a motorbike from Carretera de les Aigües to Raval," a neighborhood that was very important for many years. "I'm looking forward to playing at Jazz Sí and Robadors 23. I love Raval."

The conversation also served to praise the theater of the playwright Berta Prieto, the intelligence of Lena Dunham in the series Girls, Björk's musical and vital mastery and "the ability to empathize with the bad guys" Nick Cave: "I remember that a few years ago I didn't understand Nick Cave, and now I listen to his albums and I'm amazed. I like artists who are able to step out of themselves."

Towards the end, Rosalía admitted the challenge of being an actress in the series. Euphoria"I'm not an actress. I don't have the technique that actors have. It's a job so different from mine." And she concluded the interview by answering the question about what hers is. crush. "We don't have room for crushes"That fantasy that leads nowhere is over," he said, and declared himself in favor of "voluntary celibacy." "There's no room for boyfriends!" he exclaimed.