It is necessary to celebrate and celebrate again the talent of Rosalía

A little perspective is all it takes. And the vision is overwhelming: Rosalía Vila Tobella is at the center of international artistic and popular debate, receiving rave reviews in the world's most important media outlets. This happens to very few people, and very rarely. The credit belongs to an artist from Sant Esteve Sesrovires who, at 33, has managed to transform ambition and curiosity into a body of work that appeals to everyone, reaches very different people, and now transcends generations. You don't have to be a millennial or from Generation Z to be moved by compositions like Mio Cristo piange diamanti and to smile knowingly at the spite that spreads in The pearl

Rosalía weaves together different musical traditions with the soul of an explorer, but without proposing any gratuitous fragility, interpreting art as a commitment to emotions and to herself; after all, she is the one who must bear the praise and the insults. She weaves a conceptual narrative, as a woman and as an artist, that rewards listening to the entire album precisely when the recorded music's projection is most fragmented. And she reflects on a spirituality rooted in feminism and autonomy, in keeping with the legacy of the mystics. Every corner of Lux It speaks of a conscious artist who had to create without fear of failure. She was able to do so thanks to the backing of the success she had achieved with previous albums and tours, but the history of art is full of narcissistic delusions and falls into the abyss after reaching the top. That's why Lux It unfolds like a carefully crafted disc, undoubtedly made obsessively.

What Rosalía has achieved on the very day of her album's release is exceptional, a true testament to talent and hard work, and it deserves to be celebrated, especially in Catalonia, a region that often sadly remains mired in complacency and an inferiority complex. Rosalía is a product of the Catalan musical ecosystem, of its network of higher music education centers and of the music found in public squares, concert halls, and festivals. She is part of the ecosystem of composers like Raquel García-Tomás and Joan Magrané, of musicians like Jordi Savall and Dani Espasa. She is also part of the ecosystem of singers and producers who look up to Rosalía. "Rosalía has done a tremendous service to the music of that region," she said. singer Júlia Colom said a few days ago in this same newspaperShe is surely aware of this rich, yet sometimes battered, ecosystem. That's why the Cor de Cambra and the Escolanía de Montserrat collaborated on the album. Given the choice of artists from anywhere, Rosalía chose two Catalan artists, who can celebrate their participation in a masterpiece that is being talked about worldwide. We celebrate, and celebrate again, Rosalía.