the things around me.") I was telling that to the director. ("They're things from my imagination, my culture. Son cosas como de lo imaginario, cultural, mio. Those are the kind of things I experienced. My grandma also used to make me go to church on Sundays sometimes. There's a lot of immigration from the South, so flamenco is very present. Also, the culture from the South of Spain is very present. Around the village are industrial fabricas (factories), like poligono industrial (industrial parks) - a lot of trucks, always. I grew up in a small village in Baix Llobregat (a county on the coast of Catalonia, Spain.) It's called Sant Esteve Sesrovires. He was very busy, until finally I showed him these two songs: "Malamente" and "Pienso en Tu Mirá." He was so excited when he heard them. I wanted to work with him hace muchos años ("for many years") and he didn't pay attention. I was talking to this director I admire and love, Nico Mendez. At the same time, the tradition is there. I'm kind of experimenting with electronic sound to find something new. ("You go for it.") "Malamente" is the first chapter of this new record, El mal querer. Can we talk about the inspiration behind that?įor me, "Malamente" is like when you have a feeling something bad is going to happen, but even still. Pablo was very excited by it and we saw that we sound good together, so I was like, ‘Let’s do the entire record together.’ It’s about the power of a woman.Okay, "Malamente." There's so much symbolism in the video. 11 Poder) “The last song of the record is the first I composed.
Then: This Arthur Russell sample-I think it’s perfect in this moment.”Ī NINGÚN HOMBRE (Cap. 10 Cordura) “We’d been working with Pablo on the production and composition for a year and a half, and I didn’t like it enough. I feel like in 50 years, people in universities will study him.”
I was very inspired by what James Blake does-the space and the production he uses in his songs. 9 Concepción) “This is a traditional flamenco melody used when you have a child you’re trying to make fall asleep. paying tribute to all these artists I heard when I was a teenager. The lyrics-'Say my name, say my name'-I'm such a big fan of Destiny's Child. It’s about this connection between two people the sexual moment. 8 Éxtasis) “It’s a very flamenco vibe, very traditional, the structure is very pop. He heard the song and said, ‘Yes, you can use the melody’ I was so excited because he never approves anything.”ĭI MI NOMBRE (Cap. 7 Liturgia) “I was very inspired by an erotic club in Barcelona called Bagdad and by ‘Cry Me a River’ by Justin Timberlake. You can feel the experience in her voice. 6 Clausura) “You can hear Rossy de Palma’s voice-she’s an iconic actress from Spain. Camarón was singing with an orchestra he created the arrangement. Lamento) “It’s a traditional melody from flamenco. Khalid told me he liked the song-I would love to do music with him.” I wanted to use the motorcycles in this song with this crazy rhythm that combines three and four. Disputa) “It’s the most aggressive part of the record.and one of the most risky. I was so inspired in this place.”ĭE AQUÍ NO SALES (Cap. I did the bassline on an island in Spain, El Hierro. 3 Celos) “It’s ‘Thinking About Your Gaze.’ This was a song that started from a sample of Bulgarian voices. It's the dark side of getting engaged-it's something beautiful but at the same time, there's another part, right?” Sometimes you lose something of yourself in the process. 2 Boda) “This song is about commitment and that feeling you get when you get in a relationship with somebody. I was trying to compose a song everybody could understand, doing experimentation with electronic sound but also connected with my roots and flamenco. 1 Augurio) “It’s a premonition-this moment when you know in the beginning of the story how it’s gonna end, but even then you go and do it. ROSALÍA went through the album track by track with Beats 1. Inspired by Flamenca, a 13th century book about a woman imprisoned by her jealous fiancé thought to be the first modern novel, each of the 11 songs on this collaboration with producer El Guincho (Pablo Díaz-Reixa) serves as a “chapter” of a running story about a doomed relationship. It's not enough that rising Spanish star ROSALÍA ingeniously blends traditional flamenco with contemporary pop on her second album-she also gets a narrative based on medieval literature in there, too.
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