The renowned Andrew Lloyd Webber, one of the most famous musical-theatre composers in the world, known for works such as “The Phantom of the Opera”, “Sunset Boulevard” and “Jesus Christ Superstar”, made a video praising ROSALÍA’s “LUX”.
“I’ve just been listening, for about the fifth time, to ROSALÍA’s incredible new album. I mean, it has got to be the album — if not of this year, then, I think, the album of the decade so far. It’s absolutely brilliant, and the string arrangements, I think, are totally extraordinary. Her voice is amazing, but what I love about it is the fact that it’s truly musical. It’s got all of these different tempi; it’s not relentlessly in 4/4 time. It’s got all sorts of exciting sounds, and I’ve heard a string orchestra and tried to use it myself, you know, going right back to Jesus Christ Superstar, in a percussive way and in different ways, but I’ve never heard it so well recorded or so well used as on this album. I am going to use the Latin pronunciation of ‘LUX’. I don’t like ‘LUX’; I think ‘LUX’ is much better, because then you can say Et lux perpetua, which means ‘eternal light’. And I think this album is going to be eternal.”
No matter how hard I try I just can’t understand this obsession awards shows have with putting Rosalía in the Latin category when she DESERVES nominations in every other category too. She gets so much critical acclaim, but when it actually comes down to it, they forget about her!
imagine spending 3 years in the studio, studying 13 languages & creating an entire album, only to be reduced to a “latin” category. rosalía has been bigger than these noms for years. i hope she never sets foot at this award show again.
I love my divorced parents so deeply, their work, their films, and the happiness they’ve found in their personal lives. I’m grateful to have grown up with both of them… and of course, for all the Twilight memories, which will always live in my heart.❤️