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Rosalía's favorite Lux studio memory? Late-night 'Love Island'

On WSJ. Magazine's The Job Interview, she also traces her voice back to a childhood crush and a teacher who found her tone too sweet.

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Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 66,078 views a day, 19 times a normal first day on this channel (3,497).

Why Rosalía Won’t Stop Taking Risks and Doing Hard Things | The Job Interview

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0:50With no musicians in her family, a childhood crush named Álvaro helped push her toward music.
2:13An early teacher criticized her sweet tone, so she learned to put rage and intensity into her voice.
3:45Lux's orchestral direction was a risk she took with no promise of commercial success.
5:35Her favorite studio memory: winding down late at night with Love Island after finishing the album.
6:27She names the Italian, aria-inspired "Mio Cristo Piange Diamanti" as one of her proudest songs.
8:15Tour preparation included intense ballet training so she could perform on pointe.

Rosalía finished Lux, her orchestral fourth album, in late-night studio sessions. Asked for her favorite moment from making it, she picks the episodes of Love Island she watched to unwind once the work was done.

That answer gave WSJ. Style its title. The rest of her Job Interview, WSJ. Magazine's series of conversations about careers, goes much further back. Nobody in her family played music, she says, and part of what first pulled her toward it was a childhood crush named Álvaro. "I think I was nine when I said I wanted to play the guitar."

Later, a teacher told her that her tone was too sweet. Rather than taking it as a verdict, she went looking for ways to put rage and intensity into her voice. You can hear where that led on Lux, which she describes as a bet on an orchestral sound with no promise of commercial success. Her answer to doubters is to keep working: "I don't try to convince no one. I don't say anything. I just work."

The song she is proudest of is "Mio Cristo Piange Diamanti," written entirely in Italian and shaped like an aria. Turning the album into an arena show meant serious ballet training, so that she could sing on pointe. "No, I want it all. We're going to have it all," she says of the show. Near the end she recalls a fan's relationship drama confessed in the tour's confessional booth, and reacts to a TikTok of herself and Kylie Jenner watching a fashion show together.

The channel's long interviews usually draw about 3,500 views on their first day. This one passed 43,000 in eleven hours. In the comments, viewers mostly talk about Grammy hopes for Lux, about seeing the tour in person, and about the opening, which several say made them laugh.

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What viewers say

She got me laughing so hard right in the intro loool
@MarinaAndTheDevilSee it on YouTube
went to lux tour and my life was never the same
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That intro is why I'm a fan lol
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I’ll be genuinely shocked if she doesn’t win at least one Grammy for LUX. I truly think that she outdid herself in the best way possible with it. The production, the research she’s done in order to get everything right from visuals, interpretations, learning the languages to actually sitting down and reading/learning about the different saints has truly been a journey and not only for her but also for us who listen to this specific album daily.

She did so well and if there’s any album that Grammy worthy it’s hers. ❤️
@benjihadzSee it on YouTube
Please grammy, the Lux IS a masterpiece!! Other level
@jaimegarcia9408See it on YouTube
I love her love of pushing herself to her higher self.
@SportyMcIdeasSee it on YouTube
sweetest soul. she's so genuine.
@mfal12345See it on YouTube
L U X ALBUM OF THE YEAR GRAMMY NOWWW❤
@rodBD0See it on YouTube
Love from Ireland 🇮🇪 ☘️💚🤍🧡
@OisínKelly-p6wSee it on YouTube
Rosalía is sooo sweet, she is amazing ❤
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