She may have already established herself as one of the most influential artists in the history of music, at least in Spain. But since he started running down Gran Vía street in Madrid to present his new album LuxRosalía has never stopped being the center of any after-dinner meal or radio studio. The whirlpool of 14 genres, registers or languages that make up his new masterpiece left no one indifferent. Nor the liturgical echoes that weave the 18 songs that make up the album. The Bishop of Sant Feliu de Llobregat (Barcelona), Javier Gomez García, wrote an open letter to the Catalan singer on Sunday’s page. The first paragraph says: “We are very far away… I am writing to you like someone throwing a message into the sea in a bottle; who knows if it will reach you.”
Wow, he came. According to what Rosalía said Monday night on the program RevolutionFrom RTVE Her grandmother said she was excited the bishop mentioned her in the Sunday news. An interview in which she appeared with a rosary hanging around her neck dispelled any doubt about the spirituality surrounding the singer.
Oblivious to the controversy on social networks about the Montserrat school singing in Spanish, the bishop surrendered to the artist from Pécs Llobregat. “I cannot understand you, but I would like to. Your art, hypnotically eclectic and performative, and you yourself, raise questions in me,” the letter continues.
Gomez goes beyond the formal aspects of Lux He wonders what Rosalia’s relationship to faith is: “Maybe it’s not necessary to understand it. But I wonder what is inside you, in your inner world, at this stage or cycle of your life as a woman and an artist.”
The artist wanted to portray in her words that spirituality is full of doubts, but at the same time with certainty, something that caused confusion for the bishop: “When you talk about a thirst that the world cannot satisfy and that only God can fill this void, the search for meaning that runs through the film comes to mind. Andrey Rublevby Tarkovsky. Like him, you seem to experience art as a spiritual journey, where creativity is a form of pilgrimage toward the beyond. But you haven’t done it yet… Without leaving the anchorages, it won’t be easy to reach the port you’ve always dreamed of. If you want to get there,” he continues.
The message, which can be listened to thanks to a QR code, ends with a message full of hope for the bishop himself. “Your words puzzle me, but they also open the possibility of dialogue about the complexity of the human experience. You understand love as a force that can be painful, liberating, and even divine. Your art is a space where vulnerability and strength coexist, where desire and faith can meet.”
Gomez completes her message by inviting the artist to delve deeper into faith as a counterweight to the hype surrounding a person known universally as Rosalía. He concludes, “There is silence that speaks more than a thousand songs. I wonder if, when everything is quiet, you find peace or just more noise. Maybe the answer is not outside, but within you.”
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