“I’m doing it from the heart.”
As a little girl in Barcelona, she fell in love with flamenco music. Then, she took the music industry by storm … But Rosalia isn’t above criticism. This is her story.
As a little girl in Barcelona, she fell in love with flamenco music. Then, she took the music industry by storm … But Rosalia isn’t above criticism. This is her story.
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00:00The purest thing I can be is being honest with all the references I've had.
00:05And flamenco is my biggest inspiration, but it's another one at the same time.
01:00I discovered this music because of the environment I lived in.
01:12I live in the Basiú Braga, which is a very specific part of Catalonia
01:17where there was a lot of Andalusian immigration.
01:20So that made the people I grew up with, my friends, listen to a lot of flamenco.
01:26There was a lot of Andalusian culture around me,
01:29so flamenco has been very present since I was a teenager.
01:34And that's how I discovered it, and I fell in love with this music.
01:39I never stopped researching it.
01:56Que no llame hacia tu puerta
02:26Que no llame hacia tu puerta
02:42In the end, I think art goes beyond territorial or ethnic issues.
02:50That's my opinion.
02:51It's an opinion that maybe not everyone shares, but I feel it that way.
02:55And the truth is that I've always been very respectful, I think,
02:58from the place where I understand this music, which is flamenco,
03:02and which is my great inspiration.
03:03I always say it.
03:04I never say that the music I'm making now is flamenco.
03:07I would never say it.
03:08You know, it seems absurd to me.
03:10But I always try to make the references I've had visible,
03:14as a great reference to flamenco.
03:17And I do it from the heart.
03:19Flamenco music
03:45Flamenco music
04:14Flamenco music
04:25Flamenco music
04:53As an artist, sometimes you're more or less connected, right?
04:58And in the end, you can't control what happens after the creative process.
05:02But I think people notice that it's genuine.
05:05Flamenco music
05:34Flamenco music
05:37Flamenco music
05:53I feel it's such an honor, you know, because 18 years ago,
05:57Joaquín Cortés was here performing with Alicia Keys.
06:01For the first time, there was flamenco 18 years ago here in the Grammys.
06:05And it feels, it's such an honor, and I feel so grateful that 18 years later,
06:10I'm here performing with all my respect.
06:13This music is the most beautiful expression of art, in my opinion.
06:19Flamenco music
06:39It's going to be called Motomami.
06:41We're going to see Motomami.
06:42Well, you'll see.