Lux (stylised in all caps) is the fourth studio album by Spanish singer Rosalía, released on 7 November 2025 through Columbia Records. Lux was recorded with the London Symphony Orchestra under the conducting of Daníel Bjarnason, with Rosalía as its executive producer. It features guest appearances by Björk, Carminho, Dougie F, Estrella Morente, Sílvia Pérez Cruz, Yahritza y su Esencia, and Yves Tumor. Other collaborators include Angélica Negrón and Caroline Shaw as arrangers, Charlotte Gainsbourg and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo as composers, Noah Goldstein and Pharrell Williams as producers, and Venetian Snares as a drum programmer. Its physical editions contain eighteen tracks; digital editions omit three.
Lux was described by a press release as exploring lyrical themes of "feminine mystique, transformation, and spirituality", with its songs inspired by the lives of various female saints, including Hildegard of Bingen, Rabia Al-Adawiya, and Miriam, alongside Rosalía's relationship with God, her romantic relationships, and the work of writers Clarice Lispector and Simone Weil. Its track listing is split across four movements, with lyrics in fourteen languages, each corresponding to a different female saint. A significant portion of the album's creation, which took between two and three years overall, was dedicated to learning how to sing in the various languages. Rosalía often started songs by sketching out rough lyrics with Google Translate before taking her drafts to professional translators and phoneticians.
The album was supported by a lead single, "Berghain", which was released on 27 October 2025. Upon release it received widespread acclaim from music critics, who praised its ambition and orchestral sound. Critics and journalists noted the album's experimental blend of contemporary pop and classical music elements. It later became the best-reviewed album of 2025 on Metacritic as well as the site's fourth-best album of all time. The album broke the Spotify record for most streams in one day by a female Spanish-language artist, with 42.1 million.
At first I thought: Just another pop-singer. Then I listened to the album. And this was much more than anticipated! Even got goosebumps on some songs. She's an amazing singer. And the classical influences in this album are so well done and mixed in.
Normally I would say it's much and much to early to give an album a classic status (only a few weeks old at the moment). In the case of LUX by ROSALÍA there is no doubt. Het previous album was also a great one, but this is clearly a milestone in (pop)music history. A song like "Berghain" is a monument on its own.
I almost cried on the subway on my first listen because this album is just so so beautiful. I felt all of the feels, and understood a fraction of the lyrics. Wonderful, elating, masterpiece.
People complaining that this is too new to be on the list...but guaranteed in 10 years time it will be on the next edition. Look deeper into the album. Why is it on here? She sings in 13 languages....that in itself makes it worthy to be here.
I like this a lot! Literally operatic with several other influences. Perhaps premature to toss on this list but the fan list has like 4 bullshit Bruce Springsteen albums so who cares!
Really a wild listen. Uber polished, in 14 languages?!, has Bjork, and contains elements of opera, pop, electronica, rap, and orchestra arrangements. If there ever was maximalist music in 2025, this is it.
Makes me wish as usual my high-school school/college Spanish (perpetually degrading from disuse) was stronger. Although slightly marred by jarring tonal shifts I thought this was great.
Damn, y'all work quick. I've heard about this album, though, so it must be something to get enough notoriety so quickly. However, I find it to just be alright. I can see why someone would be entranced by this album, though. I was myself at some points.
“Edith Piaf meets LSO to remake the Passion of Joan of Arc” sounds more like an AI prompt than a pop album. Sure, it’s new and different and crazy ambitious but those aren’t necessarily all upside features. Indeed, one can be impressed by the voice (and multilingual vocals) and the scope without thinking it works very well. Primarily because it’s just too much and over-reaches throughout; one feels bludgeoned by the spectacle rather than enriched by the substance. The vibes are more Madonna-Evita or Baz Luhrman than Bjork or Kate Bush (heavens, no). When pop culture so overtly aims to burnish its serious aesthetic credentials, folks of refinement and taste will remember precisely why it can so infrequently be taken seriously. Here, there’s too much that’s discordant –tutti-scale concerto strings that give way to raps like “fuck you til I love you” and other spoken word banalities. Bottom line: this hasn’t exactly stood the test of time – clear recency bias at work here (though one's glad to have finally gotten around to listening to it). One suspects it may never rank higher than flawed/laughable classical outings from McCartney or Sting or Billy Joel. (Call one a traditionalist but some formats are best left to professionals, right?) But okay fine let’s have it switch out for Metallica with SF Symphony because this scores just a bit lower on the bombast-o-meter.
I've been meaning to listen to this since it came out but hadn't got around to it. It was getting so much buzz since it came out in the last few weeks, especially with the end of 2025 best of lists so I had high expectations.
It completely flopped for me. I was expecting something more than what it was. To me it was a bunch of over-produced okay songs with a lot of classical stuffed on top. It just doesn't work for me. No song made me feel anything. It sounds so much like an overly dramatic soundtrack to a video game and just sounds muddled and a mess. And it has god awful guest vocals at times.
Rosalia should be on the list but this album doesn't do it for me.
Also, give it a few months before adding an album. This album came out less than 2 months ago. Let it cook a little bit.
My personal rating: 3/5
My rating relative to the list: 3/5
Should this have been included on the original list? Yes, but not this album.
Having a 2025 album on the user list seems a bit to recent to be a favorite out of all the options but to each their own. This album is very much impressive in its own right. Rosalia has a wonderful singing voice. Although this is in Spanish it’s still pleasant to listen to. The production has a lot of modern impact while still keeping it poppy. Overall this could’ve been a pretty enjoyable album if I had a stronger understanding. Good but not something I’d revisit. 5.2/10
Takes the memory span of a goldfish to add an LP that came out just over a month ago. It would be one thing if the album was good, but unfortunately Rosalía's excellent vocals aren't given time to shine in crowded compositions that can't decide between synthy pop or traditionalist ballads. Awful guest features (except Björk, she's great) only add to the confusion and make this feel more disjointed mixtape than cohesive album.
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