Rosalía is on everyone’s lips again. The Catalan singer has released this Friday ‘LUX’, her long-awaited fourth studio album, and one of her songs, ‘La Perla’, has unleashed a real earthquake in social networks. The artist, true to her provocative and poetic style, has turned heartbreak into art with lyrics that seem a direct statement to her ex-partner Rauw Alejandro: “Loyalty and fidelity is a language you never understood“.
The song, included among the 18 tracks on the album, stands out not only for its emotional tone but also for its symbolic charge. In it, Rosalía channels the end of her most mediatic relationship and does so with a strong message, between disappointment and liberation.
LUX’: faith, desire and redemption
Rosalía’s new album marks a turning point in her career. LUX’ fuses religious references, synthesizers and liturgical choirs to build a sound experience that blends spirituality, desire and retrospection.
Her first single, ‘Berghain’, debuted straight into Spotify’s global Top 10, with over 1.6 million plays on its first day, confirming that the artist is experiencing one of her strongest moments creatively.
Throughout her 18 songs, Rosalía unfolds an intimate universe in which faith acts as a common thread. However, among prayers and mystical metaphors, the shadow of Rauw Alejandro, the Puerto Rican artist with whom she shared love, music and a mediatic engagement that was finally broken.
From “I do” in ‘Beso’ to final goodbye
In March 2023, Rosalía and Rauw Alejandro surprised the world with the release of their joint EP, ‘RR’, an ode to love that culminated with a marriage proposal in the music video of ‘Beso’. In it, the artist excitedly showed the engagement ring that the singer had given her.
Months later, the story ended abruptly and quietly. Neither of the two gave public explanations, although rumors of infidelity on the part of the Puerto Rican circulated for weeks, something that Rauw flatly denied in a statement posted on Instagram.
Now, Rosalia seems to give her version in ‘La Perla’, hinting that the breakup was not as amicable as they wanted to make believe.
“You have the podium of great disappointment.”
From the first verses, ‘La Perla’ makes clear its emotional tone. Rosalía does not hide behind metaphors: “You have the podium of the great disillusionment“, she sings in a restrained voice.
The artist continues with a series of devastating phrases: “Emotional terrorist“, “you always lie more than you talk“, or “the king of 13/14“, in an apparent reference to the infidelities that were rumored after their separation.
The final blow comes in the refrain: “Loyalty and fidelity is a language you never understood“.
The verse, direct and unambiguous, has been interpreted by fans as a confirmation that Rauw Alejandro was the recipient of the song.
From promise to disenchantment
The nods to the past are evident. In ‘La Perla’, Rosalía intones phrases like “es una perla, nadie se fía” and “es una perla, una de mucho cuidao“, creating a symbolic link with ‘Promesa’, the song she shared with her ex in 2023, in which they both sang: “Como una perla que volvió al fondo del mar“.
The Catalan goes further and mentions Puerto Rico, Rauw’s homeland, which reinforces the idea that the song is inspired by her story of love and breakup. In fact, La Perla is also the name of a popular neighborhood in San Juan, known for its vibrant character and urban art, which adds an additional layer of meaning to the song’s title.
Networks applaud his musical revenge
The lyrics have not gone unnoticed among fans, who have filled the networks with comments celebrating Rosalía’s new “musical revenge”.
“How tasty it was to hear how Rosalia ended up not only with Rauw Alejandro in ‘La Perla,’ but with 99% of the men on the planet,” wrote one user on X (Twitter). Another added:“‘La Perla’ is the ‘Two-legged Rat’ of the 21st century.”
Many have praised the singer’s ability to transform heartbreak into art, a hallmark she had already shown in ‘Motomami’, but which in ‘LUX’ reaches a more mature and spiritual dimension.
An album that exorcises his past loves
Rauw Alejandro is not the only one alluded to in the new work. In another song, ‘Un mal amor en Madrid’, Rosalía seems to refer to her relationship with C. Tangana, with whom she was with between 2016 and 2018.
“My heart has never been mine, I always give it,” she sings in one of the most confessional verses on the album, making it clear that, despite the wounds, she still believes in love.
In ‘LUX’, the artist draws an emotional map of her past relationships, mixing heartbreak with faith and hope. As if the album were a personal and artistic purification after years of media and sentimental exposure.
Rosalía, between art and catharsis
With ‘LUX’, Rosalía confirms her evolution into a total artist, capable of fusing spirituality, vulnerability and social criticism in the same discourse. Her return not only reaffirms her position in international music, but also presents her as a composer who turns her life into an artistic matter without fear of what people will say.
‘La Perla’, beyond being a possible “hint” to Rauw Alejandro, works as a liberation hymn, where the artist reclaims her emotional independence and her identity after love.
And although she never confirms it openly, each verse seems a mirror of her recent history. Because if Rosalía has proved anything, it is that when she sings from the wound, the world listens.
An emotionally powerful closing
“Local disappointment, national heartbreak,” he sings in the last bars of ‘La Perla’. A phrase that perfectly sums up the song’s message: betrayal hurts, but it also teaches.
With ‘LUX’, Rosalía not only delivers a new musical chapter, but also a poetic confession. And although many may wonder how much is reality and how much is art, one thing is clear: she is back stronger, more sincere and brighter than ever.
