Rosalía’s new single has a baroque orchestral atmosphere, inspired by Björk and Yves Tumor.
Globally acclaimed Spanish musician Rosalía has released her new single “Berghain,” a collaboration with Björk and US avant-gardist Yves Tumor, the first preview of her upcoming album LUX, due out November 7, 2025.
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What’s with the “Berghain” reference?
The song, which strangely borrows its title from the well-known Berlin techno club, combines orchestral power with multilingual lyrics in German, Spanish and English. Club insights do not appear in the corresponding video. One might think that in this context “Berghain” is a cipher for a “quintessentially German” atmosphere. Like the Nibelungen saga or Richard Wagner’s powerful works in the past.
In the first part, Rosalía’s voice takes center stage over dramatic strings. The whole thing has a baroque feel to it. Björk then introduced a spiritual dimension with the line “The only way to save us is through divine intervention.”
Professional rumbler Yves Tumor sets a dark, ecstatic conclusion in the outro with the provocative verse “I’ll fuck you till you love me”.
Listen and watch “Berghain” here:
What are the German lyrics in “Berghain” by Rosalía?
The German text “His fear is my fear, His anger is my anger, His love is my love, His blood is my blood,” performed by a choir, gives the piece something like ritual depth in which themes such as identity, community and the dissolution of the self are discussed.
Björk was excited about the collaboration and wrote on social media: “It is so thrilling to watch this woman grow. Congratulations to her with this incredible album… This concept is fierce!”
With LUX, Rosalía says she is announcing a new artistic phase in which she wants to open herself up more to classical and experimental sound forms. The upcoming album, which is structured in four “movements” and combines influences from opera, electronic music and sacred choral music, was created with the participation of the renowned London Symphony Orchestra.
More sophistication – but also more pretentious
Thematically it’s about female mysticism, transformation and transcendence. There are also visual signs of a new era: After MOTOMAMI’s expressive style, Rosalía is now more minimalist, more concentrated and more self-confident – an “era of sophistication”, as the Spanish magazine “Hola!” writes. The US music forum “Pitchfork” doesn’t have much to say about the whole thing; too pretentious.
The release of “Berghain” was accompanied by a spectacular promotion in Madrid, where Rosalía made a surprise appearance in the Plaza del Callao – an event that even led to an investigation into security risks, according to local media.
She will make her first live debut of the album on November 7th at the Los40 Music Awards in the northern Spanish coastal city of Santander. If you look at it positively, then with “Berghain” Rosalía impressively shows that she continues to know no musical boundaries – a powerful, multi-layered prelude to a work that could shake up the pop landscape again. For better or worse.