The release of this new single comes as the most triumphant year at the international level of the Spanish company is about to close, whose new song seems destined to certify its status as a global pop figure, with its title and part of its lyrics in English. , essential to penetrate more markets than those it would do in the Spanish language.
“And it is that today is carnival, I am from here and you are from there, I will say it in English and you will understand me”, sings “La Rosalía” between palms.
This is just before the chorus which is in the English language:
I don’t need honesty
Baby, lie like you love me, lie like you love me
Cover me in a dream. I’ll be yours, our fantasy
Who needs honesty
Baby, lie like you love me, lie like you love me
Maybe the happy end becomes real enough for me.
It is not the first time that Rosalía has composed in English, but it is the first time that she has published something in this language solo, since she was co-author and co-performer of “Barefoot In The Park”, a 2019 song in which she sang with the musician British James Blake, and also from the new version he recorded of “Blinding Lights” with The Weeknd in 2020.
Also, on their first album, The Angels (2017), included a reinterpretation of Will Oldham’s “I See a Darkness”, which Johnny Cash also sang in the past.
“LLYLM” will be released 10 months after the release of his third studio album, MOTOMAMI (2022), which specialized critics ranked among the best of the 2022 world music crop.
(With information from EFE)