This is the neighborhood where Rosalía lives in Barcelona, the same neighborhood where Manolo García lives.

Rosalía is back. And, as expected, she ‘s back in a big way. After months of silence and rumors, the Catalan artist has once again made headlines with the release of her new album, LUX. The album, which will be released on November 7, inaugurates a more introspective, spiritual and luminous stage in her career. A work that, as she has confessed, was born between her home and the studio, in a very special corner of Barcelona: the Poblenou neighborhood.

A creative refuge between the sea and the city

Although her agenda takes her constantly between Los Angeles, Miami and international tours, Rosalía has never been disconnected from her homeland. Every time she returns to Barcelona, she settles in her home in Poblenou, a neighborhood that has managed to transform itself without losing its essence. What was once a working class area full of factories, today is the artistic and technological heart of the city, full of design studios, workshops, bohemian cafes and streets where creativity is breathed.

In this environment, the artist has found the perfect balance between tranquility and creative stimulation. Poblenou offers her the calm of a residential neighborhood with the energy of a district in full cultural effervescence, as well as an ideal location: near the sea and the center of Barcelona. It is easy to imagine her strolling through its streets or having a coffee in front of the Mediterranean before locking herself away to compose.

The house where LUX was born

Her home is not just any house. Rosalía has transformed an old industrial building of 117 square meters into an intimate, bright and soulful space. The property retains the high ceilings, metal beams and large windows typical of its industrial past, but combines all this with an interior design of pure lines, natural materials and a palette of neutral tones.

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Wood, marble and stone create a warm and sophisticated atmosphere that contrasts with the industrial feel of the space. There is nothing superfluous, only light, calm and harmony, three words that also define the essence of LUX.

Rosalía calls this space her “musical cell”. There, surrounded by silence and vegetation, she locked herself up for months to work on the album, searching for the authenticity that characterizes this new stage. It is not surprising that from these walls a work that speaks of introspection, rebirth and spirituality was born.

Poblenou, mirror of its evolution

The neighborhood where Rosalía lives has a lot in common with her career. Poblenou is a symbol of reinvention, a place that has gone from being an industrial enclave to become one of the most powerful creative poles in Europe. And Rosalía, in a way, has followed a similar path: she has transformed flamenco into a contemporary language, she has broken the mold and connected traditions with technology, roots with the avant-garde.

That duality -between the old and the new, the artisanal and the digital- is breathed in every corner of the neighborhood. From her workshops converted into studios to the galleries that coexist with the old brick walls, Poblenou embodies the mix that defines the artist. So it is not surprising that she has chosen this environment as her refuge.

Barcelona, its deepest roots

Despite her international fame and her life between continents, Barcelona remains her starting point and her emotional home. This is where it all began: her training, her first collaborations and the artistic identity that led her to revolutionize Spanish music.ç

Rosalía not only returns to Barcelona out of nostalgia, but also because she finds in the city the necessary energy to create. Its people, its streets and its Mediterranean light feed her creative process. In LUX there is a lot of that connection: you can feel it in the rhythms, in the silences, in the mix of sounds that seems to reflect the changing pulse of the city.

The soul of Rosalía’s most personal album

LUX is not just another album. It is the result of two years of inner search, a work that speaks of light, purity and transformation. The artist has explained that, during the creation of the album, she spent entire days between her home in Poblenou and the studio, composing, recording and experimenting with new sounds.

The result is a project that fuses the electronic and the acoustic, the intimate and the global. LUX is an inward journey, but also a mirror of Rosalía’s vital moment: an artist who has matured, who has learned to slow down and who now illuminates from a more serene place.

A refuge from the noise

Far from the hustle and bustle of the media, her home in Poblenou offers her the silence she needs to reconnect with herself. There she can walk barefoot, cook, play the guitar or simply let time pass. From her terrace, the sea looks out between buildings, reminding her that, although her music flies far away, her roots are still here, in Barcelona.

Rosalía has made her home a creative sanctuary, a space where calm and inspiration meet. Perhaps that is why LUX could not have been conceived anywhere else.

A light born in Barcelona

When the spotlights fade and the intercontinental flights are left behind, Rosalía returns to Poblenou. There, in this neighborhood that symbolizes the rebirth of the city, she finds the peace and authenticity she needs to continue creating.

Barcelona is not only her hometown; it is her source of energy, her constant muse and her point of balance. And if LUX proves anything, it’s that Spain’s most international artist continues to find her brightest light right where it all began: in the streets of Poblenou.