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10 november 2018

Jaw-dropping performance by Spanish genius Rosalía

 

 

I’m sure you don’t mind me bombarding you with video’s of Rosalía, the genius flamenco-pop singer and, as is clear from the live footage above, an electrifying stage performer as well.

I mean this is jaw-dropping, honestly. Usually I don’t have the patience for long YouTube videos, but this I’ve watched in silence, in complete awe, for the full 43 and a half minutes.

What a show! Earlier I wrote Rosalía is the new Bowie, this magnificent theatric performance is more proof. Rosalía is an eclectic artist, taking stuff from everywhere, never being snobbish, pairing the traditional to the modernist, classic to pop, to make it into something completely new and unique.

And everything about her is so very Spanish, yet her art is so universal.

And how authentic she is! She is genuinely touched by the love of her audience, cries real tears, descends from the stage to meet the people who came to see her perform. Tells them she loves them. Everything about her is so real.

She is going to be huge, that much is clear. Hope she’ll keep that realness.

Anyway, anyone know which anime is shown on those big screens somehwere halfway the show? (PB)

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