Rosalía’s album Lux turned one year old on Saturday, and she marked the day with a very long gift for her fans: a playlist of 1,000 songs.
These are the songs she had on while she made the album, and later while she was on tour with it. She put the list on Spotify, and next to it she posted a letter to fans on Substack.
A letter called “Dar a Lux”
She called the letter “Dar a Lux”. It is a play on “dar a luz”, the Spanish way of saying “to give birth”. In it, she looked back on the year since the album came out and called it “one of the hardest of my life, but also one of the most meaningful.”
Anyone who presses play has a lot of listening ahead. Kate Bush is on the list, next to a long line of other singers and bands.
A box set for the anniversary
There is also something for vinyl fans. Rosalía has opened pre-orders for a limited anniversary box set of Lux. It comes in a blue linen box with gold lettering. Inside is the full album on etched vinyl with a lyric booklet. The cover art comes in a gold version that has never been printed before. There is even a handkerchief and an embossed heart in the box.
Her official US shop lists it at $149.99, with a limit of four per customer. The shop says it will ship in March 2027, so fans will need some patience.
What Lux did in one year
Lux came out on 7 November 2025. It is her fourth studio album, and she sings in 14 languages on it. The London Symphony Orchestra plays on the record, and Björk is one of the guest singers. In the US it went in at No. 4 on the Billboard 200.
She took the album around the world on the Lux Tour, which is now over. Next up is the Latin Grammys on Thursday, 12 November, where she is nominated seven times, including Album of the Year for Lux. She is also on the list of performers that night.
Our take
Most artists post a photo and a thank you when an album has a birthday. Rosalía gave her fans enough music for weeks, plus a peek at what was going on in her head while she made the record. That feels personal in a way a normal anniversary post does not.
The box set is a nice extra for collectors. Still, the playlist is the better gift, because it costs nothing and anyone can open it today. Thursday could make the week even better for her if Lux wins.
Would you listen to all 1,000 songs on Rosalía’s playlist? Tell us in the comments.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Rosalía at the Latin Grammy Awards in Seville in 2023 by Junta de Andalucía (CC BY-SA 2.0); Rosalía talking about Lux in an interview in 2025 by Tele Urban (CC BY 3.0); Rosalía on stage at the Zócalo in Mexico City in 2023 by Secretaría de Cultura de la Ciudad de México (CC BY 2.0); Rosalía at the Goya Awards in Seville in 2019 by Pedro J Pacheco (CC BY-SA 4.0).
