Rosalía is not letting the first birthday of Lux pass quietly.

Nov. 7 marked one year since the Spanish star released her fourth album, Lux — and she is celebrating in style, with an anniversary box set, a candid Substack reflection, and a 1,000-track playlist.

It is a fitting way to toast an album that was never meant to be small. A year on, Lux still sounds huge — and Rosalía is still thinking about how she built it.

“Trying to make a record that sounds like a cathedral”

In her Substack post marking the anniversary, Rosalía looked back on the making of Lux and wondered whether she would ever make a record like it again.

“I wonder if I made this album equally for others and for myself. I also wonder if I would ever make this record the way I did again, or if I would even embark on making a record like this again. When I was making this record, I was thinking about cathedrals. Trying to make a record that sounds like a cathedral, haha, I don’t know if I succeeded, but I suppose just having tried is enough.”

That ambition is exactly what made Lux such a moment. One year later, the 1,000-song playlist is an invitation to dive back into the world she built around it — track by track, all over again.

Next stop: the Latin Grammys

Rosalía is not pausing for long. She will perform at the Latin Grammys on Thursday, Nov. 12, where she is nominated in seven categories, including Album of the Year, Record of the Year, and Song of the Year.

It caps a remarkable run of recognition. Two weeks ago, she won three awards at the 2026 Billboard Latin Music Awards, and last week Patti Smith presented her with the Music Innovator Award at the 2026 WSJ. Magazine Innovator Awards.

Then U2 tips its hat — the very next day

The celebration keeps rolling into Friday, Nov. 13, when the new U2 album includes a tribute to her. U2’s new album, Carnaval de Luz, drops that day — their first album of new material in nine years.

One year of Lux. A 1,000-song playlist. A box set. A Latin Grammys performance. A U2 tribute. Rosalía built a cathedral — and a year later, everyone is still walking through it.

Source: Stereogum, Nov. 7

Photo: Rosalía performing at the MTV EMAs 2018. Photo by MTV International / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 3.0).