Berghain

The song Berghain begins with a whisper in German that fades away before Rosalía's voice emerges, clean and restrained, over an orchestral base reminiscent of classical string arcs. There is something ritualistic in how the melody expands, as if each note were measuring the space between the sacred and the profane. The lyrics, in Spanish and English, flow with an intimacy that contrasts with the grandeur of the arrangement, and when Björk and Yves Tumor join at the end, the song shifts into a territory where desire and devotion intertwine. Yves Tumor's repetition of "I'll fuck you till you love me" is not gratuitous shock, but the culmination of a tension that had been building since the first chord.

Recorded in London with the London Symphony Orchestra, the song moves away from the experimentalism of Motomami (2022) to embrace a more ethereal, almost liturgical sound. The title is no coincidence: it refers to the Berlin club known for its hermetic and almost religious atmosphere, a place where the divine and the carnal brush against each other. The music video, filmed in Warsaw, reinforces this idea: Rosalía appears amid everyday settings—a hospital, an apartment—that transform into dreamlike landscapes, culminating in an image where the artist seems to become a dove. The production, handled by Noah Goldstein, Sir Dylan, and Jake Miller, blends layers of strings with subtle electronics, while the mix, signed by Manny Marroquin and his team, balances orchestral opulence with the rawness of the vocals.