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Rosalía leaves Puerto Rico ‘crowned’ after Young Miko confession at Lux Tour

From ABC Color · () Spanish

Translated from Spanish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Rosalía performed at San Juan’s José Miguel Agrelot Coliseum as part of her Lux Tour, which draws on her fourth album and songs in 13 languages.
  • The concert used religious, classical and visual-art imagery before shifting into reggaeton hits including “Saoko,” “La Fama” and “Motomami.”
  • Puerto Rican artist Young Miko appeared during the show’s confession segment and shared a story about being stood up by a university date.

Rosalía left Puerto Rico “crowned” after a packed concert in San Juan, where Young Miko joined her for the confession segment of the Lux Tour.

The show at the José Miguel Agrelot Coliseum had been scheduled to close the tour, which takes its name from Rosalía’s fourth album and features songs in 13 languages. Unforeseen circumstances have left three more performances in Florida.

Rosalía opened with an image drawn from art history. She emerged from a white wooden box shaped like a cross, wearing a blue tutu reminiscent of Edgar Degas’ ballerinas. She appeared fragile and still before moving through ballet positions in “Sexo, violencia y llantas.” During “Reliquia,” she combined classical dance with accelerating music, showing both force and delicacy on pointe.

It is true that coming back here moves me, but in a good way, because the years pass and circumstances change, projects change, and we change, but the essence remains, and my love for this island, for this place, remains the same.

· RosalíaShe spoke emotionally about returning to Puerto Rico and thanked composer Angélica Negrón for helping create Lux.

The performance moved through religious and artistic references. A veil transformed Rosalía into the Virgin during “Mio Cristo Piange Diamanti,” while cathedral facades and plants formed part of the stage imagery. In “Berghain,” she abandoned that fragile persona, appearing with black feathered horns inspired by Francisco de Goya’s “The Witches’ Sabbath.” Opera, orchestral music, electronic sounds and experimental elements merged into a portrayal of fear, the body and darkness giving way to light.

Speaking in the birthplace of reggaeton, Rosalía told the audience they had come not only to cry but also to dance, then performed “Saoko,” “La Fama” and “Motomami.” She also linked “La Combi Versace” to feminist artist VALIE EXPORT by displaying a tattoo on her left leg resembling the one in EXPORT’s work “Tatto II.” Young Miko later told the audience that the woman from her first university date had stood her up at a café and had since become a follower.

You did not come here only to cry, you also came to shake that butt.

· RosalíaShe addressed the audience before performing reggaeton hits.
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Originally published by ABC Color in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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