“It’s exquisite. It’s a gift from someone, somewhere, that it fell into her lap”: Singer-songwriter Matt Maltese says that he doesn’t really know how one of his songs ended up on Rosalía’s new album, Lux

Rosalia and Matt Maltese.

If you’re looking for evidence that the music industry moves in mysterious ways, consider what’s just happened to British-Canadian singer-songwriter Matt Maltese.

Speaking to The Guardian, Maltese tells the tale of how a song that he co-wrote with some friends a few years ago has ended up on Lux, the much-talked-about new album from Rosaliá, without him really knowing how.