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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Lifestyle
Ali Shutler

Rosalía at the O2 Arena gig review: a reckless, brilliant show that edged into performance art

Released earlier this year, Rosalía’s major label debut Motomami established the Spanish popstar as a genre-bending force of progressive nature. The thirty-year-old had already made a cult name for herself by cutting classic flamenco with mainstream pop but Motomami introduced industrial rock, free form jazz and smirking indie to the mix, with Rosalía unafraid to take risks. It’s little wonder it found fans in Cardi B, Lorde, David Byrne and Dua Lipa.

Live, Rosalía continued to challenge the expectations of pop with a reckless, brilliant show that felt more like a piece of visceral performance art than a polished arena pop show.

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