"Rosalia is asking a lot of audiences with her new album and that's the point. The more we are in the era of dopamine, the more I want the opposite, she tells Jon Caramanica and Joe Coscarelli on Popcast. Do you think that you're asking a lot of your audience to be able to absorb this? I think I am. Absolutely, I am."
"I think I am. absorb this? Absolutely, I am. The more we are in the era of dopamine, the more I want the opposite. Sometimes I'm able to make the exercise of just shutting everything down and just watching a movie in dark space. But even that is hard without looking at your phone. 100 percent. It's so hard. It's so hard. But that's why I'm like, There has to be something that pulls us here and there."
Rosalia designs an album that requires concentrated attention, intentionally asking listeners to engage deeply despite modern dopamine-fueled distractions. The work aims to pull audiences into sustained focus, offering the opposite of quick, fragmented stimulation. Moments of solitude, like watching a movie in the dark, remain difficult because phones interrupt attention. The music seeks to provide an anchor capable of holding focus for roughly an hour so listeners can be fully present. The project acknowledges that demanding sustained engagement is difficult and significant, but it emerges from a craving for slower, more immersive experiences amid constant digital interruption.
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