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Rosalía’s Berghain is a thundrous goth-pop hit – but is it opera?

The Guardian 1 min read 2 days ago

<p>The Catalan star’s epic new single is delighting and dividing classical music fans in equal measure</p><p>The Top 10 of today’s Spotify Global Top 50 looks like business as usual: two Taylor Swift songs; Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars’ Die With a Smile hanging around for an eighth month; the eminently normal male pop stars Sombr and Alex Warren doing brisk business.</p><p>But nestled among the crowd-pleasers is something of an outlier: a gothic, baroque assault powered by Vivaldi-style strings and operatic singing in German and Spanish.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/nov/02/rosalia-berghain-is-a-thundrous-goth-pop-hit-but-is-it-opera">Continue reading...</a>
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