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    'Rosalía is the truth': How a Spanish flamenco singer defied convention and rewired pop

    MEXICO CITY — "It was like I almost drowned!" Inside one of Mexico City's posh five-star hotels, Rosalía sinks into a cushy office chair across from me, already winded on the third day of her Latin American tour, in support of her universally acclaimed album, "Motomami." If it wasn't from the altitude sickness that reared its head during her first night in Mexico — "I thought I needed an ...
    by Suzy Exposito, Los Angeles Times Sep 12, 2022 7 minutes
    Spanish singer Rosalía performs during her Motomami World Tour at Movistar Arena de Bogota on Aug. 31, 2022, in Bogota, Colombia.

    MEXICO CITY — "It was like I almost drowned!"

    Inside one of Mexico City's posh five-star hotels, Rosalía sinks into a cushy office chair across from me, already winded on the third day of her Latin American tour, in support of her universally acclaimed album, "Motomami."

    If it wasn't from the altitude sickness that reared its head during her first night in Mexico — "I thought I needed an oxygen tank," she said — it was from the reception the 29-year-old Spanish pop star received inside the capital city's Benito Juárez International Airport, where she was ambushed by a swarm of screaming fans and photographers.

    For what felt like hours, she said, she hid behind her curtain of dark tresses, as her bodyguard pushed through the crowd and shuffled her into a black car. "It just hit me," she said, "what it meant to my fans that I came from so far away."

    Donning a space bun hairdo, baggy blue jeans and a Harley-Davidson shirt with flames on the sleeves, Rosalía cradled a fan-bespoke Dr. Simi plush doll, which Mexican fans have taken to toss at their. Rosalía had collected at least five so far.

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