Rosalía eats up the Mercè Piromusical

This year there have been no valid excuses to miss the Piromusical, the grand finale of the Mercè festivities. No letting the firecrackers sound in the background while one says goodbye to the holiday or recovers from excesses, waiting for the fuss to end to go to sleep. Rosalía had been in charge of choosing the songs for the show and it was necessary to see what the Catalan artist would surprise with.

While waiting for the most universal local artist to one day participate in one of the Mercè concerts, at least, she gives a playlist that many will save on Spotify. "Hello Barcelona, I'm Rosalía," she began in an audio in Catalan that was heard by the thousands of spectators filling Maria Cristina avenue, with the fountains off and many cell phones not wanting to miss anything to record a good story.

A lot of English and disco atmosphere, little reggaeton and a final Arabic touch have sounded, who knows if giving clues about the new album she is already working on. "Barcelona, thank you very much for always making a space for me, this is my favorite city in the world," she concluded as the summery Despechá began to play, with which she chose to kick off, knowing it was a guaranteed success. She was not going to leave out Milionària, her first song in Catalan. From her latest album, CUUUUuuuuuute, one of the songs from the Motomami era that best fit with the fireworks, was played. As she did on tour, it is the one she chose to put an end to the party.

Knowing how to handle marketing like no one else, the singer from Sant Esteve Sesrovires took advantage of the fact that the entire Catalan capital was paying attention to her to premiere a new song worldwide, Omega, with Ralphie Choo, one of the sensations of the moment in the urban and electronic scene. The official release of this ballad will be on Wednesday, the singer's birthday from Baix Llobregat. A coincidence that she herself says is "quite Libra."

For half an hour, it wasn't just her playing, of course. She knew where she was playing and didn't forget Peret's anthem, Gitana hechicera, with a "Barcelona tiene poder" (Barcelona has power) echoing throughout the city. She also included Arctic Monkeys (I Wanna Be Yours), The Strokes (Last Nite), and Lord Huron (The Night We Met). For classics, Elvis Presley's Unchained Melody, one of the most acclaimed by the audience. It must be said that some songs were worthy of being included in Zumba classes for the return, now without excuses, from vacation. She even took the opportunity to claim that the much-danced Una vaina loca, in truth, originated from Gyptian's Hold you, a song that Rauw Alejandro also revived.

For the second time, the Piromusical has offered an author's soundtrack, after last year it was in charge of Sónar, on the occasion of the festival's 30th anniversary. This year, the show was produced by the Institut de Cultura (ICUB) with the collaboration of the sound studio Oído and the manufacturer Pirotècnia Igual.