As I've been obsessively playing Rosalia's album Lux all week, You Tube has been equally obsessively throwing Rosalia videos at me. Which in this particular case I'm not complaining about. Me quedo Contigo is a classic flamenco love song from the 1980's, which Rosalia, with her ghostly choir backing, brings an intense passion that hardly requires translation.
Unfortunately I've been unable to find a version of this video with English captions. It is clear that this is not going to be a chirpy song. It's full of pain and confusion, of love broken to pieces on stones, you know the story. I found a site by vocal coach Beth Roars, who does a heartfelt analysis of it ( cue hand pressed to chest head tilted ) which does have a translation. She helpfully breaks down what a wonderful singer Rosalia is. This is a real treat.
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