Rosalía has surprised fans with a new bundle of tracks. Titled Fucking Money Man, the drop consists of two songs, “Milionària” and “Dio$ No$ Libre Del Dinero”, which follow last year’s El Mal Querer album, follow-up singles “Aute Cuture” and the J. Balvin-featuring “Con Altura”, and her James Blake collaboration “Barefoot in the Park”.
Both songs are a return to Rosalía’s flamenco roots and examine her relationship with money. “One day you want to be a millionaire and the next day burn everything, in reality, how much does money matter?” Rosalía said in a press release, as translated into English by Billboard. “It seems so pure to look for it as to deny it and I think we've all felt love-hate for money once.”
“Milionària” is the first song that Rosalía has written in Catalan, rather than the Spanish language. “‘It’s also the first song I do inspired by Catalan rumba,” she added. “I started it in Seville while I was waiting at the airport and I finished it in Barcelona. With good luck and some lagrimilla also... fuckin’ money man!” Meanwhile, “Dio$ No$ Libre Del Dinero” translates to “God Free Us From the Money”.
Alongside the track bundle, Rosalía also released a music video, directed by Barbara Farré, that combines the two new songs together. In it, she appears on a The Price is Right-style game show where she’s showered in money, before it flips into a darker second half.
The single package was announced in a full-page advert taken out in the business pages of Spanish newspaper El País and follows a recent slew of major festival sets, including a standout performance at Glastonbury festival.
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