Rolling Stone

17 ROSALIA

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A QUICK WALK through Rosalía’s music videos reveals a personal aesthetic that’s eclectic, provocativ­e, and made up of folk and contempora­ry influences smashed together. She poses in a fuzzy Didudesign­ed coat and Mordekai custom nails in “Aute Cuture,” and punctuates her tiny “WAP” cameo with red latex. For her 18 million Instagram followers, she’s quick to showcase pieces by Balmain, Gaultier, and Givenchy alongside oversize anime T-shirts and casual sportswear. “I’m not really about finding a middle ground. I like extremes,” she told Vogue last year while name-checking the streetwear brand Skoot, the fusionists at Palomo Spain, and the avant-garde goth king Rick Owens, who dressed her for the 2021 Met Gala. “It’s about how things make you feel when you see them. What colors grab your attention, how a texture makes you feel when you touch it.” J.L.

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