Lav's Music Corner

Rosalia is a Spanish singer and pop star who has emerged in recent years for her futuristic style and take on genres like Spanish folk and reggaeton. Since her massively acclaimed 2018 album El Mal Querer  her star had grown drastically alongside her musical scope. She served up high profile collaborations with Bad Bunny, James Blake, Travis Scott and Arca before releasing a string of acclaimed singles in the lead up to this LP, one of the most anticipated of 2022 by both fans and critics. Review By Lav: So, this is a big one. I fell in love with Rosalia a few years ago and following her career has been an exciting and versatile journey ever since. Now it is finally time for her to show up and drop a third album while all eyes are on her. I won't linger on this too long, she absolutely killed it. MOTOMAMI  is an exciting, experimental and uncompromising vision of Rosalia as both a person and an artist. It's a spectacular combination of her immense vocal talent paired with genr...

Selena Gomez is a former Disney child star and pop singer who at this point needs no real introduction. While never truly being an essential piece of the pop music sphere she has been a viable prescence for over a decade and is only now on this EP releasing an entire Spanish language project. With the singles leading up to the EP she projected not only a change in language but also a change in sound with her pop approach pulling much more from reggaetón and latin music than ever before.  Review By Lav: Even though I've never been a huge fan of Selena Gomez musically I do like her personality and accompanying visuals quite a bit and its enough for me to always keep a casual eye on whatever she's doing. I was really happy to see her releasing music entirely in Spanish especially after how well it worked for Kali Uchis just last year. And while I am just as mixed on the EP as I have been for pretty much Selena's entire discography it does feel like a key step in her defining h...