Berghain

“Berghain” is the lead single from singer-songwriter ROSALÍA and her fourth album “LUX”,which was released in November 2025 through Columbia Records. The song features Björk and Yves Tumor, two artists from very different sonic worlds. An operatic, orchestral, and multilingual composition, “Berghain”  merges classical influences with pop experimentation.

Musically, the song features the London Symphony Orchestra and incorporates baroque-inspired string arrangements, operatic vocals, and sudden shifts in rhythm and tone. Critics have compared its structure to that of Vivaldi’s “Winter” and Stravinsky’s “The Rite of Spring”.

Despite its title, “Berghain” is not an homage to Berlin’s iconic nightclub. Rosalía clarified in an interview that she has never actually entered the venue and that the name is used metaphorically rather than literally. For her, the concept of Berghain represents an internal space—a mental or emotional threshold rather than a physical one. This metaphor aligns with the broader themes of her album “Lux”, which Rosalía has described as exploring topics such as transformation, femininity, and transcendence.

Rosalía performs in three languages throughout the track: German, Spanish, and English. The opening German verses—“Seine Angst ist meine Angst, Seine Wut ist meine Wut” (“His fear is my fear, His anger is my anger”) — set a theme of strong emotion that threads through the entire song. Later Spanish lines such as “Solo soy un terrón de azúcar” (“I am only a sugar cube”) convey fragility, reinforcing the song’s exploration of identity and dissolving of the self. Rather than following a conventional pop structure, “Berghain” unfolds as a narrative of empathy, entanglement, and eventual release, both sonically and lyrically.

The music video was directed by Nicolás Méndez  and filmed in Warsaw, Poland. It follows Rosalía through a surreal, dreamlike sequence that moves from domestic spaces into a painted forest populated by animals, culminating in her transformation into a dove.

*All information accurate at the time of publishing (10th November 2025).