Diandra Reviews It All- Interviews Rozalen: A Total Natural

There are so many definitions of what makes an artist: in essence and appearance. What I love about Rozalen and her new album, El Arbol Y El Bosque, is that she is so natural. You get the feeling that she is inherently creative; dreaming up a life for everything she sees whether it be herself in the mirror or a stranger passing by and even a leaf on the floor. Her naturally warm personality endears, and, in our interview, soars into life philosophies and the sweet misadventures that comes with being a creative who loves life, but is always thinking of new ways to live it.

Diandra: How has the pandemic changed you as an artist?

Rozalen: The human being must either adapt or die. (she laughs) There really has been no choice. Have had to learn so much about technology, and I like to say I am an expert. There are artists that don’t need social media. They feel consecrated, but, for our generation, it feels necessary for promotion: whether you like it or not.

Diandra: Going into so much about philosophy or metaphysical in your music, how do you transfer that into your social media presence?

Rozalen: I like to think positive. I think in losing physical contact it has been rough, but I have been talking to fans way more, via my reds, and it has been nice to have a direct way of showing my music and the inspirations behind it. In a way, it is like curating and caring for your music, despite not being in person. After 2020, people have seen how vital music is, and the people are responding more to songs.

Diandra: How do you feel this record is different from others?

Rozalen: I think, inevitably, it is maturer. In this album, like most albums, I feel I must become spiritually naked. I have to go in front of a mirror and become emotionally bare. I think that this album shows how much I have progressed as a person and a professional. I know how to be vulnerable and find it easier to show my fragility, and I am a better musician in supporting myself. Moreover, I no longer mind searching for myself or saying I have to search.

Diandra: So what is a mantra or theme you have found in this album about yourself?

Rozalen: I always look outside of myself for what I can find within. I feel like the whole album is based on that dynamic; being dependent on others’ and likes and posts for the treasures you can gain form yourself. I sing to so many feeling: friendship, love, aging, searching for purpose, self-acceptance. I try to contextualize what I feel in situations I am in and am not. I try to make, through music, more concrete the feeling of having my wings cut off because, once again, I invested more in someone else than myself.

Diandra: Is there a certain behavior you have caught through your music?

Rozalen: That I am always seeking! I am always searching for myself or big, life answers. I never just take in a response; I have to seek more and ask more. Yet, I never find myself. For all that I search, I never find myself. For all that I ask, no answer is enough. In every facet of my life, I just never see ME.

Diandra: So why is a “tree” and “the forest” a perfect symbol for such a search?

Rozalen; I feel like nature is the only place where I am calm. I live in the country-side. I see nature all the time, and it is the only place where I shut out all my anxieties.

Diandra: If you could be a tree, which would you be?

Rozalen: I think the Olive Tree because it is the tree of my region in Spain, and it also takes time to grow. It is very paced in its growth.

Diandra: What about this moment in your life made you so experimental and explorative in sound?

Rozalen: I have always liked singing in different styles. I get so bored when I have to sing one way. It really is boring, and I feel this album, sonically, shows how different cultures have inspired and enriched me, especially from Latin America.

Diandra: Is there a Latin American country that inspired you especially?

Rozalen: The first country I went to in Latin America was Bolivia. I studied Psychology, and I got an international scholarship to learn. It was a totally different reality, and it blew my mind. I learned so much about people and the many ways a person can live but still feel inspired to dream and think for themselves.

Diandra: It is a new year… new resolutions. How do you feel you will transform in 2021? What is a resolution?

Rozalen: I think to calm down. I have seen that, no matter how rough, things do have a way of resolving themselves. Doubt really kills you, and 2020 stripped me of my control and my plans, which are things I always felt I had. So, now, I feel so much more grateful for health and appreciative of stillness. I want, in 2021, to value life and family more. I want to build upon that.

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