ʻO ia kekahi o nā nīnau pinepine i nā nīnauele me Rosalía lāua ʻo Rauw Alejandro: ʻo ka manawa hea ka hui pū ʻana me kāu hoa? A ua loaʻa iā ia kahi pane: no Malaki 24. ʻO ia ka lā i koho ʻia no ka hoʻomaka ʻana o 'RЯ', he EP o ʻekolu mau mele i hoʻolaha ʻia ma nā pūnaewele kaiapili o lāua.
ʻO nā mele ʻekolu e lilo i ʻāpana o kēia hana ua kapa ʻia ʻo 'Kiss', 'Vampires' a me 'Promise', a he liʻiliʻi nā mea ʻē aʻe i ʻike ʻia e pili ana i ka papahana, kahi i mālama ʻia ma lalo o ka hōʻuluʻulu huna ʻoiai ʻo ke koi ʻana o ka paʻi a me nā mea pā i ka kumuhana.
ʻO Bizarrap, ka hoa o Shakira i ka hopena o ka manawa, ua pane aku i ka hoʻolaha me ka "uuuuuffffffffffffffffffffffffff", a ua ʻōlelo ka Spanish Lola Índigo i ka manaʻo o nā mea he nui: "Ke hāʻule nei ka honua".
Ua hoʻokō nā mea pena kiʻi ʻelua i kēia hui me nā mea huna a pau i hiki iā lākou, a ʻo ka mea ʻaʻole makemake ʻo Rauw Alejandro e ʻōlelo i kekahi mea i kāna kūkākūkā hou me ka streamer Ibai Llanos i ka wā i puka mai ai ke kumuhana. "Mai ka hoʻomaka ʻana ua hoʻokaʻawale mākou i kā mākou ʻoihana a me kā mākou hana. Ke manaʻoʻiʻo nei au i ka manawa kūpono a i ka wā e hiki mai ai, he mea kūikawā loa ia. Ua kokoke mākou i ʻehā makahiki i kēia manawa. Ke ho'āʻo nei mākou ʻaʻole e lilo i mau kāne maʻamau i aloha a i ka lā aʻe, i ka Pōʻalima aʻe, ua loaʻa iā lākou kahi kumuhana. E hana mākou i ka mea maoli e like me ka hiki a i ka wā e hiki mai ana, i ka wā e hiki mai ana ka manawa kūpono, e hiki mai ana kahi mea nani loa.
I ka mahina o Dekemaba i hala aku nei, ua hōʻoia ka mea hana kiʻi Paniolo ma kahi ninaninau me Billboard ua hui pū lāua ʻelua i loko o ke keena, a i ka nīnau ʻia e pili ana i ka hiki ke hoʻopuka i nā hopena, ʻōlelo ʻo ia "e ʻike mākou". I loko o kāna pou pāpaho, ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia ʻo 'R♾Я' ke poʻo inoa, ʻelua kapikala 'R' i hui pū ʻia e ka hōʻailona makemakika no ka pau ʻole. Ua pena ʻo ia i kēia peʻa pālua 'R' ma ka poli o kona wāwae hema i kekahi mau mahina i hala.
Ua hoʻokuʻu ʻo Rosalía, i ka makana Producer of the Year ma Billboard's Women in Music Awards, i kāna mele 'LLYLM' ('Lie like you love me') i ka hopena o Ianuali a i kēia manawa ua loaʻa iā ia kekahi nūhou nui: ka Latin American Awards Music. (a i ʻole Latin AMAs) ua hōʻike i nā koho no kā lākou mau makana i ka makahiki 2023, a ʻo nā mea a ka Catalan e hoʻomaka ai ma ke ʻano he mea punahele nui me ʻewalu mau koho i nā ʻāpana Artist of the Year, Song of the Year, Album of the Year, Crossover Collaboration of the Year, Best Pop Artist, Best Pop Album, Best Tropical Song and Best Tropical Collaboration.
