RosalĂ­a's 'Aute Cuture' Takes Us To The Nail Salon

WNYC | May 30, 2019

Well, now we just want to hit up the nail salon with RosalĂ­a. "Aute Cuture," which has been featured in the Spanish flamenco-pop star's live sets lately, arrives today with a fabulously fun and femme-forward video directed by Bradley and Pablo, the duo best known for the Lamborghini-revved "MotorSport" visual for Migos, Nicki Minaj, and Cardi B.

With its handclapped syncopation and hyped-up production, "Aute Culture" sounds like the artist's head-turning, flamenco-fusion bomb El Mal Querer — which placed in NPR Music's Top 10 albums of 2018 — lacquered into the very detailed, extremely sharp corners of Rosalía's impeccable nail art.

"In the business of beauty, things aren't always pretty," Pili, RosalĂ­a's sister and stylist, explains in The Fader's cover story. "This was especially true in the affairs of Aute Cuture, a mystic beauty gang. The gang once came over this town doing perfect f****** nails, said to contain uncanny magic."

In other words: don't cross RosalĂ­a.

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