NSQK was watching his career reach new heights when a mysterious fly infestation turned his apartment into something straight out of a horror movie.

As his album ATP gained momentum and bigger stages came into view, the Mexican artist found himself killing up to 20 flies a day in his Monterrey home. What started as a bizarre inconvenience soon became the unlikely foundation for his third studio album, MOSCA.

At the time, NSQK was reading Franz Kafka’s The Metamorphosis, a story that began to feel strangely connected to his own life. Between the unexplained infestation, a spiritual cleansing, and the growing pressures of the Latin music industry, he questioned how success seemed to transform him. The flies became a symbol of everything that comes with chasing greatness: envy, ego, criticism, competition, and the constant hunger for more.

That tension runs throughout MOSCA. Bringing rock influences into his signature blend of electronic music, pop, and hip-hop, NSQK pushes his sound into new territory across 17 heavy-hitting tracks. Collaborations with Julieta Venegas, Jean Dawson, Eslabón Armado, Kevin Kaarl, and Riosse also mark a shift in his creative process, as he opens the door to more voices and perspectives.

We caught up with NSQK to discuss the strange events that inspired MOSCA, the artistic evolution behind his most ambitious record yet, and his plans to bring an entirely new live experience to Mexico City’s Estadio GNP Seguros in January 2027.

What inspired the title of your new album, MOSCA?

“In 2024, I moved into a small apartment in Monterrey with my girlfriend, who is now my wife. We were in the middle of rolling out ATP, we had announced my show at the WTC Pepsi Center in Mexico City, and a lot of exciting things were happening with the project. Everything was really taking off, and suddenly these big, ugly, aggressive green flies started appearing in my apartment.”

How did Franz Kafka’s The Metamorphosis influence the concept behind the album?

“Around that time, I happened to be reading Kafka’s The Metamorphosis, about a man who wakes up transformed into a giant beetle. I started drawing parallels between that story and what was happening in my career. The project was growing so much, but we were also facing new feelings and experiences within the music industry that we had never encountered before.”

How does MOSCA explore the darker side of success and the pressure to keep growing?

“The criticism, the comparisons, the envy, and the fear of failure started creeping in. I began connecting all of that to the idea of a metamorphosis, a grotesque transformation into something unrecognizable. That’s what chasing greatness does to you. You constantly want more: more listeners, bigger numbers, more tickets sold, more relevance, better music. That pursuit transforms you, whether you want it to or not.”

What happened during your spiritual cleansing that ultimately helped shape the album’s concept?

“My manager sent me to get an energy cleansing. I showed up without giving the shaman any context about what was happening in my life or mentioning the flies. When we finished, he told me someone had put a really intense curse on me, fueled by envy, and that it tends to manifest through infestations. I got goosebumps. After that, there were no more flies in my apartment anymore.”

How did your approach to making music evolve before and after MOSCA?

“What matters to me now is making incredible music, beautiful music, music that will last. I think that’s one of the main reasons I can say I’ve grown musically. It’s about not settling for the first version of something, exploring every possibility, and bringing more people into the process to push the ideas even further.”

You recently announced your first show at Mexico City’s famous Estadio GNP Seguros. What can fans expect from this milestone performance?

“It’s a blessing to perform at Estadio GNP Seguros, not just because of the scale of the venue and the honor of playing a stage like that, but because it allows us to bring our wildest ideas to life. We have an incredible opportunity to go all out, and whenever my team and I get opportunities like this, we make the most of them.”

What do you hope listeners take away from MOSCA?

“I want people to feel whatever they want to feel and interpret the music however they want. Hopefully, they’ll make beautiful memories with it, at home, with their friends, and at concerts. I want MOSCA to become a part of their lives.”

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