(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "MI GENTE")
J BALVIN: (Singing) Si el ritmo te lleva a mover la cabeza, y empezamos como es. Mi música no discrimina a nadie, así que vamos a romper. Toda mi gente...
FELIX CONTRERAS, HOST:
From NPR Music, this is ALT.LATINO. I'm Felix Contreras. Pop musician J Balvin says he's on a mission. He's intent on proving that Spanish-language music, and specifically reggaeton, can bring people together in ways that are unprecedented. And so far, he's right. This track, "Mi Gente," has clocked in almost 2 billion views on YouTube since it was released as a single last summer. That's right. That's 1.8 billion views so far. This week on ALT.LATINO, we talk about how that happened with the global phenom J Balvin, and we talk to him about his new record, "Vibras." And to do this, I needed some help. I brought in NPR Music's Stefanie Fernández to join me in the conversation with J Balvin. Stefanie, welcome back to ALT.LATINO.
STEFANIE FERNÁNDEZ, BYLINE: Thank you, Felix. We caught up with J Balvin while he was in the midst of a major media blitz in a New York hotel to promote his new record. Both Felix and I have interviewed him before, so it was more like catching up. I started by asking him about his mission to globalize reggaeton and Latin pop music, and he says 2 billion views is just the beginning.
(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "MI GENTE")
BALVIN: (Singing) ¿Dónde está mi gente? Say, yeah, yeah, yeah. Un, dos, tres, leggo (ph).
I think we are in the process. We will prove the world that a completely Spanish song really can take over the world.
FERNÁNDEZ: So what comes next in that process?
BALVIN: There's a lot, you know? Right now with Nicky Jam, the song is super-global, "X." Another one that is global right now - it's "I Like It" with Cardi B and Bad Bunny.
FERNÁNDEZ: Yeah.
BALVIN: Now we got another song with Liam Payne which is going up, "Familiar." So all those songs are really global, like Top 10 worldwide right now. And it's amazing, you know? It's amazing how it's really showing again that, you know, this is just the beginning.
(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "MI GENTE")
BALVIN: (Singing) Que seguimos rompiendo aquí. Esta fiesta no tiene fin. Botellas para arriba, sí. Los tengo bailando, rompiendo. ¿Y dónde está mi gente? Mais fais bouger la tête. ¿Y dónde está mi gente? Say yeah, yeah, yeah. Un, dos, tres, leggo. Worldwide, Willy Williams, J Balvin, man, ajá, ajá, ajá, ajá.
CONTRERAS: You know, J, you've been making music for a while, well over a decade. And as we talked just before we started the interview, I saw you very, very early in your career. How do you think your music has changed, and how have you changed over the years?
BALVIN: So, yeah, I think I'm not the same one as I used to, of course. But I'm looking to be better, you know, so the same with the music, you know? I just wanted to make better music every day as I want to be a better human being every day.
FERNÁNDEZ: I was curious about what made J Balvin want to be a musician in the first place. A native of Medellín, Colombia, he grew up in a musical culture that is rich with influences ranging from salsa, Afro Colombian music to cumbia. All of that was certainly part of his childhood listening, but it was another musical visionary that made one of the strongest impacts on the young José Álvaro Osorio Balvin.
BALVIN: When I was a kid, like, Nirvana, you know, Kurt Cobain and - it's just the fact that how revolutionary he was at that time. You know, he changed the game. So that's what I wanted to do, too - change the game.
(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "COME AS YOU ARE")
NIRVANA: (Singing) Come as you are, as you were, as I want you to be.
CONTRERAS: What do you think the kid version, the young J Balvin in Medellín - what would he think about all this going back to your early days?
BALVIN: I was right (laughter). I was right. I was right. You know, I wasn't crazy. The crazy were the other ones.
(SOUNDBITE OF J BALVIN SONG, "MACHIKA")
FERNÁNDEZ: And now the latest music from that young visionary, a track from the new album "Vibras." This is "Machika."
(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "MACHIKA")
BALVIN: (Rapping) Vamos, vamos, a romper. No hay tiempo pa' perder. De la disco pal motel. Más mala que Anabel. Baile, todos le hacen coro. Te deja marcado como el zorro. No pierdo mi tiempo es oro. Todo me lo gasto, no ahorro. Machika, Machika, Machika. Turbo nitro en la máquina. Siempre pa' adelante, nunca pa' atrás. Aquí estamos duro, somos global. Estoy muy borracho y no puedo más. Y no puedo más. Estoy muy borracho y no puedo más. Y no puedo más. Machika, Machika, oye, Machika, Machika, Machika, Machika, Machika, Machika, machika, Machika, Machika, Machika, Machika, Machika, Machika, Machika, Machika.
ANITTA: (Rapping) Caliente hasta en la nevera. En la cima sin escalera. La sensación de la Favela. Salió a romper fronteras. Las mujeres como yo no se quitan. Que de lejos se identifican. Siempre están cuando las solicitan. Achica, que yo soy tu chica.
BALVIN: (Singing) Representa tu bandera. Mi música es nueva era. A mí me dan play donde sea. Machuca que estás que te quemas.
ANITTA: (Singing) Estoy muy borracha y no puedo más, y no puedo más.
BALVIN: (Singing) Estoy muy borracho y no puedo más, y no puedo más. Machika, Machika, oye, Machika, Machika, Machika, Machika, Machika, Machika, Machika, Machika, Machika, Machika, Machika, Machika, Machika, Machika, Machika.
JEON: (Singing) Dale lento, el golpe avisa. Me no conoce Julissa. Vengo con la buena vibra. Con J Balvin, con Anitta. Machika, Machika, Machika, turbo nitro en la máquina. Estamos en vivo, mami, ya tú sa'. ¿Qué hubo? Dale, vamos a machucar. Machika, Machika, Machika, Machika, Machika, Machika, Machika, Machika.
BALVIN: (Singing) Machika, Machika, Machika, Machika, Machika, Machika, Machika, Machika, Machika.
JEON: (Singing) Machika, Machika, Machika, Machika, Machika, Machika, Machika, Machika.
BALVIN: J Balvin, Jeon, Anitta, Aruba, Korsou, Boneiru.
CONTRERAS: So let's talk about the new record, "Vibras." What makes this new album different than your previous albums or your previous songs? What's the key here?
BALVIN: The key here is that we've been showing the world that we're not a one-hit wonder when it comes to global. That's why the album, the sound and the music has to be at the same level as the hits that we've been making. So we made it with the fact that we want everybody to love the album even though they don't understand what I'm saying, which is what's going on right now.
FERNÁNDEZ: I think that's important. People started really talking about "Mi Gente," you know, well before Beyoncé was on it. I mean, that certainly helped bring it to a new audience.
BALVIN: Oh, yeah, of course. You know, Beyoncé jumped when the song was already a huge success, you know? So the move with Beyoncé was more, like, a cultural thing...
FERNÁNDEZ: Totally.
BALVIN: ...Than anything else, you know?
FERNÁNDEZ: To have the queen on your song.
BALVIN: Yes, so grateful.
CONTRERAS: Let's talk about the reggaeton beat that you are using in the music. And what is it that you do to - I guess it's maybe soften the edges a little bit? What is it that you do? How do you change it or how do you add to it that makes it so much more popular? - because it's been around for a long time. Is it that people just didn't hear it in the right way before? What is it that you do when you go into the studio and you're going to bring that out?
BALVIN: We always think about somebody in Asia or somebody in Africa or somebody in another part of the world that doesn't know Spanish - how they will feel with the melody and with the sound. Like, will they love it or not? And that's how we started.
CONTRERAS: OK, let's see if the folks in Asia are listening. Here is another track from the new album from J Balvin. This is "Ahora."
(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "AHORA")
BALVIN: (Singing) Vamos a dejar que esto pase. Y mientras tú te entretienes, yo me vuelvo fanático de lo que haces. Quédate aquí, te conviene. Si hay guerra, podemos hacer las pases. Yo quiero que tú me enseñes, todo lo que tú haces, tú haces. Tantas son las horas cuando estamos a solas. Que quiero tenerte ahora. Me mata si te demoras. Me llamó tu actitud, creo que voy a contestar. Ahora, ahora, por si después me ignoras. Tantas son las horas cuando estamos a solas, que quiero tenerte ahora. Me mata si te demoras. Me llamó tu actitud, que creo que voy a contestar, ahora, ahora, por si después me ignoras. Tú te ves tan bien, pero me pones tan mal.
Quédateme aquí por si no te vuelvo a encontrar. Te conviene y lo sabes, como sabes actuar y por más y por más que lo disfraces, yo lo sé intepretar. Si todo va bien, no hay por qué pasarlo mal. Tantas son las horas que yo ni quiero esperar. Te conviene y lo sabes que te quieres quedar. No empezó, pero ya sabes cómo va a terminar. Presiento que quieres acabar encima de mí. Dime y yo paro el tiempo. Siempre recuerda que tantas son las horas cuando estamos a solas, que quiero tenerte ahora. Me mata si te demoras. Me llamó tu actitud.
Creo que voy a contestar ahora, ahora, por si después me ignoras. Tantas son las horas cuando estamos a solas, que quiero tenerte ahora. Me mata si te demoras. Me llamó tu actitud. Creo que voy a contestar ahora, ahora, por si después me ignoras. Con confianza le damos hasta el suelo. Un par de copas y yo ya sé que puedo. Tómate tu tiempo, mi nena, yo espero, y aunque me mate, solo sugiero. No hay más que hablar, dímelo después, baby, ahora hay que aprovechar, por si no se vuelve a dar, otra vez. No hay más que hablar. Dímelo después, baby, ahora hay que aprovechar.
Por si no se vuelve a dar otra vez. Tantas son las horas cuando estamos a solas, que quiero tenerte ahora. Me mata si te demoras. me llamó tu actitud. Creo que voy a contestar ahora, ahora, por si después me ignoras. Tantas son las horas cuando estamos a solas, que quiero tenerte ahora. Me mata si te demoras. me llamó tu actitud. Creo que voy a contestar ahora, ahora, por si después me ignoras. J Balvin, man. Sky rompiendo. Tainy. Reggae, Reggaetón, yeah, yeah, Come on. Reggae, reggaetón. J Balvin, man. Tainy, Sky rompiendo. ¿Estamos rompiendo o no estamos rompiendo, muchachos? Leggo, leggo.
FERNÁNDEZ: You're listening to ALT.LATINO. I'm Stefanie Fernández.
CONTRERAS: And I'm Felix Contreras. And we're talking to global superstar J Balvin about his new album, "Vibras."
FERNÁNDEZ: "Vibras" runs the gamut of what J Balvin does best. Songs like "Peligrosa" with Wisin & Yandel and "No Es Justo" with Zion & Lennox are his bread and butter, collaborating with these reggaeton veterans to prove that, once again, he can write a good reggaeton song. But the treat from the record is to hear some of the genre experiments, like his collaboration with Spanish flamenco singer Rosalía on the track "Brillo."
(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "BRILLO")
ROSALÍA: (Singing) Estoy brillando con highlighter, ¿no lo ves? Un clavel en mi melena, ¿ no lo ves? He subido quince stories, ¿no lo ves? Mira que quiero ser buena, ¿no lo ves? No, no, no lo ves. Niño. Tú tienes que amarme, escucha la ciudad. Lloran con mis penas si salgo a cantar. Tráeme el desayuno, mantenme hidratada. Haz lo que te pida, te llevo a cenar. Dentro de poco va a ser demasiado tarde. Mira niño, si tú sigues por ahí, me he tomado la molestia de avisarte. Un día despiertas y ya no me ves aquí. Estoy brillando con highlighter.
J BALVIN AND ROSALÍA: (Singing) ¿No lo ves? Un clavel en mi melena, ¿no lo ves? He subido quince stories, ¿no lo ves?. Mira que quiero ser buena, ¿no lo ves? Uh, na, na, na, na, na. Siempre me dice que no va a esperarme. Uh, na, na, na, na, na, llego y arreglamos antes de acostarme.
ROSALÍA: (Singing) Dentro de poco va a ser demasiado tarde, mira niño, si tú sigues por ahí. Me he tomao' la molestia de avisarte. Un día despiertas y ya no me ves aquí.
BALVIN: (Singing) ¿Pa', pa', pa' que highlighter? Si tú brillas sola. Quiero ser el número uno en tu emisora. Si me convierto en surfista, es pa' montarme en tus olas. Le pido a Dios que te cuide, pero tú te cuidas sola. Solo me es difícil de controlar, ¿estás segura? Piénsalo antes de actuar. Relájate conmigo, ¿qué tú si crees juntos nos quedamos viendo Netflix?
ROSALÍA: (Singing) Se acabaron las lágrimas, si te miro y me giras sin decir nada. Calla. No juegues con fuego más. Te cuidado que al final te vas a quemar. Estoy brillando con highlighter, ¿no lo ves? Un clavel en mi melena, ¿no lo ves? He subido quince stories, ¿no lo ves? Mira que quiero ser buena, ¿no lo ves? Sky, olé mi José. Así, sí. La Rosalía. Mira. Toma que toma.
FERNÁNDEZ: There's a lot of different songs on this album and a lot of different sounds on this album. Do you have a favorite?
BALVIN: I don't. You know, I definitely don't because it's like every song is a different vibe. And, you know, I hope people are really going to feel how beautiful is.
CONTRERAS: You know, the hype around this album has been centered on this being a crossover album and especially building on the success of "Mi Gente." Let's talk a little bit about that idea of crossover as, from where I sit and having watched other moments of Latin music crossover, this seems to be different in that it's not the Latin music crossing over to the American market - it's everybody else coming over to the Latin market or to the Latin sound or even in Spanish lyrics. How are you viewing this? Are you viewing it as a crossover, or are you viewing it as people coming to the Latin culture and Latin music?
BALVIN: Both, you know? Both. You know, the music is getting so loud and getting so stronger that, you know, people will want to jump in the wave, and they're welcome because this is just the beginning.
CONTRERAS: Just the beginning of what?
BALVIN: Of the movement, of - you know, to make Spanish really super mainstream.
CONTRERAS: So this has the possibility of succeeding where other so-called Latin music explosions didn't. Going back to - I'm old enough to remember Santana in the '60s and then living through, like, for example, Gloria Estefan in the '80s and, you know, Ricky Martin, Shakira in the '90s after that. You know, this has the potential to make all of that seem small. And I'm wondering what it is that you think - what's the factor? Is it social media? Is it technology? What is the thing that makes this have so much potential just to blow up all around the world?
BALVIN: I think everything has been helping us, you know, but the most important thing is the music. Without the music, there's no world domination, you know? Like, if we don't have good music, people won't listen to us, so it's game over. But I think the most important thing is the sound and the melodies and then, you know, the great music. And after that, of course, the internet has helped us a lot, you know, because now the world is smaller than it used to be.
CONTRERAS: And it used to be that musicians coming from Latin America or even other countries, the big nut to crack was to come into the United States, the U.S. market. Even The Beatles in 1964, you know, they had to come and conquer the U.S. But with the numbers that you have and the numbers that are out there right now, do you even need the U.S. market to show some kind of success?
BALVIN: I think, of course, it's important. It's really important, you know? It's really important to make a real - you know, a great statement. My dreams are too big, so why not?
FERNÁNDEZ: Dreaming big never hurt anyone. And in this case, those dreams are fueled by finely crafted music and a calculated marketing plan, and propelled by a reggaeton beat that was once a bit renegade, but is now the pulse of incredibly popular music. Here's another track from "Vibras." This is "No Es Justo" with Zion & Lennox.
(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "NO ES JUSTO (FT. ZION AND LENNOX)")
J BALVIN, ZION AND LENNOX: (Singing) Cuando empiezas a bailar, no es justo, no es justo. Y lo noté en tu mirar. Te gusto, te gusto. Sonando esta canción y yo viéndote, si te acercas a mí, no pares. Y si te digo: "Estás linda" una y otra vez, eso te gusta y lo sabes. Cuando empiezas a bailar, no es justo, no es justo. Y lo noté en tu mirar, te gusto, te gusto. Sonando esta canción yo viéndote. Si te acercas a mí, no pares. Y si te digo: "Estás linda" una y otra vez. Eso te gusta y lo sabes. Sin ti no existe la discoteca. Ya te he dado mucho y poco tú me das.
De la fiesta eres la pieza que falta. Si pa' pasarla rico solo faltas tú. Déjate llevar, estás ansiosa, lo puedo notar. Todas tus ganas las puedo calmar. Si yo soy lo que te hace falta. Y aquí solo faltas tú. Déjate llevar, estás ansiosa, lo puedo notar. Todas tus ganas las puedo calmar. Si yo soy lo que te hace falta. Y aquí solo faltas tú. Cuando empiezas a bailar, no es justo, no es justo. Y lo noté en tu mirar, te gusto, te gusto. Sonando esta canción y yo viéndote. Si te acercas a mí no pares, y si te digo: "Estás linda" una y otra vez.
Eso te gusta y lo sabes. Hoy vine a verte otra vez. Yo solo quiero hacerlo, otra vez. Y no sé lo que tú me hiciste, me dieron ganas de desvestirte. Hoy salí a verte otra vez. Yo solo quiero hacerlo otra vez. Y no sé lo que tú me hiciste, me dieron ganas de desvestirte. Un par de miradas y como si nada. Va pasando el tiempo, se acorta la distancia. De tener tus besos que mis labios llaman. Empezó en deseo, terminó en realidad. Y ahora vente, y es evidente que yo te gusto, de lejos se siente. Déjate llevar que está el bueno el ambiente.
Sígueme el plan que yo lo tengo en mente. Cuando empiezas a bailar, no es justo, no es justo. Y lo noté en tu mirar, te gusto, te gusto. Sonando esta canción y yo viéndote, si te acercas a mí, no pares. Y si te digo: "Estás linda" una y otra vez, eso te gusta y lo sabes. Cuando empiezas a bailar, no es justo, no es justo. Y lo noté en tu mira, te gusto, te gusto. Sonando esta canción y yo viéndote. Si te acercas a mí, no pares. Y si te digo: "Estás linda" una y otra vez, eso te gusta y lo sabes. Hoy vine a verte otra vez, yo solo quiero hacerlo otra vez. La Z y la L, J Balvin, man. Zion, baby. J Balvin, man, and Lennox. Mamacita.
Sky, rompiendo. (Vocalizing) De aquí no te vas, si te vas es conmigo. De aquí no te vas, si te vas es conmigo. De aquí no te vas, si te vas es conmigo. De aquí no te vas, si te vas es conmigo. Cuando empiezas a bailar.
CONTRERAS: That was "No Es Justo" from the new album by J Balvin. You're listening to ALT.LATINO.
FERNÁNDEZ: So we saw a huge response to both your song "Mi Gente" and "Despacito" by Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee last year. Your new album and a few other releases build on that foundation of inclusion. And yet we saw a video go viral last week of a lawyer yelling at a midtown restaurant at the workers about how they needed to speak English because this is America. Do you think a guy like that represents how Americans think about Latinos in this country?
BALVIN: No, I don't think so. It was just one crazy guy of a few, you know, but they just speak too loud.
CONTRERAS: Do you feel any responsibility as an artist with this kind of following to take on any larger social issues at all? Not necessarily political, but social issues.
BALVIN: No, it's more like a human thing, you know, than, say, like, social or political issues. Human beings, we need respect. We got to respect each other.
FERNÁNDEZ: But you canceled your 2015 Miss USA performance, which was going to be a huge moment for you, back when Donald Trump was still a co-owner of the pageant right after his controversial comments about immigrants from Mexico. And more recently, you collaborated with Bad Bunny, De La Ghetto and others on "Dime," in which you say the lyric, "tiene la actitud de Maduro, pues quédate con ese burro" - before you all give Venezuela's President Nicolás Maduro the finger. And...
BALVIN: Yes.
FERNÁNDEZ: You haven't shied from those kind of, you know, sociopolitical statements in the past. And now that your platform is bigger than ever, do you think you're going to continue to engage with that?
BALVIN: No. But that wasn't political. That was like - you know, he's just being kind of like an animal, so we got to tell him to stop, you know? But it's not a political thing. Like, he's really going beyond political. He's just, like, super dumb.
FERNÁNDEZ: Here's the part of that song, "Dime," where he makes a reference to the controversial president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro.
(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "DIME")
BALVIN: (Singing) Tienes la actitud de maduro, pues quédate con ese burro. J Balvin, man, revo...
FERNÁNDEZ: As we mentioned earlier, reggaeton did have some rough edges when it first began to pick up steam in the mid-1990s, starting in Panama and Puerto Rico. It was music from the streets - a direct challenge to the soft edges of Spanish-language pop.
CONTRERAS: Early reggaeton was dominated by male performers and didn't always reflect the most enlightened regard towards women. But gradually, that changed as it became more mainstream.
FERNÁNDEZ: But for some music fans, reggaeton still has a bad rap, despite its surging global popularity in the hands of artists like J Balvin and, of course, Daddy Yankee and Luis Fonsi's hit, "Despacito."
CONTRERAS: So does J Balvin think the criticism of the genre is still warranted?
BALVIN: No. I think this world is changing so much. You know, I don't see what's the hate for reggaeton, you know? It's always going to be somebody that don't like you. It's life.
CONTRERAS: I'm fascinated by some of the collaborations you had, in particular the one with Carla Morrison. She's one of my favorite singers.
BALVIN: Me, too.
CONTRERAS: Yeah. Like, how did that work out, and what gave you the idea to reach out to her?
BALVIN: I've always been a big fan of her, so I don't - one day I just wake up, and it was like, Carla Morrison should open my album. So, you know, I contacted her, and she was super down to make it and - which I'm so grateful because, you know, we need to win the Grammys this year, like, really showing the world how to, you know, unify different vibes and different artists in one album and make it special.
(SOUNDBITE OF J BALVIN SONG, "VIBRAS (FT. CARLA MORRISON)")
FERNÁNDEZ: I found that moment on the song "Vibras" with Mexican vocalist Carla Morrison one of the best surprises of the album because we get to hear what is actually a prelude to "Mi Gente," a song that we all know so well by now. And when that song becomes "Mi Gente," it's a very special moment when you realize, wow, these guys really know what they're doing. They're doing something new just outside of the reggaeton box. Here is "Vibras."
(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "VIBRAS (FT. CARLA MORRISON)")
J BALVIN AND CARLA MORRISON: (Singing) La vibra que siento de ti es la misma que nace de mí.
CONTRERAS: Even when I met you back in Medellín, you're always looking forward, right? And this whole conversation, it has been all about the current record, but also looking forward to the future and, like you say, expanding the message. You know, what do you see in the future? What is your next project besides this? I mean, obviously, you're just putting out a record, but what's in the future for J Balvin? What's going on?
BALVIN: Well, you know, I think we got to wait until, you know, the album drops. And, you know, I want to see people's reaction and, you know, and keep making more hits, you know? To be a legend, you know, we have to make a lot of right moves and great music. So, you know, we know that.
(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "AMBIENTE")
BALVIN: (Singing) Tengo la necesidad de saber lo que piensas, cuando piensas en mí. En la intimidad me convence de que no me arrepienta, de las cosas que me hace a mí. Y su pelo que le llega al suelo. Una mirada que no refleja miedo. Un deseo que me tiene preso, le quiero mentir pero le soy sincero. Aquí dañándome la mente, he sido paciente cuando te demoras. Hace tiempo quería verte, y hoy por suerte soy quien te devora. Ya no le importa nada, es una nena mala y no le quiere bajar. Y si hay humo en el ambiente, se pone demente y no quiere parar. Me saca su instinto animal, ese que sale cuando ya es tarde. Tiene su punto y yo se lo encontré. Yeah...
CONTRERAS: J Balvin, thank you so much, man, for taking time to talk to us here on ALT.LATINO. You're always welcome here. Bring new music, bring music that you grew up with, whatever you want to do, man. You can come and hang out, and we'll talk about music anytime.
BALVIN: Thank you, guys, so much. So grateful. And thank you for the opportunity. Thank you.
CONTRERAS: J Balvin - a fascinating young man with a clear vision and incredibly popular music. Stefanie, his goal is to globalize Latin music and reggaeton. Do you think he can do it?
FERNÁNDEZ: He's already done it. He's just going to continue to make it bigger than it ever was before.
CONTRERAS: Stefanie Fernández, thank you so much for joining us this week on ALT.LATINO.
FERNÁNDEZ: Thank you, Felix.
CONTRERAS: I'm Felix Contreras. This has been ALT.LATINO. And we're going to end the show with another track from the new album by J Balvin. This is called "Ambiente." Thanks for listening.
(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "AMBIENTE")
BALVIN: (Singing) Soy quien te devora. Ya no le importa nada, es una nena mala y no le quiere bajar. Y si hay humo en el ambiente, se pone demente y no quiera parar. Me saca su instinto animal, ese que sale cuando ya es tarde. Tiene su punto y yo se lo encontré. Yeah. Si quieres, dime a ver, tú estás hot, yo también...
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