"We took a risk to make new music, new colours, new ways," says Balvin. That song, with its chopped-up vocals samples and hopscotch drumbeats, provides a bonkers backbone to Balvin's hit (which William also produced and sings on). The global perspective is evident on Mi Gente, which has its roots in a French track - Voodoo Song, by Willy William. So that's what I'm saying when I sing that line." It doesn't matter the race, the language, the culture. "Music has to be a tool to unite people, to get people together. "I'm Latino but I don't do music for Latinos. "Exactly!" says the star, when we reference the lyric. " Mi música no discrimina a nadie," he sings in Mi Gente, meaning "my music doesn't discriminate against anybody". ![]() More importantly, his lyrics trade reggaeton's gritty, underground roots for a more universal, romantic narrative. ![]() Over the course of four albums, he's taken the genre once called "reggae en Espanol" and infused it with African, electronic and Caribbean flavours. It's such a blessing," says singer J Balvin, the Colombian artist who's behind the song.Īlready a huge star in South America, Balvin has been credited with revitalising reggaeton - a hip-hop-infused blend of reggae and rap that originated in Puerto Rico in the late 1990s. ![]() Here in the UK, it's just broken into the top 20. But it increasingly looks like it won't be a one-off.Īnother Latin American song, Mi Gente, has replaced Despacito at the top of Spotify's Global Top 50.
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