Every week after releasing his shock album, Mixteip, J Balvin stopped by The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon to speak about his new mission—and carry out certainly one of its standout tracks.
On Thursday (July 24), the Colombian celebrity sat down with Fallon to debate the 10-track album, the place he not solely pays homage to the old-school reggaetón, but additionally delivers his signature progressive and experimental aspect.
“It’s a mixtape, just like the previous days. You go to the streets and promote it,” he stated of the set’s idea in the course of the late-night dialog. “Not less than that was my first strategy to mixtapes after I got here to america. Folks promoting the CDs within the streets, so I began doing the identical after I was right here hustling to make reggaetón massive on the planet. It offers me that nostalgia.”
As well as, Balvin was joined by Puerto Rican icon Gilberto Santa Rosa for the TV debut efficiency of their collaboration, “Misterio”—a seductive masterpiece that goes from a clean reaggetón to an exhilarating salsa melody.
“What an honor to be with a legend,” Balvin expressed on Instagram when he introduced the TV look earlier this week. “El Caballero de la Salsa bringing generations collectively for the primary time on Fallon Tonight. Colombia and Puerto Rico in the home!”
Santa Rosa responded with: “The privilege is mine, and I’m actually honored and grateful to your invitation, J Balvin. I wholeheartedly respect this chance. We’ll be there with Mr. Jimmy Fallon, mixing urbano and salsa, and bringing that Latin taste!”
Mixteip, which Balvin informed followers on social media are “songs I had on my iPod and now are going to your playlist,” follows the discharge of his sixth studio album, Rayo, launched final August and which debuted on the High Latin Albums chart at No. 13.
Watch the interview and efficiency beneath: