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Latest Release
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- 9 AUG 2024
- 33 Songs
- Invasion of Privacy · 2018
- Loco Contigo (feat. Tyga) - Single · 2019
- Vibras · 2017
- 7 · 2018
- Íntimo · 2018
- UN DIA (ONE DAY) - Single · 2020
- TRANSLATION · 2019
- In Da Getto - Single · 2021
- Bum Bum Tam Tam - Single · 2017
- Con Altura (feat. El Guincho) - Single · 2019
Essential Albums
- As if being two of the biggest and busiest artists working today wasn’t enough to make an album-length team-up between J Balvin and Bad Bunny a tricky project to pull off, there’s also the difference in the stars’ lifestyles. “I wake up at five in the morning,” Balvin tells Apple Music’s Zane Lowe, “and he goes to sleep at five in the morning. I’m ready to go to the gym and he’s ready to go to bed.” They are the odd couple of urban Latin music: Balvin, an experienced Colombian reggaetón singer who spent the last decade honouring and advancing the genre’s legacy; and Bunny, the flamboyant punk upstart who quickly made his name as one of the more unique acts in the trap en español scene. First teased on Ebro Darden’s Beats 1 show in 2018, the surprise joint album builds on the breakthrough moment of their contributions to Cardi B’s megahit “I Like It”, pushed along by a healthy dose of mutual admiration. “It was like, ‘We have to do something,’” Bad Bunny says of the urgency in the wake of the chart-topping bilingual smash. “A project hasn’t been done in the Latin market from two huge artists with two different styles.” Their parallel lives in the tight-knit urbano scene initially brought them together, and while some of this material dates back to before they blew up, most of the album was completed before they both performed at Coachella in April 2019. As Balvin and Bunny originate from some of the most vibrant locales for Spanish-language music today—and with both representing their homelands proudly in their work—their union here on OASIS shines a brighter and deserving light on the flourishing urban Latin sound. The natural chemistry the pair shared on “I Like It” and 2017’s one-off single “Si Tu Novio Te Deja Sola” proves even more potent over the course of these eight new tracks. On “QUE PRETENDES”, Balvin slinks around the taut reggaetón groove as Bunny’s sung bars, by contrast, bounce against its structure. For the retro-nodding “MOJAITA”, their divergent flirty techniques merge into a gratifying mix that highlights the individuality of their personal and popular appeals. Emotions run high across the pointed verses traded on “ODIO”, buoyed by a breezy beat. “YO LE LLEGO” presents trap dosed with a piquant salsa tincture, while the booze-soaked “LA CANCIÓN” mingles jazzy touches around a muted dembow. Deviating from genre conventions has been crucial to both artists' come-ups, and that approach extends to OASIS. Veteran Argentinian heroes Los Enanitos Verdes add rock flair to “UN PESO”, while the Mr Eazi collaboration “COMO UN BEBÉ” bridges urbano with Afrobeats. As far as Bad Bunny is concerned, the project is about more than merely blending musical styles. “There’s a message here that goes beyond,” Bunny says. “It’s not like me and someone else from Puerto Rico. It’s something bigger.” Adds Balvin, “We just wanted to elevate our culture, you know? If I win, they win. If we win, we all win.”
- “I feel like all eyes are on me,” the Colombian reggaetonero told Apple Music upon releasing Energía, of the pressure to make music that transcends borders and language barriers. “But I’m not afraid. I did it with all my heart, all my energy, all my energía. I think people will feel that.”
Albums
- 2013
Artist Playlists
- Steamy club smashes from Colombia's suave reggaetón ambassador.
- Reggaetón clips with the energy of a full-on party.
- “I hope this music brings the party to you either way.”
- “The internet has helped out a lot through this moment. It’s time to create.”
- The Colombian megastar honours his heroes with his favourite Metallica tracks.
Live Albums
Radio Shows
- The story of reggaetón, from one G to another.
More To Hear
- The Latin superstar talks about his new album 'JOSE.'
- J Balvin and Milk talk with jeweler Ben Baller.
- The Latin Superstar talks about his partnership with GUESS.
- The Latin superstar talks about his Air Jordan 1 collaboration.
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About J Balvin
In an interview with Apple Music about his 2020 album Colores, J Balvin told a story about a guy who came up to him one day on the treadmill. He’d been watching Balvin, he said. Watching his influence, his impact, his good work. He felt inspired by him, quit drugs and gave his dreams another look. Fame was nice, but this, Balvin said, was the point. “When you throw in good energy, good vibes, people just start catching up to it.” More than a musician, Balvin has become a kind of role model, the emblem of Latino culture’s evolution—like hip-hop in the '80s—from a specialty market into a dominant force in mainstream pop. The guy at the gym wasn’t just seeing a star; he was seeing something he maybe thought couldn’t exist years before. Born José Álvaro Osorio Balvín in Medellín, Colombia, in 1985, Balvin grew up listening to rock music before falling in love with Daddy Yankee and reggaetón. He moved to the States as a teenager, first for a language exchange program in Oklahoma, then to New York City, before heading back to Colombia to start making music—a grassroots, home-first approach that Balvin has sustained throughout his career. Balvin’s biggest songs—from early singles like “6 AM” and “Ay Vamos” to 2017’s massive “Mi Gente” and the ROSALÍA collaboration “Con Altura”—are, in a sense, crossover Latin tracks, but not because they’re trying to cross over. If anything, Balvin, along with musicians like his collaborator Bad Bunny, represents a generation of Latino artists having global impact without having to cater to mainstream pop audiences—an approach that, ironically, helped reveal a changing understanding of who that mainstream audience actually is. In other words, they didn’t break into the conversation, they brought the conversation to them. And they’re having it in Spanish.
- HOMETOWN
- Medellin, Colombia
- BORN
- 7 May 1985
- GENRE
- Latin Urban