In here.
It's a lot of mess, I'm sorry.
Okay. You just ask me whatever you want.
I'll speak nothing but the truth.
interviewer: Jose, tell us about the plane crash.
(sighs)
Jose: Oh, my God.
Dreams are my life.
My dreams give me a reason to wake up.
Of course there's no dream without sacrifice.
(in English) I believe in God. I believe in the universe.
But, come on, he's so busy to be like, "Yo, God, send me a Grammy."
You wanna get a Grammy, well,
go and work hard to get it.
(crowd shouting and cheering)
I do believe in miracles, but you gotta make them.
You gotta get your shit together, keep working,
and then the Grammy will come.
(cameras clicking)
You run, you'll be fit.
You eat too much, you're gonna be fat.
I'm not a magician.
It's cause and effect.
If you work hard, you will achieve whatever you want.
And you gotta sweat that shit.
If you don't sweat it, you won't get it.
Everything that I'm living now, I created.
I'm living my own dream.
announcer: Get ready for J Balvin!
-(reggaeton song playing) -(crowd cheering)
(cameras clicking)
(fans shouting)
(cameras clicking)
(reggaeton song continues playing)
(crowd cheering)
(reggaeton song playing)
(singing in Spanish)
interviewer: Jose, tell me about how music came into your life.
Jose: Well, how music came into my life?
Mmm...
Well, we gotta go to Colombia, and I'll show you around.
(reggaeton song continues playing)
I always loved music since I was a little kid.
When I was 12,
I remember just grabbing a mop,
pretending that it was a guitar,
and, you know, perform for all my friends.
I didn't know at the time that I wanted to be an artist.
I was just
feeling right when I was doing something with music, and...
Then I started listening to a lot of Nirvana, and Metallica,
and I was like, "Wait, I wanna play these songs."
That's when I started playing guitar.
And since that day,
I haven't stopped.
(reggaeton song playing)
Colombia is a country full of music.
So it was just in the air.
Especially Medellin.
When I was a little kid, I always was watching my dad
singing, and just vibing,
and my mom, too, she loves to dance.
-(reggaeton music playing) -(rapping in Spanish)
Jose: (in English) At the beginning, I never wrote. I always was freestyling.
At that time, you know, I was studying,
and I was taking dogs out, walking them around.
I was painting houses.
When I was doing all this, my sneakers were melting
on the rooftop off the heat that was there.
I was just like, "It's all good. I'll be an artist one day."
When I'm in New York, I don't have
all these people that work for me when I'm in Colombia, or Europe or everywhere.
Even though here still people recognize me,
but it's a different vibe.
And I like to walk around, and I like to walk blocks and blocks,
for hours.
I have to understand that I'm a human being
and that I need to live like anybody in the world.
You know, just walk around,
drink coffee.
You know, watch people in the streets.
You know, doing my own breakfast.
I go out and play soccer,
take the trash out.
The simple things that make me so happy.
Just the fact that I'm in this music business is a movie.
And if I live a movie, I wanna live a real movie.
Not a fake movie.
I don't pretend to be nobody else.
When I'm here by myself, I'm just Jose.
(speaking Spanish)
(in English) I don't wanna be skipped.
How we got it?
I have it, in a... In my phone, and we can play it.
And it goes straight up?
I can go straight up. But you wanna play the entire album?
Nah, but I wanna...
I mean, at least the intro...
-Yeah. The intro. -...has to show that it's Jose...
I'm gonna be next to you, so...
(both continue in Spanish)
(in English) It's just what makes sense, yeah. Got it.
(both continue in Spanish)
Jose: (in English) When I started, I didn't know nothing about business.
So, I was my own manager, I was my own promoter,
I was my own everything, you know?
I remember that I used to close J Balvin deals.
And I was like, "Hey, hey, how are you? It's Jose."
"This is J Balvin's manager.
"This is the price, and, you know, let's do this."
It was dope because I've been through everything
about this music business.
I was just feeling super-stressed, because I was like,
"No, I'm getting crazy."
I was getting crazy doing all these things at the same time.
I had to create the movement in Colombia.
And I think I did.
I'm a YouTube artist.
That's how I started going to different places.
-(upbeat music playing) -(rapping in Spanish)
Jose: (in English) My early videos on YouTube, like Sin Compromiso,
Ella Me Cautivo, Tranquila...
-(reggaeton music playing) -(singing in Spanish)
At that time, I didn't have a label.
Everything was independent, so, YouTube helped me a lot.
They can see you and hear you.
People can really get to know the artist in a different way,
in a different perspective.
That's the way people started getting to know me in Romania.
I remember my first concert, after my country, was Romania.
And it was thanks to YouTube.
interviewer: How about you explain how you left Tres Presos.
-And how you met him. -(laughter)
(in English) He was just there, next to me.
And at the second show...
(in English) "Next time,
"no J Balvin. No. Your boy, nah.
"Tell him, if he's coming with you, tell him to be backstage," 'cause...
woman: (in English) What about in Santorini
when they thought you were Ricky Martin?
-A bunch of friends. -(laughter)
man: Oh, my God.
woman: He was amazing.
-They just knew you were something... -DJ Pope: Santorini?
(crowd cheering)
Jose: (in English) I remember one day that one of my friends invited me to Coachella.
(speaks Spanish)
(in English) "...Coachella is because I'm gonna kill it on stage."
And it happened just like that.
Please give it up...
...for J Balvin.
(Latin trap music playing)
(both singing)
It was Saturday on Beyonce, and Sunday with Cardi B, with Bad Bunny.
(rapping in Spanish)
I think it's a powerful Latin gang statement.
Rebeca Leon: Jose has been a huge leader in crossover collaboration.
And I think Jose's broken down a lot of those paradigms.
Just 'cause it's Spanish doesn't mean it can't be global.
You know, he's stayed really true to himself in that sense.
Jose: (in English) That's what I call redefining mainstream,
because we're opening people's minds.
Who said that you have to sing in English to be global?
They're singing my lyrics
and they don't speak Spanish, it's just amazing.
We're showing the world that it's not about your language.
They listen to me in Lithuania, in Africa, in Asia,
and they don't understand what I'm saying.
But they feel it. They feel the vibe.
That's why my album is called "Vibras."
"Vibes."
Music is a universal language.
That's why I always try to just send positive vibes.
-(speaking Spanish) -(grunting and panting)
Jose: (in English) I wanna be a living legend.
Greatness is not about who are you.
It's more about how you treat people.
I don't do no drugs.
I don't have no alcohol problems.
I'm super healthy.
When I was 18,
I knew that I was gonna live where I'm living right now.
So I gotta be ready.
I gotta be ready to be in a clear mindset.
So I started meditating.
Meditation has helped me a lot.
It's just 20 minutes every day that makes you feel stronger,
makes you feel more relaxed.
You can see things more clear.
Just the fact to be alive is a lot of stress.
When you meditate, you go down to the ocean,
and get the calm,
and relax while the waves are moving.
It's a blessing to meditate.
And everybody can do it, too.
The most beautiful things in life are for free.
(inaudible)
Happiness.
Friends, and family.
(slow intro to reggaeton song playing)
Music is really powerful,
and it really goes beyond anything.
It's a superpower that we have.
And we have to be real careful with what we do with it.
To me, being successful is when you inspire people to keep dreaming.
(reggaeton song tempo increases)
(crowd cheering)
Dreams are my life.
Every dream is cool.
You wanna have a big car? Go ahead.
But it's not about just luxury and money.
It's cool if, besides that, you have another dream like,
"I wanna have a family. I wanna be a better person."
Keep the balance of your dreams.
I want people to follow their own dream,
and not what the world wants for them.
(reggaeton song continues playing)
You get me?
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