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Hey, what's going on everybody?
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For First We Feast, I'm Sean Evans.
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You're watching Hot Ones and today, we deliver you a very special Hot Ones reunion brought to you by Jack in the Box, who we partnered with to create a munchy meal made for a spice lord.
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And I'm thrilled to welcome back to the studio J Balvin. >> Thank you.
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>> He's a Grammy Award nominated singer-songwriter and one of the most decorated musicians on the planet, a distinguished former Hot Ones guest, and he also has a brand new collaborative album Omerta alongside Ryan Castro.
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Check it out, but first things first, another go-round with the wings of death.
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J Balvin, welcome back to the show. >> Oh, thank you, man.
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>> So, we not only have new sauces on the table for you to try, but you'll also be one of the first to try our brand new Jack in the Box Hot Ones Munchy Meals. >> Okay.
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>> Are you ready to get started? >> Absolutely.
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>> Now that we've kicked things off, we're going to try our Hot Ones Buffalo Chicken Tater Melt, which is made with Hot Ones Buffalo sauce. >> This is great. What?
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>> [laughter] >> Oh my god.
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>> That's how you started it off, baby. >> What? Oh my god. Thank you.
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>> Plenty more where that came from. >> Okay. No, but this is great.
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This is like a croissant. >> Mhm. >> Wow.
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>> Little kick there at the end.
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>> I need to take some of them.
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>> [laughter] >> So, it's great to see you in the studio.
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We did that remote episode together some 5 years ago.
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And you know, my favorite part was almost when the interview ended.
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You gave the bomb beyond insanity to your friend Andres. >> Read? Read?
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[laughter] Bro, he almost went to the hospital. >> He looked like it. >> No no lie, man.
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He was like >> [music] >> How do you say hyperventilating?
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I don't know how you say it.
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>> [laughter] >> He's like >> But I'm happy that he's back on his feet and made it through the show today.
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>> we might we might bring him again.
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>> He's got to do an encore performance.
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I'm sure he's watching this in a green room somewhere and starting to sweat already.
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>> Andres, I swear to God, you're going to come here.
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>> [laughter] >> And then >> [music] >> has the meme of you calling the bomb toxic, you know, the this is toxic, bro.
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Did that ever make it to you?
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Like do fans ever bring up your Hot Ones appearance in the wild? >> Yes. Yes, I like it.
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How you did it, you know, it's and I'm just saying I just loved it, man.
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But I think it's the company also helps a lot, man. So, thank you, Sean.
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>> All right, so up next we have a hot virgin here.
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So, that'll be the first wing that you try. >> Okay. Delicious. Yeah.
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>> Do you have a most treasured memory from the 7-hour show that you did in your hometown of Medellin last November, which included more than 80 songs and 40,000 flowers handed out to fans as they entered the stadium? >> You tell me.
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It was 7 hours and I just got tired.
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Jesus Christ, I don't know how I did it.
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Well, the memory is of course like I just wanted to give back to my people.
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That's the reason why it took like kind of like two marathons and a half.
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And I I was ready mentally but not physically.
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I didn't know what is being on a show of 7 hours nonstop because it's not that like I just stay quiet, you know, I'm moving and I'm singing, I'm jumping, I'm performing, and I'm sharing with the people.
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So, I mean, the memories were beautiful, absolutely, but it was one where I was um fainting, you know, because I didn't have enough sugar in my body, enough fat.
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So, the doctors came to me, and they gave me like a bowl of ice cream.
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>> [music] >> You remember when I was on >> what we do on our show with guests on the >> yeah.
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But, mine was just to get my sugar, you know, back on on track.
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The fact that it was home, beautiful, but the only one is like how much I love my people that I'm like if I have to die on the stage, which it'd be legendary, but I didn't want to.
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>> A warrior going out on his shield.
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>> I was like I was like, man, I have to do it.
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>> So, for sauce number three, we have the Hot Ones Sriracha Curly Fry Burger, which is made with Hot Ones Sriracha sauce.
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Let's bring them on out and give them a try.
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>> Ah, this [ __ ] is good.
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>> We'll have a jalapeño on there. >> Oh my god. Oh, I need this home. >> It hits.
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>> This is so amazing, [laughter] bro.
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Another one that I'm taking home.
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>> Put it in the to-go bag. >> Yep.
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>> We're stacking them up today.
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>> So, you performed on some of the biggest stages, from headlining Coachella to the Super Bowl halftime show.
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Is there a reaction from the audience that unlocks another gear in you?
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Like, what's your favorite kind of energy to see reflected back at you when you're out on stage?
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>> You know, I think the first [music] time that we did the Super Bowl together with Bad Bunny, Shakira, and J.
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Lo, that kind of like make me feel that that we were really on the right track.
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And now, they see, you know, Bad Bunny has did his own Super Bowl, which is just [music] like I'm just celebrating what's happening with our culture in general.
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So, I think all the love that we're getting back is we're getting back.
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It's [music] not that I'm getting it back.
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The fact that people are more open to listen to different sounds and and engage that our music is just unstoppable.
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>> [snorts] >> It's undeniable that we have one of the mayors in the world right [music] now and in the Spanish music, but I said Latino music. This is beautiful.
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>> You're just enjoying the meal so far. >> beautiful. It's art.
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It's like the the Mona Lisa right here. I don't >> So far.
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We're going to turn it into a Pollock here by the end, but >> [laughter] >> so far so good.
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>> [snorts] >> So, your album Colores, each song was a different color. >> Yeah.
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>> When you're making a song like Azul, for example, what makes a song sound blue?
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Like how does a blue song sound different from like a red song or a yellow song?
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>> I mean, that's that's so subjective, you know, it's just like what is blue for you might be red for me.
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I just close my eyes and just I just let it It might sound romantic, but I just let my soul connect with that color.
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You know, I'm just like, this is blue. Don't ask me why.
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>> [laughter] >> It just It just feels blue.
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And it was It was such a successful project, man, because it's it was kind of random that you call every song by color.
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I would give a lot of credit to myself on that one. It's different.
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>> Yeah, and you seem like a vibes person in the studio or creatively.
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You know, I was reading another interview where you were talking about the song Bruce Wayne and how like you dimmed the lights in the studio and had the New York skyline reflecting in. >> man. That was Batman, man.
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>> [laughter] >> That made me think about I become Batman right here.
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>> We are in New York City. We are >> Come on.
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We can be Spider-Man, we can be Batman, we can be whatever you want. Ninja Turtle.
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>> [laughter] >> All right, if you're ready, we can move on to the halfway mark.
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And for sauce number five, we have a very special guest.
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Ryan Castro, come on out. >> Yeah.
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We had you eating sauce number five, which was going to be a pickling and scorpion, but it seems like J Balvin's got other ideas.
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He's opened the bomb beyond the sanity. >> the bottom. You're a gangster.
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You said we just did an album by [laughter] the way.
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He's called the artist from the ghetto.
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You know, he comes from the ghettos of Colombia.
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He started [snorts and music] he created a huge movement.
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I love him as a person, of course, that's the reason why we working together.
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So, he's called, you know, like the king of the ghetto.
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So, you know what if you if you acting like you're the tough guy and you know, you like you got everything under control.
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I just want to see his reaction.
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So, he's going to try >> You You went through the music industry the hard way and now you're doing Hot Ones the hard way.
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>> [laughter] >> Delicious.
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>> [laughter] >> Yeah, that's what I'm talking about. >> Yeah, I like it. Okay, I'm waiting. I'm Yeah.
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>> [laughter] >> Okay, are you okay? I'm good. >> How's the ghetto? >> I'm good. Ghetto. Rude boy.
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[laughter] >> So, everyone talks about chemistry in music as if it's automatic, but I'm wondering [music] what does chemistry actually look like in the studio when it really starts clicking?
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Like is there a different kind of vibe in the room? >> It's like this.
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Bro, we going to the studio >> [music] >> to have fun.
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You know, it's a certain moment Can I talk?
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It's a certain moment in life where you get so >> [laughter] >> to the into the game that you go to the studio that you like oh, I'm going to do this song and I don't know it's going to have so many streams.
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And that's when you get lost in the lost in the in the game.
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But so, now we back as when [music] we started like we just doing this for us.
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If you vibe with it, if you love it, that's great.
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[music] If you don't, well, we did our best.
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>> Well, thank you for sharing and Ryan, great job here coming on to the Hot Ones set. >> I'm quiet, bro. I'm quiet.
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>> Before you go, do you have any advice for J Balvin as he takes on the back half of the Hot Ones set?
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>> [laughter] >> The real gansta. I love you, G. Oh, Marta, stay here.
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We I'm going to wait for you.
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>> All right, if you're ready, we can move on here to sauce number six. This is Tropical Amario.
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>> Ooh, that sounds good. >> Mhm. >> This is so tropical.
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[music] Yeah, I feel like in the Amazonas and close to Colombia.
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>> So, you've described Metallica as being in your life since childhood.
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You fell in love when you heard the first guitar riff.
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What is it about Metallica that blew your mind as a kid? Like, why do they rule?
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>> That was the first uh [clears throat] band that that that I heard, actually.
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[music] I was just mind-blowing the fact that they had instrumentals.
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You know, like Orion and all this stuff.
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I'm like, it was mind-blowing to me that how I was like, who does that now?
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Who who take those risks and who is so confident to just do one an instrumental.
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So, the reason why I'm doing music, why [music] I started doing music is because I fell in love with with Metallica and also with Nirvana, Kurt Cobain.
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So, I started uh guitar classes and I started band.
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I wasn't the singer, but I was playing the guitar.
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So, shout out to James [music] Hetfield, the whole crew.
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>> All right, we are six wings down.
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If you're ready, we can move on here to sauce number seven. >> Of course.
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>> This one is called Eight Dragon.
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>> Ooh, now the are getting better.
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>> [laughter] >> It's a good It's like a roller coaster.
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>> [laughter] >> I like that. This one is fun.
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>> We're flying now, baby.
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>> Oh, now now now >> the wind.
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>> Now I feel a little rush. No water yet. >> I see that. >> No milk. >> I see that. Holding strong. >> Yes, of course.
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>> So, your music is full of aspirational imagery, but we all know that the foundation was a 1997 Volkswagen Golf that you nicknamed Rayo. >> Yeah.
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>> What was so special about that '90s hatchback that it later inspired a Grammy-nominated album by the same name?
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>> You know, I remember my dad doing all the sacrifice because we don't come from a wealthy family and and my dad with all his sacrifice working and working just to get me a car because he knew I wanted to be around with my music and and going to different shows and bars or high schools or universities and all this stuff.
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And all poetic way, I think me and Rayo paved the way in certain way for what is happening with reggaeton in in Colombia.
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>> How would you describe the car culture in Medellín?
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Like how is it different from say Miami or Los Angeles? >> Yeah.
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Well, you know, uh Colombia used to be a third world country, so So, there wasn't a lot of money there, you know?
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Of course, yeah, it was rich people, but in general it was really weird to see a Ferrari or a Lamborghini or you know, whatever this type [music] of cars.
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Cars always were so important in people's dreams, you know?
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It's kind of like a like a little medal that you get when you're working and it's so beautiful when people buy the first car.
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It's like, "Yeah, I got my first car."
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And I never forget when I have the first time, you know, my my car and radio, you know, that his name.
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So many beautiful memories, you know?
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Rejections, [music] which is beautiful, too, because that's what makes you stronger.
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>> [snorts] >> You know, and and uh doing all this journey with me, it was beautiful.
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>> And then you've collected lots of metals along the way.
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I'm curious, between the LaFerrari, >> Mhm.
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>> the F40, >> Oh, you know your [ __ ] >> and the 512 Testarossa, >> Okay.
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>> which has the best pure driving experience?
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>> It's hard, man, because honestly, they're not comfortable.
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>> Right, [laughter] yeah.
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A lot of those >> They're not.
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Like I remember the first time I drove the LaFerrari and and you just have to be pressing the brake all the time.
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If you don't put the brake, the car starts moving.
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So, you don't have peace to be with your >> [music] >> wife and talking about life.
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You you're You're like And you feel all the rocks because I had them in Colombia. >> Mhm.
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>> So, like little rocks because it's too low.
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You're driving and >> Feeling every single one, yeah. >> Yes.
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But of those, [music] the LaFerrari was a little bit more more it was more comfortable.
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It had more technology than the F40 and and than the Testarossa.
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>> If you're ready, we can move on to the bomb beyond insanity. >> Okay. Ooh. >> It's the one.
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>> Yeah, there [music] you go. Now you go. Shout out Ryan Castle.
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Look how a ghetto the guy who's not from the ghetto handle this [ __ ] Yeah, there you go.
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>> That's what I'm talking about. Out of reach.
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>> [laughter] >> Control the breathe. >> Mhm. Stay calm. Stay zen.
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Last one was a roller coaster.
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This one, we're floating.
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>> This one, it's um special. >> [laughter] >> Yeah.
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It's a good way of putting it. All right.
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J Balvin, you once said that fashion is your biggest passion on the same level as music.
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So, while you battled the bomb, what I'm hoping we can do is a style retrospective.
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I pulled some iconic red I pulled some iconic red carpet Are you okay? >> Because I'm crying.
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>> [laughter] >> We pulled some of your most iconic looks.
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We'll pull them up on the monitor.
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I'm just hoping I can get a backstory, okay? >> Okay.
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>> Can you tell me about the look for your Medellín concert?
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Is there anything different about styling a show for your hometown?
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>> Of course, every every [laughter] >> [snorts] >> every What up, Ryan?
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Um Can you stop laughing?
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>> [laughter] >> We got to concentrate. >> Yeah.
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Um This look >> to be careful around the eyes.
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>> Yeah, oh, yeah, you're right.
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This look um >> This look was um the intro of the primera >> [laughter] >> of the tour in Colombia, the stadium tour that we're doing. And um I love it.
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It was uh a beautiful aesthetic.
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You know, I have a lot of coins in my in my head, if you can see.
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I think it was kind of shaky all the time. >> All right, up next.
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You told Louis Vuitton colors are energy and vibration.
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What is maximum vibration?
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Like, how would you describe it?
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>> that's >> Is this maximum vibration? >> We're coming out.
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That's like that's like the bomb.
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>> [laughter] >> That's like that's a storm and a hurricane and and um and this sauce that I have right here on me. >> All wrapped into one.
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>> I don't I don't I have too much so much personality to rock that thing, boy.
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>> How would you describe the aesthetic appeal of Balmain?
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Like, what role did that brand play in your style evolution? >> I love Balmain.
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I have a lot of respect for the designer for Guram and and Kitty, which are part of the Balmain brand. I love the aesthetic. I love the the cuts.
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>> I'm kind of a jacket guy.
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Do you think I could pull one off? >> Of course. Absolutely.
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>> I know that you wouldn't say it if you didn't mean it.
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>> Because you can do a all black, you know, biker jacket.
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There's there's no way you go wrong with that.
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>> All right, up next, what can you tell me about the holographic jumpsuit that was in your performance for the 2018 Latin Grammys?
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>> I think that was cool.
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>> I think that was cool. I forgot about that one, but I think that's really I've always been so focused in create and change the the narrative of how they used to see us as Latinos when it was on performing, but not performing because there's a lot of great performers all
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over life, way better than me, of course, 100 times, but uh on the fact of like how can >> were wearing like an Ed Hardy kind of like bedazzled [music] kind of look, and then you're in like Saint Laurent and kind of bringing it like a designer house kind of vibe. >> Yes. >> Yes. Yeah, like that.
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We love always [music] to create a world every time we do a show. >> And this is a world. >> We have. >> All right.
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We're on to sauce number nine. >> passed the bomb, man. >> the bomb.
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Unfortunately, once one storm clears out, another one rolls in on this show. >> It is life. If you're ready.
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>> Yeah, of course I'm ready. I'm good. >> [music] >> I'm good.
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>> So, I was reading a recent Oat Living interview where you talked about how horror movies are like a stress reliever for you, and you watch them to go to sleep. >> Yes.
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>> What distinguishes >> that?
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>> [laughter] >> Am I weird?
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>> No, that's not weird at all.
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I I watch horror movies at night quite a bit, too, by myself.
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It kind of elevates the whole experience for me, you know?
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>> the place it feels, better, because when I was a kid, I was uh really scared of of the dark.
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Super scared because I would used to watch scary movies when I was a kid.
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And when I grew up I was like, you know what? I got to face my fear.
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Like, I love this, but I'm not enjoying the result after. >> Mhm.
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>> And uh it took me time, and then it's like the most it's like my meditation time.
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Because all of them are based on true stories.
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So, yeah, I don't see like like Hellraiser and those. No, that's like fiction. >> Mhm.
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>> No, I like the the things that happened here in New Jersey, in New York. >> You like a Conjuring.
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You like a >> is something that that >> [music] >> that you can go and see the house and be like, this happens couple of years ago. >> All right. >> too. I believe in them.
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They're among [music] us. We might be one of them.
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>> But you're not afraid. You'll face it.
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>> I think I know how to handle them.
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>> We're going to send you first as our ambassador, should that ever happen, all right?
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Representing [clears throat] us humans. >> Reggaeton ambassador.
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>> [laughter] >> All right, J Balvin, for the second time, you have made it to the last dab, and we have a very special guest to help us out. Jack, come on in. Here comes Jack. >> What's up? How are you?
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>> Oh, great, and you, man? >> I'm great, man. Nice to meet you. >> You, too.
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From one celebrity to another, J.
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This one's the one you want. >> Ooh. Thank you very much. >> Thank you, man. I love the hat. >> I'll sashay away. >> All [laughter] right. >> Sashay on out.
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>> And us will sashay on in with a little extra on the last wing. >> Okay. >> All right. >> All right. All right. >> Cheers. >> Cheers. Ryan, what's up, man? Guy from the ghetto.
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>> [laughter] >> And with that, J Balvin, you have now conquered the wings of death for a second time.
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And last time you were on the show, you taught me "Hasta la chimba" to describe the experience of eating the bomb. >> Yeah.
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>> I'm wondering, is there another Spanish phrase or piece of Colombian slang you can teach me that best describes what the experience of eating Hot Ones is like? >> Es muy hijueputa. >> Muy hijueputa?
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>> [laughter] >> It's like [clears throat] it's muy hijueputa. Muy.
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It's not it's not an easy task, man. It's it's just not. >> Muy hijueputa? >> just muy hijueputa. >> Muy hijueputa? >> Exacto. >> Hasta la chimba.
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>> [laughter] >> That's the perfect combo right there.
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Hijueputa, hasta la chimba. Está muy duro.
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>> [laughter] >> And look at you, J Balvin, taking on the wings of death, living to tell the tale.
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And now there's nothing left to do but roll out the red carpet for you.
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This camera, this camera, this camera, let the people know what you have going on in your life.
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>> Thank you guys for everything.
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I'm I'm I'm grateful for you guys.
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Thank you, Sean, for having me here on the show.
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We just dropped a new album with Ryan Castro, "Omer 40", go check it out.
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If you don't know me, I'm J Balvin, get to know me a little bit, and much love [snorts] straight up from Medellin, Colombia to the whole world.
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Latino gang, J BALVIN, [music] MAN.
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>> [applause] >> IS ANDRES HERE? I'D LIKE TO MEET HIM.
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>> I LOVED THAT I LOVED that clip. >> Welcome to Hot Ones.
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>> [laughter] >> Welcome to Hot Ones. This is our >> show. It's me and Sean here. >> Ah, okay, your show.
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>> so I'm thrilled to be joined in the studio with Andres.
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When you were on the show last time as your cameo, you were hiccuping, >> Still happening. Still happening.
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>> Yeah, yeah, yeah, I brought >> But you're a showman, and you're back. >> Okay. >> We're going back in. >> Make the time. >> No water. I remember that eye pop. The >> [snorts] >> Okay.
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>> The hic- The hiccups again. Why? Why? >> I DON'T KNOW.
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>> [laughter] >> OH MY GOD.
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>> UH-UH, stay here with the camera. You got to be on camera. >> [laughter] >> Wait.
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>> Is it worse the second time?
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Is it worse than you remember?
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>> It's kind OF THE SAME.
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>> [laughter] >> HOW COME YOU CAN DO AN INTERVIEW ON this situation?
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I can't [laughter] even think.
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>> Man, I do 7-hour show. That's mind control.
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That's That's That's definitely mind control.