-My next guest is known as the queen of Latin pop,
and she has a brand-new album
out this Friday called "Desamorfosis."
Please welcome Thalia!
[ Cheers and applause ]
Oh, my goodness! Look at this! Come on!
-Jimmy, mi amor!
-I'm so happy that you're here, number one.
Number two, thank you
for premiering your video tonight for "Mojito."
It's a big deal, and we love that.
Thank you very much. [ Cheers and applause ]
-Oh, my God, I'm so excited about this.
Thank you for having me here.
-How is the family? How is Tommy doing, your husband?
-Tommy, you know, he's always busy, always working.
He has like three projects right now.
You probably know all about it
because you guys talk all the time.
-Tommy Mottola is your husband. -Exciting.
-How did you and Tommy meet? Do you remember?
-Oh, my -- Okay, this was a blind date,
and it was Gloria and Emilio Estefan
that kept telling us, "You know what?"
Emilio kept saying, "Thalia, you have to meet this guy.
You have to meet this guy.
He's like you. He thinks like you."
And I kept asking him, "Okay, but tell me --
tell me about this guy, what he does."
"He just got divorced. He has two kids."
And I'm like, "No thank you." [ Laughter ]
"I'm free right now. I feel very good right now."
And he kept telling Tommy the same like,
"You have to meet this girl.
I mean, you guys are like -- like so alike."
And then Tommy's like, "Okay, but tell me what she does.
Tell me about her."
-[ Laughs ] My God, that's a good impression.
-And then he's like, "Okay, she's an actress,
and she's a singer," and Tommy was like,
"Nope, thank you very much." [ Laughter ]
-Oh, my gosh. That's hilarious. -"That's it."
One year and a half, after we met at Scalinatella --
you probably love that story, because you like to eat like me.
-I love Scalinatella. -And from that day till now,
20-plus years, two kids, gorgeous kids.
-Come on. Look at that. [ Cheers and applause ]
I've seen photos of your wedding, 'cause it was --
I mean, everyone who was anyone was at your wedding.
I mean, it was insane.
-It was really something.
It was insane.
It was, you know, the Mexicans and the Italians,
and then New York scene,
and then it was, like, mariachi band,
and then it was a big band.
And then at the end of the night -- I don't know how --
up on stage, it was Donna Summer,
Gloria Estefan, Marc Anthony.
Danny DeVito was, like, dancing. [ Laughter ]
-I love how Danny DeVito got the biggest round of applause.
-Hold on. Pero hold on.
He was dancing, holding on Jennifer Lopez waist.
He's not stupid. [ Laughter and applause ]
He is not stupid.
He was doing the conga with Jennifer.
[ Laughter ]
Jennifer was so happy, and he was like, "Yeah!"
[ Laughter ]
A lot of tequila. A lot of tequila that night.
-Yeah. Good, good, good. [ Applause ]
I want to talk about "Desamorfosis,"
but first, I wanted to mention that, at one point,
some of your songs were banned at one point,
when you first came out. -Yes. Yes.
-Because they were too racy or what was it?
-They were, like, very, you know, a lot of, like,
sexual content and a lot of very explicit things,
and about concepts that back then probably were, like,
too much for, like, a 17-year-old girl.
And they banned me on radio.
And 30 years after, right now,
we just released the same albums,
my first three solo albums, digitally,
and they were like number one, two, three -- They're top five.
-Yeah. The top -- -In the digital era.
-That's what I'm talking about.
They come out now. That's got to feel good.
[ Cheers and applause ] See?
-I'm like, "Yes!" -Well, you have a new album.
It comes out this Friday, "Desamorfosis."
What can people expect from this album?
-First of all, that sounds so good.
"Desamorfosis." That sounds great.
-I did okay? "Desamorfosis."
-Yeah. "Desamorfosis."
"Desamorfosis." -"Desamorfosis."
"Desamorfosis." -Yes!
-Thank you. You have to help me, Thalia, please.
-You did good. So, "desamor" means "heartbreak."
Okay? "Amor" is "love," of course.
"Morphosis" is "morfosis."
It's like a play on three words.
And that's what love is.
Love is an adventure.
And it has all this complexity of what love is.
And it's a very honest album.
I talk about all my things there from beginning to end.
And it's the first time that I did this.
It's like going to therapy, and it was amazing.
[ Laughter ]
-I love there's a song on here called "Tick Tock,"
because you have a giant following on TikTok.
And it's funny because some generations
watch you on TikTok, and they know you only from TikTok.
-Yeah, they think I'm a TikToker or, like, I'm a YouTuber
or, like, I'm an influencer.
And then they discover, when they Google me,
"Oh, my gosh, she's sings?"
[ Laughter ]
-Oh, my God. I mean, come on.
Exactly, like, "What?"
-It's really cool.
And my fans, Jimmy, my fans from all over,
they send me -- they tag me and they DM me all the time
like, "You know what? There's a new singer here in Brazil.
You have to know all about her. You and her would be amazing."
Or my fans from Greece -- "This is the new video director.
Look at what he's doing. You have to work."
So they're always tagging me,
and that's how I find my collabs lately.
You know, I just DM them. "Hey, I love your music."
And they're like, "A-Are you the Thalia? Are you?"
-They're like, "Really? Is this really coming from Thalia?"
Yeah. Look at you. I love it.
And then, I want to talk about "Mojito," because I think
this is a perfect summer jam,
not only is it the perfect summer beverage.
[ Laughter ]
Why is it called "Mojito"?
-Well, it is like a very --
First of all, the song is super sexy.
It has real music that, to me, was important.
You know, it has, like, the guitar and the bongos,
and the lyrics are like what you said.
It's like the perfect summer song.
It's refreshing. It's like mint, sugar, bubbles.
-Yes! -Kisses, lips, and oh!
-Yes! That's what I'm talking about!
[ Cheers and applause ]
You are unbelievable. Thalia!
Her new album "Desamorfosis" is out this Friday.