- When I went to Jamaica,
of course, I was looking for the concept,
the whole concept of the album.
So, on Monday we did the first song,
then on Tuesday the second song.
It was, like, a whole experience,
making the album in seven days.
So, at the end of the album,
I chose the name of '7 Days In Jamaica'
because that was actually the experience
that I lived over there.
Since I started my career,
I've been making, like, this kind of music,
reggae, different kind of dance hall,
and yeah, this kind of rhythms.
One of my favorite artists is Bob Marley.
And he inspired me like crazy in this new album.
So, it was something that I already had in my DNA.
Hey, what's up guys? This is Maluma baby
and these are my top five favorite videos
from my own album, '7 Days In Jamaica (7 Días En Jamaica)'
So, my first favorite video,
for sure, is "Tonika,"
the song with Ziggy Marley.
I love this video because having Ziggy Marley
in the song was a dream came true.
So, yeah, for sure, "Tonika" is one of my favorite ones.
That was great, man, because I did my part
in different place than Ziggy did
because, Ziggy, he was in a L.A.
And because of the COVID and everything,
we couldn't do it together.
So, I saw the video without Ziggy
and I thought that the video was cool.
I mean, it was nice.
But then, when I saw Ziggy, like, performing,
like, actually, like, singing in Spanish, you know
what it means for the Latin culture, you know?
It's like a big, big, big deal having Ziggy Marley,
having the Marley's legacy and everything,
and doing it next to the Latin culture.
So, for me, that was big. For sure it was big
for my career, but even more for the culture.
My next favorite video for sure
is "Agua de Jamaica." [Laughs]
That's one of my favorites because it's kind of romantic.
I'm having, like, this beautiful moment
on the beach with this beautiful girl, who's Davina.
She's such a beautiful person, man.
She's such a beautiful human being.
You know, it's pretty nice
that I don't remember when was the last time
that I used or I worked with a Black girl, you know?
And, for me, that was pretty important
because I wanted to mix the cultures, you know?
I wanted to put Jamaica 100%
there in the video and it worked, you know?
So, for me, it was pretty important to have both cultures
and show that we're powerful, too.
The next one is, for sure,
"La Burbuja." [Laughs]
That's one of my favorites, man,
because there's a lot of dance over there.
You can feel, like, a good, good vibe with the song.
And I feel like this song could be global, you know?
A global song because the whole dance story
is like, this guy from Jamaica, his name is Charly Black
and he's part of '7 Days In Jamaica,' too.
We were there in Jamaica
and he took us to a big,
big party there in town, in Jamaica,
and he showed us the bubbling, right?
The bubbling is this movement that we can see there
in 'La Burbuja' video.
So, there are these beautiful girls dancing
and moving their bodies,
and that was so hard, man.
After we got from the party,
we got to the house and we were like,
"Bro, what's the name of the dance move that you told us?"
"Oh, the bubbling."
And I was like, "So, in Spanish, that's la burbuja, right?
"Like, the burbujeo?"
And then he was like, "Yeah, for sure."
And he told us, like,
"You guys should do a song about the bubbling."
And I was like,
"OK, give me a rhythm, whatever it is."
"Give me an instrumental."
So, the guys, the producers there, started working on it,
they gave it to me,
and we did this hook that is "La Burbuja," so it has, like,
a beautiful and strong story behind it.
OK, so the next one is "Peligrosa."
Por que, that's one of my favorite ones
because it's actually, like, the end of the whole movie.
And it has, like, a very strong and powerful meaning
or message, you know?
That I'm killing myself at the end of the video
because I'm killing my ego.
So, it's so nice having that moment, like, killing
that old Maluma that I wasn't, like, proud of it,
you know?
So, that video for me is very important
because that's the end
of that old Maluma that I didn't like,
and new and reborn Maluma is here.
This is my last favorite video,
and this is "Love." [Laughs]
Because of Charly Black, man.
He's such a cool guy.
He was, like, my guide there in Jamaica.
He was with us, like, 24/7.
He was showing us the Island,
he was showing us his culture,
their favorite foods and everything.
So, Charly put, like, this beautiful, magical touch
to the video and to the whole concept of the album.
When I got to Jamaica, actually, I took a team with me
and they were recording everything, the whole process.
And the team who was with me there
in Jamaica, like, doing this kind of documentary,
they are the ones who made the whole visuals for the album,
all the videos for the album.
So, they understood 100 percent of my ideas
and I love doing videos, man.
Like, this last year in 2020, I did,
I don't know, like, how many videos?
Like, 15 videos in the last year.
So, for me,
I enjoy it. I do it because I enjoy it.
And I also feel like people, they feel more connected
to my music when I do the videos, too, together.