- (FBE) Today, you'll be doing a popular challenge at FBE,
a Try Not to Sing Along Challenge, but with a twist.
This is a Try Not to Sing Along Challenge to your own songs.
- I mean, it just sounds like probably the biggest challenge
of life. Guys, I'm gonna fail this!
This is not fair! - (FBE) To make this challenge
a little harder, while the songs are playing, there will be
no singing, of course. There's also no lip syncing,
no dancing, or moving to the beat.
- Oh, hell nah! Come ON!
Guys, I don't ever get nervous, and I'm low-key kind of
just anxious to do this. - (FBE) All right, here is
the first song. - I was already moving.
Did you see that?
- ♪ Every time you see me with my little black dress on ♪
♪ Oh, you need me ♪ ♪ You wanna be... ♪
- This is really awkward. I feel like I have to
really restrain myself from jamming out
to my own music. - ♪ My little black dress on ♪
♪ With my little... ♪ - It almost happened. (chuckles)
- ♪ With my little black dress on ♪ - Damn, this is really hard!
This song goes hard too, though. - ♪ I'll save the date ♪
♪ Like it's your... ♪ - When does the torture end?
It doesn't end? You're just gonna-- okay, cool.
Let it roll.
- ♪ You got me feeling some type of way ♪
- I was about to move my eyebrows to the beat.
That would've been... (laughs)
(ding) This is so hard!!
When you just like your own music, you wanna rock with it.
I kind of lost myself in the sauce a little bit
with the pop music. And I'm back to it.
I'm back to the roots. I'm back to where I started.
And it's probably made me the happiest I've ever been
in my artistic career. - ♪ I won't stop till I get
to the top ♪ - Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh.
This song, the music video holds such a special place
in my heart. - ♪ Yo ♪
- (raps along) ♪ First grade, Oak Street Elementary ♪
♪ A few blocks from the Inglewood Cemetery ♪
♪ I lived through hard times according to my memory ♪
♪ Then I learned to rhyme like I'm reading out the dictionary ♪
Oh my god. How could I not?
- ♪ My family lived in my... ♪ - (raps along) ♪ Grandpa's garage ♪
♪ So, I started working just to help out my pops ♪
- ♪ It all started when my... ♪ - Ha!
- ♪ Now, one day... ♪ - (raps along) ♪ I'ma be
a crossova ♪ ♪ Right now, it's just
"Who is that girl?" ♪ ♪ But one day,
I'ma be all around the world ♪ ♪ I still get grounded ♪
♪ Always stay grounded ♪ ♪ Still do chores
even when I'm tour ♪ Yo!
I was 15/16 years old, and I wrote it
in a closet studio. We weren't ready to release
original music just yet, but I was technically
already a signed artist. But just because I'm a signed artist
doesn't mean I have to stop doing covers.
So, why don't we do a really official cover
with a really official music video?
And what better song to remake than "Jenny From the Block"?
- ♪ Singing in the shower ♪ - Such an interesting time
of my life to look back on. - ♪ You bring my heart
to life ♪ ♪ Yeah, you light me up inside ♪
♪ Like the 4th of July ♪ ♪ Whenever you're around ♪
♪ I always... ♪ - Aww, little baby Becks.
- ♪ ...ask me how ♪ ♪ When you're the reason why ♪
♪ I'm singing in the shower ♪ ♪ La, da, di, la, da, da,
la, da, da ♪ - It's pretty easy.
- ♪ La, da, di, la, da... ♪
- It's so funny. Like, so awkward being in a fake shower.
It was definitely a learning era in my career.
I wasn't known for being Becky G the artist.
I was known as the singing in the shower girl.
And at first, it's cool, because you're like,
"Oh, this song is famous and that's MY song,"
but then you're like, "But it's not really
feeling like me." - ♪ (singing in Spanish) ♪
- Oh my god. This music video was so fun
to shoot, by the way. We shot it in Colombia
in Medellín. And it was quite a testy shoot.
The power went out five times in the entire place
we were shooting in. So, that put a hold
on hair and makeup. My hair was wet.
And actually, that part, the wet scene,
we just left my hair wet. It's pretty cool.
- ♪ (rapping in Spanish) ♪ - Oh my god.
Especially when the chorus comes. Ahhh!
- ♪ (singing in Spanish) ♪
- This is really hard. I can't.
Ooh, I gave him that look. Yes, girl.
And I gave him the look again?
Ooh, I was giving him the eyes.
Put me up to a challenge, and I do not wanna lose.
It was my biggest fear going into Spanish music
just because, obviously, as, you know, a Latina
born and raised here in the States, you speak in a Spanglish,
and that doesn't cut it in the Spanish market.
And I thought that they weren't gonna accept me.
But little did I know that they would embrace me
with open arms. I'm really thankful
and grateful for that, 'cause I kinda found myself again
in my music, so it was a huge blessing in disguise.
- ♪ (singing in Spanish) ♪ - Oh my god.
Especially this part. Mm.
I don't even wanna look at the video, 'cause it's so tempting.
No. I need to win this, guys.
It sucks when you write really, you know, bangin' bops.
Just can't help it.
Oh my god. This video's so dope.
It's one of my proudest moments in my entire career.
This is so hard. That's one of my favorite songs ever.
I think when you look at the entertainment industry period,
especially Latin women in the music industry
with reggaeton, there's not a lot of female presence.
It's about time that we stopped suppressing our power
to make other people feel more comfortable
or not view us as a "bitch." You know what I mean?
We can be bosses too in our own right.
- ♪ (rapping in Spanish) ♪
- ♪ (singing in Spanish) ♪ - ♪ (squeals softly)
Oh, I love this part.
- (FBE) I think we might have to count that as a little dance.
- What? No, it was a nod to the lyrics.
It was a nod to the lyrics, 'cause I said something, you know,
that everybody goes like, "Whoa. Did she just say that?"
(buzzer) I did move my eyebrows,
but it more like a nod to the lyric, you know?
That's what I was feelin'. But it was still movement.
- (FBE) We're gonna count that as a lose.
- Ugh! - ♪ I rushed in too anxious ♪
♪ It weighed me down like two anchors ♪
♪ The wrong label ♪ - (raps along) ♪ The wrong time ♪
♪ Feeling like a prisoner for such a long time ♪
Ah, still feel that way sometimes.
- ♪ I didn't love singing ♪ - (raps along) ♪ It just wasn't me ♪
♪ Look back, what was I... ♪ Oh my god!
♪ So many headaches, could've signed a deal with Advil ♪
- ♪ So, I sat back ♪ - (raps along) ♪ Had to wait it out ♪
- ♪ I kept writing ♪ - (raps along) ♪ Till that old check
faded out ♪ Oh my god.
- ♪ ...that my family didn't have ♪ - (raps along) ♪ I'm just
keepin' it real ♪ ♪ I never lie to my fans ♪
What fans did I have? (laughs)
- ♪ I was feeling like Beyoncé ♪ - (raps along) ♪ With no Jay ♪
- ♪ Lost ♪ - (raps along) ♪ But I kept
on practicing ♪ ♪ I kept rapping,
even tried my hand at actressin' ♪
Guys! It's crazy to look back at that, 'cause that's the video
that started that whole process of "You're gonna get signed
to a record label." It was really overwhelming
and really exciting at 14 years old to have some of the biggest
major record labels all fighting over you.
The flashy things are really cool, and I know you think
I'm just a little kid 'cause I lived in a garage,
and I'm only 14, but that's not gonna buy me.
You know what I mean? The dollar signs don't buy
anything for an artist who's signed to a messed up contract.
- (FBE) How is it kind of looking back and being able
to reflect on all-- - Do you want me to cry?
'Cause I might. I'm totally having these moments
of "Who am I?" again. What do I wanna do now?
Can I do it? What's-- you know, a lot
of things, it feels like are in the way,
all of these obstacles to overcome. And it's really inspiring,
because I think of how far I thought I had made it.
And then now, I'm just a person who wakes up every morning
like I didn't do anything the day before.
And that's a good thing, but it also could be a bad thing,
because you start to lose inspiration
when you're just constantly working all the time.
In a lot of situations, I've still had my hands
tied behind my back, but I've managed to move mountains.
And I think that's a testament to my true passion to what I do.
And I think talent, at the end of the day, always wins.
- (FBE) How hard was this challenge for you?
Or was it easy? What do you think?
- It was definitely really hard.
When you're so used to just being able to, you know,
hit the five, six, seven, eight or be in the studio
and when you're rapping, being able to express
with your hands, with your face, and your mouth, it's hard.
That's what I do, you know? As a job! For a living!
Thank you for the walk down memory lane. It was really fun.
Thank you so much to FBE for having me here today.
I was up for the challenge, and I think I did pretty good.
To stay tuned on all of my latest music,
the links are below. Check it out.
Thank you so much for having me. (smooches) Besitos!