Maluma Talks New Album ‘Don Juan,’ His Upcoming Tour, J Balvin & More | Billboard in Conversation

Maluma tells Billboard Latin Chief Content Officer Leila Cobo all about his new album ‘Don Juan,’ how it’s different from his last album, his upcoming tour, his collab with J Balvin, and more!

Maluma
I’m gonna let it grow a little bit more.

Leila Cobo
It looks cool.

Maluma
You approve it?

Leila Cobo
I think you look cute.

Maluma
Leila approve it, come on!

Leila Cobo
Mr. Maluma — hola, hi.

Maluma
Hola, hi, how are you? Como estas?

Leila Cobo
How many languages?

Leila Cobo
Let’s talk about ‘Don Juan.’

Maluma
Yeah.

Leila Cobo
I listened to the whole album.

Maluma
You listened to the whole album already?

Leila Cobo
I did.

Maluma
Oh, I love that.

Leila Cobo 0:43
So before I tell you what I think I want to ask you if you had to describe ‘Papi Juancho’ and ‘Don Juan’ each in like two words.

Maluma
Let’s say that ‘Don Juan’ is magical, ‘Papi Juancho’ I would say is emotional. When I was doing ‘Papi Juancho’ I was going through some emotional things that in every song like you can interpret, right? But then with ‘Don Juan’ it’s like, everything in one album. That’s where I would say that is magical. Because it’s fun. It’s modern, still very sentimental. That’s the vibe that I’m that I’m giving right now is music, to have fun and enjoy life. I’m so happy in my life right now. Leila, like you have no idea. Maybe you can tell. I feel so grateful every morning when I wake up that I just want to do positive things. Right now that’s ‘Don Juan,’ that’s the whole album.

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