El Malilla Defines Mexican Reggaeton | Billboard News
Written by djfrosty on June 5, 2025
Griselda Flores caught up with El Malilla at Suenos Festival, and he defines “Mexican Reggaeton,” discusses his dream of touring the U.S. and more!
El Malilla:
The special case with Mexican reggaeton is that – Hey, how’s it going, everyone? I’m El Malilla, and this is Billboard, VIP Access.
Griselda Flores:
We’re with El Malilla at Sueños, here in Chicago. Welcome.
El Malilla:
We’re at the Sueños Festival in Chicago and I’m really excited because it’s the fifth time we’ve sung in the United States and the first time we’ve sung here in Chicago, and I saw a lot of people picking up on my songs, singing along. So there’s something inside me that I’d like to go on tour, but not just at a festival, and I’d like to be at venues for these fans who are there.
Of course.
And not just for 20 minutes.
I was just about to ask you that. You sang at Coachella and now Sueños. What do you hope for it, to turn into a tour?
Yes, I would like to work on that. I would like to visit cities in the United States where people know us and also where they don’t, since I started planting the seed for the Malilla project, which was a great project that I really liked. I sing reggaeton. Mexican reggaeton. Mexican reggaeton. I am Mexican and I sing reggaeton.
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