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Will.i.am on the Latin Explosion in Music: ‘Pop Is Not That Loyal’

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Ramin Setoodeh New York Bureau Chief“Feel the Beat,” a track from the Black Eyed Peas’ recent bilingual English-Spanish album, “Translation,” features the group’s first collaboration with Latin music star Maluma.

In an interview this week for Variety’s Power of Young Hollywood issue, frontman Will.i.am. reveals that it was the third song that the group tried to pull off with the 26-year-old reggaeton phenomenon from Colombia.“The verse on ‘Feel the Beat’ was originally written for ‘Ritmo (Bad Boys for Life),’” Will says, referring to the 2019 track that eventually featured J Balvin instead. “And I don’t think [Maluma] felt comfortable with it at the time.

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