The musician Pedro Sampaio He presented to the public his first international partnership last Thursday (29). Baptized from “Wicked”the feat mixes funk and Colombian reggaeton, with verses in Portuguese and Spanish, in a collaboration with J Balvin e Take a Day.
The new song has also arrived accompanied by a music video recorded directly from Texas in the United States, marking the last single from the album “Astro”, made available on digital platform a year ago. In a press conference accompanied by CNNthe desire to expand his career in the Latin market – Currently on the rise.
“We are in a very good moment of Brazilian funk, there are many looks focused on our culture. on time with work on trends. We have good Brazilian representatives making these bridges, and this song with Balvin is a great movement, not only of my career, but that will put Brazil even more in this showcase that people want to be close to culture, that gringos, the Latinos want to be close to music. “
Making one of the biggest dreams, sharing the vocals with, Pedro also reflected how exciting it is to look back and see the steps he tried, when he began on the music scene still from the porch of his own home. “My career is recent and was built with love. It’s not easy. It’s tall and low, many challenges, but I always believed me. I have a team that supports me, I have a solid fan base and I love being on stage,” he said.
“I even get emotional when I think where I started because it is very crazy. The way it happens and is scaling. I had this period of two months at home [após romper o ligamento do joelho] And I managed to reflect a lot. We go into a career pace, evolution, always having to deliver and do not realize. I seek recognition, expansion, win more people, new places to express myself. I connected a lot with Latin artists and I was able to try new ways to create with new language, new melodies and this supplies me a lot. I want to take the beats of Brazilian funk beyond“He added.
Anitta as Pedro Sampaio and J Balvin’s feat
Fan of the Colombian artist’s card, Pedro revealed that he had the opportunity to meet Balvin even before the partnership, through. However, he waited for the right moment for the meeting to happen.
“My relationship with J Balvin is really fan. I started that way, I remember an episode, for over two years, I was at Anitta’s house and I talked about J Balvin to her, how much I admired him. She said she was going to call video and I said,” no time will happen, I don’t know what I’m going to talk to “. Sampaio.
“When I had the song ready, I sent her to listen. She said ‘you can send it to him.’ This moment is a dream come truea song that we still believe a lot. ”
Music video in Texas and cultural fusion
Finally, Sampaio also shared that the decision to record in Texas considered the artists’ agenda. “It wouldn’t even be there, but by the agendas there would be the point for both of them. We were recording the clip, started to rain a lot, we had to stop the recording and were sitting taking a tea. It was about 20 to 30 minutes until the rain passed and I had one of the most interesting conversations that provided an evolution of my. I changed an idea there with him about career, internationalization, “he said.
“This all went right, he is a Colombian artist who became global. He was one of the pioneers for the rise of reggaeton, who has several similarities with funk. And I I think I can be one of those engines Together with Anitta, Luísa Sonza, Pabllo Vittar. It was a very striking moment, “he concluded.
