Enrique Iglesias Music: 'Bailando' Singer and Nicky Jam Work on 'El Perdón' Music Video [Watch]
Enrique Iglesias and Nicky Jam this week were working on the video of their hit "El Perdón," the Spanish singer revealed in an Instagram video.
The shoot comes shortly after the release of the clip accompanying "Noche y de Día," in which Iglesias was joined by Puerto Rican reggaeton star Yandel and "electro latino" innovator Juan Magan, Latin Pop Brasil noted.
"El Perdón" has been a huge success in Brazil and Spain, the website explained. The song went viral after Brazilian soccer talent Neymar, under contract at the traditional Futbol Club Barcelona, published a video in which he sings the tune along with fellow player Dani Alves.
Iglesias himself put the images of the singing soccer stars up on his social media pages, Latin Pop said, and accompanied them by a portion of what will be the official video of his collaboration with Jam, the reggaeton singer-songwriter.
Jam, a Boston native of Puerto Rican origin, began his career in Colombia before becoming a YouTube sensation; his videos on the channel have been watched more than 700 million times.
"El Perdón" is the first single he has performed for Sony Music since signing a contract with the label in February, Latin Pop recalled. Pairing Jam up with Iglesias is apparently an effort to make him more popular across the United States and the rest of Latin America, the Web site judged.
The "Noche y de Día" clip, meanwhile, has come under fire in Spain for not showcasing enough of the beauty of the country's northwestern region of Galicia, Global News reported. Universal Music allegedly received some $330,000 from the local government, which hoped to promote tourism in its four provinces.
But less than a fourth of the four-minute, 43-second video is actually composed of images of the region, and most of the visuals come from inside a monastery, the Web site detailed.
La Voz de Galicia, a local newspaper, said that most of the region's highlights would never make it onto global television screens because they pop up during the clip's first 45 seconds -- before the music kicks in; thus, broadcasts would likely choose to cut them out altogether, the newspaper argued.
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