1 00:00:02,680 --> 00:00:03,360 Speaker 1: Hey, guys. 2 00:00:04,120 --> 00:00:06,160 Speaker 2: As you know, season four of Chigis and Chill is 3 00:00:06,200 --> 00:00:09,120 Speaker 2: officially over, but there are still some things I want 4 00:00:09,160 --> 00:00:11,479 Speaker 2: to talk to you about. That's why over the next 5 00:00:11,480 --> 00:00:14,400 Speaker 2: few weeks, we'll be revisiting some of my favorite episodes 6 00:00:14,440 --> 00:00:16,720 Speaker 2: over the last four seasons. I'll be sharing where I 7 00:00:16,760 --> 00:00:19,680 Speaker 2: am now versus where I was when I recorded the episode, 8 00:00:19,840 --> 00:00:22,520 Speaker 2: and also talk about how I feel today compared to 9 00:00:22,560 --> 00:00:24,639 Speaker 2: how I felt then. I want you to think of 10 00:00:24,680 --> 00:00:28,720 Speaker 2: these episodes as a countdown to something completely new, something 11 00:00:28,800 --> 00:00:29,920 Speaker 2: coming very soon. 12 00:00:30,400 --> 00:00:43,320 Speaker 1: Be excited. So let's do this, shall we? What up, y'all? 13 00:00:43,840 --> 00:00:47,559 Speaker 2: So today we are revisiting the episode called Behind the 14 00:00:47,680 --> 00:00:52,000 Speaker 2: Album Aberjna. I remember recording this episode and talking about 15 00:00:52,080 --> 00:00:55,400 Speaker 2: how much work it took to bring this album to life. 16 00:00:55,560 --> 00:00:57,800 Speaker 2: At that time, I said it was my best album yet, 17 00:00:58,160 --> 00:01:02,240 Speaker 2: and it was. But let's bring in my producers to 18 00:01:02,280 --> 00:01:04,680 Speaker 2: see what questions they have, and then I'll tell you, guys, 19 00:01:05,360 --> 00:01:06,280 Speaker 2: what's really happening. 20 00:01:06,720 --> 00:01:08,440 Speaker 1: Hi, guys, I'm. 21 00:01:08,240 --> 00:01:10,800 Speaker 3: So happy to be here revisiting and sort of like 22 00:01:11,040 --> 00:01:13,440 Speaker 3: going down memory lane. I feel like this is really cool. 23 00:01:14,360 --> 00:01:17,840 Speaker 3: I remember exactly the moment when you said this was 24 00:01:17,840 --> 00:01:20,520 Speaker 3: your best album yet and gosh. What do you think 25 00:01:20,600 --> 00:01:23,800 Speaker 3: made this album different than some of the music you 26 00:01:23,840 --> 00:01:25,039 Speaker 3: had released previously. 27 00:01:26,680 --> 00:01:30,119 Speaker 2: I feel like I've had Rena the album that era 28 00:01:30,400 --> 00:01:36,240 Speaker 2: definitely was a turning point in my career because that's 29 00:01:36,280 --> 00:01:38,959 Speaker 2: when I feel like I stepped into my own. I 30 00:01:38,959 --> 00:01:44,919 Speaker 2: felt like I felt just very confident with my voice 31 00:01:44,920 --> 00:01:49,440 Speaker 2: on stage, and I just said, ef it, I'm going 32 00:01:49,520 --> 00:01:53,800 Speaker 2: to try something different. I'm ready to have a gorrido 33 00:01:54,240 --> 00:01:55,920 Speaker 2: because I've he Rena at the end of the day 34 00:01:55,960 --> 00:01:59,720 Speaker 2: is a corrido, and I feel ready for this. I 35 00:01:59,760 --> 00:02:03,440 Speaker 2: feel feel confident enough to sing a song that is 36 00:02:03,520 --> 00:02:06,160 Speaker 2: very strong like this, and then the whole album, I 37 00:02:06,160 --> 00:02:08,000 Speaker 2: mean it was, now that I think about it, I 38 00:02:08,040 --> 00:02:11,240 Speaker 2: said that that was very difficult to finish that album, 39 00:02:11,560 --> 00:02:16,760 Speaker 2: but then so was the Amanthees that was hard, very 40 00:02:16,840 --> 00:02:20,160 Speaker 2: and now this album. So I guess it's just you know, 41 00:02:20,200 --> 00:02:22,359 Speaker 2: when you do something that you love and you put 42 00:02:22,440 --> 00:02:26,200 Speaker 2: your all into it, it's bound to be a little difficult. 43 00:02:26,240 --> 00:02:29,880 Speaker 4: I think if you were to put out that album now, 44 00:02:30,560 --> 00:02:34,400 Speaker 4: how different do you think it would be? Would you 45 00:02:34,440 --> 00:02:35,440 Speaker 4: even put it out now? 46 00:02:36,280 --> 00:02:36,680 Speaker 1: Now? 47 00:02:36,760 --> 00:02:41,959 Speaker 2: Wow, that's a good question, Huh. I think I would 48 00:02:42,440 --> 00:02:46,200 Speaker 2: because that's still very me it's still although I'm like 49 00:02:46,240 --> 00:02:50,920 Speaker 2: in like my hippie Jeannee era, that's still very much me. 50 00:02:51,120 --> 00:02:54,480 Speaker 2: I was just watching videos the other day of like 51 00:02:54,639 --> 00:02:59,720 Speaker 2: concerts during the Abajerna tour, and I miss it, you know, 52 00:02:59,800 --> 00:03:00,799 Speaker 2: I really do. 53 00:03:00,880 --> 00:03:00,960 Speaker 3: So. 54 00:03:01,040 --> 00:03:04,320 Speaker 2: I do think I would for sure still bring out 55 00:03:04,320 --> 00:03:06,480 Speaker 2: that album. It was just it was the turning point 56 00:03:06,520 --> 00:03:09,520 Speaker 2: in my career. I think it's when people really started 57 00:03:09,520 --> 00:03:13,120 Speaker 2: seeing me as as a singer, if that makes sense. 58 00:03:13,800 --> 00:03:17,919 Speaker 3: Was that when you won the first your first Latin Grammy. 59 00:03:17,720 --> 00:03:24,160 Speaker 2: Actually that was my second Latin Grammy. Yeah, and that's 60 00:03:24,320 --> 00:03:29,720 Speaker 2: that I felt was really yeah, you know, I have 61 00:03:29,800 --> 00:03:30,240 Speaker 2: three and. 62 00:03:30,280 --> 00:03:37,000 Speaker 4: I's counting, and now Cheeky is you were? Of course, 63 00:03:37,320 --> 00:03:42,119 Speaker 4: your new album just came out completely different. At least 64 00:03:42,160 --> 00:03:44,440 Speaker 4: it feels like that based on the music that you've 65 00:03:44,480 --> 00:03:48,880 Speaker 4: already put out in the past few months. How how 66 00:03:48,920 --> 00:03:52,480 Speaker 4: do you think that an album brought you to this 67 00:03:53,240 --> 00:03:56,240 Speaker 4: point being being so different. 68 00:03:58,160 --> 00:04:04,840 Speaker 2: I'm a true believer in and everything that happens in 69 00:04:04,840 --> 00:04:08,600 Speaker 2: your life is meant for you to grow and become 70 00:04:08,920 --> 00:04:12,480 Speaker 2: who you're meant to become, right, So I am so 71 00:04:12,560 --> 00:04:15,800 Speaker 2: grateful for ave he Rena and that tour and everything 72 00:04:15,800 --> 00:04:18,120 Speaker 2: that I learned and that confidence that I gained on 73 00:04:18,240 --> 00:04:21,919 Speaker 2: stage because that song, you have to have this crazy 74 00:04:21,920 --> 00:04:26,760 Speaker 2: amount of confidence to sing something like that, you know, 75 00:04:26,839 --> 00:04:34,280 Speaker 2: because it's a little more I guess egos, Like there's 76 00:04:34,320 --> 00:04:38,160 Speaker 2: like a lot of ego behind that, you know, that 77 00:04:38,240 --> 00:04:43,359 Speaker 2: type of song. And with this music, I feel like 78 00:04:43,440 --> 00:04:46,279 Speaker 2: it's thanks to ave Herena and thanks to everything that 79 00:04:46,320 --> 00:04:49,640 Speaker 2: I did with my Banda. It just allowed me to 80 00:04:49,720 --> 00:04:54,000 Speaker 2: really just flow and ease my way into this type 81 00:04:54,000 --> 00:04:58,440 Speaker 2: of music and recording this album because it's just lighter. 82 00:04:58,480 --> 00:05:01,279 Speaker 2: I don't know how to explain it, like it's just 83 00:05:01,400 --> 00:05:07,120 Speaker 2: lighter and Banda is so difficult to sing that that 84 00:05:07,240 --> 00:05:09,880 Speaker 2: was like the best school I could have had because 85 00:05:09,880 --> 00:05:13,720 Speaker 2: with this music, it just flows. It's so hard to explain. 86 00:05:14,279 --> 00:05:18,200 Speaker 2: But definitely I couldn't have done one without the other. Hmm. 87 00:05:18,880 --> 00:05:21,520 Speaker 3: Yeah, do you want to tell listeners the name of 88 00:05:21,560 --> 00:05:23,600 Speaker 3: your album? In case sipen living under a Rock? 89 00:05:24,160 --> 00:05:24,960 Speaker 1: Yeah? 90 00:05:25,160 --> 00:05:28,360 Speaker 2: Yeah, So the album is actually going to come out 91 00:05:28,640 --> 00:05:32,760 Speaker 2: on April ninth, and it's going to be titled Jinney 92 00:05:33,839 --> 00:05:36,640 Speaker 2: and that is the name of the album. And you 93 00:05:36,640 --> 00:05:39,159 Speaker 2: guys have already heard a few of the singles, but 94 00:05:40,000 --> 00:05:46,479 Speaker 2: this album for sure is the best album that I've 95 00:05:46,560 --> 00:05:49,360 Speaker 2: made thus far. I know I've said that about all 96 00:05:49,400 --> 00:05:51,720 Speaker 2: of my albums, but I think that's how it has 97 00:05:51,800 --> 00:05:53,599 Speaker 2: to be, guys. I think it's like you have to 98 00:05:54,279 --> 00:05:57,760 Speaker 2: you are your own competition. So for me, I want 99 00:05:57,800 --> 00:06:02,599 Speaker 2: to like for me, it's important to get better and 100 00:06:02,680 --> 00:06:06,760 Speaker 2: surpass every album, every song. So I think you guys 101 00:06:06,760 --> 00:06:08,200 Speaker 2: are definitely going to enjoy it. 102 00:06:08,839 --> 00:06:11,240 Speaker 4: Before we tossed it to the episode cheeky, so you 103 00:06:11,240 --> 00:06:14,960 Speaker 4: mind me asking what what does Abertjarena, and Janet have 104 00:06:15,040 --> 00:06:15,480 Speaker 4: in common? 105 00:06:17,120 --> 00:06:24,520 Speaker 2: Abha, Rena and Janey What they have in common? Authenticity. 106 00:06:25,760 --> 00:06:28,719 Speaker 2: I was very authentic in that moment and in that 107 00:06:28,800 --> 00:06:32,400 Speaker 2: part of my life, and I'm being very authentic in 108 00:06:32,440 --> 00:06:35,640 Speaker 2: this era, so I would say authenticity for sure. Thank 109 00:06:35,680 --> 00:06:38,920 Speaker 2: you guys. You guys make this so awesome. I appreciate it. 110 00:06:38,960 --> 00:06:41,920 Speaker 2: And now you my listeners, you guys go and check 111 00:06:41,920 --> 00:06:44,800 Speaker 2: out this episode. Let me know what you guys think. 112 00:06:45,680 --> 00:06:53,520 Speaker 2: And well, here it is La Rena's Nona sen Rena 113 00:06:53,680 --> 00:06:58,120 Speaker 2: and Renas the Lo the Las Alberti, that is the 114 00:06:58,279 --> 00:07:09,560 Speaker 2: Las La Grimace Demiel. Like, yes, it's been tough, it's 115 00:07:09,560 --> 00:07:11,400 Speaker 2: been an uphill battle, but it's been worth it. And 116 00:07:11,440 --> 00:07:15,040 Speaker 2: that's basically for me what this album represents. 117 00:07:16,960 --> 00:07:19,240 Speaker 1: No one knows this. That's this is actually exclusive for 118 00:07:19,360 --> 00:07:20,040 Speaker 1: Chickis and Chill. 119 00:07:20,800 --> 00:07:23,440 Speaker 2: But I had them send me separate voice notes and 120 00:07:23,520 --> 00:07:26,280 Speaker 2: then I had my engineer put them all together. So 121 00:07:26,320 --> 00:07:28,160 Speaker 2: it sounds like we're all together in the intro of 122 00:07:28,200 --> 00:07:29,040 Speaker 2: the song, but we're not. 123 00:07:33,240 --> 00:07:33,600 Speaker 4: What up? 124 00:07:33,640 --> 00:07:37,200 Speaker 2: Guys, Welcome to this week's episode of Cheeky's and Chill. 125 00:07:37,280 --> 00:07:38,360 Speaker 1: I'm your host, Cheeky's. 126 00:07:38,920 --> 00:07:41,680 Speaker 2: My new album, aber Carina launched last week and I'm 127 00:07:41,720 --> 00:07:43,880 Speaker 2: so excited to share with you all. I've been on 128 00:07:43,880 --> 00:07:46,520 Speaker 2: tour sharing my music with you all ive, but now 129 00:07:46,560 --> 00:07:48,000 Speaker 2: the album is finally here. 130 00:07:48,080 --> 00:07:49,520 Speaker 1: It is out. Guys. 131 00:07:49,520 --> 00:07:51,360 Speaker 2: When I say a lot of work went into creating it, 132 00:07:51,440 --> 00:07:54,000 Speaker 2: I mean a lot of work went into creating it, 133 00:07:54,040 --> 00:07:55,680 Speaker 2: but it's not worth it. And that's what we're going 134 00:07:55,720 --> 00:07:57,400 Speaker 2: to be talking about in this episode. 135 00:07:57,600 --> 00:07:58,120 Speaker 1: My album. 136 00:07:58,440 --> 00:08:00,480 Speaker 2: I'm going to take you through the process from start 137 00:08:00,520 --> 00:08:03,760 Speaker 2: to finish. So let's do this. This is Cheeky's and Chill. 138 00:08:08,560 --> 00:08:09,080 Speaker 1: All right, guys. 139 00:08:09,120 --> 00:08:11,360 Speaker 2: So avech Rena dropped just a few days ago on 140 00:08:11,440 --> 00:08:14,720 Speaker 2: May twelfth. This is my fourth album, and I have 141 00:08:14,760 --> 00:08:17,920 Speaker 2: to say it's my best album yet. I love all 142 00:08:17,920 --> 00:08:21,560 Speaker 2: my albums, Aura and Ya's Playlist, which is, you know, 143 00:08:21,560 --> 00:08:27,240 Speaker 2: a Latin Grammy winning album, and avech Rena is my favorite. 144 00:08:27,440 --> 00:08:29,320 Speaker 2: It's weird to say that because I feel like Aouda 145 00:08:29,400 --> 00:08:31,239 Speaker 2: is my favorite. You know, it's my very first album 146 00:08:31,800 --> 00:08:33,920 Speaker 2: and all of them are very special to me. But 147 00:08:34,720 --> 00:08:37,600 Speaker 2: I feel like ave Rena comes with a different type 148 00:08:37,640 --> 00:08:39,840 Speaker 2: of energy and I've been feeling it now that I've 149 00:08:39,880 --> 00:08:43,559 Speaker 2: been on tour, and I just feel different on stage. 150 00:08:43,640 --> 00:08:45,800 Speaker 2: I don't know if it's the name. I've been waiting 151 00:08:46,320 --> 00:08:48,080 Speaker 2: to launch this album for a long time. I've had 152 00:08:48,160 --> 00:08:52,000 Speaker 2: this idea of Abehrena for a very very very long time. 153 00:08:52,160 --> 00:08:55,840 Speaker 2: I just wanted to feel ready. And when I say ready, 154 00:08:56,600 --> 00:09:01,640 Speaker 2: I mean mentally, emotionally. I wanted to make sure came 155 00:09:02,840 --> 00:09:05,560 Speaker 2: Miss Anthia jokomun real. 156 00:09:06,360 --> 00:09:08,800 Speaker 1: As you guys know, I have Bospi Nation. I love bees. 157 00:09:08,920 --> 00:09:12,560 Speaker 2: I love the story of bees, and I've always used 158 00:09:12,720 --> 00:09:16,679 Speaker 2: Queen Bee and some of my favorite artists, like Little Kim. 159 00:09:17,240 --> 00:09:18,719 Speaker 2: I think she was the very first one. She was 160 00:09:18,760 --> 00:09:21,040 Speaker 2: like the Queen Bee, and then Beyonce came and she 161 00:09:21,120 --> 00:09:24,120 Speaker 2: was a Queen Bee, and I just took another spin 162 00:09:24,200 --> 00:09:26,640 Speaker 2: on it and so I've been using that whole thing 163 00:09:26,679 --> 00:09:30,640 Speaker 2: for a long time, and well, I just translated it 164 00:09:30,760 --> 00:09:34,080 Speaker 2: queen Bee means Ana or Rena, Bejra, however you want 165 00:09:34,400 --> 00:09:34,920 Speaker 2: to say it. 166 00:09:35,280 --> 00:09:36,200 Speaker 1: But it took a long time. 167 00:09:36,240 --> 00:09:37,840 Speaker 2: And I say this in my intro in the album 168 00:09:38,600 --> 00:09:41,560 Speaker 2: that it took a while for me to finish the album, 169 00:09:41,600 --> 00:09:44,720 Speaker 2: about two years, almost two years from start to finish. 170 00:09:45,080 --> 00:09:48,800 Speaker 2: But it took me a lifetime to really really believe 171 00:09:49,360 --> 00:09:52,160 Speaker 2: and own that I am a queen. No matter what 172 00:09:52,280 --> 00:09:56,080 Speaker 2: anyone has said, no matter what I've gone through, no 173 00:09:56,120 --> 00:09:58,840 Speaker 2: matter what mistakes I've made in the past, all of 174 00:09:58,880 --> 00:10:01,640 Speaker 2: those things have made me the woman I am today. 175 00:10:02,080 --> 00:10:04,200 Speaker 2: And that's why it was important for me to have 176 00:10:04,240 --> 00:10:07,040 Speaker 2: an intro and outro interludes to explain the story, to 177 00:10:07,120 --> 00:10:10,600 Speaker 2: explain how to become or how I became an Avefa Reina. 178 00:10:10,600 --> 00:10:13,280 Speaker 2: I wasn't born in Avea Rena. I wasn't born a 179 00:10:13,360 --> 00:10:16,520 Speaker 2: queen in my world, in my experience, in the women 180 00:10:16,600 --> 00:10:20,240 Speaker 2: that I look up to, like my mother, Jenny Rivera, 181 00:10:20,440 --> 00:10:24,800 Speaker 2: like Selena, like Oprah Winfrey, like Michelle Obama, like these 182 00:10:24,800 --> 00:10:29,640 Speaker 2: women that have come from the bottom and have worked 183 00:10:29,640 --> 00:10:32,760 Speaker 2: their way up, like j Loo, like these are women 184 00:10:32,800 --> 00:10:36,640 Speaker 2: that I admire so in my experience and the world 185 00:10:36,640 --> 00:10:40,599 Speaker 2: that I come from. La Renas Nona Senrena, Ceas and 186 00:10:40,679 --> 00:10:44,319 Speaker 2: Renas de los Golpeze, La Villa de las Albertidad is 187 00:10:44,960 --> 00:10:52,760 Speaker 2: the las cosas caepasamos te molaan Cernaea, and I feel it. 188 00:10:52,920 --> 00:10:54,400 Speaker 1: I don't know I've ever told you guys the story. 189 00:10:54,400 --> 00:10:58,120 Speaker 2: But when I won the Latin Grammy, which was November nineteenth, 190 00:10:58,120 --> 00:11:00,760 Speaker 2: twenty twenty, we were all in the pandemic. I had 191 00:11:00,760 --> 00:11:03,080 Speaker 2: already known I was nominated, obviously, so I woke up 192 00:11:03,080 --> 00:11:05,040 Speaker 2: that morning out of nowhere. I didn't have an alarm, 193 00:11:05,679 --> 00:11:08,439 Speaker 2: and I remember waking up and I said, okay, today 194 00:11:08,480 --> 00:11:10,840 Speaker 2: i'll know if I won the Latin Grammy. I got 195 00:11:10,840 --> 00:11:13,400 Speaker 2: on my knees and I wrote my acceptance speech. 196 00:11:14,040 --> 00:11:14,520 Speaker 1: I wrote it. 197 00:11:14,559 --> 00:11:17,760 Speaker 2: I said, well, I got to visualize myself winning that Grammy, 198 00:11:18,559 --> 00:11:21,440 Speaker 2: and I started working out. As I was working out, 199 00:11:21,520 --> 00:11:24,680 Speaker 2: I was visualizing myself accepting my Latin Grammy, which is 200 00:11:24,679 --> 00:11:27,080 Speaker 2: everything was virtual, you know, but still I was like 201 00:11:27,280 --> 00:11:28,080 Speaker 2: visualizing it. 202 00:11:28,880 --> 00:11:29,720 Speaker 1: And I'll never forget. 203 00:11:29,720 --> 00:11:31,320 Speaker 2: It was four four four, and I said, oh my goodness, 204 00:11:31,360 --> 00:11:34,120 Speaker 2: this number is significant. There's a reason why you know 205 00:11:34,200 --> 00:11:36,600 Speaker 2: the clock is four forty four in the morning. This 206 00:11:36,679 --> 00:11:39,280 Speaker 2: is my fourth album, so I don't know if it 207 00:11:39,320 --> 00:11:42,120 Speaker 2: was just kind of like preparing what's to come. Like 208 00:11:42,120 --> 00:11:43,839 Speaker 2: some people would think, oh my gosh, Sheke's made it, 209 00:11:43,880 --> 00:11:45,760 Speaker 2: write it, you know, she won the Latin Grammy, but 210 00:11:45,800 --> 00:11:47,840 Speaker 2: I didn't see it that way. I felt like it 211 00:11:47,960 --> 00:11:51,240 Speaker 2: was just that extra push and confidence that I needed 212 00:11:52,200 --> 00:11:57,280 Speaker 2: to really believe I have what it takes. Whether people 213 00:11:57,360 --> 00:12:00,320 Speaker 2: want to talk shit or not. Now I don't honestly 214 00:12:00,400 --> 00:12:02,200 Speaker 2: don't care. And I say that in the intro as well, 215 00:12:02,559 --> 00:12:04,800 Speaker 2: and I don't give a fuck what anyone has to say, 216 00:12:05,000 --> 00:12:08,160 Speaker 2: what anyone thinks. I truly believe I am meant to 217 00:12:08,160 --> 00:12:10,840 Speaker 2: be here. It's my fourth album. I'm on stage and 218 00:12:11,400 --> 00:12:13,720 Speaker 2: I feel like that badass bitch, And not that I 219 00:12:13,760 --> 00:12:16,160 Speaker 2: didn't before, but now it's like I get there and 220 00:12:16,200 --> 00:12:19,240 Speaker 2: I'm present. I'm not worried about, oh my gosh, how 221 00:12:19,280 --> 00:12:20,920 Speaker 2: do I look. Do I look big? What are they 222 00:12:20,920 --> 00:12:22,560 Speaker 2: going to say? Am I singing? Well, like, I'm just 223 00:12:22,679 --> 00:12:25,400 Speaker 2: enjoying the moment and it just feels different. It really 224 00:12:25,400 --> 00:12:28,040 Speaker 2: does anyway. So let me tell you guys about the 225 00:12:28,120 --> 00:12:29,680 Speaker 2: date why I wanted to launch it. 226 00:12:29,880 --> 00:12:34,160 Speaker 1: May twelve. Three is a huge number as well. For me. 227 00:12:34,880 --> 00:12:37,400 Speaker 2: I'm not religious, as you guys know, but the number 228 00:12:37,440 --> 00:12:41,600 Speaker 2: three is important, okay. The Father, the Son, and the 229 00:12:41,600 --> 00:12:43,079 Speaker 2: Holy Spirit, the Holy Trinity. 230 00:12:43,240 --> 00:12:43,520 Speaker 1: Okay. 231 00:12:43,559 --> 00:12:47,000 Speaker 2: So that's why in the spiritual world, number three number 232 00:12:47,040 --> 00:12:50,120 Speaker 2: seven because it took God seven days to create and 233 00:12:50,160 --> 00:12:52,560 Speaker 2: finish the world that we now live in. 234 00:12:52,640 --> 00:12:52,920 Speaker 1: Okay. 235 00:12:52,960 --> 00:12:55,440 Speaker 2: These are my beliefs, So these numbers are important to me. 236 00:12:56,559 --> 00:12:58,640 Speaker 2: So as we were looking at dates, and I knew 237 00:12:58,640 --> 00:12:59,960 Speaker 2: I wanted it to come out in May. I wanted 238 00:12:59,920 --> 00:13:03,480 Speaker 2: to come out early May. I had number eight or twelve, 239 00:13:04,200 --> 00:13:06,959 Speaker 2: but eight was too soon. And eight is my number. 240 00:13:06,960 --> 00:13:09,439 Speaker 2: That's my life path number. Okay, becausember my birthdays on 241 00:13:09,480 --> 00:13:11,560 Speaker 2: the twenty six, So two plus six is eight. So 242 00:13:11,600 --> 00:13:14,640 Speaker 2: that means infinity, that means everlasting. That's just a great number. 243 00:13:14,880 --> 00:13:18,880 Speaker 2: But three, I said, it goes best because also the cover. 244 00:13:19,160 --> 00:13:21,199 Speaker 2: If you guys haven't seen the cover yet, go check 245 00:13:21,240 --> 00:13:25,600 Speaker 2: it out. It's me covered in honey. And a lot 246 00:13:25,600 --> 00:13:31,280 Speaker 2: of people may wonder why why honey, Well, because Queimbi's abnas. 247 00:13:31,440 --> 00:13:36,280 Speaker 2: That's what they work for honey mainly, right, So I 248 00:13:36,280 --> 00:13:40,960 Speaker 2: have a crown on and my inspiration were two things 249 00:13:41,520 --> 00:13:45,319 Speaker 2: Notorious Big, that iconic picture of him wearing a crown. 250 00:13:46,040 --> 00:13:49,840 Speaker 2: Love that picture of him. Huge fan of Biggie of Tupac. 251 00:13:50,280 --> 00:13:52,160 Speaker 2: And of course I was born in Long Beach. I'm 252 00:13:52,160 --> 00:13:54,920 Speaker 2: from LA but I'm also one hundred percent of Mexicana. 253 00:13:55,000 --> 00:13:59,480 Speaker 2: I wasn't born in Mexico. Beatos Muruoa, Mexicana. So I 254 00:13:59,520 --> 00:14:01,640 Speaker 2: wanted a a little bit of Janee in this album 255 00:14:02,480 --> 00:14:05,800 Speaker 2: Janay behind Cheeky's because Jeekus is the artist. But I 256 00:14:05,840 --> 00:14:08,679 Speaker 2: put a lot of my personality Janee like the hood 257 00:14:08,720 --> 00:14:10,760 Speaker 2: that side in this album, and you guys will be 258 00:14:10,800 --> 00:14:12,360 Speaker 2: able to hear that in the songs that I selected, 259 00:14:12,360 --> 00:14:15,040 Speaker 2: in the songs that I wrote. So that's one Notorious 260 00:14:15,080 --> 00:14:17,640 Speaker 2: Big for many reasons. My mom and I would listen 261 00:14:17,720 --> 00:14:21,440 Speaker 2: to his music. I love that picture. His music makes 262 00:14:21,480 --> 00:14:23,880 Speaker 2: me happy like the hood comes at in me. Okay, 263 00:14:24,160 --> 00:14:27,520 Speaker 2: then where is this gonna sound? The story of Jesus Christ. 264 00:14:28,040 --> 00:14:28,280 Speaker 1: Why? 265 00:14:29,080 --> 00:14:33,960 Speaker 2: Because Jesus Christ went through a lot. He was accused 266 00:14:33,960 --> 00:14:36,960 Speaker 2: of things that were not true. Obviously, we all know 267 00:14:37,160 --> 00:14:39,120 Speaker 2: the story of Jesus Christ. If you haven't watched Oppression 268 00:14:39,280 --> 00:14:41,800 Speaker 2: of the Christ, go watch it. And I'm not trying 269 00:14:41,800 --> 00:14:44,200 Speaker 2: to compare myself to Jesus Christ, you guys, but they 270 00:14:44,240 --> 00:14:46,680 Speaker 2: do say when I went to church when I was religious, 271 00:14:47,640 --> 00:14:49,960 Speaker 2: to try to live your life as Jesus Christ, right, 272 00:14:50,040 --> 00:14:53,800 Speaker 2: because what he did and how he shared his testimony 273 00:14:54,240 --> 00:14:57,760 Speaker 2: and his love for God, et cetera, etc. But of course, 274 00:14:57,800 --> 00:14:59,720 Speaker 2: you guys know, I've been accused of a lot of shit, 275 00:15:00,360 --> 00:15:02,600 Speaker 2: and in some ways you could say that I have 276 00:15:02,720 --> 00:15:07,400 Speaker 2: been thrown rocks plenty of times in my life, and 277 00:15:08,800 --> 00:15:13,720 Speaker 2: I I don't know. I've always just felt connected to, 278 00:15:14,440 --> 00:15:16,680 Speaker 2: as you guys know, my spiritual side. So I wanted 279 00:15:16,680 --> 00:15:19,080 Speaker 2: to kind of implement that and the honey because life 280 00:15:19,120 --> 00:15:21,440 Speaker 2: has been bittersweet. Life is bittersweet, not just for me 281 00:15:21,520 --> 00:15:22,160 Speaker 2: but for everyone. 282 00:15:22,640 --> 00:15:22,800 Speaker 4: You know. 283 00:15:22,840 --> 00:15:25,440 Speaker 2: We all go through things, we all go through tough times, 284 00:15:25,640 --> 00:15:28,800 Speaker 2: We face adversities, we face obstacles. 285 00:15:28,240 --> 00:15:28,800 Speaker 1: In our life. 286 00:15:28,840 --> 00:15:33,480 Speaker 2: And I have learned to turn those negative and bitter 287 00:15:33,720 --> 00:15:37,680 Speaker 2: moments into something sweet, bringing the positive out of a 288 00:15:37,800 --> 00:15:45,120 Speaker 2: sour situation. And yes, La Grimace Demiel, like, yes, it's 289 00:15:45,160 --> 00:15:47,080 Speaker 2: been tough, it's been an uphill battle, but it's been 290 00:15:47,080 --> 00:15:51,280 Speaker 2: worth it. And that's basically for me what this album represents. 291 00:15:51,600 --> 00:15:54,080 Speaker 2: All the naysayers, all the haters, all the toxic people 292 00:15:54,080 --> 00:15:57,320 Speaker 2: that talk shit that weren't believers. For a long time, 293 00:15:58,280 --> 00:15:59,920 Speaker 2: I thought I didn't care, but there were times when 294 00:15:59,920 --> 00:16:02,080 Speaker 2: I I did. And now it's gone to the point 295 00:16:02,080 --> 00:16:03,600 Speaker 2: where it's like, I don't care what you say. Even 296 00:16:03,640 --> 00:16:04,960 Speaker 2: if you come to me now and you tell me, 297 00:16:05,000 --> 00:16:06,800 Speaker 2: oh my gosh, hiky's you don't know how to sing, 298 00:16:07,320 --> 00:16:09,120 Speaker 2: I'll be like, that's your opinion, but I do know 299 00:16:09,120 --> 00:16:10,840 Speaker 2: how to sing, and I'm gonna tell you go listen 300 00:16:10,840 --> 00:16:13,960 Speaker 2: to my music, go watch me perform. I know about music, 301 00:16:15,200 --> 00:16:17,920 Speaker 2: and I'm proud of myself and I'm I'm owning it 302 00:16:18,160 --> 00:16:20,400 Speaker 2: now more than ever. Like I knew that this moment 303 00:16:20,440 --> 00:16:23,800 Speaker 2: was gonna come, and that's why I waited for so long. 304 00:16:24,200 --> 00:16:28,440 Speaker 2: But that's why. That's why May twelfth, because one plus 305 00:16:28,480 --> 00:16:32,240 Speaker 2: two is three. That's why the cover, that's why the honey, 306 00:16:32,280 --> 00:16:34,120 Speaker 2: the crown everything. 307 00:16:34,840 --> 00:16:36,160 Speaker 1: I think. We're all queens. 308 00:16:36,560 --> 00:16:39,640 Speaker 2: Men and women can be queens, okay, and it's just 309 00:16:39,720 --> 00:16:44,400 Speaker 2: basically okay. Sometimes at La laire your crown is gonna 310 00:16:44,400 --> 00:16:45,320 Speaker 2: go to the side a little bit. 311 00:16:45,360 --> 00:16:45,920 Speaker 1: You just fix it. 312 00:16:46,960 --> 00:16:48,840 Speaker 2: That's why in the picture as well, I'm looking up, 313 00:16:48,880 --> 00:16:51,040 Speaker 2: I'm looking up at God. I'm looking up with my 314 00:16:51,200 --> 00:16:53,440 Speaker 2: head held high, no matter what I've been through. I 315 00:16:53,480 --> 00:16:55,320 Speaker 2: wanted the picture to be clean. I didn't want it 316 00:16:55,320 --> 00:16:57,400 Speaker 2: to say Cheeky's. I didn't want it to say on it. 317 00:16:57,400 --> 00:17:02,520 Speaker 2: All I wanted was the advisory little symbol there or 318 00:17:02,640 --> 00:17:06,399 Speaker 2: little stamp, because I do cuss in this album in 319 00:17:06,760 --> 00:17:09,200 Speaker 2: my intro in some of the songs, and I know 320 00:17:09,240 --> 00:17:11,359 Speaker 2: a lot of kids follow me, and I just wanted 321 00:17:11,800 --> 00:17:14,560 Speaker 2: to be respectable and let the parents know that there's 322 00:17:14,560 --> 00:17:24,639 Speaker 2: a different cheapiece on this album AnyWho. On the album, 323 00:17:24,680 --> 00:17:29,720 Speaker 2: there are eighteen tracks, you guys, eighteen tracks, eleven songs. 324 00:17:30,160 --> 00:17:36,520 Speaker 2: So in Tresa can I interlude okay, the voyes plicando 325 00:17:36,560 --> 00:17:40,320 Speaker 2: where I'm explaining and telling you the story about Herena 326 00:17:40,440 --> 00:17:43,560 Speaker 2: and the things that I've gone through and what I've 327 00:17:43,640 --> 00:17:45,879 Speaker 2: learned from every experience. I have an intro and I 328 00:17:45,920 --> 00:17:49,080 Speaker 2: have an outro. I wanted this album to be very artistic. 329 00:17:49,119 --> 00:17:51,320 Speaker 2: I wanted it to be different from everything that I've done. 330 00:17:51,680 --> 00:17:53,920 Speaker 2: I wanted it to be different from what anyone else 331 00:17:53,920 --> 00:17:55,000 Speaker 2: in my genre is doing. 332 00:17:55,640 --> 00:17:56,160 Speaker 1: I had a. 333 00:17:56,080 --> 00:18:01,840 Speaker 2: Physical album made because I love physical books. I love albums. 334 00:18:01,880 --> 00:18:04,280 Speaker 2: I'm very I like things that are tangible and for me, 335 00:18:04,320 --> 00:18:06,719 Speaker 2: it was important to have this album in my hands 336 00:18:07,400 --> 00:18:09,359 Speaker 2: because it feels different, because I need to feel the 337 00:18:09,480 --> 00:18:12,720 Speaker 2: energy in it, and I'm hoping that you guys will 338 00:18:12,720 --> 00:18:15,200 Speaker 2: be able to have some in your hands. My label 339 00:18:15,280 --> 00:18:17,320 Speaker 2: just surprised me with saying that we're going to release 340 00:18:17,320 --> 00:18:19,199 Speaker 2: some physical albums in Mexico, so I might bring some 341 00:18:19,280 --> 00:18:20,840 Speaker 2: here to the States. So I'm super excited about that, 342 00:18:20,960 --> 00:18:22,000 Speaker 2: even some vinyls. 343 00:18:22,240 --> 00:18:23,359 Speaker 1: So I don't know. 344 00:18:23,400 --> 00:18:26,080 Speaker 2: I'm very like traditional in that aspect. I love to 345 00:18:26,200 --> 00:18:29,199 Speaker 2: finish things, Yes, dropping singles or cool and everything, but 346 00:18:29,280 --> 00:18:31,920 Speaker 2: I want to finalize something. I want to feel accomplished, 347 00:18:31,920 --> 00:18:34,119 Speaker 2: and I definitely feel accomplished with this album on so 348 00:18:34,200 --> 00:18:35,439 Speaker 2: many different levels, you guys. 349 00:18:35,840 --> 00:18:36,959 Speaker 1: So let me tell you. 350 00:18:37,640 --> 00:18:40,040 Speaker 2: They're, like I said, eighteen tracks, so you're going to 351 00:18:40,119 --> 00:18:41,960 Speaker 2: be able to hear my voice. Things that I wrote 352 00:18:42,200 --> 00:18:46,800 Speaker 2: myself on the fly at the studio. Things I knew 353 00:18:46,800 --> 00:18:48,240 Speaker 2: that I wanted to say that were in my heart 354 00:18:48,280 --> 00:18:50,200 Speaker 2: and in my mind, and I just wrote them there, 355 00:18:50,359 --> 00:18:52,320 Speaker 2: right then and there. And as I wrote them, I 356 00:18:52,400 --> 00:18:54,960 Speaker 2: went to the studio and I spoke them. I had 357 00:18:54,960 --> 00:18:58,600 Speaker 2: no music. The music was done around my vocals, around 358 00:18:58,640 --> 00:19:00,320 Speaker 2: what I was saying. I just want to go in 359 00:19:00,320 --> 00:19:02,159 Speaker 2: there and set the tone and set the energy and 360 00:19:02,200 --> 00:19:04,720 Speaker 2: then everything else to be built around what I was saying. 361 00:19:05,760 --> 00:19:07,359 Speaker 1: Yes, it was hard. 362 00:19:08,080 --> 00:19:12,240 Speaker 2: I want the fans, the OG fans, my fans that 363 00:19:12,240 --> 00:19:15,320 Speaker 2: have been with me since the very beginning when I 364 00:19:15,440 --> 00:19:20,720 Speaker 2: was still you know, growing and learning and maturing, for 365 00:19:20,800 --> 00:19:23,480 Speaker 2: them to be proud. Those are the people that I 366 00:19:23,520 --> 00:19:28,760 Speaker 2: am focused on right now. And there's always for me. 367 00:19:28,800 --> 00:19:31,119 Speaker 2: It is important to always implement God and what he 368 00:19:31,160 --> 00:19:34,280 Speaker 2: has done in my life, and my music is no different. 369 00:19:34,680 --> 00:19:37,680 Speaker 2: If anything, I feel like I need God more when 370 00:19:37,680 --> 00:19:41,560 Speaker 2: it comes to music because this industry can be sometimes 371 00:19:41,560 --> 00:19:43,400 Speaker 2: a very dark place, and it can take you into 372 00:19:43,480 --> 00:19:45,800 Speaker 2: a dark place if you allow it to. And I 373 00:19:45,840 --> 00:19:48,720 Speaker 2: know that I have the responsibility of being light in 374 00:19:48,760 --> 00:19:51,760 Speaker 2: the midst of the darkness and spreading light as much 375 00:19:51,760 --> 00:19:53,840 Speaker 2: as I possibly can. And this is my way of 376 00:19:53,880 --> 00:19:57,040 Speaker 2: doing that. And yes, like I always say spiritual gangster 377 00:19:57,119 --> 00:20:00,480 Speaker 2: because yes, some religious people may say, how can you 378 00:20:00,520 --> 00:20:03,680 Speaker 2: talk about God and cuss in the same phrase, Because 379 00:20:03,680 --> 00:20:06,080 Speaker 2: that's that's who I am. And God loves me the 380 00:20:06,080 --> 00:20:07,360 Speaker 2: way that I am. He's not gonna love me any 381 00:20:07,400 --> 00:20:09,720 Speaker 2: less because I say fuck you know what I mean? 382 00:20:09,760 --> 00:20:10,719 Speaker 1: He loves me. 383 00:20:10,760 --> 00:20:12,160 Speaker 2: As long as my heart is in the right place 384 00:20:12,160 --> 00:20:14,199 Speaker 2: and I'm living my life with good intentions, that's all 385 00:20:14,240 --> 00:20:16,840 Speaker 2: he cares about. And as long as I'm spreading his glory, 386 00:20:16,880 --> 00:20:19,119 Speaker 2: his love and what he has done, that's my testimony. 387 00:20:19,440 --> 00:20:22,439 Speaker 2: So anyways, that's the intro. Then number two on the 388 00:20:22,480 --> 00:20:26,840 Speaker 2: album is Abfarina, which is the gorrido, the soundtrack of 389 00:20:26,880 --> 00:20:30,639 Speaker 2: my life and a song that means so much to me. 390 00:20:30,720 --> 00:20:32,720 Speaker 2: I co wrote that song with a friend of mine, 391 00:20:32,840 --> 00:20:36,000 Speaker 2: I call him Homie. His name is Bobby Castron, and 392 00:20:36,160 --> 00:20:40,439 Speaker 2: I sing that song Gornos because I feel it. 393 00:20:40,680 --> 00:20:41,520 Speaker 1: I feel it so much. 394 00:20:41,880 --> 00:20:44,000 Speaker 2: Then we go on to me Prolema, which was a single, 395 00:20:44,040 --> 00:20:46,320 Speaker 2: my first single of this album. As you guys know, 396 00:20:46,359 --> 00:20:49,120 Speaker 2: it's a cover from Maricella. And then we go in 397 00:20:49,160 --> 00:20:52,480 Speaker 2: with a song called Lix that I also co wrote 398 00:20:53,040 --> 00:20:56,600 Speaker 2: with Edika Linder and a guy named Motif. Edika Nder 399 00:20:56,760 --> 00:21:01,040 Speaker 2: is the writer of Espasito Espasitos, so I wrote with 400 00:21:01,160 --> 00:21:03,040 Speaker 2: her lat X. You guys have to hear the song. 401 00:21:03,119 --> 00:21:06,840 Speaker 2: This song is I'm rapping a little bit in it. 402 00:21:07,080 --> 00:21:09,560 Speaker 2: There's a little bit of Urbano, it's a little bit 403 00:21:09,560 --> 00:21:12,639 Speaker 2: of Gumbiam definitely showing a little side of Jane, so 404 00:21:12,760 --> 00:21:15,240 Speaker 2: got to listen to that one x. And then we 405 00:21:15,320 --> 00:21:20,920 Speaker 2: have another interlude, which is interlude number one. The next 406 00:21:20,920 --> 00:21:25,080 Speaker 2: song I also co wrote. It's song track number six. 407 00:21:25,440 --> 00:21:31,440 Speaker 2: It's called Alomenso I wrote it started it during the pandemic. 408 00:21:31,520 --> 00:21:34,280 Speaker 2: I was going through a really tough time and I 409 00:21:34,359 --> 00:21:39,440 Speaker 2: felt deceived. I felt it was just sad. We've talked 410 00:21:39,480 --> 00:21:41,520 Speaker 2: about it here on my podcast before why. I don't 411 00:21:41,560 --> 00:21:44,800 Speaker 2: want to get into it too much, but I just 412 00:21:44,880 --> 00:21:46,920 Speaker 2: felt the need to let that out and it really 413 00:21:46,960 --> 00:21:50,280 Speaker 2: did help heal because sometimes we're so hard on ourselves, 414 00:21:50,280 --> 00:21:53,280 Speaker 2: like how how could I have fallen for this person? 415 00:21:53,840 --> 00:21:57,320 Speaker 2: And yes, I have also ignored a lot of red 416 00:21:57,320 --> 00:21:59,359 Speaker 2: flags and a lot of indicators that have said this 417 00:21:59,400 --> 00:22:01,640 Speaker 2: person is not for you, the situation is not for you. 418 00:22:01,720 --> 00:22:06,000 Speaker 2: But love can be blind and I learned that, but 419 00:22:06,080 --> 00:22:08,640 Speaker 2: I don't regret it. So that's what that song is about. 420 00:22:08,840 --> 00:22:11,240 Speaker 2: Then we go with track number seven, which I also 421 00:22:11,359 --> 00:22:16,800 Speaker 2: co wrote. Okays, that song is as soon as you 422 00:22:16,840 --> 00:22:19,080 Speaker 2: hear the For me, it was so important to have 423 00:22:19,160 --> 00:22:24,600 Speaker 2: my regulars made in Massa Plan Lacuna, the Lamanda where 424 00:22:24,680 --> 00:22:29,040 Speaker 2: Banda was born and Martin Castillo, he's the one that 425 00:22:29,080 --> 00:22:31,520 Speaker 2: made these aglos for me. It's a badass song as 426 00:22:31,520 --> 00:22:35,280 Speaker 2: soon as you hear it. It's the chian la la lavanda, 427 00:22:35,320 --> 00:22:37,159 Speaker 2: which is what I wanted. I didn't even have to 428 00:22:37,200 --> 00:22:39,320 Speaker 2: sing anything, and you know, ooh shit, let me give 429 00:22:39,359 --> 00:22:41,080 Speaker 2: my tequila because I'm about to get drunk. 430 00:22:41,520 --> 00:22:43,080 Speaker 1: So that's that type of song. 431 00:22:43,920 --> 00:22:46,640 Speaker 2: And then we go in with number eight while Kiram 432 00:22:47,240 --> 00:22:49,400 Speaker 2: that's already a single. You guys saw that one. That's 433 00:22:49,440 --> 00:22:51,720 Speaker 2: the one that Emedio did the video for and we 434 00:22:51,760 --> 00:22:53,000 Speaker 2: had a lot of fun with that. That's the first 435 00:22:53,040 --> 00:22:57,680 Speaker 2: kumbim on the album. Then we go with Interdude number two, 436 00:22:58,720 --> 00:23:02,720 Speaker 2: and then it goes into this song guys, track number ten. 437 00:23:03,560 --> 00:23:08,280 Speaker 2: It's I Got yam Guadamran. It is officially the first 438 00:23:09,080 --> 00:23:11,520 Speaker 2: translation into Spanish. I don't know if you guys have 439 00:23:11,600 --> 00:23:14,320 Speaker 2: heard the song before, When Will I Be Loved? I 440 00:23:14,400 --> 00:23:16,399 Speaker 2: put a little bit of gospel in that song. I 441 00:23:16,640 --> 00:23:20,200 Speaker 2: wanted to show my connection that I have with God 442 00:23:20,440 --> 00:23:23,560 Speaker 2: and my spirituality and stuff. And I've had those moments 443 00:23:23,640 --> 00:23:25,080 Speaker 2: when I have fallen into my knees and I'm like, 444 00:23:25,359 --> 00:23:27,280 Speaker 2: when is this going to stop? And not just in 445 00:23:27,359 --> 00:23:30,520 Speaker 2: a relationship, but people around you. Friends, family members, where 446 00:23:30,520 --> 00:23:32,480 Speaker 2: you're just like, dude, when is this going to stop? 447 00:23:32,640 --> 00:23:33,680 Speaker 1: Like you question God? 448 00:23:33,760 --> 00:23:35,359 Speaker 2: And I've had those moments when I have fallen into 449 00:23:35,359 --> 00:23:37,240 Speaker 2: my knees and I'm just like, ugh, when am I 450 00:23:37,320 --> 00:23:39,240 Speaker 2: going to find people that are not going to betray me, 451 00:23:39,320 --> 00:23:42,040 Speaker 2: that are not going to hurt me? And those are 452 00:23:42,080 --> 00:23:44,320 Speaker 2: the moments when I'm like, I feel the most connected 453 00:23:44,760 --> 00:23:48,000 Speaker 2: in those moments of pain. I feel like I learned 454 00:23:48,040 --> 00:23:50,000 Speaker 2: so much about myself and I'm able to just silence 455 00:23:50,040 --> 00:23:53,480 Speaker 2: everything else out and listen to God's voice and I'm 456 00:23:53,640 --> 00:23:56,000 Speaker 2: just crying to God, Guanda Mamran, when will they love 457 00:23:56,040 --> 00:24:04,840 Speaker 2: me the way that I love? Then we go to 458 00:24:05,440 --> 00:24:09,240 Speaker 2: a track number eleven, which is interlude three, and that 459 00:24:09,400 --> 00:24:14,000 Speaker 2: takes you into K. Then we have Eleanor, which is 460 00:24:14,080 --> 00:24:17,680 Speaker 2: also a single. You you guys have already heard Eleanor 461 00:24:17,840 --> 00:24:19,960 Speaker 2: as well has been a single. Then we go into 462 00:24:20,200 --> 00:24:23,120 Speaker 2: track number fourteen with it, which is interlude number four, 463 00:24:23,640 --> 00:24:27,679 Speaker 2: and that takes you into a song called La. 464 00:24:29,760 --> 00:24:31,520 Speaker 1: That song is Peris. 465 00:24:32,119 --> 00:24:34,560 Speaker 2: That's what I call my Peris song, where it's like 466 00:24:34,880 --> 00:24:39,000 Speaker 2: I am being conceited, I am just holding my own 467 00:24:39,720 --> 00:24:41,760 Speaker 2: People can take it wrong, which obviously I don't care, 468 00:24:42,000 --> 00:24:45,280 Speaker 2: but it was important what I want you guys to 469 00:24:45,440 --> 00:24:47,520 Speaker 2: feel when listening to the song. 470 00:24:48,000 --> 00:24:51,439 Speaker 1: Okay, so basically you have to listen to that song. 471 00:24:53,400 --> 00:24:56,400 Speaker 2: Because then you'll understand and once you hear the interlude, 472 00:24:56,400 --> 00:24:58,920 Speaker 2: it just all comes together very beautifully. Then we have 473 00:24:59,200 --> 00:25:02,920 Speaker 2: number six teen, which is interlude number five, and that 474 00:25:03,040 --> 00:25:07,840 Speaker 2: takes you into track seventeen, which is a contrabando. The 475 00:25:07,920 --> 00:25:10,400 Speaker 2: contralando is a cover. I wanted to do a little 476 00:25:10,440 --> 00:25:13,240 Speaker 2: bit of like R and B Phil with Goombia, little nineties, 477 00:25:13,359 --> 00:25:16,400 Speaker 2: kind of like Louis Miguel sound. I love this song 478 00:25:16,600 --> 00:25:18,359 Speaker 2: the way my mom's saying it. She's the one that 479 00:25:18,400 --> 00:25:21,159 Speaker 2: saying it. It's a Joan Sebastian song. It was perfect. 480 00:25:21,200 --> 00:25:23,080 Speaker 2: I love my mom's version, but I just wanted to 481 00:25:23,119 --> 00:25:25,840 Speaker 2: bring something different to it, something fresh, something just different, 482 00:25:26,040 --> 00:25:28,000 Speaker 2: very cheeky's and that's what I did with that song, 483 00:25:28,480 --> 00:25:30,520 Speaker 2: and then we have the outro. It's important to me 484 00:25:30,600 --> 00:25:32,240 Speaker 2: and everything that I do to be a grateful person, 485 00:25:32,280 --> 00:25:34,800 Speaker 2: attitude of gratitude. You guys know that I'm all about that. 486 00:25:35,040 --> 00:25:38,119 Speaker 2: So I wanted to say thank you to all my 487 00:25:39,080 --> 00:25:43,000 Speaker 2: new and old boss bees that have been there with me, 488 00:25:43,240 --> 00:25:46,760 Speaker 2: and that are now continuing this journey with me. So 489 00:25:46,880 --> 00:25:51,399 Speaker 2: that's how I md the album and hopefully inspiring everyone 490 00:25:51,840 --> 00:25:55,080 Speaker 2: through the album and through every song and through every 491 00:25:55,200 --> 00:25:58,560 Speaker 2: interlude what I've gone through, what I've learned, and how 492 00:25:58,800 --> 00:26:02,040 Speaker 2: I have become the one and I am today. Going 493 00:26:02,119 --> 00:26:04,680 Speaker 2: back to the songs, I think the hardest song for 494 00:26:04,840 --> 00:26:08,440 Speaker 2: me to write was Alemento, because first of all, I 495 00:26:08,480 --> 00:26:10,840 Speaker 2: did it with Lucianolona. He was in Mexico. It was 496 00:26:10,880 --> 00:26:14,040 Speaker 2: the pandemic. We couldn't really travel during that time. So 497 00:26:14,840 --> 00:26:16,280 Speaker 2: I told him I have this idea. I want to 498 00:26:16,280 --> 00:26:17,800 Speaker 2: write the song with you. I told him the name 499 00:26:17,880 --> 00:26:21,520 Speaker 2: I had the name first Elemento, and then we started 500 00:26:21,520 --> 00:26:24,560 Speaker 2: writing it through WhatsApp. You guys, we never spoke on 501 00:26:24,600 --> 00:26:27,760 Speaker 2: the phone once. We just sent each other voice notes. 502 00:26:28,119 --> 00:26:29,919 Speaker 2: I would write something, he would write something, and then 503 00:26:29,960 --> 00:26:31,840 Speaker 2: the song just came together. He even sent me a 504 00:26:31,920 --> 00:26:33,879 Speaker 2: video of him playing the guitar and saying, this is 505 00:26:33,960 --> 00:26:36,600 Speaker 2: kind of like the melody I'm thinking, and I said, yes, 506 00:26:36,880 --> 00:26:38,840 Speaker 2: I love that, but let's do this. So we did 507 00:26:38,960 --> 00:26:41,639 Speaker 2: everything through WhatsApp. I think that was the hardest and 508 00:26:41,720 --> 00:26:43,280 Speaker 2: maybe the longest. I think it took us a good 509 00:26:43,320 --> 00:26:45,639 Speaker 2: two weeks to finish that song. Usually it takes like, 510 00:26:45,840 --> 00:26:48,480 Speaker 2: I don't know, three four hours, six hours sometimes to 511 00:26:48,560 --> 00:26:50,520 Speaker 2: finish a song, but this took two weeks because we 512 00:26:50,600 --> 00:26:52,159 Speaker 2: were going back and forth. So I think that was 513 00:26:52,280 --> 00:26:56,840 Speaker 2: like maybe the hardest song. My favorite song on the album, Wow, 514 00:26:59,040 --> 00:27:01,359 Speaker 2: I don't know, I don't know. I don't know if 515 00:27:01,400 --> 00:27:02,960 Speaker 2: I have a favorite. I think, you know what, maybe 516 00:27:03,040 --> 00:27:06,000 Speaker 2: in thre because it was the last song that I 517 00:27:06,080 --> 00:27:08,080 Speaker 2: recorded and I wasn't sure if it was going to 518 00:27:08,119 --> 00:27:09,880 Speaker 2: make it, and I was really sad about it because 519 00:27:09,880 --> 00:27:13,440 Speaker 2: I feel like, this song is so fucking badass and 520 00:27:13,840 --> 00:27:17,520 Speaker 2: I'm so proud of it, and I wanted a song 521 00:27:17,600 --> 00:27:21,480 Speaker 2: that had a break, kind of like no Yogao, and 522 00:27:21,560 --> 00:27:22,879 Speaker 2: I wanted a song like that, and I feel like 523 00:27:22,920 --> 00:27:25,639 Speaker 2: I got it finally, I have it. So that's I 524 00:27:25,720 --> 00:27:28,679 Speaker 2: think my favorite. And I had some of my friends 525 00:27:29,200 --> 00:27:32,080 Speaker 2: do voice notes. They live in Miami, Okay, one lives 526 00:27:32,080 --> 00:27:33,960 Speaker 2: here in LA. Two of them live in Miami, and 527 00:27:33,960 --> 00:27:35,560 Speaker 2: I was like, girls, do this for me. Just say 528 00:27:35,600 --> 00:27:37,760 Speaker 2: something on a voice note. No, no one knows this, 529 00:27:37,840 --> 00:27:41,000 Speaker 2: that's this is actually exclusive for chickens and chill. But 530 00:27:41,200 --> 00:27:43,840 Speaker 2: I had them send me separate voice notes and then 531 00:27:44,119 --> 00:27:46,520 Speaker 2: I had my engineer put them all together, so it 532 00:27:46,600 --> 00:27:48,640 Speaker 2: sounds like we're all together in the intro of the song, 533 00:27:48,760 --> 00:27:51,959 Speaker 2: but we're not, which is so funny. All my friends 534 00:27:52,520 --> 00:27:55,600 Speaker 2: were in different places and they just set me voice lootes. 535 00:27:55,640 --> 00:27:57,399 Speaker 2: I told them say this, say that, and then we 536 00:27:57,520 --> 00:27:59,640 Speaker 2: just put it all together. So yeah, that's why it's 537 00:27:59,680 --> 00:28:02,720 Speaker 2: one of my favorite songs. The song that was the 538 00:28:02,760 --> 00:28:05,080 Speaker 2: hardest to record, I want to say that it was 539 00:28:05,200 --> 00:28:07,200 Speaker 2: the Contrabando because it's it's. 540 00:28:07,080 --> 00:28:10,440 Speaker 1: Difficult to sing a cover and I have a few here. 541 00:28:10,480 --> 00:28:15,560 Speaker 2: I have Gira Mancando, and the women that sing the 542 00:28:15,680 --> 00:28:20,240 Speaker 2: songs are amazing. I admire them obviously, and it's difficult. 543 00:28:20,520 --> 00:28:22,440 Speaker 2: And I think the contra Lando was so difficult because 544 00:28:22,480 --> 00:28:25,320 Speaker 2: my mom sing that song and she did so well, 545 00:28:25,359 --> 00:28:27,600 Speaker 2: and it was one of her biggest songs, I think, 546 00:28:27,720 --> 00:28:30,160 Speaker 2: one of the songs that made her huge in Mexico. 547 00:28:30,480 --> 00:28:32,280 Speaker 2: So that's a huge responsibility, a lot of pressure. 548 00:28:32,320 --> 00:28:34,359 Speaker 1: But I like pressure. I like fucking challenges, So I 549 00:28:34,480 --> 00:28:36,680 Speaker 1: was like, you know what, I want to try this. 550 00:28:37,000 --> 00:28:39,200 Speaker 2: So when you listen to the entire album and you 551 00:28:39,240 --> 00:28:40,920 Speaker 2: see there's certain songs where I have to belt, like 552 00:28:40,960 --> 00:28:44,680 Speaker 2: in Treaz, Likeconali and you have. 553 00:28:44,720 --> 00:28:45,640 Speaker 1: To use your full voice. 554 00:28:45,960 --> 00:28:48,120 Speaker 2: On the contralando, I was using my head voice, which 555 00:28:48,160 --> 00:28:51,480 Speaker 2: is all falsetto, and that's difficult because I'm used to 556 00:28:51,560 --> 00:28:53,960 Speaker 2: belting all the time. Because of BANDA, I'm you know, 557 00:28:54,120 --> 00:28:58,160 Speaker 2: competing vocally with sixteen other instruments, So my voice is 558 00:28:58,200 --> 00:29:00,680 Speaker 2: an instrument and you have to have some to sing 559 00:29:00,760 --> 00:29:04,440 Speaker 2: by them. So with the contrabandom that song, you have 560 00:29:04,560 --> 00:29:07,240 Speaker 2: to just be very sensual and sexy and use your 561 00:29:07,280 --> 00:29:09,600 Speaker 2: head voice the entire song. So I think that one 562 00:29:09,880 --> 00:29:11,560 Speaker 2: was for me the most difficult, and then I had 563 00:29:11,640 --> 00:29:12,760 Speaker 2: that in the back of my head of like, my 564 00:29:12,880 --> 00:29:16,080 Speaker 2: mom did this so great, I better freaking do it 565 00:29:16,240 --> 00:29:18,760 Speaker 2: just as good, you know. So I think for me 566 00:29:18,880 --> 00:29:22,520 Speaker 2: that was the most difficult one, and it was hard 567 00:29:22,720 --> 00:29:24,040 Speaker 2: to find every single I was going to be a 568 00:29:24,080 --> 00:29:28,080 Speaker 2: part of this album because I want an album that 569 00:29:28,160 --> 00:29:31,240 Speaker 2: you guys can listen to from number one to eighteen 570 00:29:31,520 --> 00:29:35,160 Speaker 2: and for it to take you on just a journey, 571 00:29:35,360 --> 00:29:38,560 Speaker 2: my journey, your own journey, something that you can relate to, 572 00:29:38,960 --> 00:29:40,760 Speaker 2: something that will make you happy and then bring you 573 00:29:40,840 --> 00:29:42,520 Speaker 2: down and then take you back up again. That's how 574 00:29:42,640 --> 00:29:44,120 Speaker 2: I like my shows to be. That's how I like 575 00:29:44,200 --> 00:29:46,920 Speaker 2: my track lists to be that's so huge for me 576 00:29:47,840 --> 00:29:50,280 Speaker 2: one through eighteen. Where are they going? How are they going? 577 00:29:50,400 --> 00:29:52,000 Speaker 2: Where am I going to do an interlude? That was 578 00:29:52,040 --> 00:29:54,040 Speaker 2: I think the most difficult part about all of it, 579 00:29:54,360 --> 00:29:56,719 Speaker 2: because I'm so a know about that those things. These 580 00:29:56,760 --> 00:29:58,800 Speaker 2: are things that people don't know about me, like how 581 00:29:58,920 --> 00:30:01,520 Speaker 2: involved I am in this studio, how involved I am, 582 00:30:01,560 --> 00:30:04,400 Speaker 2: and even making the arrangements of my music, the set 583 00:30:04,480 --> 00:30:07,240 Speaker 2: list of pictures. I'm involved in every single thing, And 584 00:30:07,320 --> 00:30:09,960 Speaker 2: I think that's what makes the biggest difference when you're 585 00:30:10,000 --> 00:30:12,240 Speaker 2: in love with your project and you have your hands 586 00:30:12,800 --> 00:30:15,000 Speaker 2: in every single piece of it. Of Course, I have 587 00:30:15,080 --> 00:30:17,880 Speaker 2: a great team, my manager, mister Bull. He's amazing. He 588 00:30:17,880 --> 00:30:20,200 Speaker 2: has a lot of great ideas and I'm so grateful 589 00:30:20,240 --> 00:30:23,640 Speaker 2: for him, and he also allows me to be involved 590 00:30:23,720 --> 00:30:26,080 Speaker 2: and he wants me involved, and it's awesome because we 591 00:30:26,280 --> 00:30:29,240 Speaker 2: were just a great team. I just thought it was important, 592 00:30:29,320 --> 00:30:30,920 Speaker 2: it was important to share this with you guys so 593 00:30:31,000 --> 00:30:33,000 Speaker 2: that you guys get to know me on a different level, 594 00:30:33,040 --> 00:30:36,720 Speaker 2: the artist behind, the woman behind Cheeky's and now in 595 00:30:36,920 --> 00:30:39,560 Speaker 2: this album, I think for the first time really really 596 00:30:39,600 --> 00:30:41,200 Speaker 2: because I think in playlist there was a little bit 597 00:30:41,200 --> 00:30:42,920 Speaker 2: of Jenney in there, but there's a lot of Jenney 598 00:30:42,960 --> 00:30:46,720 Speaker 2: in this album because I'm kind of setting the tone 599 00:30:47,440 --> 00:30:50,720 Speaker 2: and giving you guys a hint with this album and 600 00:30:50,800 --> 00:30:52,560 Speaker 2: with some of the songs as to what's to come 601 00:30:52,840 --> 00:30:55,320 Speaker 2: in my fifth album. It's going to be very different. 602 00:30:55,560 --> 00:30:57,600 Speaker 2: You guys are going to see a completely different side 603 00:30:57,840 --> 00:30:59,840 Speaker 2: of me. There's going to be a lot more Jane 604 00:31:00,040 --> 00:31:03,440 Speaker 2: than Cheeky's on the next album, for sure. I know 605 00:31:03,560 --> 00:31:09,520 Speaker 2: that everyone's process, every artist is different when they are 606 00:31:10,200 --> 00:31:13,200 Speaker 2: creating their music, when they are putting their album together. 607 00:31:13,240 --> 00:31:15,400 Speaker 2: There are artists out there that set two weeks aside 608 00:31:15,440 --> 00:31:17,880 Speaker 2: from their entire year and they go in every single 609 00:31:18,000 --> 00:31:22,440 Speaker 2: day and they write, and they go into the studio 610 00:31:22,480 --> 00:31:24,880 Speaker 2: and they finish their album. I'm not that artist, and 611 00:31:24,960 --> 00:31:27,920 Speaker 2: I'm so grateful that my team understands that and they 612 00:31:27,960 --> 00:31:31,680 Speaker 2: allow me to do my process differently. 613 00:31:32,480 --> 00:31:34,200 Speaker 1: I don't know if anyone else is like that. 614 00:31:34,560 --> 00:31:36,600 Speaker 2: That's why it took me almost two years to finish 615 00:31:36,680 --> 00:31:39,800 Speaker 2: this album, because I write a song and I kind 616 00:31:39,800 --> 00:31:42,040 Speaker 2: of have an idea, and for me, it's easier to 617 00:31:42,160 --> 00:31:45,840 Speaker 2: write heartbreak songs and when I'm feeling heartache than it 618 00:31:46,000 --> 00:31:48,240 Speaker 2: is when I'm in love. And everything's like glitz and glam, 619 00:31:48,320 --> 00:31:52,840 Speaker 2: you know. So what I've done is I write songs, 620 00:31:53,160 --> 00:31:55,200 Speaker 2: I put them to the side, and I know that 621 00:31:55,240 --> 00:31:58,600 Speaker 2: I'm going to record them one day, and then I 622 00:31:58,680 --> 00:32:00,720 Speaker 2: know this is the perfect moment for those songs. And 623 00:32:00,760 --> 00:32:03,080 Speaker 2: then there are other times when I'm like, okay, like Alomentzo, 624 00:32:03,320 --> 00:32:05,120 Speaker 2: this song I wanted to come on this album. I 625 00:32:05,280 --> 00:32:07,080 Speaker 2: know this is what I want it just the process 626 00:32:07,200 --> 00:32:09,600 Speaker 2: is so different. But for me, I need to feel 627 00:32:09,640 --> 00:32:12,200 Speaker 2: it when I go into the into the studio. I 628 00:32:12,280 --> 00:32:14,520 Speaker 2: need to be in that headspace. I already know what 629 00:32:14,600 --> 00:32:16,480 Speaker 2: song I'm gonna go in there and record. I do 630 00:32:16,680 --> 00:32:20,080 Speaker 2: one or two songs matts a night in the studio. 631 00:32:20,800 --> 00:32:23,160 Speaker 2: I like the ambiance depending on what kind of song 632 00:32:23,240 --> 00:32:26,480 Speaker 2: it is. Like f I had Takila, I was like chillin, 633 00:32:26,520 --> 00:32:28,160 Speaker 2: I'm partying, you know, because it's a more of like 634 00:32:28,480 --> 00:32:30,920 Speaker 2: that type of song. And then for the Contralando, I 635 00:32:31,000 --> 00:32:33,200 Speaker 2: had all the lights dimmed and I had a little 636 00:32:33,280 --> 00:32:35,280 Speaker 2: candle and there were there were led lights. It was 637 00:32:35,320 --> 00:32:37,720 Speaker 2: more of like a sexy type of feel like for me, 638 00:32:38,280 --> 00:32:40,120 Speaker 2: that stuff is super important. 639 00:32:40,240 --> 00:32:41,600 Speaker 1: I need to feel it. I need to be in 640 00:32:41,640 --> 00:32:42,000 Speaker 1: the moment. 641 00:32:42,240 --> 00:32:46,280 Speaker 2: I feel like anything that you do rushed or forced 642 00:32:47,240 --> 00:32:51,320 Speaker 2: doesn't come out right. So I'm lucky and blessed to 643 00:32:51,440 --> 00:32:57,360 Speaker 2: know that my management, my producers, my engineers, my label, 644 00:32:57,920 --> 00:33:00,400 Speaker 2: they'll understand that. And I tell them, look, give me 645 00:33:00,520 --> 00:33:02,400 Speaker 2: the time that I need, give me the space that 646 00:33:02,480 --> 00:33:04,680 Speaker 2: I need, and I will give you something good. I'm 647 00:33:04,840 --> 00:33:06,760 Speaker 2: just like that, like I need to have the concept 648 00:33:06,840 --> 00:33:09,160 Speaker 2: and then the songs and what song is missing? Like 649 00:33:09,240 --> 00:33:11,040 Speaker 2: what kind of song is missing? And I either find 650 00:33:11,120 --> 00:33:14,040 Speaker 2: it from another writer or I write it myself. But 651 00:33:14,680 --> 00:33:17,200 Speaker 2: I feel like this album just came together so beautifully 652 00:33:17,680 --> 00:33:19,760 Speaker 2: and I didn't force it. That's one thing I was like, 653 00:33:21,840 --> 00:33:26,840 Speaker 2: nopin is de forsar, don't pressure me, because when I 654 00:33:26,880 --> 00:33:30,480 Speaker 2: feel pressured, you guys, I fight back like you corner me, 655 00:33:30,520 --> 00:33:32,360 Speaker 2: and I'm just like pushing you back, like I'm like, 656 00:33:32,480 --> 00:33:35,560 Speaker 2: let me be. With that being said, I can tell 657 00:33:35,600 --> 00:33:41,720 Speaker 2: you wholeheartedly and confidently that this album is one hundred 658 00:33:41,720 --> 00:33:45,880 Speaker 2: percent complete. Like I feel so accomplished with this album. 659 00:33:46,240 --> 00:33:50,040 Speaker 2: I don't feel that there's anything missing. I feel like 660 00:33:50,160 --> 00:33:52,240 Speaker 2: it's perfect just the way that it is, with the 661 00:33:52,320 --> 00:33:57,600 Speaker 2: amount of songs, with the rollercoaster of emotion that it's 662 00:33:57,640 --> 00:34:00,280 Speaker 2: going to take you through. I think it's perfect. I 663 00:34:00,280 --> 00:34:02,800 Speaker 2: wouldn't change absolutely anything. There's not a song that I 664 00:34:02,840 --> 00:34:04,960 Speaker 2: feel like, damn it didn't make it. No, That's why 665 00:34:05,000 --> 00:34:06,560 Speaker 2: I kept pushing it back. I was like, no, wait 666 00:34:06,600 --> 00:34:10,080 Speaker 2: a second, Like, if these songs that I want cannot 667 00:34:10,080 --> 00:34:11,680 Speaker 2: make it on the album, then we have to wait. 668 00:34:12,239 --> 00:34:14,960 Speaker 2: We have to wait, nimolo, and we did so. We 669 00:34:15,040 --> 00:34:17,640 Speaker 2: had like I think three different dates for it to 670 00:34:17,719 --> 00:34:22,360 Speaker 2: launch until it just became May twelfth. So anyways, that's it, 671 00:34:22,480 --> 00:34:26,160 Speaker 2: you guys. This is ave he Rena behind the album, 672 00:34:26,480 --> 00:34:29,640 Speaker 2: my heart, soul, spirit, a little bit of everything in 673 00:34:29,760 --> 00:34:32,279 Speaker 2: this fourth chapter of my life. As you guys heard 674 00:34:32,320 --> 00:34:34,680 Speaker 2: in the intro. That's all I have to say about 675 00:34:34,680 --> 00:34:37,040 Speaker 2: my new album, ab Herena. And don't forget to catch 676 00:34:37,120 --> 00:34:37,640 Speaker 2: me on tour. 677 00:34:37,840 --> 00:34:37,960 Speaker 4: You know. 678 00:34:38,120 --> 00:34:39,640 Speaker 2: My tour runs through the end of the year and 679 00:34:39,680 --> 00:34:41,480 Speaker 2: I can't wait to see some of you there. I 680 00:34:41,560 --> 00:34:43,640 Speaker 2: always do meet in Greeds after my shows, and that's 681 00:34:43,680 --> 00:34:46,240 Speaker 2: honestly one of my favorite things about being a performer. 682 00:34:46,320 --> 00:34:48,440 Speaker 2: I love hearing from you guys, giving you hugs and kisses. 683 00:34:49,000 --> 00:34:52,080 Speaker 2: And one last thing before we go. Today's motivational quote 684 00:34:52,360 --> 00:34:56,560 Speaker 2: is celebrate what you've accomplished. But raise the bar a 685 00:34:56,640 --> 00:34:59,840 Speaker 2: little higher each time you succeed. That's what this is 686 00:35:00,000 --> 00:35:02,600 Speaker 2: album is all about. Thank you guys for listening to 687 00:35:02,719 --> 00:35:05,080 Speaker 2: this podcast. I hope you check out my music and 688 00:35:05,160 --> 00:35:07,040 Speaker 2: my new album and that you love it. And I'll 689 00:35:07,080 --> 00:35:16,480 Speaker 2: see you guys next week. This is a production of 690 00:35:16,600 --> 00:35:21,000 Speaker 2: iHeartRadio and Mike Wueltura podcast Network. Follow us on Instagram 691 00:35:21,160 --> 00:35:25,000 Speaker 2: at Mike Wultura Podcasts and follow me Cheeky's That's c 692 00:35:25,400 --> 00:35:29,600 Speaker 2: h i q u i s. For more podcasts from iHeart, 693 00:35:29,880 --> 00:35:33,839 Speaker 2: visit the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen 694 00:35:33,880 --> 00:35:34,880 Speaker 2: to your favorite shows.