After passing through Europe and go several times Latin America, the Colombian singer Maluma embarks on one of the most "ambitious" projects of his career: his first US tour.
"It's a big responsibility, but at the same time I am happy and very grateful for the opportunity to turn around here," said Wednesday the artist Medellin during an interview in Miami.
In the "Maluma World Tour", which includes 15 cities, "a show" to delight the fans of Colombia will be displayed.
The tour arrives in US territory one of the best moments of his career. In a short time it has become one of the most influential Latin artists standing at the top of the charts and being Hispanic male singer with more followers on social networks.
However, it still has many dreams to fulfill. One of them is to get a Grammy, Latin and the general, "but the greatest recognition is the affection of the people."
"The statuettes are important to you to stand up and be proud of all the work he has done, but it really fills me is that people want me," he said.
Another of the dreams that remain to be fulfilled is to be present in the Anglo market, like some of his countrymen, as Shakira or J Balvin. It would dare, he says, to do "something big" with Selena Gomez and Justin Bieber, who some compare.
"I'd love to do a song with some of them two because they are two great stars in the world and I would open a very important picture," he said.
The Colombian admits that, after a friend would "give away a very special book," found in reading a way to combat "loneliness" and "the silence of the room," one of the things worse leads when on tour. So in your luggage you can never miss a book.
"One finds in reading the tools to solve internal and external problems that happen in everyday life. Reading has given me a way of thinking, "he said.
Gone are those years when a young man named Juan Luis Londoño Arias, who claimed that all call Maluma, dreamed of singing before thousands of people.
Over time, it recognizes that it has "lived this journey in the best way" and now feels an artist more devoted and self-confident.
"Growth has been steady, not only artistic but personal. Now I just turned 23 years and although not many years, note that I grow, evolve and I'm changing. "
Maluma, whose artistic nickname is a combination of the first two letters of the name of his mother -Marlli-, her father and her sister -Luis- -Manuela-, stressed that his family has found the greatest support in his career.
"So I got that name because I like to remember that I have a family that is always with me, which is my core and my heart," he recalled the singer of "Borró Cassette".
A few months ago, the singer was the center of criticism after the publication of "4 babys" a song whose lyrics was labeled sexist.
He says he did not mind all that was said of him 'I "slipped" - but regrets the suffering of their loved ones for the comments that emerged from that theme, the gender trap, aimed at an audience "underground".
"Me not hit me directly, but indirectly by my family (...) People not enough to imagine the damage you can do with a couple of comments," he said.
Despite that, he says that "everything happens for a reason" and that he benefited professionally controversy because "the journalists themselves became a worldwide hit", reaching 500 million views.
After this US tour, the singer will focus on production with which wants to create musical "a new movement" in the industry.
