I want to invite the mainstream into my world and to my sound and to what I'm doing. And I want mainstream artists to respect me and accept Latino artists as equals without us having to sing in English. I want them to know that I can compete globally, with whomever, in Spanish.

J Balvin

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I enjoy everything I do, from music to fashion or to watches - the lifestyle.

enjoy fashion music watches

Watches are about status.

status about watches

As long as I keep it real, I learn something from everyone. And when you view yourself as a student and not as somebody who's bigger, there is still learning that can be done every day, and that keeps you open-minded and more ready to learn about life and love.

day learning love life

I have always been a big fan of watches.

big-fan big always watches

It's all about the vibes. That's why it's called 'Vibras' in Spanish.

spanish why about vibes

Glasses, earrings, rings, sneakers. I love every little accessory.

earrings sneakers glasses love

I invite you to get out of the box, be yourself. If you have blue hair, pink, yellow; if you have a broken tooth; if you have other sexual preferences... be yourself. Fight for your happiness always.

yourself you broken happiness

Kanye and Pharrell are in fashion. Why not J Balvin?

kanye why why-not fashion

I don't want to be a follower; I want to be a leader and create new waves.

waves new leader want

If you really want to flex, you have to be real.

be-real you real want

I'm no savior, and I'm no Robin Hood.

robin hood savior robin-hood

Music is art, and making watches is art, too.

making music watches art

Music goes further than any border, any language.

than border music language

To be a legend, we have to make a lot of right moves and great music.

legend right great music

I love Bad Bunny. He's changing the game. I think he's doing something very important with his success.

game think success love

To tell you the truth, I used an Instagram filter called Ginza to share a snippet of the song - I simply left the name in the caption in case anyone wanted to use the same filter. But everyone started calling the song 'Ginza.'

name you truth song

Just because you are Latino does not mean you can't be global.

just-because just you mean

When you see a movie, they always put the Latino on the bad side or in a tacky way. It's not like that. Latinos are shining like a diamond.

bad see you way

Dreams are the ones that really keep me moving all the time. That's what drives me.

dreams me time moving

By erasing barriers of races, colors, continents, genres, or languages, we can achieve the whole world moving their head to the same beat.

colors achieve world moving