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Hey, what's going on, everybody? For First We Feast, I'm Sean Evans. You're

watching Hot Ones. And today we deliver you a very special Hot Ones reunion

brought to you by Jack in the Box, who we partnered with to create a munchie

meal made for a spice lord. And I'm thrilled to welcome back to the studio,

Belvin. Thank you.

He's a Grammy Award -nominated singer -songwriter and one of the most

musicians on the planet, a distinguished former Hot Ones guest, and he also has

a brand -new collaborative album, Omerta, alongside Ryan Castro.

Check it out, but first things first, another go -round with the Wings of

J Balvin, welcome back to the show. Oh, thank you, man.

So we not only have new sauces on the table for you to try, but you'll also be

one of the first to try our brand -new, jack -in -the -box Hot Ones Munchie

Meal. Okay. Are you ready to get started? Absolutely.

Now that we've kicked things off, we're going to try our Hot Ones Buffalo

Chicken Tater Melt, which is made with Hot Ones Buffalo sauce.

This is great.

What?

Oh, my God.

That's how you start it off, baby.

What?

Oh, my God.

Thank you.

Plenty more where that came from. Okay. No, but this is great. This is like a

croissant? Mm -hmm.

Wow. Little kick there at the end? Yeah.

I need to take some of them.

So it's great to see you in the studio. We did that remote episode together some

five years ago.

And, you know, my favorite part was almost when the interview ended. Yes.

gave Da Bomb Beyond Insanity to your friend Andres.

Breathe.

Breathe.

Bro. He almost went to the hospital.

He looked like it. No, no lie, man. He was like, how do you say,

hyperventilating? I don't know how you say it.

But I'm happy that he's back on his feet and made it to the shoot today. We

might bring him again. He's got to do an encore performance.

I'm sure he's watching this in a green room somewhere and starting to sweat

already. Andres, I swear to God, you're going to come here.

And then has the meme of you calling Da Bomb toxic, you know, this is toxic,

bro. Did that ever make it to you? Like, do fans ever bring up your Hot Ones

appearance in the wild?

Yeah. Yes, how you did it, you know.

And I'm just saying I just loved it, man.

But I think the company also helps a lot, man. So thank you, Sean.

All right, so up next, we have a hot bergine here. That'll be the first wing

that you try.

Delicious.

Yeah.

Do you have a most treasured memory?

From the seven -hour show that you did in your hometown of Medellin last

November, which included more than 80 songs and 40 ,000 flowers handed out to

fans as they entered the stadium.

You tell me about seven hours and I just get tired.

Jesus Christ, I don't know how I did it.

Well, the memory is, of course, like, I just wanted to give back to my people.

That's the reason why it took, like, kind of like two marathons and a half.

And I was ready mentally, but not physically.

I didn't know what it's been on the show seven hours nonstop because it's not

that I just stay quiet. I'm moving and I'm singing and I'm jumping and I'm

performing and I'm sharing with the people. So, I mean, the memories were

beautiful, absolutely, but it was one where I was fainting because I didn't

have enough sugar in my body, enough fat.

So the doctors came to me and they gave me like a bowl of ice cream.

That's kind of like what we do on our show when guests start to fade.

But mine was just to get my sugar, you know, back on track.

The fact that it was home, beautiful.

But the other one is like how much I love my people that I'm like, if I have

die on the stage, which would be legendary, but I didn't want to.

A warrior going out on a shield. Yeah, I was like.

I was like, man, I have to do it. So for sauce number three, we have the Hot One

Sriracha Curly Fry Burger, which is made with Hot One Sriracha sauce.

Okay. Let's bring them on out and give them a try.

That looks good.

A little jalapeno on there.

Oh, my God.

Oh, I need this home.

It hits.

This is so amazing, bro.

Another one that I'm taking home.

Put it in the to -go bag. Yep. We're stacking them up today.

So you performed on some of the biggest stages, from headlining Coachella to the

Super Bowl halftime show.

Is there a reaction from the audience that unlocks another gear in you? Like,

what's your favorite kind of energy to see reflected back at you when you're

on stage?

You know, I think the first time that we did the Super Bowl together with Bad

Bunny, Shakira, and J -Lo, that kind of, like, made me feel that we were really

on the right track.

And now they see, you know, Bad Bunny is dead here.

own Super Bowl, it's just like, I'm just celebrating what's happening with our

culture in general.

So I think all the love that we're getting back is we getting back. It's

that I'm getting it back.

The fact that people are more open to listen to different sounds and engage,

that our music is just unstoppable.

It's undeniable that we have one of the major impact in the world right now in

the Spanish music, but I said Latino music.

This is beautiful.

You're just enjoying the meal so far.

It's beautiful.

It's art. It's like the Mona Lisa right there. So far. We're going to turn it

into a Pollock here by the end.

So far, so good.

So, your album, Colores, each song was a different color. When you're making a

song like Azul, for example, what makes a song sound blue? Like, how does a blue

song sound different from like a red song or a yellow song?

I mean, that's so subjective. You know, it's just like... What is blue for you

might be red for me.

I just close my eyes and just let it... It might sound romantic, but I just let

my soul connect with the color. You know, I'm just like, this is blue. Don't

me why.

It just feels blue.

And it was such a successful project, man, because it was kind of random that

you call every song by color. I'll give a lot of credit to myself on that one.

It's different.

Yeah, and you seem like a vibes person in the studio, creatively.

You know, I was reading another interview where you were talking about

Bruce Wayne and how, like, you dimmed the lights in the studio and had the New

York skyline reflecting in.

Oh, that was Batman, man.

Let me think about it. I become Batman right here.

We are in New York City. We are in Ghana. Come on. We can be Spider -Man.

be Batman. We can be whatever you want. Ninja Turtle.

All right, if you're ready, we can move on to the halfway mark.

And for sauce number five, we have a very special guest, Ryan Castro. Come on

out. We had you eating sauce number five, which was going to be a pickling

scorpion, but it seems like J Balvin's got other ideas. He's opened to bomb

beyond insanity.

You're a gangster. You said we just did an album, by the way.

He's called the artist from the ghetto. You know, he comes from the ghettos of

Colombia. He started, he created a huge movement.

I love him as a person, of course. That's the reason why we're working

So he's called, you know, like the king of the ghetto.

So, you know, if you're acting like you're the top guy and, you know, you're

like, you got everything under control, I just want to see his reaction. So he's

going to try. You went through the music industry the hard way and now you're

doing hot ones the hard way.

Delicious.

That's what I'm talking about. Yeah, I like it.

Okay. I'm waiting.

Are you okay?

I'm good. How's the ghetto?

I'm good. Good boy.

Everyone talks about chemistry in music.

As if it's automatic. But I'm wondering, what does chemistry actually look like

in the studio when it really starts clicking?

Like, is there a different kind of vibe in the room?

It's like this.

Bro, we're going to the studio to have fun.

You know, it's a certain moment.

Can I talk?

It's a certain moment in life where you get so into the game

that you go to the studio that you're like.

oh, I'm going to do this song, and I think it's going to have so many

And that's when you get lost in the game.

So now we're back as when we started. Like, we're just doing this for us.

If you vibe with it, if you love it, that's great. If you don't, well, we did

our best.

Well, thank you for sharing, and Ryan.

Great job here coming on to the Hot Ones set.

Before you go, do you have any advice for J Balvin as he takes on the back

of the Hot Ones?

I love you, G.

Stay here. I'm going to wait for you.

All right, if you're ready, we can move on here to sauce number six, Tropical

Amarillo. Oh, that sounds good. Mm -hmm.

This is so tropical.

Yeah, I feel like in the Amazonas in coastal Colombia.

So you've described Metallica as being in your life since childhood. You fell

love when you heard the first guitar riff. Oh, man. What is it about

that blew your mind as a kid? Like, why do they rule?

That was the first band that I heard, actually.

I was just mind -blowing the fact that they had instrumentals.

You know, like Orion and all this stuff. I'm like, it was mind -blowing to me

that.

How?

I was like, who does that now?

Who takes those risks? And who is so confident to just do an instrumental?

So the reason why I'm doing music, why I started doing music, is because I fell

in love with Metallica and also with Nirvana and Kurt Cobain. So I started

guitar classes and I started a band.

I wasn't the singer, but I was playing the guitar.

So shout out to the whole crew.

All right. We are six wings down. If you're ready, we can move on here to

thought number seven. Of course. This one is called Eight Dragon.

Oh, now the names are getting better.

This is good.

Like a roller coaster.

I like that. This one is fun.

We're flying now, baby.

Oh, now I feel the wind.

Now I feel a little rush.

No water yet. I see that. I see that.

Holding strong.

Yeah, of course.

So your music is full of aspirational imagery, but we all know that the

foundation was a 1997 Volkswagen Golf that you nicknamed Ryo. Yeah. What was

special about that 90s hatchback that it later inspired a Grammy -nominated

album by the same name?

You know, I remember my dad.

doing all the sacrifice because we don't come from a wealthy family. And my dad,

with all his sacrifice, working and working just to get me a car because he

I wanted to be around with my music and going to different shows in bars or high

schools or universities and all this stuff.

In a poetic way, I think me and Rayo paved the way in a certain way for

what's happening with the reggaeton in Colombia.

How would you describe the car culture in Medellin?

Like, how is it different from, say, Miami or Los Angeles?

Yeah, well, you know, Colombia used to be a third -world country, so there

wasn't a lot of money there, you know. Of course, it was rich people, but in

general, it was really weird to see a Ferrari or a Lamborghini or, you know,

whatever type of cars. Cars always were.

important in people's dreams you know it's kind of like a like a little medal

that you get when you're working and it's so beautiful when people buy the

car it's like yeah i got my first car and i never forget when i have the first

time you know my my car and radio you know that's his name so many beautiful

memories you know rejections which is beautiful too because that's what makes

you stronger you know and and uh doing all this A journey with me, it was

beautiful. And then you've collected lots of medals along the way. I'm

between the LaFerrari, the F40. Oh, you know your shit.

And the 512 Testarossa. Okay.

Which has the best pure driving experience?

It's hard, man, because honestly, they're not comfortable.

Right, yeah.

They're not. Like, I remember the first time I drove LaFerrari, and you have to

be pressing the brake all the time.

If you don't put the brake, the car starts moving.

So you don't have peace to be with your wife and talking about life.

And you feel all the rocks because I have them in Colombia.

But like little rocks because it's too low.

You're driving and feeling every single one. But of those, the Ferrari was a

little bit more comfortable.

It had more technology than the F40 and than the Testarossa.

If you're ready, we can move on to Da Bomb Beyond Insanity.

Okay. The one.

Yeah, there you go. Now you go. Shout out Ryan Castro. Look how a ghetto, the

guy who's not from the ghetto handled this shit.

Yeah, there you go.

That's what I'm talking about. Out of reach.

Control the breathe. Mm -hmm.

Stay calm. Stay zen. Last one was a roller coaster.

This one, we're floating.

This one, it's special.

Yeah. It's a good way of putting it.

All right. J Balvin, you once said that fashion is your biggest passion on the

same level as music. So while you battled the bomb, what I'm hoping we can

a style retrospective of polls to my iconic red car.

I've pulled some iconic red carpet. Are you okay?

Because I'm crying.

We pulled some of your most iconic looks. We'll pull them up on the

I'm just hoping I can get a backstory, okay? Okay. Can you tell me about the

look for your Maiden Medellin concert?

Is there anything different about styling a show for your hometown?

Of course.

Every... Every... Every... What up, Ryan?

Can you stop laughing?

We got to concentrate.

Yeah.

This look. Be careful around the eyes. Be careful. Oh, yeah, you're right. Be

careful.

This look was the intro of the Pima Vera, of

the tour in Colombia, the stadium tour that we're doing.

And I love it. It was a beautiful aesthetic. And I have a lot of coins in

head. If you can see, the thing was kind of shaky on the top.

All right, up next, you told Louis Vuitton colors are energy and vibration.

What is maximum vibration?

Like, how would you describe it? Is this maximum vibration?

Look at me now.

That's like the bomb.

That's a storm and a hurricane and this sauce that I have right here on me.

All wrapped into one.

I have so much personality to rock that thing, boy.

How would you describe the aesthetic appeal of Vetements?

Like, what role did that brand play in your style evolution?

I love Vetements.

I have a lot of respect for the designer, for Graham and Kirill, which

of the Vetements brand.

I love the aesthetic. I love the cuts.

I'm kind of a jacket guy. Do you think I could pull one off? Of course.

Absolutely. I know that you wouldn't say it if you didn't mean it.

Because you just do an all -black, you know, biker jacket.

There's no way you go wrong with that.

All right, up next, what can you tell me about the holographic jumpsuit that was

in your performance for the 2018 Latin Grammys?

I think that was cool. I forgot about that one, but I think that's really,

always been so focused on creating and changing the narrative of how they used

to see us as Latinos when it was on performing, but not performing because

there's a lot of great performances all the life.

Way better than me, of course, a hundred times.

On the fact of like... How kind of like an Ed Hardy kind of like bedazzled kind

of look and then you're in like St. Laurent and kind of bringing it like a

designer house kind of vibe. Yeah, I like that.

We love always to create a world every time we do a show.

And this is a world. Yeah. All right.

We're on to spot number nine. We passed the bomb, man. We got past the bomb.

Unfortunately, once one storm clears out, another one rolls in on this show.

There's life if you're ready. Yeah, of course I'm ready.

I'm good.

I'm good.

So I was reading a recent Living interview where you talked about how

movies are like a stress reliever for you and you watch them to go to sleep.

Yes. Thank God you brought that.

Am I weird?

No, that's not weird at all. I watch horror movies at night quite a bit, too,

myself. It kind of elevates the whole experience for me, you know?

The more scary the place feels, the better.

Because when I was a kid, I was really scared of the dark. Super scared,

I used to watch scary movies when I was a kid.

And when I grew up, I was like, you know what? I got to face my fear. Like, I

love this, but I'm not enjoying the result after.

And it took me time. And then it's like the most, it's like my meditation time.

Because all of them are based on true stories.

So, yeah, I don't see like Hellraiser and those, not that like fiction.

So I like the things that happen here in New Jersey, in Newark.

You're like a conjuring. The conjuring, exactly. Things that you can go and see

the house and be like, this happens a couple of years ago.

All right. And UFOs, too.

I believe in them.

They're among us.

We might be one of them. But you're not afraid. You'll face it. I think I know

how to handle them. We're going to send you first as our ambassador. Exactly.

Should that ever happen, all right?

Representing us humans. You're the regular ambassador.

All right, J Balvin, for the second time, you have made it to the last dab,

we have a very special guest to help us out. Jack, come on in.

Here comes Jack. What's up?

How are you? Oh, great. And you, man? I'm great, man.

Nice to meet you. You too.

From one celebrity to another, Jay, this one's the one you want.

Ooh.

Thank you very much. Thank you, man. I love the hat.

Oh, sashay away.

All right.

Sashay on out. And us, we'll sashay on in with a little extra on the last wing.

Okay.

All right.

All right, all right.

Cheers. Cheers. Ryan, what's up, man?

The guy from the ghetto.

And with that, J Balvin, you have now conquered the wings of death for a

time. And last time you were on the show, you taught me hasta la chimba. You

described the experience of eating the bomb.

Yeah. I'm wondering, is there another Spanish phrase or piece of Colombian

you could teach me that best describes what the experience of eating hot ones

like?

That's the perfect combo right there.

And look at you, J Balvin, taking on the wings of death, living to tell the

tale. And now there's nothing left to do but roll out the red carpet for you.

This camera, this camera, this camera. Let the people know what you have going

on in your life.

Thank you guys for everything. I'm grateful for you guys.

Thank you, Sean, for having me here on the show.

We just dropped a new album with Ryan Castro.

Omerta, go check it out.

If you don't know me, I'm J Balvin.

Get to know me a little bit.

And much love. Straight up from my head in Colombia to the whole world, Latino

gang. J -Bob and me.

Is Andres here? I'd like to meet him.

Welcome to Hot Ones.

Welcome to Hot Ones. This is our show.

So I'm thrilled to be joined in the studio with Andres.

When you were on the show last time as your cameo, you were hiccuping, sweating

through it.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. But you're a showman, and you're back.

Okay. We're going back in.

No water.

I remember that eye pop.

Okay. The hiccups again.

Why? Why?

I don't know.

Why?

Oh, my God.

Stay here. The camera. You've got to be on camera.

Wait.

Is it worse the second time? Is it worse than you remember?

It's kind of the same.

How come you can do an interview on this situation? I can't even think.

Man, I do seven -hour shows.

That's mind control.

That's definitely mind control.