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That's what I'm talking about.

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.