Wanted to bring latin music, culture to wider audience: J Balvin

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New Delhi: Latin Grammy Award-winner J Balvin, who reached global popularity with the number "Mi Gente", says he wanted to create a song for everyone and at the same time wanted to bring Latin culture to a wider audience.

Talking about "Mi Gente" which resonated among many, Balvin told IANS in an E-mail interview from Colombia: "First-off, I will be forever grateful to Willy William, for creating a beat that I instantly connected with and I knew would captivate the world."

The "X" hitmaker added that he wanted to create "a song for everyone".

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"A song everyone in the world could vibe with and dance to, and in the process bringing Latin music and Latin culture to a wider audience," he said.

Balvin, who has previously collaborated with popular names like Beyonce and Cardi B, has now come out with a new track "Reggaeton", which pays an ode to the genre and its artistes.