She was very hands-on producing, writing. But that's more like an urban bachata, which allowed me to do something completely different with her and do more like a fusion of flamenco with bachata. I knew that she had collaborated with The Weeknd, and I love the record. I just presented her with a verse, not even the hook. ROSALÍA is what I like to describe as a unicorn. I was just blown away, not only by her voice, her stage presence, her energy. Someone from my team showed me a video, because they know I'm heavy on flamenco. “I'm terrible with remembering the timeframe, but I know that it was right in the premature stages before ROSALÍA reached stardom. It’s one of those records that it is what it is, but it's also one of my favorites.” It's almost difficult to describe what style the intro truly is, because it's just a very earthy sound that I don't know how to explain or elaborate in the best way what I do. “‘Boomerang’ is just that straight-up fusion. JT threw his spice in there producing, tweaked some melodies, songwriting. But I also brought on board Danja, an amazing producer that has worked on many hits with Timbaland-‘My Love,’ ‘SexyBack.’ The reason why I did that is because I wanted it to feel authentic. I linked up with my good friend, producer/songwriter Rico Love, who worked on ‘Promise’ and ‘Odio’ with me, to keep the tradition. When it comes to tailoring a bachata to whoever I want to collab with, I did it with Usher, I did it with Drake, and this was not the exception. We linked up and he's like, 'The worst thing that can happen is I tell you I don't like this song.’ And clearly that shit would've been terrible to me, but that's where I'm honestly very confident. I always said, ‘I need to record with Justin Timberlake.’ It was on my bucket list. My first cover ever with Aventura was an *NSYNC song, ‘Gone.’ We released our second album We Broke the Rules, and I adjusted it to our style at the time. Everybody was like, ‘Oh man, this shit is fire.’ So I said, ‘Let’s start the album with the record, because it has a little bit of everything.’” I think that it was just the perfect song to set the tone, because for everyone that I played the song to prior to me setting up the tracklist, there was just always something about that one song. Traditional, fusion-it has a little bit of both. I was good just with my kids, but when you add Katt Williams to that intro, it's like, ‘Okay, this is Fórmula vibes.’” It's my most personal intro as well, because my three kids participate, so I can honestly tell you that it has a sentimental value. Katt Wiliams was cool, understanding what this means to the Latin industry. It's not a walk in the park it’s a mission. “It starts with just the concept, and then I put Artie to do all the hard work. Read more about some of the standout songs of Fórmula, Vol. Whether you’re an Aventura day-one fan or a devotee of solo albums like 2017’s remarkable Golden, there’s plenty to enjoy here. All the while, he continues to assert his dominance in the genre while also experimenting outside of the sound he made his name with. Indeed, the third installment bears many of its predecessors’ hallmarks, from the comedian-led introduction to the inclusion of exciting and unexpected guests, including vanguard pop artists Justin Timberlake and ROSALÍA as well as tropical music heroes like Toño Rosario, Rubby Pérez, and Fernandito Villalona. “Right away when I named it that title, everybody was like, ‘Who's going to sing bachata? What’re the surprises?’” he says of the expectations surrounding his first Fórmula record since the 2014 sequel. 3 marks a fitting and phenomenal end to the bachata superstar’s beloved series. “This is where the trilogy ends.” Three years in the making and coming roughly a decade after the massively popular first installment, Fórmula, Vol. “I would never title an album Fórmula just to keep the franchise alive,” Romeo Santos tells Apple Music.
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