The single off of his fifth studio album features lyrics about a female dog in heat.
She continued that she supports Balvin during this"difficult moment," saying"He came here to record with me and to share his platform with me. Now I’m like ‘What did I get Jose in?'"
Director Raymi added in an email statement to the outlet that the decision to depict Black actors as dogs aligned with the"realities of the barrio." He shared, “Our creative process never aimed to promote racism or misogyny. The Dominican Republic is a country where most of the population is Black and our Blackness is predominant in underground scenes, where the filming took place, and which was the subject of the video’s inspiration.
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