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Is Prince Royce a True Romantic at Heart?

Is Prince Royce a True Romantic at Heart?

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The Latin Pop star discusses collaborating (and dancing) with Shakira and Jennifer Lopez

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Is Prince Royce

Young Hollywood, what is going on, everybody? What's going on, Young Hollywood? We're backstage. Backstage, you know, it's not that beautiful suite you guys got up in the hotel, five stars with room service. It's in a studio. But, you know, it it comes a little close, kind of. Backstage, just hanging out here at the Greek Theater, Los Angeles, having a little fun, just chilling in the middle of this this 21 city tour, which we've done in 30 days. It's I've done long tours before, but this feels kind of intense. We're doing four shows a week back-to-back.

Young Hollywood

What?

Is Prince Royce

So, it's been a lot of hard work, man.

Young Hollywood

Man, I didn't even have to interview you. You interviewed yourself. I don't know, we just started talking. Perfectly, man. You just did my whole job for me. Interview's over. And we're done. Thank you guys for watching. Peace. Everybody, I swear to God, every interview I've always said, everybody's like, teach me Spanish. Yeah. Teach me the bachata dance moves. I felt like I I can teach you maybe a Latin dance move.

Is Prince Royce

You're going to teach me a Latin dance move?

Young Hollywood

I can teach you something. What you got? I got the Flamenco dance move. Uh, and how's that? Wanna try it out?

Is Prince Royce

Yeah. Let's try it out. Let's see if we get. But you're a Flamenco expert.

Young Hollywood

I took a Flamenco class in college.

Is Prince Royce

Oh, yeah?

Young Hollywood

Yeah, I was in a Flamenco play. Let's check out your Flamenco and let's check this out. Okay, so it's it's you know, this this is like the second position in ballet. So you get you get over here. Come over here, come over here. Second position in ballet. Now, it's in 6/4 time, though. So it's 1 2 3 4 5 6. 1 2 3 4 5 6. Sounds like an expert, don't I?

Is Prince Royce

Yeah, you sound good. You must have rehearsed this before coming on.

Young Hollywood

I've been waiting to do this for years, man. You don't know this. Okay, so we're going to do this. Back it up real quick, record. So, basically, what you do is this. You go, 1 2 3 4 5 and 6. All right, I think it's 1 2 3 4 5 and 6. Yeah. That's it. Your Your security guard is huge. We're going to have to get a good nice shot of him and put him like right here. Yeah, he is. What do you need type of security for?

Is Prince Royce

He's well Yeah, I have him there just for the motivation, you know? I just look at him and I'm like, man, I need to go to the gym real quick. You know, so that's all that that he's there for.

Young Hollywood

Do you work out with him?

Is Prince Royce

Uh, we, uh, we do sometimes, but I work out a lot. He actually goes in um like, let's say I'm going to work out at 12:00, he goes in and works out like at 7:00 AM.

Young Hollywood

When I hear your music, though, I started dancing and that's good. That's my workout, that's good. That's my workout right there. there. Bachata, that's what it is. Bachata. Bachata.

Is Prince Royce

Bachata. I hate you to explain bachata to to Young Hollywood. Yeah. It's a tropical uh genre. If you're not telling a story, it's not a bachata song. And it's very The dance is very sensual. In fact, if you guys research you know, search up on YouTube Shakira. We got a song called "Days Ever" with Shakira, which we're doing the dance and it's very sensual. Shakira, of course, looks amazing.

Young Hollywood

Yeah, yeah. As always. Hold on, slow down. We'll we'll get this Shakira. I'm going to get this Shakira. Your music is very romantic. Very romantic. You romantic?

Is Prince Royce

I think I'm romantic. I think I would consider myself.

Young Hollywood

Single man, sir.

Is Prince Royce

I'm not single, bro. Oh. All all my beautiful My beautiful fans, I'm talking about my fans, man. Come on, you know that, man. How could I be single with so many gorgeous ladies looking at us tonight?

Young Hollywood

Your fans are crazy, though, in a good way. In a good way. Like I I've seen some videos of you online and the girls are just The whole crews, they're just screaming

Is Prince Royce

That's the way it's got to be. Energy. Energy. Energetic. I love it when shows, people are singing along. I think music is is amazing, man.

Young Hollywood

What What was it like working with Shakira?

Is Prince Royce

I think she's great. I mean, for me, you know, she's one, if not the, you know, one of the most successful um females in Latin music, you know, and she's crossed over. She's played arenas all over the world and I think to to be able to learn from her as well and share with her, and she's such a sweetheart and very hardworking and humble.

Young Hollywood

And you've also been in a music video with with with J Lo.

Is Prince Royce

I've been with J Lo.

Young Hollywood

And why do you always I mean, I I whose choice is it to dance with you and him, who's like we need Shakira to dance with with Fred Boy in this video. Who's choice is that?

Is Prince Royce

Well, well, when it comes to Shakira, it was actually Shakira's idea.

Young Hollywood

Her idea?

Is Prince Royce

She said she wanted to dance bachata, she wanted to do moves. We did like a bachata tutorial as well. Um, on the in the J Lo case, I think um I just backed it up on her on my own and then kind of just worked it out in the video. You guys gotta see that video. But uh, no, you know what? I feel very fortunate.

Young Hollywood

Who's a better who's a better dancer? I mean, they're both You don't have to answer.

Is Prince Royce

You know what? But you know what? They're both professional dancers. Professional. Professional dancers. J Lo kills it. I was with J Lo um at her uh show in Vegas, her residency in Vegas. Super dope show. Different kind of dance. Different type of dancing, definitely. But, you know, still beautiful and gorgeous, nothing else.

Young Hollywood

What do they think about your dancing?

Is Prince Royce

Um Shakira thought my dancing was pretty good. J Lo I didn't ask. I'd have to ask. I'd have to ask her.

Young Hollywood

There's a um there's a um there's a science to this. There is a science. That I'm not getting right now. Maybe I'm encouraging you, maybe do some Flamenco with the big town with the Bachata. If I'm on stage and I hit him with the 1 2 3 4 5 6 and 1 2 3 4 5 6. You might be on to something. Did you do the arms like this? Wait, check this out. Did you do the arms like that? You for real took it? For real? Cuz look you're pretty official. Professional. So you need me on tour?

Is Prince Royce

All right, we gotta get out of here. This guy's gotta go on stage right now. Young Hollywood, thanks for the love. What up?

Young Hollywood

And I'm I'm going to have to check you out for the um background dancing. The background dancers.

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PEOPLE MENTIONED

  • Prince Royce

    Featured artist and interviewee

  • Shakira

    Collaborated on a song ('Days Ever') and music video with Prince Royce

  • Jennifer Lopez

    Collaborated on a music video with Prince Royce

FAQ

What is bachata music?+
Bachata is described by Prince Royce as a tropical genre where if you're not telling a story, it's not a bachata song, and the dance is very sensual.
Did Prince Royce collaborate with Shakira?+
Yes, Prince Royce collaborated with Shakira on a song called 'Days Ever' where they did a very sensual bachata dance in the music video.
Did Prince Royce collaborate with Jennifer Lopez?+
Yes, Prince Royce was in a music video with Jennifer Lopez, and he danced with her in it.
Whose idea was it for Shakira to dance bachata with Prince Royce?+
It was Shakira's idea; she wanted to dance bachata and even did a bachata tutorial with Prince Royce.
What did Shakira think of Prince Royce's dancing?+
Shakira thought Prince Royce's dancing was pretty good.

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