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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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.
What?
So, it's been a lot of hard work, man.
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.
You're going to teach me a Latin dance move?
I can teach you something. What you got? I got the Flamenco dance move. Uh, and how's that? Wanna try it out?
Yeah. Let's try it out. Let's see if we get. But you're a Flamenco expert.
I took a Flamenco class in college.
Oh, yeah?
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?
Yeah, you sound good. You must have rehearsed this before coming on.
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?
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.
Do you work out with him?
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.
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.
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.
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?
I think I'm romantic. I think I would consider myself.
Single man, sir.
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?
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
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.
What What was it like working with Shakira?
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.
And you've also been in a music video with with with J Lo.
I've been with J Lo.
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?
Well, well, when it comes to Shakira, it was actually Shakira's idea.
Her idea?
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.
Who's a better who's a better dancer? I mean, they're both You don't have to answer.
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.
What do they think about your dancing?
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.
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?
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?
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
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