Ebi52335233 Posted February 12 Posted February 12 (edited) New Single ... Edited February 12 by Ebi52335233
Ebi52335233 Posted February 12 Author Posted February 12 Well after a while Enrique is going to release an english single...
aaron511 Posted February 12 Posted February 12 Wtf I thought it was gonna be a solo song. It's a translation of a 2022 Spanish single in the first place 1
Ebi52335233 Posted February 12 Author Posted February 12 This is not good...enrique can do much better than this... 3
CLNC Posted February 12 Posted February 12 (edited) I'll take any English language representation for the album we can get and it's being released before it drops which is nice. That being said it's bizarre this is the song they are using to advertise this to a non Latin audience. The Spanish version was used as the theme for a telenovela two years ago. It's a nice ballad but it's hard to get too excited about a song that's been in the public sphere for so long even if it's a version we've never heard before. I don't mind him collaborating with country artist or Miranda Lambert specifically but it's even more strange that it's on this song and it's the big pitch for English listeners as opposed to something featuring a more current artist and one more known internationally. Even if I think this song is a strange choice to release as a single I hope they push this. Release it radio...maybe even with a clear channel deal. If RCA can essentially pay for Justin Timberlake to have a Top 20 Hot 100 entry in 2024 they can surely do the same for Enrique. Like Selfish with it being a slow song it could even be picked up on AC as well Top 40. 5 hours ago, aaron511 said: Wtf I thought it was gonna be a solo song. It's a translation of a 2022 Spanish single in the first place Enrique's team are very keen to emphasize the English version is the original and the Spanish version the adaption. I'm sure that's true but fans are always going to think of the Spanish version as the main version as that's what was released first. Also a lot of fans tend to view the Spanish adaptions of his English hits as the definitive versions even though some of them are very clunky translations. This too is another odd aspect to releasing this song; Enrique has long said he doesn't like translating songs. If he writes something in English he means for it be in English and if he writes something in Spanish he means for it be in Spanish. Save for some Spanglish remixes he's not translated songs since 2010. 4 hours ago, vuelve88 said: I hope they perform it live soon. He doesn't perform any of his recent stuff in concert. Even Me Pase and Asi Es La Vida which were reasonably popular Latin hits get overlooked even though his band uses them them for transitions. The one exception was him performing Chasing The Sun so it's possible since that was the English single from that album. If they promote this by performing this on tv I'll be very (pleasantly) surprised. Edited February 12 by CLNC 1
Ebi52335233 Posted February 12 Author Posted February 12 1 hour ago, Keter said: Their voices do not complement each other. Agree...this song reminds me "beautiful " track featuring Kylie Minogue...
CLNC Posted February 13 Posted February 13 (edited) 5 hours ago, Ebi52335233 said: Agree...this song reminds me "beautiful " track featuring Kylie Minogue... I'll always stand by the fact Beautiful is...well beautiful. It's got touching lyrics and the production is reminiscent of Imogen Heap. I know Kylie fans hate it and think it's the worst thing she's ever recorded because they wanted a disco song but Kylie herself loved it and I think if Enrique and Kylie's people had come to an agreement when to release it the song would have been a hit in the UK and Australia. It's hard to tell with a small clip but the lyrically this seems more geared to a US audience and it just seems they have layered Miranda's vocals onto Enrique's instead of having them harmonize together. While I still think this is an odd choice I hope Sony does something with this. It's possible after he leaves them and their baffling approach to his career he could feature on someone else's record that takes off but the music he will potentially release independently wont have the big label machine behind it so the songs in Final Vol. 2 could be his last chance to get a mainstream hit under his own steam. Edited February 13 by CLNC 2
Ebi52335233 Posted February 13 Author Posted February 13 Just Saw some us radio stations shared a news about this duet....is it coming for top40?? 1 1
Ebi52335233 Posted February 23 Author Posted February 23 Full song out now... https://youtu.be/ohaBYmDbeBc?feature=shared
Ebi52335233 Posted February 23 Author Posted February 23 iTunes: #23 Malaysia #37 Sweden #42 United States #51 Canada #54 Brazil #57 Canada #80 Spain #135 United States #147 Germany
♥jONE731♥ Posted February 23 Posted February 23 As long as it is Enrique back to English then Im Good
SchmoodRing Posted February 23 Posted February 23 On 2/12/2024 at 11:55 AM, Ebi52335233 said: Well after a while Enrique is going to release an english single... As if JLo or Shakira weren't available. Out of all people to collaborate with, Miranda? No offense to Miranda On 2/12/2024 at 12:04 PM, aaron511 said: Wtf I thought it was gonna be a solo song. It's a translation of a 2022 Spanish single in the first place No one asked for this though. If he was gonna give us an English single serve us a signature Pitbull collab bop not this On 2/12/2024 at 12:22 PM, Ebi52335233 said: This is not good...enrique can do much better than this... Yeah like what is going on, like isn't this his final outing? He should be going out with a bang not this On 2/12/2024 at 2:29 PM, CLNC said: I'll take any English language representation for the album we can get and it's being released before it drops which is nice. That being said it's bizarre this is the song they are using to advertise this to a non Latin audience. The Spanish version was used as the theme for a telenovela two years ago. It's a nice ballad but it's hard to get too excited about a song that's been in the public sphere for so long even if it's a version we've never heard before. I don't mind him collaborating with country artist or Miranda Lambert specifically but it's even more strange that it's on this song and it's the big pitch for English listeners as opposed to something featuring a more current artist and one more known internationally. Even if I think this song is a strange choice to release as a single I hope they push this. Release it radio...maybe even with a clear channel deal. If RCA can essentially pay for Justin Timberlake to have a Top 20 Hot 100 entry in 2024 they can surely do the same for Enrique. Like Selfish with it being a slow song it could even be picked up on AC as well Top 40. Enrique's team are very keen to emphasize the English version is the original and the Spanish version the adaption. I'm sure that's true but fans are always going to think of the Spanish version as the main version as that's what was released first. Also a lot of fans tend to view the Spanish adaptions of his English hits as the definitive versions even though some of them are very clunky translations. This too is another odd aspect to releasing this song; Enrique has long said he doesn't like translating songs. If he writes something in English he means for it be in English and if he writes something in Spanish he means for it be in Spanish. Save for some Spanglish remixes he's not translated songs since 2010. He doesn't perform any of his recent stuff in concert. Even Me Pase and Asi Es La Vida which were reasonably popular Latin hits get overlooked even though his band uses them them for transitions. The one exception was him performing Chasing The Sun so it's possible since that was the English single from that album. If they promote this by performing this on tv I'll be very (pleasantly) surprised. Yeah it just feels like everyone involved is just going through the motions which sucks because this is suppose to be his final bow. I agree with everything that you said. Translation remixes are unnecessary. If it wasn't made in that language it's for a reason. I think it's a waste of time to randomly push this before the album drop. Like is he even gonna promote? Also I'm sorry but it rubs me the wrong way that he doesn't even perform his new stuff unless he has a separate tour for that then I'll eat my words but it's very telling. I understand that he has a vast catalog but rest assured ain't no way in hell people wanna hear Chasing The Sun over any of his more recent Spanish hits On 2/12/2024 at 4:10 PM, Ebi52335233 said: Agree...this song reminds me "beautiful " track featuring Kylie Minogue... It didn't need to be disco but something eurodance would've been much appreciated. They're pop megastars them putting out a ballad together is not something that we asked, wanted or needed from them like ever On 2/12/2024 at 8:58 PM, CLNC said: I'll always stand by the fact Beautiful is...well beautiful. It's got touching lyrics and the production is reminiscent of Imogen Heap. I know Kylie fans hate it and think it's the worst thing she's ever recorded because they wanted a disco song but Kylie herself loved it and I think if Enrique and Kylie's people had come to an agreement when to release it the song would have been a hit in the UK and Australia. It's hard to tell with a small clip but the lyrically this seems more geared to a US audience and it just seems they have layered Miranda's vocals onto Enrique's instead of having them harmonize together. While I still think this is an odd choice I hope Sony does something with this. It's possible after he leaves them and their baffling approach to his career he could feature on someone else's record that takes off but the music he will potentially release independently wont have the big label machine behind it so the songs in Final Vol. 2 could be his last chance to get a mainstream hit under his own steam. Question did his record deal end or is he choosing to leave on his own terms. It's not like he doesn't make them money. And I'm pretty sure that he's been touring non stop for like the last decade or so, so what gives? This output as a whole just seems very lazy and Enrique is undeserving of it unless he himself at this point just doesn't care either. He's still a name and has pull so hopefully in the near future we get a collab with Ricky Martin, JLo, Shakira, Drake, Natti Natasha, Becky G, Karol G, Anitta, Greeicy, Camila Cabello, Danna Paola, JBalvin, Maluma, Ozuna, Sebastian Yatra like come on Enrique! On 2/13/2024 at 10:09 AM, Ebi52335233 said: Just Saw some us radio stations shared a news about this duet....is it coming for top40?? Out of all of the songs to push? This one? Messy
SchmoodRing Posted February 23 Posted February 23 1 hour ago, ♥jONE731♥ said: As long as it is Enrique back to English then Im Good He's put out better this lowkey isn't it
Ebi52335233 Posted February 23 Author Posted February 23 It grows on me...iheard radio already played it
CLNC Posted March 3 Posted March 3 (edited) It's a pretty good ballad. I like it a lot more than I thought I would given the preview. It has to be noted that they are actually making some effort with this release. Like they did an actual photo shoot for the artwork instead of just recycling an old photo or using a still from the music video (I assume there is a video coming soon) and servicing it to radio. It's sad as that this is a step up from how his releases have been treated since 2021 but I'll take it. Yes, I too would like Enrique's last album campaign to be a big celebration of his career but there is also a shallow part of me that thinks that if there is a chance of mainstream hit he should take it and this may well be a better bet for that. While there is a lot of nostalgia for the early 2010s ravey EDM era I'm not sure radio would embrace that sound in 2024. On the flip side this is at least doing something on radio and getting a generally positive reception from people. Personally I would have split the difference and released a lighter dance song and have it feature someone on Sony's roster that's currently relevant. That's my only real gripe with Space In My Heart, I have nothing against Miranda Lambert but I would have preferred his first (and possibly last) full English single since 2018 to feature someone internationally famous. I'm not sure how a country singer is going to sell this album internationally unless they think Fria will. On 2/23/2024 at 6:54 PM, SchmoodRing said: Question did his record deal end or is he choosing to leave on his own terms. It's not like he doesn't make them money. And I'm pretty sure that he's been touring non stop for like the last decade or so, so what gives? This output as a whole just seems very lazy and Enrique is undeserving of it unless he himself at this point just doesn't care either. He signed a two album deal with Sony in 2015. The assumption of course is that he would release the first in 2018 but then he had kids and he put that project and the next on hold. Then Enrique started talking about how he thought the album format was dead and while he said he would release them eventually he definitely gave the impression he wasn't really motivated to do it beyond him being contractually obligated to do so It's been reported in the Spanish press that he and Sony have been at logger heads for the past few years. I wouldn't be surprised if that was mostly down to him dragging his heals putting out these albums. Sure he's made them money through the near constant touring his done but I don't think there is any doubt he'd have made a lot more if he'd have put out an album in 2018 riding the wave of the hugely popular Latin hits he was having at the time? It does look as if they also have some creative differences too and we can only speculate what those are but I don't think their approach to Enrique is all that different to their other Latin acts. Look at Shakira's upcoming album; half of it is previously released songs and tons of collabs like Final Vol. 1. The only difference between them are her collabs being mostly with artists that are hot right now whereas his have mostly been with acts that could use a boost themselves. That's probably Enrique's greatest gift to Sony; when he he first signed to them he could give other artist a hit just by collaborating with them. I've often said that Nicky Jam could have easily ended up a one hit wonder if Enrique hadn't been on the single version of El Perdon. It's hard to imagine a world were Bad Bunny wouldn't be huge but maybe his career would have gone differently had Enrique not collabed with him when he was new. This was all well and good when his career was on an especially big high but now it's Enrique could use the help but I don't think there is much of an incentive to do that since he's leaving them. Edited March 3 by CLNC
CLNC Posted March 11 Posted March 11 (edited) I'm starting to re-think the minor praise I had for how his team was handling this release. It's been out a month and there is still no sign of a music video. We know he filmed two mvs before the second leg of the tour. Obviously one was for Fria and I assumed the second was for Space In My Heart but with El Alfa posting a behind the scenes pic of them it seems likely what he shot was for their collaboration. I know a lot of people on here would have liked a throwback to his 2010 EDM period for an English single but I felt this had potential to do well given the current rise in Country music and fitting more on AC radio which was more likely to naturally pick up in English Enrique in 2024. Since they don't seem to be pushing it they might as well not have bothered. Even more concerning is that the album is dropping in a couple of weekw and I doubt they can cobble together an mv or a campaign before it is released. We'll be lucky of we get some zoom interviews broadcasted from a spare room like vol. 1. Edited March 12 by CLNC
SchmoodRing Posted March 12 Posted March 12 14 hours ago, CLNC said: I'm starting to re-think the minor praise I had for how his team was handling this release. It's been out a month and there is still no sign of a music video. We know he filmed two mvs before the second leg of the tour. Obviously one was for Fria and I assumed the second was for Space In My Heart but with El Alfa posting a behind the scenes pic of them it seems likely what he shot was for their collaboration. I know a lot of people on here would have liked a throwback to his 2010 EDM period for an English single but I felt this had potential to do well given the current rise in Country music and fitting more on AC radio which was more likely to naturally pick up in English Enrique in 2024. Since they don't seem to be pushing it they might as well not have bothered. Even more concerning is that the album is dropping in a couple of weekw and I doubt they can cobble together an mv or a campaign before it is released. We'll be lucky of we get some zoom interviews broadcasted from a spare room like vol. 1. Yeah idk if it's him, the label or his team to are just phoning it in and getting it over with since it's his last album to fulfill his contract but this being his last outing everything is really coming off as half assed which is disappointing. This is your last album ever supposedly go out with a bang. Makes if seem like either he doesn't care, lazy and makes his final output look like a middle finger to his legacy. His collab with Maria is shaping out to have legs and be a moderate hit but they're not doing much to push it. Is he at least performing it on his current tour even like ? Also can they let Fria breathe a little and push that? Why wasn't this era more planned out? On 3/2/2024 at 9:37 PM, CLNC said: It's a pretty good ballad. I like it a lot more than I thought I would given the preview. It has to be noted that they are actually making some effort with this release. Like they did an actual photo shoot for the artwork instead of just recycling an old photo or using a still from the music video (I assume there is a video coming soon) and servicing it to radio. It's sad as that this is a step up from how his releases have been treated since 2021 but I'll take it. Yes, I too would like Enrique's last album campaign to be a big celebration of his career but there is also a shallow part of me that thinks that if there is a chance of mainstream hit he should take it and this may well be a better bet for that. While there is a lot of nostalgia for the early 2010s ravey EDM era I'm not sure radio would embrace that sound in 2024. On the flip side this is at least doing something on radio and getting a generally positive reception from people. Personally I would have split the difference and released a lighter dance song and have it feature someone on Sony's roster that's currently relevant. That's my only real gripe with Space In My Heart, I have nothing against Miranda Lambert but I would have preferred his first (and possibly last) full English single since 2018 to feature someone internationally famous. I'm not sure how a country singer is going to sell this album internationally unless they think Fria will. He signed a two album deal with Sony in 2015. The assumption of course is that he would release the first in 2018 but then he had kids and he put that project and the next on hold. Then Enrique started talking about how he thought the album format was dead and while he said he would release them eventually he definitely gave the impression he wasn't really motivated to do it beyond him being contractually obligated to do so It's been reported in the Spanish press that he and Sony have been at logger heads for the past few years. I wouldn't be surprised if that was mostly down to him dragging his heals putting out these albums. Sure he's made them money through the near constant touring his done but I don't think there is any doubt he'd have made a lot more if he'd have put out an album in 2018 riding the wave of the hugely popular Latin hits he was having at the time? It does look as if they also have some creative differences too and we can only speculate what those are but I don't think their approach to Enrique is all that different to their other Latin acts. Look at Shakira's upcoming album; half of it is previously released songs and tons of collabs like Final Vol. 1. The only difference between them are her collabs being mostly with artists that are hot right now whereas his have mostly been with acts that could use a boost themselves. That's probably Enrique's greatest gift to Sony; when he he first signed to them he could give other artist a hit just by collaborating with them. I've often said that Nicky Jam could have easily ended up a one hit wonder if Enrique hadn't been on the single version of El Perdon. It's hard to imagine a world were Bad Bunny wouldn't be huge but maybe his career would have gone differently had Enrique not collabed with him when he was new. This was all well and good when his career was on an especially big high but now it's Enrique could use the help but I don't think there is much of an incentive to do that since he's leaving them. An English translation that no one asked for of a song that was just fine as it is. They're making all of the wrong moves and for what? Now if this underperforms they can't put the blame entirely on him. This is all just sad at every angle. The Maria collab needs to be pushed since it seems to actually be doing something. Fria deserves to be pushed as well. I'm guessing the El Alfa song has to be a bop. No shade to Enrique but he needs to also perform his newer material as well especially if he's not gonna promote them properly. It honestly just sounds like he's overworked from touring, his priorities have shifted rightfully so after having multiple kids, he's also clearly very uninspired resulting him probably wanting to just check out and do his own thing. This honestly gets me emotional because he's regarded as thee king of latin pop and this is such a lukewarm way to go out. No campaign, no flowers to go all out and bow out the right way. They should've been pulling out all stops to secure him working with the best because no way in hell would anyone turn away the chance to work with him. Again at this point in his career it makes no sense that hasn't collaborated officially with Shakira or Ricky Martin yet and if he really wanted to push an English single it should've been a bop and featuring JLo. Like I'm excited for the El Alfa and Belinda tracks but 10 tracks in total? Also were their not better options for hotter people for him to collaborate with like Sebastian Yatra, Rauw Alejandro, Tainy, Ozuna, Maluma, JBalvin, Anitta, Karol G, Becky G like come on now? Honestly this doesn't just sound like his last album but the more he talks about music the more he sounds like completely done with it. Like I get not making anymore albums but are we not gonna get anymore singles then? Collabs? Features? It really breaks my heart because he's one of my favorite artists and I feel like he deserves to go out in style and in a much better way. Also just manifesting but Enrique and Ricky should do the next superbowl together that would be fire
CLNC Posted March 13 Posted March 13 (edited) 16 hours ago, SchmoodRing said: Yeah idk if it's him, the label or his team to are just phoning it in and getting it over with since it's his last album to fulfill his contract but this being his last outing everything is really coming off as half assed which is disappointing. This is your last album ever supposedly go out with a bang. Makes if seem like either he doesn't care, lazy and makes his final output look like a middle finger to his legacy. His collab with Maria is shaping out to have legs and be a moderate hit but they're not doing much to push it. Is he at least performing it on his current tour even like ? Also can they let Fria breathe a little and push that? Why wasn't this era more planned out? I think it's a combination of things.I will say that as much as his team seem out of touch at time I do think they do a lot to promote his music sometimes going the extra mile. I remember back in the day when Interscope didn't want to release any more singles from Insomniac but fans were telling them that Push was his best bet for a hit they got it added to the soundtrack of Step Up 2. Sadly for whatever reason they had to remove the one thing that could have made it a hit but the effort to get another single out there was not wrong. More recently they got the Chasing The Sun video to be playlisted on MTV and even had an extended version you could buy on itunes even though the label didn't want to release it as a single.The problem is they can come up with all the clever marketing gimmicks they like but that's no substitute for good old fashioned promotion. Unfortunately it doesn't seem Enrique wants to any and Sony signed him because he was such a big star in the Latin market at the time his songs didn't need a huge push from them to be hits. The Latin industry is very different now - I mean he still gets lots of radio play (Fria is doing pretty well in that regard) but after a lengthy hiatus I think he lost all that momentum he had in 2014 - 2018. Right now he could do with collaborating with currently popular Latin stars like Shakira is doing instead Sony still see him as a vehicle to promote other Latin acts on their roster that need exposure. Also Enrique isn't performing any of his newer stuff in his shows. As he makes his way to the B stage for the acoustic section the band play the melody for Asi Es La Vida and he makes his way back they play a section of Me Pase. That's it. I realise that this kind of tour is not necessarily the best place to feature new music but he could easily swap out Loco with Asi Es La Vida at least. I remember local news in Nashville were hyping up the possibility of his performing Space In My Heart for the first time there and even bringing out Miranda Lambert. The latter seemed unlikely given she has a Vegas residency that would have made it difficult but his still could have performed the song with Debbi or Laura Jane. Quote It honestly just sounds like he's overworked from touring, his priorities have shifted rightfully so after having multiple kids, he's also clearly very uninspired resulting him probably wanting to just check out and do his own thing. This honestly gets me emotional because he's regarded as thee king of latin pop and this is such a lukewarm way to go out. No campaign, no flowers to go all out and bow out the right way. They should've been pulling out all stops to secure him working with the best because no way in hell would anyone turn away the chance to work with him. Again at this point in his career it makes no sense that hasn't collaborated officially with Shakira or Ricky Martin yet and if he really wanted to push an English single it should've been a bop and featuring JLo. Like I'm excited for the El Alfa and Belinda tracks but 10 tracks in total? Also were their not better options for hotter people for him to collaborate with like Sebastian Yatra, Rauw Alejandro, Tainy, Ozuna, Maluma, JBalvin, Anitta, Karol G, Becky G like come on now? Honestly this doesn't just sound like his last album but the more he talks about music the more he sounds like completely done with it. Like I get not making anymore albums but are we not gonna get anymore singles then? Collabs? Features? It really breaks my heart because he's one of my favorite artists and I feel like he deserves to go out in style and in a much better way. I think he's been overworked with touring for a long time. A lot has been said online about how much his voice is shot but towards the end of 2017 he was starting to look kinda emaciated and zoned out. I remember fans at the time telling him he needed to stop touring as it looked like it was damaging his health and his own mother even commented on him not looking well. Things have improved slightly since he was forced to take a year off due to Covid but it still looks as if he's physically struggling. The problem is that one thing rich people want is to...be even richer and and touring is the biggest money maker for artists. That's why he announced the Trilogy tour when he was barely out of hospital with pneumonia. Beyond the obvious financial incentive I've never quite understood Enrique's outlook towards promoting and touring. I get that Enrique's unique upbringing means he sees his career and his family life as a binary choice but if he wanted to spend more time with his family wouldn't it be better to ease off on touring and do promo for his music instead? Simply make the short journey for a week to NY or LA to do some TV shows to promote his latest single or album would take much less time away from his home? Instead he's spending months on end touring with Ricky and Pitbull. I wouldn't write Space In My Heart off just yet. I don't think it's under-performed - considering that Enrique hasn't had in English song out since 2018 and a few years more since he had a proper English hit I'm kinda amazed it's getting any radio play at all. Like I said I'd personally try and collab with relevant name on a up and midtempo pop track and have a Clear Channel deal but since I doubt Sony would pay that kind of money maybe the the wiser option is to go with a song that would get play on a format receptive to an act like Enrique and it is working it's way up slowly. We'll have to wait and see were it peaks. Quote Also just manifesting but Enrique and Ricky should do the next superbowl together that would be fire I think that's a little ambitious. A couple of years ago I could see him doing a Superbowl show with Pitbull but not now. Enrique doing one of those VMA Video Vanguard sets I think much more realistic. A setlist of Bailamos, Be With You, Hero, Escape, I Like It (with Pitbull), Tonight, Bailando and maybe throw something new that'd be cool. Edited March 13 by CLNC
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