His new single ‘Pusilinda’, his fear of being called “sexist”, his need to get in touch with feminine energy, his most intimate side and his marriage to Lele Pons.
In 2017, Puerto Rican life Jean Carlos Santiago Pérez (31) changed forever. Your theme Bounce became one of the most listened to reggaetones on the planet and, suddenly, the Puerto Rican –which today has 7.4 million monthly listeners on Spofity– became a celebrity. Since then, she has released hit singles like Chica Ideal, which has amassed more than 500 million streams, and Se te notice, in addition to three albums.
However, now he comes to Spain to show something he had never done before: a single where he pronounces a phrase that could be controversial. “Mommy, you are hot, you are rich, you are hard, you have the pussy beautiful“, he sings in Pusilinda, which yes, refers to his lover’s vagina. “Now… It’s a bit of a complicated song. But I also don’t see why you couldn’t tell a girl you’re with that she has ‘the pussy beautiful’. I think it’s good to say it, because all the pussies They are beautiful in their own way,” he tells LOC.
“It’s like a fingerprint. They are all different. Like ears… or penises. So if all women are beautiful in their own way, their pussies also…But I’m not going to deny that I’m afraid of what people might think about the subject. Look, I don’t usually sexualize anyone in songs. Yes, I use double meanings, but I don’t use offensive words. You’re not going to hear the word ‘slut’ in one of my songs.“What I like is to say words that can be interpreted, that can be used to make a joke,” he explains.
“But this song came up, it was very hard and had a badass rhythm and I started to think about it…. But with the help of some friends from the industry. I told them ‘I’m afraid of being called a misogynist and objectifier.’. I don’t want them to say that Guaynaa goes against feminist progress in reggaeton.’ But they heard the issue and told me ‘we don’t see it as bad’. In addition, I asked two strangers in the lobby from a hotel to tell me their opinion and they didn’t see it as something offensive either,” he says.
“Even so, all that is still going on in my head. Although if it has served any purpose it has been to surround myself with feminine energy. A few days ago, A girl read my tarot and told me ‘you are very confrontational.’, you need to surround yourself with women, start with your mother’ and now we are having very effective communication. Something I have also achieved with my psychologist, my friends and many musicians. In fact, now I want to have an all-girl band. I think it would be fine musically,” she declares.
And Guaynaa is, really, a very musical person. He has studied reggaeton, is familiar with the origins of the genre and, unlike some of his peers, has trained in what interests him. Even the singer went to university, where he studied chemical engineering. However, He soon realized that this was not his path.. “Leaving my studies was a leap into the void, because it was a career that fulfilled me. But I didn’t want to die without having tried a career in music,” she says.
“So I dared and faced uncertainty. Everything to live, feel, cry and enjoy. But I had no idea what was going to happen to me. I just knew I could do better. than many artists that I listened to on the radio, but I never imagined that my life was going to become this. Some days I’m here, others playing in Bangladeshothers in Paris, on a private plane, and others in Iceland, with the penguins and polar bears,” he points out.
According to Guaynaa, he feels satisfied with everything he has achieved. But he also acknowledges that it has been difficult to find the balance between his professional life and his personal life. “It’s strange, Because nobody ever says no to Guaynaa, because it is Guaynaa…And what about Jean Carlos? People forget that he exists, that I exist. And Jean Carlos also has his priorities and needs. That’s why I appreciate when people ask me if I’m anxious or if I’m okay, that’s when I show up,” he says.
“For me, Jean Carlos is who I really need to keep Guaynaa’s feet on the ground… And yes, I try. But there are days when I go into automatic mode. And it feels like being in a constant fight. One has to constantly check oneself“, he reveals and then talks about the situation that is most “stressful”: overexposure on social networks, where he had a controversy, a couple of weeks ago, with his wife Lele Pons. The influencer and singer Chayanne’s niece.
“Sometimes, the attacks are strong and I don’t know, I think the solution is to ignore them and create a shell…. Because I didn’t marry a pharmacist, or a waitress, I married Lele and everything we do takes on fire. The other day, we posted a video in which I touched his ass in an interview and our profiles turned into a multigenerational fight. Millennials said ‘Guaynaa canceled, because I touched his buttock and not the other one’ and the boomers ‘that’s a lack of respect, it’s not gentlemen,” he comments.
“One of lime and another of sand. So one has to learn to ignore what hurts you… And I’m not going to change to be liked. I can’t I don’t get depressed either because people think certain things.. Overall, the world is going to continue spinning… No matter what happens. I’ll tell you something: the last time I was here my aunt had died… And I had to sing. I was devastated, but I came out anyway and I remember that show as one of the best. I could have stayed depressed, but I chose to surround myself with my fans. We have to change our mentality,” she concludes.
