Rather a lot has occurred in Prince Royce’s life since his final studio album, Alter Ego (2020). Together with having his promotion and touring plans derailed because of the pandemic, the bachata star went by a divorce in 2022, following a 12-year relationship. Now, Royce presents what’s arguably his most private work to this point in Llamada Perdida, his seventh studio album, launched Friday (Feb. 16) below Sony Music Latin/Smiling Prince Music.
“I feel that at a composition degree, it’s very private. I attempted to not overthink the album, to have enjoyable, add character,” the bachata star tells Billboard Español, confessing that essentially the most troublesome factor was to not put his emotions on paper, however to share them together with his followers.
“I’m type of shy, I don’t like folks figuring out that I’m struggling, that I’m crying. I prefer to faux all the things’s advantageous on the skin, to not be pretend however, nobody desires to be seen as weak,” he explains. “However you recognize what? I feel it was a means for me […] to let go. The attractive factor about music is that in the long run the viewers doesn’t know if its fiction or non-fiction. It might be slightly bit true, slightly little bit of a lie, a fusion of many issues. I feel that provides me the chance to vent, in some methods.”
With 23 tracks (22 songs, really, plus one skit) fusing bachata with uptempo/disco, regional Mexican, merengue, urbano and extra, Llamada Perdida — Spanish for “Misplaced Name” — is “a celebration of overcoming obstacles, particularly in love, [which] represents the tip of a life chapter in addition to the acceptance of a brand new starting,” as described in a press launch.
Past that, the Royce and D’lesly “Cube” Lora-produced set takes us on a captivating curler coaster of feelings. It’s heartbreaking in “Un Papel and “Frío en el Infierno,” which speak concerning the ache of a separation and letting the liked one go, respectively; humorous in “Los Lambones,” and hopeful in “La Vida Te Hace Más Fuerte.” And it features a lengthy, eclectic checklist of collaborators: There are each established and rising Latin stars like Nicky Jam and Jay Wheeler (“Si Te Preguntan…”), Maria Becerra (“Te Espero,” with a stunning pattern of Chopping Crew’s “(I Simply) Died in Your Arms Tonight”) and Gabito Ballesteros (“Cosas de la Peda”), in addition to less-predictable names like New York rapper A Boogie wit da Hoodie (“Boogie Chata”), Dominicans Ala Jaza (“Sufro”) and Luis Miguel del Amargue (“Anestesiada”).
“I feel the general idea of the album is the type of communication,” Royce says, explaining why he selected its title. “In the event you take the decision, one thing can occur. In the event you don’t take it. In the event you say one thing; when you don’t say one thing. In the event you ship a drunk textual content; when you don’t ship it.”
In the course of the interview with Billboard Español, Prince Royce spoke in depth concerning the album, the teachings he realized over the past 4 years and — half severely, half jokingly — the position that alcohol performed in his life. Watch the total interview above.
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