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Monday 22 January 2018

Aruban newcomer in superstar song

Jeon is from Aruba and he is starring in the newest song of Colombian superstar J Balvin,
together with Brazilian singer Anitta. The song called ‘Machika’ refers to the origin of not
only Jeon, but also DJ Chuckie, who together with ChildsPlay produced ‘Machika’.

‘Machika’ means ‘smash’ in the Papiamento language; a creole dialect spoken here
in Aruba. The Aruban people expressed their pride on Facebook, praising ‘their Jeon’.
The song had fans worldwide waiting anxiously and the video had its premiere only last
Friday. You see a post-apocalyptic world, a kind of mix between Mad Max and Lord of
the Flies. The professional dancers are amazing and the costumes and hair styles edgy
and eye-catching. It is a kind of strange attractive and with the beats of the song it gets
stuck in your head and mind.
At www.billboard.com we read that Colombia’s native son debuted his highly antici-
pated follow-up to the worldwide No. 1 hit ‘Mi Gente’. Balvin gathered a community of

global music influencers and brought them to the moun-
tains of his hometown of Medellin, where he created this
post-apocalyptic scene made for something like a war-
cry. “[Collaborating] with Willy William and then Beyonce
helped internationalize my music but without departing
from my culture, which I hold close to my heart. I am very
excited about following up that success with ‘Machika’
-- working with a truly international team of collaborators
that stretches from Brazil, Afro-Caribbean and European
EDM. It continues to bring the sounds of reggae- ton into
a global music environment,” he said of the new record,
in a statement.
“Machika” with Anitta and Jeon is already released to
iTunes and Apple Music. The song is rumored to be the
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