From Sept. 15 through Oct. 15, Tiny Desk is celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month with an «El Tiny» takeover of the (home) concert series, featuring J Balvin, Camila Cabello and several more musicians from all corners of Latinidad. Read more about the 10-video series here.
Reanna Cruz | September 16, 2021
A tattooed hand scrawls on a small school desk — «Jose by J Balvin» — followed by a signature smile. It’s an intimate beginning for the príncipe del reggaetón, J Balvin himself, as he begins his «El Tiny» performance on a sunny barge in the middle of the East River. Backed by the Brooklyn Bridge, Balvin breezes through some of the best cuts off of his new album JOSE (Balvin’s birth name). The first three — «Vestido,» «Que Locura» and «OTRO FILI» — are moody and gentle popetón, creating expectations of familiar intimacy before he blows the performance wide open with the Tainy-produced, tempo-shifting album opener, «F40.» And as the sun descends on the New York skyline, Balvin closes it out with a drop-laden extended mix of the jock-jam Skrillex collaboration, «In Da Getto.»
To talk about modern Latin music is to talk about J Balvin. Over the course of the past 10 years, «the boy from Medellín» has risen from humble beginnings in Colombia to global superstardom, building an unprecedented fanbase at the intersection of pop, reggaetón, house and hip-hop, with over 18 billion views and 35 million record sales to prove it. He is the first Latino to headline Coachella and Lollapalooza, and there isn’t a more fitting artist to kick off our month of «El Tiny» performances — Balvin is the epitome of cross-cultural success.
When a drone flies out during the last drop of «In Da Getto,» and we finally see the true scope of the barge that Balvin has been performing on, it serves as a reminder that no matter how personal his songs may be, Balvin will always, always, be massive.
SET LIST
«Vestido»
«Que Locura»
«OTRO FILI»
«F40»
«In Da Getto»
MUSICIANS
J Balvin: vocals
Jose Rivera: DJ
George Ponce: bass, keys
Marcus Thomas: drums
CREDITS
Video: Jose-Emilio Sagaró Anca Valeanu Omar Reynoso Christopher Cabrera
Audio: John Buitrago Fernando Argento Hugo Pinzon John Cardona
Production Company: Filmheads
Assistant Director: Iohana Sagaro
Director of Photography: Kristoff Cabrera
Production Manager: Alejandro (ADO) Arias
Front of House: John Buitrago
TINY DESK TEAM
Producers: Bobby Carter, Anamaria Sayre
Video Producer: Kara Frame
Audio Mastering: Josh Rogosin
Alt.Latino ‘El Tiny’ Team: Felix Contreras, Reanna Cruz, Anaïs Laurent, Stefanie Fernandez
Tiny Production Team: Bob Boilen, Maia Stern, Sofie Hernandez-Simeonidis
Executive Producer: Keith Jenkins
Senior VP, Programming: Anya Grundmann
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Cuco needs one
Jajaja el batero se aburrió pa buena
Soll por esto anulo mi suscripción porquería de música
El Tiny Desk que estaba esperando!!! ♥️👑
la mejor parte del tiny desk de J Balvin es cuando lo quitas y pones el de Anderson .Paak.
Where is the tiny desk spirit on this ?
😆👏👏💩💩
And if they better invite him to "Heart" or something like that, we need an icon in tiny desk.
omg so bored
The first TDC that I actually think is pretty bad, and I have watched them all. The only thing real there seems to be the drums. 🤦
Qué locación loco!! Andan por el Output en Brooklyn y su sonido se respeta 😉 buenazo
I don't know who needs to hear this but stop saving all your money, invest some of it if you really want financial freedom….
Los Tiny Desk Concerts eran más discretos, más intimistas, no esta pomposidad innecesaria :(.
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🇲🇽🇲🇽🇲🇽🇲🇽🇲🇽
think he missed the point of tiny desk
Latino Gang; great band:Geo, Marcus y Pope🔥
Tiny Desk ya no se siente como Tiny Desk 🙁
Woah, the meal guy has music??
Ésto no es un Tiny Concert, claramente hay autotune y edicion ¿porque? ¿J Balvin no es capaz de cantar acapella?
New York 💜💙
LATINO GANG
🇲🇽🇲🇽🇲🇽🇲🇽🇲🇽🇲🇽🇲🇽
What kind of controller is the DJ using?
YASSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS FINALLY
Thank you very much tiny desk fuersa para la juventud muchissimas gracias peace for all
First Latino to headline Lala!!!??? It's so cool. Read the description y'all.💅💯✌️oh yeah, in da ghetto song is 🔥😝💕💯
Te aguante a Bomba Stereo, te aguante a la reggaetonera y el bigotes estilo Dali, pero esto Tiny Desk, esto es basura sobre basura. 🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮