Just a few weeks ago Metallica announced the release of ‘The Black List’, a record work that will collect different covers made by different artists of all musical genres and with which they intend to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the premiere of the ‘Black Album’, his most successful installment, this release will be released on September 10.
Standing out for Colombia is J Balvin, the Colombian reggaeton player was called to participate in one of these singles, it’s about ‘Wherever I May Roam’, collaboration that has just aired and has already become a trend on social networks.
From praise to criticism, but Internet users and music experts have spoken about the issue and expressed an opinion on this event.
In an interview with Infobae, Alejandro Marin, renowned broadcaster, journalist, translator, disc jockey, editor and music producer, made it clear that this is more than a song, it is a marketing strategy for both parties and, regardless of whether it sounds good or bad, it makes it clear that it is a very intelligent union.
“More than whether it’s good or bad, what Balvin did seems to me very intelligent on both sides, it’s a good business decision, Balvin doesn’t leave his comfort zone, he makes a version that is very consistent with who he is, the enormous visibility for Metallica, who is looking for precisely that and this is a record that is celebrating its 30th anniversary and is not on the radar of young people. I think Balvin puts Metallica on the radar of this population, to some who don’t know the band. He is a very smart move, ”Alejandro Marín commented to Infobae.
To these statements are added those of robert cardonadirector of Los 40 Colombia, who explained to Infobae that here the news is that J Balvin has a collaboration with Metallica and it is not a good song, in addition, the reggaetonero is repeating his formula in all his songs.
“This collaboration of Balvin and Metallica is nothing different from that, from a collaboration, it is not a great song that people want to be listening to and that one revisits, the great hit makers say that artists should make hymns and that does not happen with this song. It was, for many, the chronicle of a death announced since it was said that Balvin was going to be part of the collaborations of this tribute, we knew that this was going to generate a very big controversy and that is what it is generating, because it sounds very trap for rockers and very rock for lovers of trap”, Cardona commented to Infobae.
Additionally, he commented that it was to be expected that this collaboration would generate controversy, as this has happened since the announcement was made.
“It would have been preferable if they had kept the guitar line throughout the song and brought out the trap, those who expected it to sound like a ‘Nothing Else Matter’ by Miley Cyrus, since they made it clear that it was not going to happen, we know that Balvin He is not a born singer”, assured Roberto Cardona.
In turn, the journalist and presenter Sylvana Gómez was one of the first to comment on the launch, “Pure and hard market” he assured through his Twitter account.
On the other hand, Antonio ‘Rolo’ Alarcón, Manager of Cultural Marketing and Project Manager of ONErpm was more positive regarding the result of ‘Wherever I May Roam’.
“It’s a great interpretation of the original song. The sample is very successful and the construction of the beat in trap is impeccably produced. Balvin already has good experience sampling old tracks, but this song is the most Anglo version I’ve ever heard of him,” he assured Infobae Alarcón.
J Balvin and Metallica:
Since he began his musical career, the Colombian, J Balvin He made it clear that, although his was always the urban genre, most of his life he grew up listening to the music of his Metallica, in fact, the collaboration made him very happy, as he expressed it on social networks.
This is how the collaboration created by the Colombian and the band formed by Lars Ulrich, James Hetfield, Kirk Hammett y Robert Trujillo.
‘The Metallica Blacklist’, as the project was called, and as announced by the band in a promotional video, will have the participation of 53 artists, and will have 12 songs in total. Each one of the artists, explains the video, will have the opportunity to cover, in their own style, the band’s favorite songs that are included in this album, which is now 30 years old. The final result will donate 100% of its profits to charitable associations.
Likewise, artists from all over the world will have the opportunity to submit their covers of subjects like “The Unforgiven”, “Nothing Else Matters” and “Sad But True”. In the video, shared by the band, the vast majority of artists are seen in their respective recording studios singing their chosen songs, however, in other cases, the band only shared the audio, as was the case with Balvin. .
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