What did Farruko say after seeing Mick Jagger dancing to the rhythm of ‘Pepas’, a song whose lyrics he now rejects and which he decided to never sing again?

While “Pepas” (2021) rose like an anthem in the clubs and led the most important music charts in the world, Farruko (Bayamón, 1991) was plunged into guilt, damage and regret; to the point that eight months later she apologized for the lyrics of her hit and announced that she would not sing it again. Over the weekend, the song regained strength, after Mick jagger was caught dancing it. “I saw it cool“, tells us about the leader of The Rolling Stones, the Puerto Rican musician, who returns to Peru this November 18, to perform at Multiespacio Costa 21, as part of your Latin America Tour 2023.

“I am super happy to be able to return to a country that opened its doors to me at the beginning of my career and from which I have very nice experiences, like performing for the first time before a massive audience. It was at the ‘Chim Pum’ Callao Festival. I opened the Marc Anthony show“, remember the artist.

─You will arrive in Peru in a renewed stage. How do you define this moment in your life?

It is a moment of growth as a person and artist, but above all spiritual. We are all passengers, we live in a world where everything has an end and yet we cling to things and want to be in control of everything, when in reality we are not in control of anything. You simply have to value the moment and learn from the past. This new stage It means a lot to me because I am growing as a human being. I find myself at peace with myself. I’m trying to be a better father, a better son, friend and brother. People know that Farruko is an artist, I don’t have to prove it. What I do want to show is who I am.

─And who are you at this moment?

I am an ordinary person: vulnerable, I feel, I suffer. Mostly we, the artists of the urban genre, and the stars, which is what they call us out there, always sell an arranged image. They are the versions that we would like to be or what the public likes, but it is not what we really are. Many times we have that competition, that duality of the star vs. the human being, and the moment comes when that begins to collide until it collapses.

─Did you win that war? Are you now one?

I feel like I already did it. Now I am the same in front of and behind the cameras, on and off stage. I want people to identify with a person who is equally vulnerable, sensitive and has problems like everyone else, but who is trying to be better every day. In my concerts I try to ensure that people, in addition to enjoying my musical career, know my life testimony through my music. Let them see who I was, who I am and where I am going.

─This weekend Mick Jagger was seen dancing to “Pepas”, a song that you decided not to sing again. What feelings did it generate in you?

This topic went around the world in 2021, when it was in the middle of the storm, battling. I started with the war of being the star or me, and I collapsed. I had to start from scratch. Something changed inside me. It was difficult for me to sing it because it reminded me of my adventures, and it was not what I wanted to sell at that time, although it was never made with the intention of making people take pills. It was just a rhythm that I loved when they brought it to me. I was fascinated with the music. The problem was the message, but I never had bad intentions. This song, more than giving me world success, changed my life because it woke me up, confronted me and helped me discover who I really was. Sometimes we think that being successful is having money, and that is not the case. Success is being able to enjoy every moment with your loved ones. It is having health.

─Were you proud to see Mick Jagger enjoying that song?

I didn’t feel that. Really, I found it cool, cool, that a topic that generated so much controversy and taught me so much, gives a happy moment to such a famous person, who people see as unattainable, when really he is like any of us.

─In 2010 you faced the death of your grandfather, someone to whom you constantly pay tribute with tattoos and songs. What does he represent in your life?

It’s like “Pepas”, it represents a before and after. He was a great example for me, but he didn’t win the battle because he decided to take his own life. That hit me a lot because I never knew he was going through a big storm (he lost all his assets due to the debts he had). He always sold me the best side of himself. I never saw him weak or sensitive.

─On that topic, you mentioned that you wanted to get your gas station back. You got it? This slope?

It’s still pending.

─At any point in your career, did you evaluate the possibility of leaving music?

I have always been aware that this is an up and down career. Today we are here, tomorrow we don’t know. And not because things are going badly for you, but because you don’t know the day when you might get sick or have an accident. Not always everything is fine. Life gives you lessons.

─What lesson did being arrested in Puerto Rico teach you for not declaring all the money you had in your belongings?

Many things. Mainly, you have to always be aware and aware of everything. It was my oversight. I completely forgot that I had that amount of money, on top of that I had been partying for days, without sleeping, and I was not 100% aware of what was happening around me. That’s what happens when you lead a super-fast life.

─You joined Manolo Ramos to create “Calor”, a new summer anthem. You also participated in “Santorini Remix” and will be at the 2023 Billboard Awards. What else is coming for your career in this new stage?

I’m working on a new production. It is an album that has a lot of me: the rhythms that characterize me, the danceable, moving style, good vibes, relief and sentimentality. This album will be me opening up completely. There are also other projects that we are developing so that people know a little more about me as an individual, rather than as an artist.

─What message of hope and faith would you give to your followers who are not having a good time?

Let them value life because here everything is temporary. We believe that we deserve everything and, really, the simple act of getting up every day is a miracle. We must be grateful for more than we ask for, and value what we have.