It is a bromance between Colombian sensation Maluma (left) and Argentinian soccer star Lionel Messi.
Colombian sensation Maluma is repping his South American pleasure on this yr’s World Cup: He’s rooting for Argentina — and, particularly, the staff’s captain — all the way in which.
“I’m near Lionel Messi … We’re mates,” Maluma informed Billboard concerning the 35-year-old soccer celebrity, whose staff superior to Sunday’s ultimate with a victory over Croatia on Tuesday. “And he actually deserves to win the World Cup. For me, he’s one of many biggest soccer gamers within the historical past [of the sport] … And the entire Argentina staff, they deserve additionally taking the World Cup.”
Maluma, 28, has no qualms about taking part in favorites even supposing his World Cup anthem “Tukoh Taka” — additionally that includes Queens rapper Nicki Minaj and Lebanese singer Myriam Fares — has been uniting nations beneath one groove for this yr’s occasion.
“ ‘Tukoh Taka’ got here to my life in a gorgeous second,” mentioned Maluma, who carried out the music final month in the course of the FIFA Fan Pageant to rejoice the World Cup. “I actually needed to go to Qatar, man. I actually needed to symbolize my tradition as a result of you understand that Colombia, the Colombian soccer staff, we couldn’t make it to the World Cup. So for me, it was, like, essential to go there and create this affect as a result of my staff couldn’t make it.”
Maluma additionally carried out “Tukoh Taka” in a medley together with his No. 1 Latin hit “Junio” on Tuesday evening’s finale of “The Voice.” “It’s simply nonetheless rising like loopy. Numbers are blowing up like loopy,” he mentioned of the monitor’s international streams and airplay. “It’s an enormous, massive, massive music.”
All of it continues an enormous yr for Maluma that started with him making his big-screen debut reverse Jennifer Lopez in “Marry Me” and continued with him launching his personal style line, Royalty by Maluma, in addition to his personal model of mezcal, Contraluz. Plus, the star served as a headliner of the primary LA3C Pageant in Los Angeles final weekend.
“I’m actually having fun with this second in my life and my profession,” he mentioned.
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