It’s been almost eight months since Portuguese-Spanish singer Miguel Pregueiro dropped his latest single ‘Solo’ but he’s back with new music. This time, he’s back with TWO brand-new singles as he effortlessly dances between the pop and Latin genres on ‘Hola’ and ‘Loco’.
An unconventional choice in terms of genre for a South African audience, Miguel admits that he’s never felt more comfortable when making music with a Latin undertone. “When I first started in the industry, I had no idea what kind of music I wanted to make and I tried to change according to what I thought people wanted to hear,” Miguel explains, ‘But now I feel like I have really started to find my sound and I am happy with the direction I am going in with it,”
He adds that he was inspired by the ‘Pa Ti’ and ‘Lonely’, the latest double-collaboration from Jennifer Lopez and Maluma to create something similar which was how he gave birth to the two singles. “I had been working on these singles for a while and just decided to release them both at the same time. My team and I decided to take a chance creatively and merge the two singles into one music video as we saw done by the collaboration between JLO and Maluma on their single ‘Pa Ti/Lonely’,” the singer says.
The music video is a steamy, sensual project that reflects the sexy atmosphere of the songs. “I would say that my music is quite sexy and we wanted to bring that across in a tasteful way in the music video. I have a small team of talented individuals that I work with on my music videos and it always helps to be on the same page creatively.”
Miguel explains that while Latin and Reggaetón aren’t big genres in South Africa, he hopes local audiences still appreciate the tracks. “Once I found the kind of music I wanted to make, I stayed true to it and I love being able to share it with different types of people,” he says. “These two new releases are songs that you can’t help but move to and even if it may not be your genre of choice, I am hoping that these will be able to extend further than my normal audience and that people will enjoy the kind of vibe I am putting out there.”
Listen to ‘Hola’ and ‘Loco’ below and read more music news here.
