“Why don’t you people ever cover AMERICAN telenovela theme songs!?”…
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David Sheffieck: Iglesias and Solís are maybe a bit too similar to really allow the song to take off — imagine either one of them paired with a female vocalist, and the song immediately becomes much more dynamic — but the downtrodden, aching melodrama on display here is compelling nonetheless.
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Alfred Soto: I’ve said it before: he’s a better simp than Lothario, but in both modes don’t catch him without Spanish guitar as exotic signifier. And he wants you to remember he can be your hero AND your loser.
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Scott Mildenhall: Enrique Iglesias on the filming of the “debauched”/deadened video for his other current single, “I’m A Freak”: “It was exhausting. I’m not that type of person… It was just fun.” Whether or not his heart is in the bottomless pit of Pitbull guest verses to which his English-language singles have long belonged, it’s impossible to imagine him ever releasing something as delicate as this for any Anglophone market. It’s a reminder of the vulnerability he’s still most famous for, and a reminder that he’s previously made it much more compelling. Happily, the strings stop in a pleasant place just short of cloying, but it’s nonetheless too gentle. “I Like It” is still a bit of a tune though, maybe keep trying that.
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Anthony Easton: I love the guitar in this — it sounds like an update of classical-guitar-gone-pop, sort of like a Mexican Liona Boyd. Actually, if you got Liona Boyd in on this, it could be a cross-generational NAFTA of pop.
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Megan Harrington: Of the two vocalists, I vastly prefer Marco Antonio Solís who is a well-seasoned performer and capable of mixing the sexy with the heartbreak (translated to English, there are a lot of body metaphors in this loser’s ballad) while Iglesias keeps working his second gear seduction.
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Brad Shoup: Even with that staticky catch in his midrange, Iglesias is too much the actor to be shown up by Solís. He’s practically working a stage whisper — see how his stippled lip quivers! It all builds predictably — first drums, then strings — pushes the limits of the mix, then just kinda drops out of the air, I guess because the bachata version comes up second on a Spotify search.
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Edward Okulicz: Enrique and Marco sound more or less the same, only Enrique is really putting on his Beautiful Wounded Man schtick, and Marco is a bit more subtle. No doubt the latter is a better singer, but the former’s the performer, and the want that I thought was only audible to middle-aged women is definitely audible to me here. Be his hero, baby. Take his breath away. Fix this broken heart, he begs you! A song this wet was truly built for him.
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