I like seeinРІР‚в„ў the people dance to it and stuff, but I donРІР‚в„ўt know. РІР‚СљI donРІР‚в„ўt have that big of an interest, no. But all the РІР‚ВfamenessРІР‚в„ў stuff? It donРІР‚в„ўt matter to me РІР‚В¦ But now, I can see people lovinРІР‚в„ў it and the kids and the mothers doinРІР‚в„ў the dances and I love it. When I came out with РІР‚ВInformerРІР‚в„ў we didnРІР‚в„ўt have no internet so I couldnРІР‚в„ўt see nobody dancing, I couldnРІР‚в„ўt see nobody singinРІР‚в„ў along, I couldnРІР‚в„ўt see that little girl and her mother dancinРІР‚в„ў together and all that kinda stuff. Snow, poses for a portrait at 4Soundmedia Recording Studio in Toronto on March 1, 2019. The Puerto Rican РІР‚СљKing of ReggaetonРІР‚Сњ - who, lest we forget, had a hand in the international phenomenon that was Luis FonsiРІР‚в„ўs РІР‚СљDespacitoРІР‚Сњ along with CanadaРІР‚в„ўs very own Justin Bieber two years ago - has been clear about the roots of РІР‚СљCon Calma,РІР‚Сњ in any case. Given the continued, viral proliferation of online videos mimicking the dance routines in the original РІР‚СљCon CalmaРІР‚Сњ clip Р“В la РІР‚СљHotline BlingРІР‚Сњ or РІР‚СљGangnam Style,РІР‚Сњ this thing looks poised to rise even higher in the public consciousness as an internet meme than it probably would have on the back of the damnably unrelenting catchiness Daddy Yankee pinched from Snow and РІР‚СљInformerРІР‚Сњ in the first place. 59 on the all-important Hot 100 - not bad for a song mostly in Spanish - after punching in at No.

3 on the magazineРІР‚в„ўs Latin Songs chart and had lurched to No. 1 on BillboardРІР‚в„ўs Latin Digital Song Sales chart after dropping to No. At the moment of writing, РІР‚СљCon CalmaРІР‚Сњ was closing in on 259 million YouTube views and had bounced back to No. 19 in June of 1993 on the heels of a seven-week reign by РІР‚СљInformerРІР‚Сњ at the top of the chart earlier that year. РІР‚СљI just woke up and came here and now it starts now and weРІР‚в„ўll see what weРІР‚в„ўre gonna get into tonight.РІР‚СњР”Р„s it turns out, the friendly, self-effacing Toronto sorta-rapper/sorta-singer born Darrin Kenneth OРІР‚в„ўBrien 49 years ago and responsible for the indelible 1992 sorta-reggae smash РІР‚СљInformerРІР‚Сњ is as casual with his time as he has been with the pop career unexpectedly hatched by that same tune all those years ago - a pop career that has been abruptly re-hatched (again) in recent weeks by the explosive success of Daddy YankeeРІР‚в„ўs new single РІР‚Сљ Con Calma.РІР‚СњР”Р„ reggaeton earworm built explicitly upon РІР‚СљInformerРІР‚Сњ and featuring a guest verse by Snow himself, РІР‚СљCon CalmaРІР‚Сњ has put the Canadian sorta-dancehall MC back on the Billboard Hot 100 for the first time since РІР‚Сљ Girl, IРІР‚в„ўve Been HurtРІР‚Сњ reached No. I just woke up,РІР‚Сњ he laughs, once a couple of pals and the two-man video crew that was shooting the Star photographer shooting Snow when I turned up leave us alone in the control room and the apology is extended again.

ItРІР‚в„ўs a bit more of a haul than expected, via transit and feet, to the studio on the neglected, lower-western industrial fringes of North York where Snow - yes, that Snow - is holed up on a recent Friday night, so this conscientious music writer feels apologies are in order for intruding at the end of what must have been a long and tiring day of recording.

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