MALUMA RELEASES NEW SONG & VIDEO COSITAS DE LA USA
MALUMA
RELEASES NEW SONG & VIDEO
COSITAS DE LA USA
TORONTO, ON – January 21, 2022 – Global Latin music idol, MALUMA, opens 2022 releasing his new song and video, Cositas de la USA. The title refers to the gifts from the United States that one takes to loved ones back in their country of origin. To stream and/or download the track, click here.
Cositas de la USA was produced by The Rude Boyz (Kevin ADG & Chan El Genio), and written by Maluma with Edgar Barrera, Andres Uribe, René Cano, Kevin Mauricio Jiménez (Kevin ADG), Bryan Snaider Lezcano (Chan El Genio) and Justin Quiles.
The music video was shot in Medellin, Colombia by director, Harold Jimenez, and producer, Veronica Velez of 36 Grados. With a retro and colourful look, the video shows Maluma in a series of visits with different women staying at the same hotel, and always bringing along many presents for his eagerly awaiting conquests. To watch the video click here.
Without a doubt, the song will be one of the most awaited at his upcoming concert, “Medallo en el Mapa”, where he will perform at Medellin’s Estadio Atanasio Girardot soccer stadium on April 30, 2022. To buy tickets, click here.
And besides an amazing show, fans will also see the artist wearing the latest men’s styles. Versace announced on Wednesday, January 19 that Maluma is the face of the Versace Men’s new advertising campaign, wearing looks from the Spring-Summer 2022 collection. Approachable yet immediately iconic, Maluma is portrayed in a number of different images in which he is pictured with his own dog, Buda. “Its is a dream come true to be the face of an iconic fashion house like Versace and continuing to represent Colombia globally through music, fashion and much more,” he expressed.
About MALUMA:
Maluma is one of the leading voices in Latin music and a bona fide global youth idol. Born Juan Luis Londoño in Medellin, Colombia, he formulated his artistic moniker Maluma from the first two letters of the names of his mother, father and sister.
The 2018 Latin GRAMMY award winner for Best Contemporary Pop Vocal Album (for F.A.M.E.) is one of social media’s most popular artists with over 25 million Facebook fans, 8 million Twitter followers, and a whopping 60.5 million Instagram followers, making him the leading Latin male artist on Instagram and the first and only one to surpass 50 million followers. His official YouTube/VEVO channel has more than 28.1 million subscribers, having earned him a YouTube Diamond Play Button Award.
With his Maluma World Tour he has achieved unparalleled success, having sold over one million tickets in 105 worldwide concerts in 2017 alone and becoming the top concert-selling Latin artist in the world. In 2018 and 2019, he broke records achieving full houses in all of his shows throughout the United States and Europe selling out Madison Square Garden (New York), the American Airlines Arena (Miami) and two The Forums (Los Angeles), among others. With his 11:11 World Tour he also sold out Israel’s largest venue, Yarkon Park in Tel Aviv (60,000+ audience); made history at the 18th annual Mawazine Festival in Rabat, Morocco, setting an all-time attendance record with his headlining concert in front of 200,000 people; and performed for the first time ever in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia in front of 25,000.
In 2018, Maluma entered the fashion scene with his edgy, youthful and authentic look, and style. He has been named a “Menswear Icon in the Making” and “Men’s Fashion’s Newest Muse” by Vogue. In addition, he was one of GQ’s “Men of the Year” in 2019 and continues to gain the fashion support of designers such as Kim Jones (Dior), Jeremy Scott (Moschino), Olivier Rousteing (Balmain), Donatella Versace, Calvin Klein, Christian Louboutin, Louis Vuitton and more. In 2019, he attended the Met Gala for the first time, being one of the first Latin urban artists of this generation to be invited by Anna Wintour. Maluma has also released top campaigns and commercials as the face of global brands such as Moet Hennessy, Michelob and Adidas.
Since joining Sony Music Latin in 2015, Maluma has released five albums Pretty Boy Dirty Boy (2015), F.A.M.E. (2018), 11:11 (2019), Papi Juancho (2020) and 7DJ (2021). Maluma is the youngest artist to simultaneously hold both the #1 and #2 spots on Billboard’s Latin Airplay chart and only the sixth act to ever achieve the feat he has now repeated three times. To date Maluma has had twenty-one #1 singles on Billboard’s Latin Airplay chart.