00:00Hi friends, I'm Isabella Merced
00:02This song is about pretty much just the F you to guys who think that Latinas all are spicy
00:08and they're all gonna call you Papi and they're all gonna be very sexy
00:11and they're all gonna be having big booties and stuff
00:15Like it's this F you to all those guys that fall for those stereotypes
00:20because not all of us are gonna do that, not all of us are gonna be like that
00:23and it's fine if you are, it's just don't put me in a box, you know
00:27I want to be like JLo because she does everything, you know
00:31She dances, sings and acts in movies
00:35so you know, that's my dream
00:38The closest I got to meeting JLo was through my company
00:41That's my Papi
00:45He's fine in person and I think everybody loves him
00:48He's the salsa, modern salsa king, you know, he's killing it
00:54I met him at, oh my god, I met him at the after party for Evita
00:58and he was just such a sweetheart and he like hugged me and I was a little baby
01:02I was like 11 years old and so for him to be very sweet to me like that at such
01:07a young age is very nice
01:09Honestly though, if we had a conversation now, I would definitely ask for his information
01:12because like, I want to write with him, you know
01:15But back then I was like, but when I'm trying to write for myself and it's very serious and I'm
01:19trying to find my identity
01:20It's hard, especially when, when at the time, when I signed with Republic Records, I was 16
01:27So, I was thinking like, damn, am I going to sing in English or in Spanish?
01:34So one day I was like, I was in the studio and someone was like, screw it, why don't you
01:37do both?
01:38Like in one song and I was like, oh, I could
01:42I was like, yeah our question was like okay, maybe not?
01:43Why am I talking about French in Spanish with my mom where my mom said hey, I decided
01:47that's very natural for me, why not?
01:51Time from iPhone
01:52In Spanish
01:53In Spanish
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