“Instead of going back to normal, let's start again”, with this phrase, the new Resident video begins, titled Before the World Ends . This new song by the Puerto Rican singer seeks to make a plea for love during this time of uncertainty and difficulty caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. To achieve this, the artist wanted to collect 113 kisses from different parts of the world. The video clip of the song, published on YouTube on May 14, already accumulates more than 10 million views.
When will we go out again? No one knows that. Better, for now we kiss each other before the world ends, "reads the beginning of the song. The first of these kisses is carried out by the singer himself along with his partner Kasia Mónica, on a beach in Puerto Rico. From this same country the artist Bad Bunny also makes an appearance with his partner Gabriella Berlingeri.
These artists are not the only known characters that appear in the video, since in addition others like actor Ben Affleck appear along with the also interpreter Ana de Armas, the singer Ricky Martin with her husband Jwan Yosef, the footballer Leo Messi together his wife Antonella Roccuzzo or the actress Paz Vega with her husband Orson Salazar. But in addition to celebrities, also many anonymous people show how they kiss with their partners from different parts of the world such as Poland, Spain or Nigeria, to name just a few of them.
The lyrics of the song place love as the axis and strength at a time when everything is shaking because of the coronavirus. "Not even the strongest pandemic that is killing people separates me from you," says another part of the topic. In the last verses, Residente also makes a plea to find the good side of things with his “and if this is the end, we will find beauty. Maybe actually now is when it all starts. "
In his social networks, the singer has wanted to share more related moments such as the new theme. In addition to sharing some fake shots, in which couples are seen laughing, he has also shown how a moment in the video the hair of an anonymous girl accidentally forms a heart while kissing with her partner, something she has described as "brutal" . He also wanted to show in another publication that "you don't need a partner to kiss you in quarantine" by sharing a video in which Naomi Watts kisses her dog, and the singer Jon. Z to his pot jar.
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In these days of quarantine, the artist has been very aware of the current situation, as well as being very active on his social networks. Through his YouTube channel, Residente interviewed the President of Argentina, Alberto Fernández, live so that his followers could resolve their doubts about how the coronavirus crisis was handled in the country.
Although the artist is now focused on his solo career, he has also wanted to remember his group Calle 13 covering the band's theme called Latin America . In it, the different components of the band played this song that was dedicated to "the entire Latin American continent, from Puerto Rico in quarantine, but everyone standing."
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