I know that in Maluma's mansion the walls are mirrors, although unlike the story he does not have to ask leading questions.
He is sure of the attractiveness of it, that he began exhibiting at the Palau de Sant Jordi in Barcelona on Thursday night.
It was the first concert in Spain of the European leg of his world tour, which has the next appointment in Madrid (April 5), where he will return again on July 8 to later visit 6 more cities.
But we were in Barcelona, stands with mobile dragonflies lighting up the venue and a stage in the shape of a Greek cross in the center of the track.
Thunder and smoke, volume to crack a walnut tree, lights and him, in the center, in pale lilac, with two dancers on each arm of the cross.
sounded
hawaii
, and he didn't need to sing it, 18,000 feverish people did it and he, an easy resource, pretended to be surprised covering his mouth as if overcome by something more predictable than the sand in the desert.
He finished the song with a still crashing sound.
Maluma's concert had begun.
Tonic of the night: a standing audience, unlimited delivery, too muddy sound and a diaphanous stage where Maluma concentrated looks.
The musicians, anonymous employees dismounted from it, were placed at the foot, in the corners of the cross, whose floor was a kaleidoscope of colors with the presence of lilacs to match the costumes.
On the center of the cross four screens to bring her image closer, which already in the third theme,
Corazón,
froze together with the music so that in her stillness her eyes could devour her at pleasure.
He, as if succeeding were an unusual novelty, put on a face of not believing it, and before starting
11 PM
he said that Spain was great, of course.
He took off his coat three quarters and showed tattoos and more glitter than Tiffany between watch, ring, earrings, chain and the side bands of the pants.
The dancers embraced him, provoking jealousy is a resource that he despises and turns on, and in
HP
the fifth reggaeton was marked, narrating the story of a girl who wants to go out and find something that does not smell of commitment.
Maluma
progressed
thinking of a woman who just used him anyway.
To all this, the lyrics imagined, the hubbub dominated.
The first moment of melodic tenderness came with
Cositas de USA,
of course less nuanced than on the album, which partially tarnished it.
The final chorus again shouted by a Sant Jordi that sounded sharp and excited.
And to show that Maluma doesn't think only of reggaeton, two splendid songs followed:
Mama Tetema,
by the Tanzanian Rayvanny, and
Djadja,
by the Malian and
griot
Aya Nakamura.
Africa is still at the base of everything.
Of course, it seems, it will not be Maluma who makes reggaeton evolve, and this African and open-minded twist can be parallel to her doubts with the lyrics and the model they project, since if in
Cuatro babys,
Penultimate to sound, he goes from being a macho with four women surrendered to his testosterone, in
Felices los 4,
also in the final stretch, he is an understanding guy who accepts polyamory.
Or he swallows it by the nose, maybe.
An elevator that sometimes goes up sometimes goes down.
What did remain throughout the concert was Maluma's delivery, fluid singing, dominating and only exaggerated in his insistent mania of looking into the eyes of those who were looking at him, as if only the image of him deserved the price of admission.
And yes, but not so much.
And before the
ADMV
slur, I remember the victims of the pandemic, a comment on God and the cruelty of war.
He said that he did not get involved in religion or politics, but it was understood, subtle times do not run.
He asked for the phones to be turned on and the moment of tenderness flickered on thousands of devices.
And the final stretch with nods to Ricky Martin
(Vente pa'ca),
Shakira
(Blackmail)
and songs like
Sobrio,
a lyric that justifies drunken calls given the impossibility of being honest in sobriety and a
reprise
of
Hawaii
to finish off the night.
It was entertaining.
Maluma formulates reggaeton with conservatism, but her competence on her stage guarantees a success that she maintains thanks to the looks that gave her air, meaning and security.