-Yo, give it up for his Spanish.

[ Cheers and applause ] -I'm trying!

I'm trying, I'm trying as hard as I -- I'm trying.

I'm trying so hard. -Finally, finally.

-Finally, we get to talk. -Yes, man.

-You've been on your show -- - -You brought me here

like 20 times and you never want to talk to me.

[ Laughter ] -That's not true.

I love listening to you but I love talking to you, as well.

But congrats on "SNL," because that was

a great performance you did with DJ Khaled.

[ Cheers and applause ]

-You talk to Billy? -What's that? Yeah.

-You talk to Billy? That's his name.

-No. -Yeah, that's how

Khaled's called -- Billy. -You call him Billy?

-No, he call him Billy himself. -No, he does not.

He calls himself DJ Khaled like 130 times a day.

[ Laughter ] -No.

-He doesn't say, "Billy!" -You have an interview him.

He say Billy because he wants to be a billionaire.

That's why he said it. -Oh, that's right.

I forgot, he did change his name to Billy.

-Yeah, that was good. -Yeah, yeah, he's like --

He goes, "People call me Billy now."

I'm like, "That's right."

I go, "I didn't know that's your name."

And he goes, "Yeah, 'cause I want to be a billionaire."

[ Laughter ] I was like, "That's so him.

That's so him." -I wanna be Billy one day, too.

-Billy, I was like, "Oh, my gosh."

-Shout-out to Khaled. -He's amazing.

You did -- -Another one.

-A little record -- "another one."

[ Laughter ]

He's got them all. Another one.

We have the best music. Yeah, I go, "Okay."

He is amazing to meet, though, isn't he?

-I love him. -He's like --

It's like the personality is just so magnetic,

and it comes off, and it makes you so happy

to be around the guy. -It makes me feel like Billy.

[ Laughter ] -Yeah, it does. Me too.

He was the first reggaeton performer ever

to be on "Saturday Night Live." -Yes, yes.

It took 44 years. [ Cheers and applause ]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. -Not bad, buddy.

-It's amazing. It's the first time somebody's, like...

-What you're doing -- What you're doing is,

you're just breaking all these records

and shattering all these things.

And I know you're gonna be headlining Lollapalooza?

-Yes, it's the first time a Latino is headlining.

-First time a Latino artist, solo artist,

has ever headlined that. -Yes, yes.

-I mean, but does that make you nervous?

Because I saw you at -- Well, I didn't see you at,

but I saw you at Coachella with Beyoncé.

-Yes, man. [ Cheers ]

-But so you did Coachella. What was that like?

How do you get the call from Beyoncé?

What happened? -You know, it was like --

They didn't plan that at all.

Like, they called me like five hours before.

[ Laughter ] -You're joking me.

-Yeah, no, it's true. I was in bed.

I was in bed, you know? It was just, like, checking TV.

And I received, like, a message,

like, "Yo, you want to come join us?"

I was like -- Beyoncé's team, "What's up?"

[ Laughter ]

-You know you're awake, you're like, "What?"

-And they're like, "Yo, we got a Coachella show tomorrow,

and, you know, we wondered if you want to come."

And I just jump on a -- on a plane and got there.

-But I mean, wow. -You go.

[ Cheering ] -And you were amazing.

-Yeah.

-But then, you did your own Coachella performance...

-Yes. -...that got crazy-good reviews.

-First time of a Latino doing main -- main stage.

-What'd that feel like? Were you nervous for that?

-I was super nervous. Yes, I was.

-Because it's all you now. -It was different.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. -Did you call Beyoncé,

be like, "Hey, we need you in a couple hours?"

[ Laughter ] You didn't hear back?

-I was thinking if I call her, like, 20 minutes --

like five hours before the show,

I think she's not gonna do the same.

-No, no. But man, oh, man.

Look at what you did. Look at the stage.

Look at what you did. It was so fun.

Everyone talked about it.

-Yeah, it was a collab that we did with FriendsWithYou,

you know, is a friend of mine, and that's the name --

the audience, and, you know, we took this show like that,

like really animated and fun and happiness.

-I also love your fashion and your look.

-Thank you.

-You're always doing something different,

And I love that, as a fan of any artist.

You always got to keep reinventing.

But you just signed on to a thing with Guess...

-Yes. -...to do a thing called Vibras.

-Vibras, yes. -Vibras.

-You know, that's actually the first time

they do a male campaign.

-They've never done that, Guess? -No.

-Oh, man. -So it's good.

-I mean -- -For the culture.

-You can do a second one. Oh, I was gonna say --

Yeah, right, you can do a second --

I mean, I'm open to modeling if anyone wants it.

But, I mean, you developed this.

How would you describe this Vibras?

-This is kind of like an '80s flow.

-Yeah. -You know, sort of Miami vibe.

-Yeah, a little Miami vibe. -Yes, yes.

Shout-out to Miami. [ Cheers ]

-I heard somewhere that it's very important to you

that you do all of your songs only in Spanish.

-Yes, you know, that's always been my dream.

You know, like, to really cross over in Spanish.

You know, we're here talking in English,

but my music is in Spanish. -Exactly.

-So it's really beautiful, man, you know, the way, you know,

people are reacting to our music.

Even though they don't understand what I'm saying,

they feel the vibe, right? [ Light laughter ]

So it's beautiful, it's beautiful.

You know, it's -- -It's a challenge.

I mean, it's an endless sea of people.

-It was crazy. -Dancing to your music

and probably 90% of them don't --

-They didn't know what I was saying.

-No. [ Laughter ]

-100%, 100%. But they were feeling the vibe.

-But isn't that great that you did this?

-It's amazing for the culture.

-Well, the tour is about to kick off.

-Yes. -And I know you're playing

a very -- it's gonna be special, because in Puerto Rico,

which would be a beautiful thing.

-I saw you there. I saw you there.

-I was there. -With my boy Bad Bunny.

-Me and Bad Bunny had to do it. [ Laughter ]

You know, I'm in Puerto Rico, I got to call my dude.

"No, come on!"

-No, but you were with a great guy, man.

-Oh, yeah, good. I'll call you whenever to do --

[ Laughter ]

Just give me five hours next time and I'll give you a call.

-If you ever go to Colombia, you know, let me host you.

-Oh, yeah. -Yeah, of course.

-All right, done. Done deal.

-Shout-out to my country, Colombia.

[ Cheers and applause ]

-Arcoiris... -Yeah.

-...is the tour -- -Your Spanish is amazing.

-Thank you. Oh, appreciate that.

Thank you. I learned from the best.

-And we know that he did it once, right?

When he said "Arcoiris"... [ Laughter ]

-Yeah, "Arcoiris." -Yeah, it was easy.

Like you didn't even -- -I didn't even know what --

I mean, sometimes I don't even realize what English is anymore

because I -- [ Laughter ]

That's all I got.

The song you're singing later is called "Contra La Pared."

-"Contra La Pared." -"Contra La Pared."

-Do you know what that means? -Contra...

[ Laughter ]

-Don't tell me it's the game. Don't tell me "Contra"...

-Parade? Uh... -"Contra La Pared."

-"Against the wall." -Yes, sir, okay.

[ Cheers and applause ]

♪♪

-i"Contra La Pared"! [ Laughs ]

Someone told me earlier what it meant.

[ Laughter ]

You're doing it tonight and singing for everyone here.

I always appreciate you coming here,

but I really appreciate you talking to me,

because what you're doing is breaking new records

and opening up the whole world to, like, reggaeton

and also Spanish-speaking music.

And it's bigger than you could imagine, what you're doing.

It's cool. -Thank you, thank you.

I'm so grateful, man. [ Cheers and applause ]

-We love you, bud. Thank you, pal.

-Love. -J. Balvin, everybody!