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So, your music is not just reggaetón –it's much broader? MALUMA: "Yes, I also love to sing ballads, which is something people find hard to believe as they defined me as a reggaetoner, but I'm not only that, I think I have my own personal style that I've been developing and molding since early in my career. Bear in mind that I have nothing against reggaetoners, I'm a huge fan of them, but beyond that I have the tendency to explore a wider range of genres and love having a taste of most of them." What is your source of inspiration when creating music? Tell us about your creative process. MALUMA: "Women are very important in my life. I was raised by women, my mother and my sister, [who is] older than me. They were the very first source of inspiration --my family. Then I also started to pay attention to the stories of my friends, stories that surrounded me. My friends would tell me what happened to them. Later, I started to pay attention to stories of others alien to me." You've been successful in incorporating these stories into your music. In fact, you recently made some remarkable historical achievements by becoming the youngest artist to ever hold 1st and 2nd place simultaneously on the Latin Billboard Chart. How does this success make you feel? MALUMA: "It is a great motivation, but it is never enough. I'm very young, only 23-years-old, so this is just the beginning of my career. Obviously, this is great news, making history in the charts and my career. It motivates me to work harder every day. I'm not a conformist and I believe there are greater things yet to come as a result of the effort, dedication, and sacrifice I put into it. Music is my life." Besides working on your music, you also invest time in connecting with your fan base via social media. This has made you one of the most popular artists in the world and some of your videos have received more than 2 billion views this year alone! What is MALUMA's secret? MALUMA: "Being me. Being real. At times, people ask if I manage my social media, and I'm not going to lie. Yes, I do! It would be very difficult to convey through others what is it you want to transmit to your fans. I do not want anyone but me to manage my social media. I need to have that communication channel. Thanks to social media I'm able to grasp and understand what music my fans like. It is the bridge that connects us, and that's probably why I have so many followers. They connect with me because I'm real."