Romeo Santos Shares Sneak Peek of Justin Timberlake Collab ‘Sin Fin’

“King” of bachata Romeo Santos has lastly given us a sneak peek at his upcoming collaboration with one other royal pop icon, Justin Timberlake. The dynamic duo dropped a 15-second preview of their anticipated collaboration on the sensual ballad “Sin Fin” (Endless) on Monday night time (August 29).

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The preview of the monitor from Santos’ anticipated Formula, Vol. 3 (Sept. 1) album spotlights JT’s vocals, as he sings, “You already know this love is all your, baby/ So take it/ We’ve been here before, it’s strong enough to save us, oh baby,” over what seems to be black and white footage from the tune’s video. The varied set-ups vary from JT and Santos laughing and goofing round on set to Santos dancing with a lady and taking a trip in his costly automobile.

The tune will function on an album that additionally boasts a collab with Rosalía and which is able to focus not on reggaetón, lure or rap, however on bachata, the normal, guitar-based Dominican heartbreak music that Santos has made his calling card.

“If I do an urban song, it could be massive. I don’t want it to be a distraction,” Santos, 41, not too long ago instructed Billboard in a canopy story. “You have these amazing artists who right now are in their prime offering urban music. I wanted to make a difference and speak for my genre. Bachata needs me. I needed to put on my Superman cape for my culture.”

Santos, a longtime JT fan, had by no means met the “Sexy Back” singer and so they had few connections earlier than working collectively. In truth, simply feeling out Justin’s curiosity in recording a tune took almost a yr, however Santos was decided to make it occur. “Ninety-nine percent of my records are written and produced by me,” he mentioned. “But on Aventura’s first album, I took ‘Gone’ by *NSYNC and rewrote and translated it to Spanish,” he added, referring to an all-acoustic cowl from his group’s 2002 album, We Broke the Rules. “It’s crazy how things line up. That was history in the making without realizing it.”

Once the tune was within the works, nevertheless, it got here collectively rapidly, with Santos recruiting longtime collaborator Rico Love and producer Danja (who, together with Timbaland, co-produced all of Timberlake’s 2006 album, FutureSexLoveSounds) to give you “Sin Fin.”

“He said, ‘I dig this.’ What I respect about JT is he not only recorded his vocals but he turned that song that now I feel was at 30% into something completely different for the better,” mentioned Santos. “He changed the melody, the lyrics; he wrote, he produced. There was a moment where I was at the studio and he was directing my guitarist. To me, that was surreal: JT is producing a bachata.”

Watch the “Sin Fin” preview under.