Fashion First
Balvin looks through outfit choices ahead of his headlining show at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center.
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Rayo’s Ropa
Image Credit: Sacha Lecca for Rolling Stone Balvin has been a leader in the fashion-music world, collaborating with Guess, Air Jordan, G-Shock, and GEF in the past.
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Back to His Roots
Image Credit: Sacha Lecca for Rolling Stone The singer takes the stage in front of a replica of the first car he owned in his native Colombia.
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Remniscence Driver
Image Credit: Sacha Lecca for Rolling Stone “It’s the nostalgia I had of when I was in the studio for the first time. Sometimes you get so caught up in the business that you start just thinking about the business and not the music purely,” he previously told Rolling Stone. “So in this case, it was like when I was a kid.”
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For His People
Image Credit: Sacha Lecca for Rolling Stone Balvin’s Back to the Rayo tour is his first time on the road in years after postponing his entire Jose tour back in 2022.
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Bailando con Balvin
Image Credit: Sacha Lecca for Rolling Stone The Colombian singer took the stage with a group of high-energy dancers.
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Victory Lap
Image Credit: Sacha Lecca for Rolling Stone The musician teased his time on the road by performing at Coachella last April. “Yeah, it was beautiful, man. I’ve been surfing the different waves through these years and not trying to fit in, just learning and checking how everything goes,” he previously told Rolling Stone.
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De Colombia Para el Mundo
Image Credit: Sacha Lecca for Rolling Stone Balvin welcomed his fellow Colombian star Ryan Castro to perform their collaboration “Nivel de Perreo” during the show.
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For the +57
Image Credit: Sacha Lecca for Rolling Stone Balvin and Ryan Castro linked up for a duet in 2022, and played it live in Brooklyn Sunday.
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‘For the True Fans’
Image Credit: Sacha Lecca for Rolling Stone “I think I’m at a great point of my life where I feel that I don’t have anything else to prove and just have fun. I’m so energized,” Balvin told Rolling Stone last year. “This album was made for my true fans, but also to connect with the new generations and just elevate my sound.”
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Dos Amigos
Image Credit: Sacha Lecca for Rolling Stone Balvin and Ed Sheeran played “Shape of You” and their collaboration, “Sigue.”
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Jose and Ed
Image Credit: Sacha Lecca for Rolling Stone Ed Sheeran revealed to Rolling Stone for a 2023 cover story that the pair of artists have a completed album ready to drop.
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Sharing Shots
Image Credit: Sacha Lecca for Rolling Stone Balvin and Sheeran have been longtime friends, and released their first collaborations in 2022. Their completed album, which Sheeran told Rolling Stone featured Pharrell, Shakira, and Burna Boy, has no release date just yet.
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Balvin’s Stans
Image Credit: Sacha Lecca for Rolling Stone Audience members celebrated Balvin’s concert visit to New York City by holding up shoes from the reggaeton singer’s collaboration with Air Jordan.
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Touch of Memorabilia
Image Credit: Sacha Lecca for Rolling Stone Balvin paused his show to sign a fan’s Air Jordan 1 Retro High J Balvin.
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Balvin’s Emotions
Image Credit: Sacha Lecca for Rolling Stone “I went through a dark moment in my career and I was like, ‘I need a break,'” Balvin told told Rolling Stone in 2024. “That helped me to be more mature enjoy a new season of my life, and be more aware and more grateful than I used to be.”
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Brat Green
Image Credit: Sacha Lecca for Rolling Stone “It’s just a new season of J Balvin where I just want to keep elevating my sound and keep reaching different audiences,” he said
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Waiting for His Cue
Image Credit: Sacha Lecca for Rolling Stone The Colombian star leans against a wall before he takes the stage once again.
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Dancing Divo
Image Credit: Sacha Lecca for Rolling Stone Balvin was all smiles as he performed both hits and new songs from his recent album, Rayo.
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On the Shoulders
Image Credit: Sacha Lecca for Rolling Stone A fan rides a friend’s shoulders to get a better look at Balvin.
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Spreading the Love
Image Credit: Sacha Lecca for Rolling Stone Balvin performed part of his set from a second stage, decorated with a giant purple hand.
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With the People
Image Credit: Sacha Lecca for Rolling Stone Balvin walking between the stages — and getting closer to his fans
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Shirtless King
Image Credit: Sacha Lecca for Rolling Stone Things got steamy as Balvin stripped off his shirt.
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For All of You
Image Credit: Sacha Lecca for Rolling Stone “I think that this is the most happy moment in my life. I can’t deny that it was such a risk for me to take time off because this is a business where everything goes so fast,” he told Rolling Stone last year
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I Can’t Hear You!
Image Credit: Sacha Lecca for Rolling Stone Balvin mid-show
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Back to the Future
Image Credit: Sacha Lecca for Rolling Stone Balvin featured giant robots to decorate the stage, which included a futuristic energy and design.
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With the Top Down
Image Credit: Sacha Lecca for Rolling Stone J Balvin featured the first car he owned on the cover of his last album, Rayo.