Lele Pons on Guaynaa: “He makes me butterflies every time I’m with him”

Her origins as a youtuber, her passion for singing, her interest in continuing the performance and, of course, her happiness for her love affair with the urban exponent Guaynaa, are just some of the themes that the artist Lele Pons enjoys talking.

He shows no problem sharing any aspect about his life. On the contrary, being that it brings him closer to the public than since he became known with his humorous videos through the platform I came, he has remained attentive to his movements. And also, for new fans who are discovering that his interest as a performer in the urban genre, which began formally with topics such as jealous (2018) i blocking (2019), is not a passing aspiration.

“Singing is something I’ve always wanted to do, but it’s very difficult for someone who comes from social media, that people know you as an influencer, and the transition is a little difficult because changing the minds of many is complicated.” revealed the artist born in Venezuela and raised in the United States since childhood, who is in Puerto Rico to promote the single and music video of Down and up, With the collaboration of the Puerto Rican urban exponent Juhn.

“I’m one of the first to try to say ‘I’m not just that, I want to do other things too,'” said the model, who has had roles in film projects such as Scooby Doo is back (2017) and the television series Shout (2016), among others. Of the topic in promotion, which premieres today, highlighted the intention. “It’s fun and dancing with your partner, well caught. It’s a slower reggaeton. It’s sexy, it’s sensual,” he described, and highlighted the chemistry with Juhn.

“I met him the day we made the video and I loved it. I’m a person who loves to talk and we met and talked about everything,” he said. In turn, he shared the dynamic of “fun, with one more attitude fashion“, Which shows it in the scenes that make up the video clip.

It was not love at first sight

His smile is continuously drawn as he speaks of Guaynaa. The romance was made public in December last year, and although they met in 2019, giving it a try took a while.

“I’m going to tell you the truth. He fell in love with me first. I wasn’t in love with him. He tried hard to fall in love and he didn’t get it, so he left, and he was with a another person, ”she sums up in a few sentences, then details the process that made her admit she was falling in love. “I thought‘ I don’t care ’,‘ I don’t care ’, and then I started to miss him,” he confessed about the feeling he acknowledged after sharing with him for a while, when the rapper traveled to Los Angeles , his place of residence.

“I made a comic video of the song Rebota. He wrote to me and told me he liked it,” Eleonora Pons Maronese recalled. “He came (October 2019) to do something at the Latin AMA. I was making a video with his friend Lyanno (put them, Also with Favian Lovo), and he said he was coming to visit his friend, but he wanted to meet me. Here we talk. ”Although falling in love didn’t immediately come to her, she decided to give him a chance to meet him.

“We were more friends with benefits,” he confessed. “At the end of February, he left my life. He didn’t want anything else with me because I told him I wasn’t interested in anything serious. I wanted to be friends with him, but he didn’t. He moved away. In March I didn’t see him anymore. He stopped following me. “

Within the interest in resuming the connection with the urban artist, he proposed that he collaborate on the subject You notice.

“He didn’t want to. He had a girlfriend. I had to push for him to do the song. In August we saw each other again for You notice. In September we got closer, and then he was my boyfriend. , in December “.

What do you love about his personality?

All. It calms me down a lot. He has a lot of patience with me. He makes me butterflies every time I’m with him. It makes me nervous and it’s very hard for me to get nervous. I like that he always has a nice word. It makes me laugh. He’s my best friend and we talk about everything. It never bores me. We can talk all day and there is always a cliché. It is very interesting. Plus, it’s very familiar. I love my family. He is someone I admire. He works hard and is my support. ” How do they take care of their relationship, given the work schedule, which doesn’t always allow them to be together?

“I know he is a very loyal person, because they have done a lot of things to him in their relationships. I am also very loyal and I am a person who is very honest and so is he. I never doubt what he is doing or what he is doing. he ‘s not doing it. We talk to each other every day. ” Does it influence your decisions in music?

“A lot. He tells me what kind of songs he likes, about the handling stuff, of everything, the truth.”

The performer spent a few days in Italy, in late July and early August, to visit her maternal grandparents, who are related to the wife of the Puerto Rican star Chayanne, Marilisa Maronese, who is her aunt. “Every year we are here to see the nonna and the nonno (grandmother and grandfather). Dressed in Guaynaa this year.”

Many plans on the agenda

One step at a time, it is creating its trajectory. Last Friday he released the single Hit it, In which he collaborates with the famous group Black Eyed Peas and the rapper Saweetie. He is also working on a program for Netflix in which he will serve as a jury, but declined to share more details.

However, he says that of all the projects he is involved in, the one that captures his greatest interest is to create greater awareness about mental health. This motivated her to make a documentary series on YouTube, The Secret Life of Lele Pons (2020), in which she talks about her suffering from obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD). He also talks about Tourette’s syndrome, which was diagnosed at the age of nine. Although it is a disorder of the nervous system, it also has implications for mood.

“I make music because I like to sing and dance, but I want to be more of a voice to talk about mental health,” said the also responsible for the podcast The best kept secrets with Lele Pons (The best kept secrets with Lele Pons) and Spotify.

“I don’t want them to be ashamed of having what they have. A lot of people choose not to seek help and it’s important to do so, and to have medicines, because it’s a chemical thing,” he stressed. “Let them be clear that a disorder is not going to define you, that it is not a problem. You are a normal person. There are no limits to continuing to grow.”