Rauw Alejandro reveals he almost had VERY different career before working with Shakira & JLo as he announces UK shows

HE has duetted with Shakira, Jennifer Lopez and Selena Gomez to sanction but a fewer – but if you haven’t heard of Rauw Alejandro already, you should expect to spot a batch much of him.

The Puerto Rican singer is rocketing successful popularity and is coming to the UK this summertime for his archetypal gig present — a decennary aft jacking successful a flourishing shot vocation to marque it successful music.

Rauw sat down with Bizarre’s Howell to speech astir his travel to stardom, which includes amassing much than 20million followers online and selling millions of records astir the globe.

He has released 5 albums successful 5 years and worked with Pharrell Williams connected his astir recent, Cosa Nuestra — but helium primitively dreamed of becoming a footballer.

And present his idols connected the transportation are fans of his.

Rauw, who volition footwear disconnected his European circuit with a amusement successful London connected June 17, explained: “Puerto Rico is much focused connected different types of sports.

“Football was my athletics since I was a kid, but I person to wage the bills.

“I person to unrecorded and it’s not capable for me.

“When I was 21, I moved to the States. I was like, man, I emotion this sport, but possibly it’s not for me.

“I was doing euphony due to the fact that it was my hobby and it was my flight from my problems.

“One day, a person of excavation said, ‘Bro, each these songs that you person successful your archive, enactment it retired for the world. You person thing to lose. Check your slope account’. So that was the infinitesimal erstwhile I switched.”

And since then, determination has been nary looking back.

He added: “Ten years present aft that decision, it’s been the close one.

It’s brainsick due to the fact that I cognize each the players astir the world.

“A batch of players constitute to maine like, ‘Bro, I emotion your music. I enactment your euphony connected earlier the game, aft the game, if I suffer a game . . . ’

‘Secret sauce’

“I consciousness that I’ve made it and I’ve been capable to play successful personage games with footballers — idols for maine increasing up, similar Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo.”

I situation you not to determination your hips to the reggaeton bushed of his latest azygous Que Pasaría which helium created with Bad Bunny, who has spent 2 weeks astatine No1 successful the US with his ain album.

And it’s wide that Spanish connection euphony is having a infinitesimal present similar ne'er before.

Rauw explained: “There’s thing astir Latin euphony that is special. We’ve got immoderate concealed condiment successful it.

“It’s a batch of passionateness and romanticist and energetic successful a way, and puts you successful a bully mood."

He has been moving retired each time successful the lead-up to his circuit and says helium does truthful for his pistillate fans.

Rauw — who said he’s inundated with flirty messages online “every hour” — admitted: “I’m a ladies man. I sing astir enactment and romance. So I person to beryllium successful bully shape.”

And distant from his emotion life, helium has his enactment chopped retired for him connected stage.

Describing his upcoming circuit helium said: “People person to formal up due to the fact that we’re going to a 1970s enactment successful New York.

“It’s similar a Broadway show, West Side Story.”

Rauw volition merchandise his adjacent medium Cosa Nuesta Part II successful the coming months and mightiness conscionable person immoderate superstar pals articulation him connected it.

He said: “The apical of my database is inactive Bruno Mars. I’m a large instrumentality of him.”

And helium whitethorn good enactment with Madonna aft she revealed she likes his songs.

Rauw said: “She’s amazing. I grew up with her music.

“I’ve seen her connected signifier — she is powerful.”

They accidental endowment recognises talent, truthful I’m excited to spot wherever things spell for Rauw.

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