You would think that Enrique Iglesias has nothing left to prove. After all, the Madrid-born, Miami-raised singer has sold 40 million albums in little over a decade, becoming one of the most successful artists in the history of popular music.
Then again, Enrique is not your average pop star.
Consider this: the singer has spent the past three years crafting his latest album. Three years of non-stop traveling, writing, recording, pressing the 'delete' button, only to begin all over again until he's 100% sure that his vision is perfectly realized.
Now, it finally has.
Entitled "Insomniac," a humorous nod to Enrique's sleepless nights and obsessive artistic persona, the record is clearly the most ambitious project of his phenomenal career.
"When I started this process, I wasn't really sure of the specific sound that I was looking for," Enrique says over breakfast at a posh hotel in Beverly Hills. "What I did know was that I wanted to have a respectable repertoire of songs to begin with. On my previous records, I would always start with a dozen ideas. This time, I wrote between 40 and 50 new tunes."
Enrique also spent a long time pondering the specific qualities of the project's sound. Should it be seeped in hip-hop and electronic beats-- a prerequisite for commercial success in the new millennium?
"I guess at first I did want to consciously make a record that had a cool sound to it," he says candidly. "But then I said to myself: 'f**k that. I don't want to take myself too seriously.' The truth is, I just want to write songs that I like."
Great i love you Enrique you are the best latin pop singer on the world.
TE QIERO ME GRANDE AMOR YOU ARE THE BEST YOUR SONGS ARE SO BEAUTIFUL AND WONDERFUL.
Diana Smaic.
