Natti Natasha on Her Return With ‘Natti Natasha en Amargue,’ Working With Romeo Santos | Billboard In Conversation

Natti Natasha has returned with a bachata-filled album, Natti Natasha en Amargue. The Dominican singer shares why it took her so long to release the album, working with Romeo Santos as her composer and producer on the new project, recounts the story of Romeo Santos nearly dying on set during the music video shoot for “La Mejor Versión De Mí,” reuniting with her husband, Rafael Pina, and more!

Leila Cobo:
Natti, welcome to Billboard. 

Natti Natasha:
Thank you so much!

It has been a while my friend! 

Yes it has, yes it has.

You know what? Good things happen to those who wait because we waited until the release of  Natti Natasha en Amargue.

My goodness. 

Tell us what En Amargue means. Get me out of my doubt. 

En Amargue is like a moment of spite. In the Dominican Republic, when you’re bitter, you’re sad or spiteful because you left someone after so many years or you found out about someone’s infidelity and you go to the grocery store where they sell chips and drinks and they start playing dominoes and listen to bachata and it’s heart-stopping music. And now in Natti Natasha en Amargue— 

Is it always out of spite?

Out of spite and like how it is in Natti Natasha en Amargue, too, it’s about passionate love where you go crazy and I say “I’m crazy because I love you.” You know? Because it’s like I’m protecting you from others. It’s that kind of music, it’s lyrics that are very raw and very real, the things that happen to us on a day to day basis, but they’re passionate things. When you’re heartbroken you’re, like, you want this person, now that you’re unfaithful you want the person and you want her now. You’re saying that you’re going to kill yourself for this person. They’re really raw lyrics but really real. 

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