You are releasing your fourth album “LatINNA” soon. Why did you decide to name the album that?
It’s not 100% decided yet if the name will be “latINNA”, but if so, I believe it strongly represents me in this moment. I feel latina, I am latina, everytime I travel to a Latin country, I feel I belong there.
Describe the sound of your new album. And, what sets it apart from your three previous studio releases?
It’s hard to say how this album is different from my previous three because the songs aren’t chosen yet, I’m still working on it, recording, participating in songwriting sessions. But I can tell that the songs I have recorded so far are very different, each one has its own flavour, a good energy, and I am thrilled about the collaborations from each of it in terms of songwriters, producers, and artists.
Most of your songs are in English, but you’ve also found a liking in singing in Spanish. How did that happen? Are you a lover of the language? Will there be Spanish-sung songs on “LatINNA” too?
I love Spanish language ever since I was a little girl, I learnt to speak watching on TV different soap operas and telenovelas. I learnt it quite easy because Romanian language is a Latin language, I was listening to Latin music so it’s part of who I am.
We know there is a song on the new album called “Good Time” with Pitbull. And this isn’t the first time you've worked with him. You had a song together called “All the Things" on his "Meltdown" EP. How amazing is “Good Time”?
It’s really different from all the songs I have released so far. It has a good vibe, it’s special, I’ve danced like crazy for 8-9 days with my choreographer to learn the routine for my lyric video. It’s written by Thomas Troelsen, who has also written “More than Friends” for me and “Ole Ola” for Pitbull and Jennifer Lopez.
Will there be other collaborations on “LatINNA” besides those with JBalvin and Pitbull? How many songs will there be in the final tracklisting?
I don’t know yet. But I think I will have some other collaborations, but I don’t know exactly how many. I'm still working on this.
