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A quick search of

Feid

's (1992) Spotify profile reveals the scope of his music.

Porfa Remix

, 215 million views;

If you knew

, 67 million;

Pantyhose

, 57 million;

Monastery

, 74 million;

Geek

, 54 million... And so we could go on for a while.

The curious thing is that despite the numbers, not many fans of urban music face the latest artist from the world cradle of reggaeton,

Medellín

.

"I feel that it is complex to stand out in this time when there are so many things and everything goes so fast with social networks. But I

am anti-loqueras. I am not the one who dresses the weirdest, peels the buttock or sticks out the tongue. I want to call the attention with my music

and that's why I've taken a little longer".

That "little more" refers to some of his compatriots who are internationally successful as

J Balvin

,

Maluma

or

Karol

G.

He has collaborated with all of them and started writing letters to several of them.

He is one of the authors of

Ginza

, by Balvin, although he points out:

"there are many songs that people have no idea that I wrote and I don't want them to know either

. It's like sometimes I think:

'oh, fagot, why did I I this song?'

".

Always with a cap or bandana on his head, his tresses peeking out from behind and dressed in baggy clothes, Feid matures each of his responses.

He says that he is very aware of the words of his parents - he, a painter and art historian;

she, a psychologist- when he confessed to them that she wanted to dedicate herself to music

.

"If I was going to be an architect I had to be the best and if I was going to be a singer, obviously too. That's why

I've been very concerned about being the type of artist that marks a generation

. And

I want to build something solid, not that my project becomes something affordable for everyone

. I love it when people say 'I've discovered Ferxo and I don't want to show him to anyone,'" he says.

Salomón Villada Hoyos

, his real name, fondly remembers the "particular atmosphere" that pervaded Colombia at the beginning of the reggaeton movement.

"

One went out into the street and Maluma was singing in a nightclub, J Balvin in another, Reykon in this one... It became very easy to make music

. You just needed to have a computer, a microphone and some beats," he says.

He assures that he never felt frustrated when the careers of others began to take off while he continued to build one little by little, but he admits that a question did constantly haunt his head.

"

I always thought what had to be done to get there, what was that

different

man

doing . But I didn't despair because

I was very concerned about developing my project in a way that was very contrary to what was seen on the street

. If a type of song was playing, it wouldn't be playing like that. If they were talking about a typeface, don't talk about it," he says.

And he adds: "

it's a fine line between I want to take my music and my art far but I don't want to be burned. I don't want to be the most commercial thing on the planet

. So I think how can I take my art, my music, as far and be heard but doing what you want and

mark a sound era

".

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