内容摘要：ALEJANDRO: We started working in New York and we finished in Paris. We have a few other records at the studio, but “Committed,” this song is really special. He was the one that wrote that, the hook. And he was like, “Rauw, you have to sing it in English.” And I was like, “I’ve never done this before. It’s new.” It was challenge for me, you know, singing a whole hook in English. I told him, “OK, but I’ll do the verse in Spanish.” I like to write my own verses and wanted to make it my own. We fused our ideas together.

ALEJANDRO: We started working in New York and we finished in Paris. We have a few other records at the studio, but “Committed,” this song is really special. He was the one that wrote that, the hook. And he was like, “Rauw, you have to sing it in English.” And I was like, “I’ve never done this before. It’s new.” It was challenge for me, you know, singing a whole hook in English. I told him, “OK, but I’ll do the verse in Spanish.” I like to write my own verses and wanted to make it my own. We fused our ideas together.

Seal hunting boats are visible in the distance as the Rev. Aaron Silco, a co-pastor of the Shishmaref Lutheran Church with his wife, Anna, walks to the church to lead a Sunday service in Shishmaref, Alaska, Sunday, Oct. 2, 2022. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)The Rev. Aaron Silco, center, who is a co-pastor of the Shishmaref Lutheran Church with his wife, Anna, left, feeds their two-month-old son, Aidan, while getting ready for a Sunday service in Shishmaref, Alaska, Sunday, Oct. 2, 2022. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

The Rev. Aaron Silco, center, who is a co-pastor of the Shishmaref Lutheran Church with his wife, Anna, left, feeds their two-month-old son, Aidan, while getting ready for a Sunday service in Shishmaref, Alaska, Sunday, Oct. 2, 2022. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)The Rev. Aaron Silco, who is a co-pastor of the Shishmaref Lutheran Church with his wife, Anna, is seen through a church window as he tries to get his two-month-old son, Aidan, to sleep during choir practice in Shishmaref, Alaska, Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2022. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)The Rev. Aaron Silco, who is a co-pastor of the Shishmaref Lutheran Church with his wife, Anna, is seen through a church window as he tries to get his two-month-old son, Aidan, to sleep during choir practice in Shishmaref, Alaska, Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2022. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

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