Sebastián Yatra Talks Being Nominated for Broadway Debut & New Music | iHeartRadio Music Awards 2025 - video Dailymotion

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At the iHeartRadio Music Awards, Sebastián Yatra talks to THR on the red carpet and shares how he never thought he would be on Broadway or be nominated for Broadway debut. Plus, he talks about releasing a new song in March and his upcoming album.

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00:00Since we're here at the iHeartRadio Music Awards tonight, what do you remember about the first time you heard yourself on the radio?

00:06It was, what, like 10 years ago? 11? In Colombia? In Medellin? And it was pretty insane.

00:14I also remember thinking, I can make a better song than this, but I'm on the radio, so let's do it.

00:20And it was crazy, because I got to do from the get-go the music that I loved.

00:25And it was pop, romantic songs, and they actually got amplified, and people in Spanish started falling in love with love songs again.

00:34And I helped to be a part of that, so that was super exciting.

00:37And now being here, nominated to the iHeartRadio Music Awards is insane too,

00:42because I used to watch these when I was a little kid growing up in Miami,

00:46and I never thought I'd be nominated, especially for Broadway debut.

00:50So, I never thought I'd be on Broadway, I never thought I'd be here.

00:53I'm just amazed by the life surprises, and ready to have some fun tonight.

00:59What was your reaction when you found out you got this nomination?

01:02I didn't really, like, process it at all. I was like, did that happen?

01:08It took me a couple of days to actually be like, what? I got nominated to this?

01:14Especially because Robert Downey Jr.'s picture is right next to mine in the nomination.

01:18I was like, fuck, I gotta beat Iron Man. It's gonna be hard.

01:23What's been the highlight of the Broadway experience for you?

01:26Definitely getting to go and play out there.

01:29For me, the moments where I was able to forget the script and just really live the character

01:37and be out there with some of the best actresses and actors in the world and dancers,

01:42and also the moments where I would go outside in the freezing cold every night,

01:46and there'd be all these fans waiting outside for us to say hi.

01:50That's something that I appreciate a lot, all these people that came out to see me

01:54and all the support from different parts of the world.

01:57What else is coming up for you? Could we see you on the big screen and doing some films anytime soon?

02:02Hopefully. That would be fun.

02:04I'm actually about to release a song on the 20th of March.

02:08It's called La Peli Roja, which means the redhead.

02:11So if there's any redheads out there, that's your song.

02:14And it's a beautiful song that also reflects some of the stuff that's gonna be going on in my next album,

02:19which is gonna come out soon, and I'm excited to finally announce it

02:23because it's been three years since I released an album.

02:26So yeah, my fans are excited. I'm super excited.

02:29How would you say performing on Broadway compares to performing a concert for your fans?

02:35There's a lot less room to mess up on Broadway.

02:38In your own concerts, you can mess up and get away with it a little bit more.

02:43Here, not at all.

02:45Also, that big difference is that when you're doing songs, I'm more in my element, singing the song, etc.

02:50But on Broadway, first of all, you're mic'd up here, but there's no effects you can put on your voice or anything.

02:59It's all completely live, and you're going from singing to scenes, in and out.

03:04And these texts are so long, especially the character I did, Billy Flynn, on Chicago.

03:09He's making things up as he goes, and it has to look natural, and he has to have this very high energy.

03:17But for me, that was fun, too, because I got to play,

03:20and I've always been one of those people that just go kind of crazy with life,

03:24so there I got to be crazy and be myself.

Sebastián Yatra Talks Being Nominated for Broadway Debut & New Music | iHeartRadio Music Awards 2025

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