Miguel’s Movie Role Inspires Plans for Spanish Album
2017 is looking like a big year for Miguel!
Today marks the wide release of the film, Live By Night, featuring Miguel in his acting debut. Starring alongside Ben Affleck and Zoe Saldana, Miguel plays “Esteban”, a shady owner of a Cuban club during Prohibition.
The grammy winning singer, who is of Mexican decent, spoke with Latina Magazine about the effect that playing the role had on his music. He said:
“I do think that the direction of my music is a little bit different [from Cuban band music], but I will say that the experience in getting to know about Cuban culture and history made me want to explore more and more my connection with my Latin roots, especially with music,” he told Latina. “Writing songs in Spanish is one of the things I started exploring after working on this film. I look forward to working on more music in Spanish. It sounds ambitious, but I’m looking to release an album in Spanish later on this year. If nothing else, at least releasing a single or two in Spanish. Hopefully, you guys stay tuned to that.”
We sure will! Good luck, Miguel!