Charly Black collabs with ‘Despacito’ star5 min read

After earning platinum and diamond plaques and hitting the 100 million mark on Spotify, dancehall artiste Charly Black continues to make strides on the international scene with a reiteration of the pervasive song, ‘Gyal Yuh A Party Animal’. Charly Black recently added his vocals to a remix of the summer smash hit ‘Despacito’ by Puerto Rican singer Luis Fonsi, and the reggaeton artiste has since returned the favour, adding his vocal stylings to a remake of the deejay’s song.

The remake was premiered exclusively on Billboard.com. According to Black’s manager, Julian Jones-Griffiths, the collaboration was motivated by bigger heads from major record label, Republic.

Gyal Yuh A Party Animal was originally released under major label Universal Music, and comes back with more assistance from AfterCluv Records the team behind Despacito.

With Luis Fonsi being signed to Universal Latin and Black’s song dominating the Latin American space (distributed by French-based Allezgo Productions), the collaboration seems like a no-brainer. Unlike Fonsi’s global smash Despacito, on Gyal Yuh A Party Animal, he sings in English, while adding in some Spanish words to keep maintaining the Latin element. The remake of the song was produced by Atella and mixed by Josh Gudwin.

Although there are high expectations for the remake of the song, Jones-Griffiths took time to highlight the original song’s executive producer, Kurt Riley, and official beat-maker, Demarco.

“I want him to get his props. He made the beat and not enough people know that,” he said.