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It’s good to be back, rightMaluma?
On Friday night, the Colombian superstar, 27, performed in front of a packed The Forum during the second stop of his Papi Juancho tour as he took a moment to reflect on the lessons he’s learned.
“We’ve survived this pandemic. With what happened with COVID, we gained lots of learning in our lives and it’s worth to sing these songs and give a hug to the people we love before they’re no longer with us,” Maluma said. “Give them a hug and a kiss.”
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It’s a sentimenthe shared with PEOPLE earlier this yearas he reflected on time in lockdown.
“Simple things are the best things ever,” he told PEOPLE in April. “Sometimes you feel like if you don’t collect material things, you don’t have anything, and for me it was totally the opposite.”
The Papi Juancho show was unlike many concerts at The Forum as Maluma hit the 360-degree stage with fans filling all four sides of the venue as Maluma’s NFT art series was featured on screens. The tour featured six LED screens, 500 square feet of video and 360-degree stereo sound, along with 17 cameras, 400 lighting machines and more than 3,000 lights.
Throughout his performance, fans were required to keep their face coverings on at all times as The Forum employees checked every several minutes to ensure all attendees were complying. Vaccination cards and negative COVID-19 tests were checked and verified before entering the venue.
“They told me I could feel at home, so I took off my shoes and everything,” he told the crowd at one point, adding that some of his friends and family members were in the audience. “Every time I come to Los Angeles I have such an amazing time.”
During his set, the singer performed tracks “ADMV,” “Madrid” and “Parce” fromPapi Juanchoand also took a more tropical turn as he played a medley from his#7DJalbum with tracks “Tonika,” “Love,” “Chocolate” and “Agua de Jamaica.”
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“For me, that’s the most influential album I’ve ever done in my life,” he previously told PEOPLE about the record. “Maybe I have bigger songs but these will always be special to me. That’s all I wanted to make with the album.”
Of course, it wouldn’t be a Maluma show without performing some of his greatest hits such as his breakthrough hits “Borro Cassette” and “Felices los 4,” along with his beloved collaboration with Shakira, “Chantaje.”
Maluma kicked off his Papi Juancho World Tour in Sacramento on Sept. 2 and is set to visit states across the country and Canada through the end of October. He’ll then head to Europe starting in March 2022.
source: people.com
