the wellingtonista

Reggaeton on a boat

Posted by Robyn on Tuesday, 07 Apr 2009

Jinetero MC is a locally based Cuban reggaeton artist (yeah, one of those) and part of Olmecha Supreme.

But as a solo artist, he has a new song called "Wellington", his danceable ode to the city.

Sample lyrics:

I say thank you, thank you very much.
 Wellington, you have give me lotta lotta luck.

But more importantly, the video is AWESOME. It manages to transform this windy city into a subtropical paradise, including a sticky carnival parade, hot city streets, and the highlight - Jinetero dancing with booty girls out in the harbour on a mothertruckin' boat, y'all.

Who knew Wellers could look that warm?!

Superb! If I didn't already live here I'd move.

Joanna's picture

Uh oh! There appears to be a giant woman on Taranaki Street! I thought Neil Finn successfully fought all the giants off!

I love how all of Wellington's icons appear in this: The Beehive! Te Papa! The floral "TAWA" sign!

stephen clover's picture

I wanted to share the Iggy Pop "I'm Bored" video shot down at the cenotaph in 1979, but fuck if I can find it.

Jinetero's great - reggaeton is such fun exercise too.

woo

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