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Toxic. Toxic juju and his collab with five seconds of summer and david getta. Now dropping a new album, rx, maybe his edgeiest work yesterday. You said that you had the brain of a ferrari engine with the brakes of a bike . Whats that feeling like . Dangerous. Juju opening up about the diagnosis that inspired his new material. Music is my medication. You know . Juju plus our exclusive visit to group of frontera headquarters as they take regional mexican music global. This was like the dream that we want to do on the weekends. We werent looking for fame. Juju now top is the charts with their bigtime collaborations like with reggatones superstar bad bunny. How they stayed true to their roots while making their dreams come true and making plans for the road ahead. We really have to think outside the box to stay there. When you smell the amazing scent of gain flings. Time stops. And you realize youre in love. Steve . With a laundry detergent. Gain flings. Seriously good scent. vo beneful knows a full life doesnt just happen. Its a choice to take a swing. To taste all life has to offer. Choose joy, choose beneful. And try incredibites, just for small dogs. Juju thanks for joining us. Tonight, were skating along the cuttingedge of music. First going backstage with one of pops hottest producer collaborators, the man they call galantis. Known for teasing genius out of the artists already at the top of their game. How does he craft legit hits of his own . Heres abcs accen sing. I want to break away reporter whats it like for you being in the booth when it is showtime . Theres something that happens when i get in there. Something kicks in and im, like, super hyped. Reporter its miami music week. Were about to go backstage with galantis. You may think you dont know Christian Carlson but youve definitely heard some of his epic music. Hes worked wide receiver katy perry, madonna madonna, i was blown away that she was in the studio before i got there. Reporter not to mention he gave Britney Spears a whole new edgy prerogative. Thats my prerogative reporter hes earworms spanning genres and generations. Its the best feeling there is. Theres nothing that compares to it. Reporter electronic dance music, edm, started in underground clubs in the 80s and 90s using play back technology to fuse hiphop, disco, and funk music. Wake me 100 its all over reporter creating an always innovative, wildly popular genre drawing hundreds of thousands to concerts and festivals worldwide. And at the top of that scene, carlson, better known by his stage name galantis. When did you first feel, oh, christian, were really doing something now . Coming to america. I was 19. I was flown over by quincy jones. Reporter how the hell did quincy find your number . I did a remix for jay zee. Reporter hard knock life, the first of many mega music moments for the swedish newcomer. Like animal. Im still im still an animal reporter before emerging as galantis in 2014. How did you find your way towards pop and dance music . I thought it was way too cool to work on anything that had pop music on it. Until someones like, can you try and make a melody on this one . I dont know. It was in the water in sweden from abba. Gimme a man after midnight i instantly fell in love creating melodies. Reporter of those melodies, one perhaps the most prolific pop performance of alltime. Im into you know that im toxic reporter catapulting him into the mainstream. Toxic was huge. Writing toxic, probably ten ideas a day and toxic was just one. It comes to a moment where you realize, oh my god, someone needs to do this record. Reporter did you know you had a hit on your hands . They released the album, and it wasnt even considered to be a single. It blew all the other songs away. They were like, oh my god, this song has more sales than any other songs on the album. So i guess we have to make it a single. Reporter the song getting over a billion streams on spotify last year, two decades after its release. Married and the dad to two daughters, balancing fame and family, even bringing his girls on the road. But not slowing down. With his fourth album rx dropping in days. Ive been working on it for a long time. Im really excited about finally putting it out there. Reporter is it like ripping a bandaid . Is there a ton of stuff you need to get off your chest . Does your team need to get on you . All the time, and i do it to myself, too. Others are like, okay, now youre done, lets go out into the world. Reporter his new album an infusion of milestones throughout his life, including a revelation, his diagnosis with adhd as an adult in 2009. Youve just dropped bang, back. Your neuro divergent anthem. Announcing your diagnosis with adhd. Bang bang its in my head reporter you said that you had the brain of a ferrari engine with the brakes of a bike . Yeah. Reporter whats that feeling like . Dangerous. I cant change. But i can trick my brain to go here and here and here, knowing more about what adhd is and how do i change it . Theres me just realizing this changes the way i feel, so i should schedule music around other things in life. Music is my medication, you know . Reporter now the ultimate collaborator back at it again. Releasing lighter with fellow edm superstar david getta and the band five seconds of summer. We needed someone to sing the song. Take it all away five seconds of summer jumped on it, said they loved the song, they wanted to work on it, make it theirs. Reporter the band best known for songs like youngblood. Youngblood do you want me do you want me reporter getting in on a new sound. Were always finding ways to push ourselves creatively. I think we all saw the vision for what the song could be. We went in, we recorded all of the things that we love and a bunch of live instrumentation. Christian ended up putting everything in there, and we loved it. Whats so beautiful about lighter is its a mix of so many different genres. Electronic, orchestral strings on it. Reporter the lighter Team Together in the booth a legendary liv nightclub in miami this spring. Stepping into a deejay environment is something that i totally am not used to. David getta gets on stage at 2 00 a. M. Usually im halfway through my rem cycle at 2 00 a. M. Reporter whats it like seeing people lose their minds to tracks . Does it get old . Its being on a runaway train for ten years. It gives me the same feeling when i play it and hearing people singing it back to me. It still gives me that euphoric happiness. Reporter at the Hard Rock Hotel and casino in hollywood, florida, i just had to get in on that happiness. One of my favorites, Peanut Butter jelly. Tin years of galantis, 25 years in the Music Industry . Ive never been more inspired in my life to make music. Im never completely happy with what i do, but that gives fire to go do the next one. Reporter still chasing it . Yeah, absolutely. Its not the perfect song for other people or for, you know, the number one on the chart or anything. The biggest draw is to still explore ways to make music. Juju our thanks to ashan. The new album rx drops next friday, may 17th. When we return, frontera topping the billboard charts. We join them exclusively at their texas headquarters. My moderate to Severe Plaque Psoriasis held me back. Now with skyrizi, im all in with clearer skin. Things are getting clearer. i feel free. To bear my skin, yeah thats all me. Nothing is everything with skyrizi, 3 out of 4 people achieved 90 clearer skin at 4 months. And most people were clearer even at 5 years. Skyrizi is just 4 doses a year, after 2 starter doses. Serious allergic reactions. And an increased risk of infections. 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Err, uh reporter im back home in the Rio Grande Valley along the south texas border. The blend of mexicanamerican culture is the perfect backdrop for our conversation with one of the biggest names in latin American Music right now. Grupo frontera. Reporter they set up headquarters at this compound in the valley. Its where they wrote the songs for their latest album. Translation, pretending like everythings okay when its not. Its their second album after a whirlwind two years. They have several hits on the billboard hot 100 Grupo Frontera reporter but the band almost didnt happen. After years of trying to make music a career, some of the guys had moved on to support their families. We were talking, and he told me about, hey, you should watch the series peaky blinders. I remember hes like, hey, we should make a band, we should do it again. Reporter bento was working as a photographer for weddings and came up with an idea to keep their music dreams alive. Hed start a band and include music in the event packages. Juan had already been in a band years ago with carlos. We sneededneeded a drummer, like, i got the guy. Reporter what were you doing at the time . Recently got married, having a kid at the time. When he called me, i cant do it. You know. I already have a family. Reporter what was that conversation like with your wife . Shes like, maybe trust that process, have faith in it, by all means. It was really the love of music. We werent looking for fame. Reporter they may not have been looking for fame, but it found them anyway. No ceva reporter a song by the colombian pop band morat. Grupo frontera posted a cover of it two years ago. No ceva no ceva how, who are they . Where did they come from . Whats happening . They were having fun and exploded. Reporter within days, the video had millions of views. The band was gaining popularity, and then they partnered with a fellow texan. Hes like king midas right now. Hes that humble songwriter, just wanting to connect. Reporter the 34yearold has a slew of awards under his belt and has worked with some of the worlds biggest musicians, including madonna, ed sheeran, selena gomez, carlo g. I dont know any other writer right now that can have a hit song in all the genres within latin music. And even cross over. Reporter he helped write all of Grupo Fronteras hits. Reporter dellame with puerto fejila. And over committees straighted a oneofakind collaboration with megastar bad bunny. Reporter 1 memorandum the first song to make billboards top 10 hot 100 hits list. The music has broken barriers. Now its not only mexican fans. You dont need to speak spanish. Reporter their latest partnership is with none other than chequira. Reporter who was the most nervous to meet chequira . All of us. She told me i smell good. She told me my beautiful. Reporter and she touched your accordion . Youll never forget that, no. The band part avenue resurgence in mexican regional music being embraced even by those who dont speak the language. Theres a lot of latinos or hispanics that are growing up in this day and age that dont speak spanish. Even if they dont speak the language, theyre going to sing the song, listen to the song, dance to it. Reporter their newly released album features several genres to dance to and a throwback to the band that helped them go viral. We finally have morat. Its crazy, because i feel i speak for whefsh we say a lot of bands take years to accomplish what weve done in one, two. Man, we really have to think outside the box to stay there, you know . Its literally a brotherhood. I cant tell you what it is that made it happen so fast that were just so comfortable being around each other. Reporter do you remember when you played here . It was last year, right . This was the place we were least scared of playing because its in our hometown. To our surprise, it was the first to sell out. Reporter despite the fame, followers, and collaborations, it was this moment playing in their hometown arena that made them feel like they belonged here on the big stage. How important is it for people to know where youre from but also to respect whats coming out of here . Its okay if you dont know where were from, but im going to tell you where were from. This came out of the valley, and theres so much talent here, too. Grupo frontera juju our thanks to mireya. When we come back, a juju type 2 diabetes . Ireya. When we come back, a beautiful sight rarely discover the ozempic® trizone. I got the power of 3. I lowered my a1c, cv risk, and lost some weight. In studies, the majority of people reached an a1c under 7 and maintained it. Im under 7. Ozempic® lowers the risk of major cardiovascular events such as stroke, heart attack, or death in adults also with known heart disease. Im lowering my risk. Adults lost up to 14 pounds. 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