Juanes’ New Single ‘Una Flor’ Will Be Featured In The Oct. 13 Series Premiere
Producer Ben Silverman, GIna Rodriguez and Juanes
Los Angeles, CA – If the talent of Gina Rodriguez and her engaging personality hasn’t already impressed you and if you haven’t already set your TV to the CW Network for the Jane the Virgin premiere on October 13th (9:00-10:00 p.m. ET), then here is one more reason to tune in. Multiple Grammy winning music superstar, Juanes will be joining the show as a guest star later in the series, however his new Single Una Flor will make an appearance first as it is featured in the premiere episode. Jane the Virgin is adapted by showrunner Jennie Snyder Urman and famed producer Ben Silverman who was the producer that brought Ugly Betty to ABC.
Juanes subsequent role on Jane the Virgin will be playing an idiosyncratic music producer and ladies man, who is interested in producing a demo for Jane’s mother Xiomara.
Juanes has already made major inroads into the English language market, bringing all-Spanish language music to wider audiences via English TV broadcasts in the United States. The Colombian rock superstar has reached a Hollywood milestone with a unique multi-song arrangement with the production beyond Juanes’ Una Flor single in premiere episode.
Jaime Camil with Andrea who plays mom and Gina who plays Jane
The show is establishing a formula, which is sure to pay off. That formula consists of incorporating established superstars from Mexico and Latin America into the American TV series. It has done so with the casting of Jaime Camil, who is an accomplished singer and telenovela star with a strong Spanish speaking fan base. He plays a telenovela star in Jane the Virgin which is sure to bring many of his devoted fans to check out his new show on the CW.
Silverman (The Office, Ugly Betty) said of the collaboration with Juanes: “It is an honor and a privilege to be working with Juanes on this genre re-defining series. Together with Juanes and our fantastic partners at the CW and CBS Television Studios, we aim to provide a voice to the traditionally underserved Hispanic audience in the US.”
Jane the Virgin is an hour-long series adapted from a Venezuelan telenovela (Juana La Virgin). The story revolves around a Latino family and stars break-out newcomer Gina Rodriguez as Jane, notable, Jaime Camil as Rogelio, Andrea Navedo (Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Golden Boy) as Xiomara, Yael Grobglas (Reign) as Petra, Ivonne Coll (Switched at Birth) as Alba, Justin Baldoni (Single Ladies) as Rafael and Brett Dier (Ravenswood) as Michael.
Una Flor appears on Juanes’ recent chart-topping and already platinum new album Loco De Amor, released in March of this year is produced in tandem with famed rock producer Steve Lillywhite.
In conjunction with the release of Loco De Amor, Juanes has already performance the song on the Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon, as well as a TODAY Show Plaza Concert Series appearance. This follows other landmark television first of its kind appearnces for Juanes singing in Spanish language on Dancing With the Stars, andThe Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, as well as appearances on The Grammy Awards HE GRAMMY AWARDS, Seasame Stree, Live With Kelly & Michael and multiple visits (more than any other all Spanish-language artist) to The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.
In another example of Juanes’ ability to also bring all-Spanish language music to major/mainstream music events in the United States, he was one of the featured headliners of the Jay-Z curated Budweiser Made in America Festival. As the only Latin music artist on the bill, Juanes joined Imagine Dragons, Kanye West, John Mayer, Kings of Leon, Kendrick Lamar, Pharrell Williams, Tiesto& more as the headline performers on the Bi-Coastal Labor Day Weekend festival. In October, Juanes will likewise join another top festival bill of global artists, as he performs on The Austin City Limits Music Festival alongside Eminem, Pearl Jam, Outkast, Skrillex, Beck, Lorde, The Replacements & more.
Jane the Vigin keeps getting better and better — and it hasn’t even premiered
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