Anuel AA, Daddy Yankee, Karol G, Ozuna, And J Balvin Update A Shaggy Classic In Vibey 'China' Video

Back in April, Puerto Rican rapper Anuel AA garnered a key accolade, winning New Artist of the Year at the 2019 Billboard Latin Music Awards. That same night, the reigning champ took the stage with his fiancée Karol G to perform their songs "Secreto" and "Culpables" — and right now, on new song "China," the pair are back at it with a little bit help from some pals.


Nevertheless certainly, it's a much bigger affair this time around. Fellow Puerto Rican staples Ozuna and Daddy Yankee hop on the posse cut alongside J Balvin, building a powerful cyclone of a song completely timed to hit in the middle of a blazing summer.


"China" interpolates the hook from Shaggy and Rikrok's everlasting 2000 hit "It Wasn't Me" and fortifies it with a reggaeton backbeat. On the track, Anuel and Ozuna get things cooking with energetic declarations, during the Marlon P-directed video, they're decked out in green, performing both in a stylized neon box and in a candlelit club.


Things speedily turn icy, though — and Daddy Yankee's rallying sobs propel the song into its next realm. By the time Karol G arrives, she's twisting Rikrok's original chorus melody for something new. And J Balvin hasn't even arrived nevertheless although don't worry: He will).


Check out all of the action in the relentlessly kinetic video above, and catch it airing on MTV Live and mtvU today (July 19).