Introducing the Miami hip-hop artist’s hit Don’t Mind. The fun and catchy international language-loving “keep telling me this, and telling me that” trap tune that shook the world!
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Peaking at number 8 on this week’s Billboard Hot 100, Kent Jones’ international-loving trap track Don’t Mind has proven popular all around the world. Each year as the weather gets warmer, listeners start to crave a different sound -- a little lighter, and probably something you can dance to. Don’t Mind, which rifles through languages and lovers is perfectly what everyone waited for.
According to Jones, Don't Mind is pretty much his “400th record”. The man has recorded a lot of tracks before, but Don't Mind is basically what struck gold. Sampling the chorus to Barry White’s 1994 hit Practice What You Preach, Jones revealed that he is inspired by Motown and soul music.
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Jones wrote Don’t Mind in a matter of 12 hours. The hook was already in his head, so he made the beat. In an interview, the Miami hip-hop artist talked about the story behind the content of the song;
“I just like everything and everybody, and I like being able to introduce myself. Even if that’s the only way I know how to speak that language, I love to know how to speak to people no matter where they’re from. That’s the basis of the song: to tap a nerve in each demographic culture.”
Contrary to popular belief, though, Kent Jones never spoke Filipino in the song. (tapping a nerve in each demographic culture, my ass). The song features French, Japanese, Haitian Creole, and Spanish. Although the lyrics may sound like, “Hola kumusta”, it actually says “Hola cómo estás” which means “Hello, how are you” in Spanish. But that didn’t hinder the song becoming very popular here in the Philippines. Kent Jones even said, “I recently realized I don't mention everyone's country in the song, but they all still love it!”
Alex Aiono on the other hand, a YouTube cover artist, recreated Don’t Mind and added his own lyrical twist, adding more languages like Greek and Tagalog, and referencing the Filipino girls . His version is probably what Philippine listeners like the most though. Not just because he straight up said, “Mahal kita, miss kita talaga”, but because he’s probably a better looking date than Kent Jones.
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But nonetheless, Kent Jones’ version is the one charting in our charts. It is currently number five in the Weekly Top 20, after only debuting for just one week. While the song is enjoying a fair amount of airplay around this month, we still have to get ready for Kent Jones’ next single. He claims that the next song coming soon is “nothing to be played with”, and even called it “scary”.
While we wait for Kent Jones scary follow-up, here’s another dope cover/remix by YouTuber Devvon Terrell.
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