WATCH: Singers Luis Fonsi and J. Balvin Interview One Another in Hilarious Video

Two of Latin music’s hottest singers, “Despacito” singer Luis Fonsi and “Mi Gente” singer J Balvin, sat down for VEVO’s “Artist on Artist” special to interview one another and it’s hilarious. The two stars teased each other through the entire exchange, while reminiscing about the first time they met, their growing friendship, hit songs and other fun topics.

At the start of the video, the duo jokes: “Nice to meet you. What’s your name?” Fonsi asks. “Maluma,” Balvin replies. “I’m Ricky Martin,” Fonsi laughs, “Let’s do a song together.”

The “Échame la Culpa” singer recalls meeting the “Mi Gente” crooner a few years ago at an awards show in Miami. “The funny thing about being with him right now,” Balvin says, “is that I feel like I’ve met him my whole life because he’s been famous since I’ve know about music. So I feel like I’ve known him forever and I really respect you,” he tells Fonsi. “I got mad respect for you. Your success is mine,” Fonsi replies.

The Colombian reggaetonero confesses to Fonsi that his ballad “Yo No Me Doy Por Vencido” made him cry. “I cause that effect on people,” Fonsi fake brags, “They just listen to my music and cry. Don’t know if it’s a good thing or a bad thing. In Spanish, we have a term cortavena (“cut your veins”),” he continues, “That cortavena instinct will always be inside of me. I always start off with a romantic, love approach to everything I do, whether it’s a break up song, a happy song, a party song, a drinking song, whatever,” the Puerto Rican singer jokes about his music’s effect.

Fonsi, who arrived on the music scene 20 years ago, gives Balvin props for his musical success. “What you have done in seven years professionally, let’s call it — because I know you’ve been in the game for a long time — I can’t think of another artist who has done that,” Fonsi tells him. “Are you for real? Or you’re saying that to Yankee too?” Balvin cracks, referring to Fonsi’s “Despacito” collaborator Daddy Yankee.

Laughing it off, Fonsi replies: “I’m so proud that a group of artists like yourself, like DY, like Nicky [Jam], very good friends of ours, go anywhere in the world — Germany, Italy, Asia, Russia — and they are known, and their music is known. They have been able to take our language, our flags, our culture, to these places.”

Balvin admits he wanted to collaborate with Yankee before he reached mega stardom, but he never had the opportunity and affirms his desire to use his own fame to team up with younger artists, such as Bad Bunny and Ozuna, and to give emerging artists a spotlight. “Remixes are good. I love what you did with “Despacito.” I did the remix [of “Mi Gente] with Beyoncé, but I think right now our challenge is to make more Spanish hits,” Balvin insists.

The pair touched on softer subjects too, like footwear fashion: “Sneakers? That’s priority always in life,” Fonsi declares with a jab at Balvin:”He’s got the expensive ones. I have the ones…that are more accessible.” They eventually move on to car-talk with Balvin placing the Defender, a British vehicle, at the top of his wish list. “That car is a tank!” Fonsi says. “It’s like the ugly girl that dances cool,” Balvin quips.

The singers went on to discuss the musical talent from their native lands. “Puerto Rico and Colombia have always been connected. It’s like an underwater connection that comes from salsa music,” Fonsi notes. The Puerto Rican star says he grew up in the U.S. territory listening to both Spanish and English music, referencing Latin stars like José Feliciano, Gloria Estefan and Julio Iglesias who’ve made his remarkable crossover to the mainstream American music market easier.

Fonsi says recording “Echame La Culpa” with Demi Lovato last year was a big win and hugely satisfying. “She was more excited about recording in Spanish than in English and that to me says so much,” he reveals. “The Latin audience is important. It’s there. And we need to take time to really reach them and connect through our language, to really give the audience the respect they deserve.”

In Fonsi’s view, the mainstream success of Latin music is a promising sign for America’s future: “It gives me hope that those walls that they want to build, will never be built.”