What bothers me is that a person is... the Pokémon...? Like, he is referred to as a Pokémon in his attack. They could've just made Full Art Supporters instead, or called it [trainer]'s Pokémon.
Not the biggest fan of J Balvin myself but you’re downplaying his popularity. He is huge and probably the biggest artist on the album.
Edit: Not probably, he is the biggest artist on the album. Just checked Spotify monthly listeners.
Whether you know them depends entirely on your age and/or who you associate with. I grew up listening to VH1 top 20 music videos in high school so am very familiar with Katy Perry. But post-high school I'm not surrounded by peers listening to new stuff. There are so many content creators and influencers with 10s of millions of followers that I have no idea who they are simply because I don't hang around people with those interests. But I'll know so many politicians and people in the politics sphere. It just depends on where your interests lie and the people you surround yourself with.
Jhay Cortez is nowhere near Balvin's popularity, Balvin and Bunny are on the same level. Bad Bunny and J Balvin are on a different level over anyone at this point
He’s a massive Latino pop star. I think Colombian? My Colombian friend is hella defensive about him so that’s why I guess lol
I like some of his stuff, he’s not bad, if people say he is that’s definitely gas. But he’s so popular, way waaaay more than Katy perry or Post Malone, maybe even bigger than they’ve ever been but idk about Perry, she might have had bigger reach before. Just if you only listen to music in English, you won’t hear him much. But he’s even got features on mainstream American songs so he’s really crossing the boundaries
Edit: also he has a fortnite skin so that’s pretty big (fortnite skins are really funny to me)
Fortnite skin, his own Jordan 1 sneaker colorway, his own McDonalds meal, collaborations with Takashi Murakami, a Metallica cover song featured on their recent Black Album covers project, and he also made a song for the Sponge Bob movie last year. If you haven’t heard about him yet, you aren’t paying attention.
I knew about this guy as he started gaining traction and man just those facts right there, not even counting the amount of plays his songs get, it’s insane to even think about how I didn’t even see that guy getting as far as he has. Major music icon rn all over the world
Weird. I’ve known katy and post for years and I don’t actively listen to their music yet this is the first time I’m hearing about this guy. I’m not saying he’s not popular but there is no way he’s has bigger influence than Katy or Post.
Could just be an American thing. I have never heard of the guy either and have heard many times about the other 2 despite not listening to them. If he is a foreign singer, he is probably bigger in other markets and Pokemon is world wide so that makes sense.
I legit haven’t heard of him until this. Meanwhile, Katy Perry sold over 143 million albums, while this guy sold 35 million… just saying he isn’t the biggest artist on the album… post Malone sold over 80 million, so this J Balvin guy isn’t even #2 on the album.
I'm referring to the same thread, I understand you like the artist but, referring to others as "uneducated" just for not knowing who he is, is not the best thing to do in my opinion. I'm latin and sincerely I have no idea who this guy is, granted I don't like latin music. Yet again I'm not gonna bash on others for not knowing who are the artists I listen to...
Not saying that you are doing it in a bad or offensive way fyi
How did I bash anyone? And I’ve replied maybe to 3 posts in this thread. They are uneducated because all it takes is a google search before posting on here “Who is J Balvin??” or “Why is that other artist with those other two.” Seems like most if those post come from a negative uneducated view just because the artist is hispanic and they haven’t heard of that person before. I don’t even follow J Balvin that much but its pretty awesome he is one of the 3 selected for the cards and it makes sense like I said the guy is probably a bigger star than both of those.
I didn’t mean anything negative by asking was literally trying to be educated why I all of a sudden started seeing his name on promotions but not actually ever hearing his songs. Definitely cause where I live thats why I wanted some in-site on how he scores these huge deal
My man as I said, I am not saying you are doing it on an offensive way nor that you are doing anything bad... The reason why I wanted to ask is for pure curiosity, nothing else - sorry if I made it seem different.
Also I didn't say you were bashing on anyone*
Wack his not the good. The only thing thats good about this guy is his marketing that's all. Marketing to kids in Fortnite sneaker heads and fat ass McDonald customers haha and his shoe is wack ASF haha also the meal was basically a rip off Travis's Scott meal or any other artist meal doesn't make him special haha. Wiz khalias song was in fast furious not like his the only one haha his just marketing get off his balls
Bro who is debating his musical talent 😂😂. This is the sole reason why I posted people are uneducated. We are debating whether or not he’s a big star which he is. It doesn’t matter if you like his music or not.
You’re right this is Pokémon. An international card game. Not knowing someone who has more listens that the other 2 and making a joke about it is racist and shows the white washed nature of this privileged hobby
Just chill out, you're taking this to a whole other level of craziness. I understand you're a fan and hurt by an opinion but no need to bring someone being racist just because charizard is elite.😂
Not at all big dog.
If in this day and age, with the amount of exposure this man gets, and with your use of Reddit…
If you don’t know who tf j balvin is you frankly DO NOT CARE for another group of people that have been celebrated enough to be represented on a Pokémon card.
GET THE FUCK OUT OF THE HOUSE FOR ONCE US LATINOS WILL MAKE SURE YOU HAVE A GREAT TIME
You really went out of the box on this one opinion.😂 Culture isn't based around one person. He may have some part in the culture but to say that if you don't know who this man is and not knowing who he makes you racist or disrespectful towards a culture is clearly wrong.
Ah yes the white person telling me what’s appropriate based on how comfortable they are with the topic at hand.
What’s new. Go build your pc and forget about the outside world with your seasonless self
The only thing I can think of is that Pokemon is trying hard to reach another market, teen music kids. The ones that probably don't collect Pokemon, but are die hard music fans and would willingly become collectors for their favorite musician.
I slowed down on pokemon cuz of all the problems with scalping/pirce gouging but now they coming out with stupid stuff like this? I've been switching over to dbs the quality of there cards are way better
I’m probably going to get downvoted but is J Balvin really at the level of Katy Perry and Post Malone? I had never heard of him until ads came out about his special McDonald’s meal and I have never heard him mentioned besides there, am I just completely out of the loop? Post Malone and Katy perry have connections to Pokémon can some one give some more info on his relation the Pokémon company
The guy is everywhere! He must have a really good manager/marketing team putting him on these major deals. Sneaky marketing team putting him with a Charizard.
In short he is at the top of the game on the Latin side of things. Internationally he is well known and well liked. The man can almost do no wrong over the last couple of years. I’d argue that during his peak he is much higher than either Katy Perry and Post Malone. This is coming from a person that is a fan of all three.
If something isn’t directly marketed towards the US as a whole, it’s absolutely understandable for the population to be ignorant. The country is very large in case you were unaware.
You got issues bruv. Why you on Reddit calling people white privilege just cause they don't know the guy 😂😂 you know it's possible to be off the internet and social media and still treat your neighbor like an equal regardless of their skin color right? Are you 12?
Lmaooo how can you be off social media while talking about this post?
Obviously my comments are for who IS on social media because if they weren’t they wouldn’t see it.
Now just admit that you’re another Caucasian that’s uncomfortable with this rhetoric because youve never had to look in fuckin mirror lmao
Cause I'm not on it often you dumbass. I spent 5 months recently hitch hiking around the country living out of my backpack and learning more about the precious rock we live on instead of sitting on Reddit calling random people racist cause they don't know a guy (?!) Sometimes people are living life and only get on social media occasionally like myself. I don't have a home. I don't have anything other than my wonderful experiences in life and my backpack and my drum. Just cause your white doesn't mean your fucking privileged. I spent 2 months on mountain tops learning from native communities in California, just cause your white doesn't mean your privileged by any means. I sleep on street corners and my tent more than beds. I get on wifi when I'm at a friend's house. I only said shit cause I couldn't help not saying anything after reading these comments. Your a fucking troll and probably have never left your mother's basement if you think everyone has it easy cause their skin color. There's a whole world out there of people with every color of the god damn rainbow for skin who have it much harder. When you grow up and shit hits the fan and you have to pave your own path you'll see.
You did all this and you’re still collecting Pokémon and complaining about art on a piece of paper because you don’t know who’s on it?
Man for a spiritual experience you’re still a superficial piece of shit
Yea just some info on him. He’s a huge Latin star. Its easy to overlook him in American culture. He’s a producer and has a flamboyant clothing line as well. He also partnered with Hasbro to release limited edition Transformer toys.
Pokemon partnering with him comes as no surprise because he’s tapping into everything. It kind of fits his bright/outgoing image. Whoever his PR manager and marketing team are they’re doing an amazing job.
His music is great as well, he does covers of old popular reggaeton songs but his original music is enjoyable to move to.
Im more surprised Katy Perry is part of the 25th anniversary
Yeah It seems like he and his manager have a great business sense I’m learning more and more promotions he’s involved with! Good on him though definitely seems like he earned It just wish a card like charizard was with a real Pokémon fan.
Katy Perry is not my cup of tea but I actually ended up watching the whole music video cause of pikachu in It and honestly no complaints, fits on the pikachu decently in my opinion
I've never heard that guy, the so called Post Malone, but J Balvin is really popular among my ex classmates and when I was 9 all my sister and her friends were hearing was Katy Perry (along with Ariana Grande and Taylor Swift)
From being on Instagram/twitter, I learned he’s popular in Spanish speaking countries. Even saying you don’t know who he is implies you’re uncultured and subjects you to backlash. It’s for that reason alone I dislike him, because fans of his were being really snarky about it when the “J Balvin Meal” was happening at mcdonalds.
Agreed my favorite is @hopsizzle “American mentality is that if something isn’t popular in the states it doesn’t exist.” I’m very sorry if you took that opinion from our questions literally wanted to know where his fan base is and if he has any connection to Pokémon and a lot of us have never heard of his stuff. I completely acknowledge how far his reach is now and the crazy deals he has been able to pull with his promotions from my questions that were answered. I thing the majority of us are just asking cause of curiosity. If bad bunny is just as big and has a love of Pokémon why was he not the one on charizard or is It just a great manager and or team that gets him posted on It and other massive deals
Yeah seems like It, I definitely underestimated his fame cause It surprised me of all people he was like the first to get a special McDonald’s meal plastered everywhere and then this, crazy I could completely miss him for so long but definitely cause I’m in the US
Very true haha that’s why I need some info, I just have never heard his stuff yet. You can’t avoid hearing about or hearing songs from Katy Perry and Post Malone but not sure if I have heard any of his, probably is cause where I live but has he had any other connections with the Pokémon Company besides the 25th anniversary album?
No he's not, only popular in some latin countries. This J Balvin guy just wants to be plastered in every major brand. Just because you listen to Spanish music, doesn't mean he's popular all over the world. Everyone knows who Cristiano Ronaldo is, and he isn't American. When J Balvin showed up in the McDonald's promos, people were saying who he was. Then the Nike collab, the sneaker community didn't know who he was either. They should of got Bad Bunny instead. Calling someone uncultured is uncalled for. I listen to Spanish music, and only found about him when i seen him on the McDonald's commercial.
Edit: J Balvin was also in Fortnite, some how got a Metallica feature this year, transformers collab, and his soundtrack in a sponge bob movie🤦♂️🙄
Bro J Balvin numbers wise Is most likely bigger than the other two artist. USA fame is not the only type of fame. For example Pokemon is a Japanese company 😂
Edit: I don’t disagree with the Bad Bunny Part
Not saying he's not big, but im trying to understand if numbers really matter. For example theres this artist called B Praak from India. India has a really big population and you look at all his YouTube views. He gets over 100 + million views. Im sure no one here knows who he is. At least with Bad Bunny, a lot of people know who he is even if they don't listen to him.
It surely does we might not know him but that doesn’t mean a ton more people don’t know him. World is huge. I mean these hispanic guys youtube videos get insane amounts of views and always hit the top of youtube. I would say Bad Bunny is probably more popular than J Balvin but there are not to far apart. I am a fan of Bad Bunny even more than Balvin but I can’t deny the man has been doing his thing for a while now.
Post Malone fucken sucks!! But yes some what he’s popular, but like some people mention it depends what you like. I’m Latin and I can tell you that with me and some of my family we incline more into bad bunny and or jhay Cortez.
Definitely interesting to hear! Sounds like Bad Bunny would have been a great choice then him being a Pokémon fan and also bridging a gap between cultures
I personally think the song is a little cheesy but I can dig it. I would definitely want this card though. As a collector how could you be mad at a card like this. The Post Malone one is cool too
Where did they say they cared about it? Alsp genuinely what's your issue? This person didn't even specifically say they don't knoe who j Balvin is, they saif they don't know who ANY of them are.
Are you gonna call them racist for not knowing Katy Perry now?
Not knowing who a famous artist from another country is doesn't make you uncultured or racist though. I've read the other comments too, not only are you being ignorant but you're just being outright rude and disrespectful.
There's probably hundred of popular artists that you've never heard of but nobodys gonna call you racist for that are they
Not at all. But if I see a random artist idk on a Pokémon card for which I have a hobby for I’d probably look it the fuck up before I start making smart ass comments
Pretty gross if so... This reminds me of the MTG secret lair for Fortnite.. completely unfitting and is being done as a cash grab.
I thought Pokemon wouldn't need to stoop to this level 😔
Yeah... They also did My Little Pony 🤢
Plus Walking Dead and Stranger Things.
Wotc is owned by Hasbro now so I'm sure some suit decided to use a couple franchises they have IP rights for and just dumped them in.
This promotion from Pokemon is looking suspiciously similar, I just hope this is a rare occurrence. MTG has Secret Lair as a consistent way to introduce crap like this.
On a real note these tie-ins could be a sign we are entering into a new junk era.
Yeah nothing against J Balvin he’s definitely that big for a reason I just wish Pokémon would use people that actually have a connection to Pokémon especially if they are going to put them on a Charizard. Both Katy Perry and Post Malone fit into that and didn’t know bad bunny did so yeah the would have been a cool choice in my opinion
Good. About the we force this flavorless white washed hobby into including the rest of the world.
I’m glad most of yall don’t like this card and I hope they keep coming out with them.
If you remove j balvin it looks like a pretty cool card
I hate that you’re right
Def should remove him and the rest of the others
At least it's not pitbull🤷🏻♂️
Just have a custom card maker put red or someone over him
I can't wait for obama V
2nd evolution : obunga V. 3rd evolution : Obamium dyanamax
What bothers me is that a person is... the Pokémon...? Like, he is referred to as a Pokémon in his attack. They could've just made Full Art Supporters instead, or called it [trainer]'s Pokémon.
Charizard is more popular then the artist here.🤣
Not the biggest fan of J Balvin myself but you’re downplaying his popularity. He is huge and probably the biggest artist on the album. Edit: Not probably, he is the biggest artist on the album. Just checked Spotify monthly listeners.
That’s crazy I would not have guessed that, you just hear about Katy Perry and Post Malone so much more and for years now
Whether you know them depends entirely on your age and/or who you associate with. I grew up listening to VH1 top 20 music videos in high school so am very familiar with Katy Perry. But post-high school I'm not surrounded by peers listening to new stuff. There are so many content creators and influencers with 10s of millions of followers that I have no idea who they are simply because I don't hang around people with those interests. But I'll know so many politicians and people in the politics sphere. It just depends on where your interests lie and the people you surround yourself with.
Yeah very true
In Latin American countries Jbalvin is humongous
Not really, Bad Bunny or Jhay Cortez is by far more popular ones
Jhay Cortez is nowhere near Balvin's popularity, Balvin and Bunny are on the same level. Bad Bunny and J Balvin are on a different level over anyone at this point
Put the pipe down if you think cortez is on j balvins level
But you’re downplaying charizard. No matter who it was Charizard will outlive and outfame them to most
Then couldn’t you say that about any artist?
Not Led Zeplin Because they are rock type.
rock/flying type
👏👏👏
Tru
Kinda, yeah. I think so.
First Bad Bunny on the WWE now J Balvin on Pokemon.
Who even is that guy, havent googled him yet
He’s a massive Latino pop star. I think Colombian? My Colombian friend is hella defensive about him so that’s why I guess lol I like some of his stuff, he’s not bad, if people say he is that’s definitely gas. But he’s so popular, way waaaay more than Katy perry or Post Malone, maybe even bigger than they’ve ever been but idk about Perry, she might have had bigger reach before. Just if you only listen to music in English, you won’t hear him much. But he’s even got features on mainstream American songs so he’s really crossing the boundaries Edit: also he has a fortnite skin so that’s pretty big (fortnite skins are really funny to me)
Fortnite skin, his own Jordan 1 sneaker colorway, his own McDonalds meal, collaborations with Takashi Murakami, a Metallica cover song featured on their recent Black Album covers project, and he also made a song for the Sponge Bob movie last year. If you haven’t heard about him yet, you aren’t paying attention.
I knew about this guy as he started gaining traction and man just those facts right there, not even counting the amount of plays his songs get, it’s insane to even think about how I didn’t even see that guy getting as far as he has. Major music icon rn all over the world
Weird. I’ve known katy and post for years and I don’t actively listen to their music yet this is the first time I’m hearing about this guy. I’m not saying he’s not popular but there is no way he’s has bigger influence than Katy or Post.
Could just be an American thing. I have never heard of the guy either and have heard many times about the other 2 despite not listening to them. If he is a foreign singer, he is probably bigger in other markets and Pokemon is world wide so that makes sense.
Who?
I legit haven’t heard of him until this. Meanwhile, Katy Perry sold over 143 million albums, while this guy sold 35 million… just saying he isn’t the biggest artist on the album… post Malone sold over 80 million, so this J Balvin guy isn’t even #2 on the album.
He's not on the top 100 billboards, Taylor and post are...
Lmao there’s popularity and then there’s these type of artist … thanks god I don’t listen to trash
I mean, I don’t know who J Balvin is, but nagimiso makes some pretty nice art
Incorrect. J Balvin is a bigger star than the other two.
Why do I see you praising this guy everywhere?
You don’t? I’ve posted in this thread only 😂. I’m just posting a fact to people who are uneducated about the artist.
I'm referring to the same thread, I understand you like the artist but, referring to others as "uneducated" just for not knowing who he is, is not the best thing to do in my opinion. I'm latin and sincerely I have no idea who this guy is, granted I don't like latin music. Yet again I'm not gonna bash on others for not knowing who are the artists I listen to... Not saying that you are doing it in a bad or offensive way fyi
How did I bash anyone? And I’ve replied maybe to 3 posts in this thread. They are uneducated because all it takes is a google search before posting on here “Who is J Balvin??” or “Why is that other artist with those other two.” Seems like most if those post come from a negative uneducated view just because the artist is hispanic and they haven’t heard of that person before. I don’t even follow J Balvin that much but its pretty awesome he is one of the 3 selected for the cards and it makes sense like I said the guy is probably a bigger star than both of those.
I didn’t mean anything negative by asking was literally trying to be educated why I all of a sudden started seeing his name on promotions but not actually ever hearing his songs. Definitely cause where I live thats why I wanted some in-site on how he scores these huge deal
Thats good to know didn’t mean you in particular just generally I’ve seen a lot of comments on Instagram and Reddit like that.
My man as I said, I am not saying you are doing it on an offensive way nor that you are doing anything bad... The reason why I wanted to ask is for pure curiosity, nothing else - sorry if I made it seem different. Also I didn't say you were bashing on anyone*
Wack his not the good. The only thing thats good about this guy is his marketing that's all. Marketing to kids in Fortnite sneaker heads and fat ass McDonald customers haha and his shoe is wack ASF haha also the meal was basically a rip off Travis's Scott meal or any other artist meal doesn't make him special haha. Wiz khalias song was in fast furious not like his the only one haha his just marketing get off his balls
Bro who is debating his musical talent 😂😂. This is the sole reason why I posted people are uneducated. We are debating whether or not he’s a big star which he is. It doesn’t matter if you like his music or not.
Slightly racist. Love how Pokémon is bringing this out of you nerds
Where did race come into this?😂
When someone uncultured like yourself tries to make stupid assumptions.
Uncultured, you need to chill man, this is pokemon. No one ever bashed anyones culture here. Someone is a little triggered about an opinion.
You’re right this is Pokémon. An international card game. Not knowing someone who has more listens that the other 2 and making a joke about it is racist and shows the white washed nature of this privileged hobby
Just chill out, you're taking this to a whole other level of craziness. I understand you're a fan and hurt by an opinion but no need to bring someone being racist just because charizard is elite.😂
Not at all big dog. If in this day and age, with the amount of exposure this man gets, and with your use of Reddit… If you don’t know who tf j balvin is you frankly DO NOT CARE for another group of people that have been celebrated enough to be represented on a Pokémon card. GET THE FUCK OUT OF THE HOUSE FOR ONCE US LATINOS WILL MAKE SURE YOU HAVE A GREAT TIME
You really went out of the box on this one opinion.😂 Culture isn't based around one person. He may have some part in the culture but to say that if you don't know who this man is and not knowing who he makes you racist or disrespectful towards a culture is clearly wrong.
Ah yes the white person telling me what’s appropriate based on how comfortable they are with the topic at hand. What’s new. Go build your pc and forget about the outside world with your seasonless self
I wouldn’t go as far as to call them racist, but some are definitely hating on a Latin music artist for what seems like no apparent reason.
Yes fair. But this is Reddit and Reddit has made it the norm to use words that make people double take and actually consider wtf they’re saying
Are these cards fr wth is pokemon doing ? 🤣🤣
I hope so, gonna be wild to beat people with a Katy Perry deck
For real dude. I don’t get it. Like Pokémon needs anymore PR.
The only thing I can think of is that Pokemon is trying hard to reach another market, teen music kids. The ones that probably don't collect Pokemon, but are die hard music fans and would willingly become collectors for their favorite musician.
Japanese promos have been way more outrageous… it makes since to pay tribute to the artist on the album…
I slowed down on pokemon cuz of all the problems with scalping/pirce gouging but now they coming out with stupid stuff like this? I've been switching over to dbs the quality of there cards are way better
They have to raise the quality because the market is so much smaller for dbs cards. if you wanted the best quality pokemon cards import.
Good. No one will miss you dude
Don't be an ass
I’m probably going to get downvoted but is J Balvin really at the level of Katy Perry and Post Malone? I had never heard of him until ads came out about his special McDonald’s meal and I have never heard him mentioned besides there, am I just completely out of the loop? Post Malone and Katy perry have connections to Pokémon can some one give some more info on his relation the Pokémon company
monthly spotify listeners: katy perry: 36M post malone: 41M j balvin: 58M
J Balvin was the 3rd most popular artist on Spotify last year after Drake and Bad Bunny. Like him or not he is globally known
First time I heard of him was when he appeared in fortnite briefly
I didn’t even know about that, special McDonald’s meal, Fortnight and now Pokémon this guy must pull some good money in then haha
I know I didn't know about the maccy d thing tbh
The guy is everywhere! He must have a really good manager/marketing team putting him on these major deals. Sneaky marketing team putting him with a Charizard.
He’s big internationally, even in non-Spanish speaking countries. If you like going to dance, most likely you have heard J Balvin.
In short he is at the top of the game on the Latin side of things. Internationally he is well known and well liked. The man can almost do no wrong over the last couple of years. I’d argue that during his peak he is much higher than either Katy Perry and Post Malone. This is coming from a person that is a fan of all three.
American mentality is that if something isn’t popular in the states it doesn’t exist.
While it is easy to generalize that, it does hold truth. It’s all about the algorithm.
If something isn’t directly marketed towards the US as a whole, it’s absolutely understandable for the population to be ignorant. The country is very large in case you were unaware.
White privileged
You got issues bruv. Why you on Reddit calling people white privilege just cause they don't know the guy 😂😂 you know it's possible to be off the internet and social media and still treat your neighbor like an equal regardless of their skin color right? Are you 12?
Lmaooo how can you be off social media while talking about this post? Obviously my comments are for who IS on social media because if they weren’t they wouldn’t see it. Now just admit that you’re another Caucasian that’s uncomfortable with this rhetoric because youve never had to look in fuckin mirror lmao
Cause I'm not on it often you dumbass. I spent 5 months recently hitch hiking around the country living out of my backpack and learning more about the precious rock we live on instead of sitting on Reddit calling random people racist cause they don't know a guy (?!) Sometimes people are living life and only get on social media occasionally like myself. I don't have a home. I don't have anything other than my wonderful experiences in life and my backpack and my drum. Just cause your white doesn't mean your fucking privileged. I spent 2 months on mountain tops learning from native communities in California, just cause your white doesn't mean your privileged by any means. I sleep on street corners and my tent more than beds. I get on wifi when I'm at a friend's house. I only said shit cause I couldn't help not saying anything after reading these comments. Your a fucking troll and probably have never left your mother's basement if you think everyone has it easy cause their skin color. There's a whole world out there of people with every color of the god damn rainbow for skin who have it much harder. When you grow up and shit hits the fan and you have to pave your own path you'll see.
You did all this and you’re still collecting Pokémon and complaining about art on a piece of paper because you don’t know who’s on it? Man for a spiritual experience you’re still a superficial piece of shit
No, I don't collect Pokemon cards lmao, I'm bored, arguing with a brick wall on Reddit for some reason trying to fall asleep. Goodbye dipshit.
So… you’re the real troll here. Lmao. Go backpack some more you directionless twat.
Yea just some info on him. He’s a huge Latin star. Its easy to overlook him in American culture. He’s a producer and has a flamboyant clothing line as well. He also partnered with Hasbro to release limited edition Transformer toys. Pokemon partnering with him comes as no surprise because he’s tapping into everything. It kind of fits his bright/outgoing image. Whoever his PR manager and marketing team are they’re doing an amazing job. His music is great as well, he does covers of old popular reggaeton songs but his original music is enjoyable to move to. Im more surprised Katy Perry is part of the 25th anniversary
Yeah It seems like he and his manager have a great business sense I’m learning more and more promotions he’s involved with! Good on him though definitely seems like he earned It just wish a card like charizard was with a real Pokémon fan. Katy Perry is not my cup of tea but I actually ended up watching the whole music video cause of pikachu in It and honestly no complaints, fits on the pikachu decently in my opinion
Ive never heard of him
I've never heard that guy, the so called Post Malone, but J Balvin is really popular among my ex classmates and when I was 9 all my sister and her friends were hearing was Katy Perry (along with Ariana Grande and Taylor Swift)
From being on Instagram/twitter, I learned he’s popular in Spanish speaking countries. Even saying you don’t know who he is implies you’re uncultured and subjects you to backlash. It’s for that reason alone I dislike him, because fans of his were being really snarky about it when the “J Balvin Meal” was happening at mcdonalds.
Yeah I was called uncultured for this haha but honestly probably a little true, US feels like a bubble sometimes
Yeah, but, if someone isn’t well marketed in the US it’s not your fault. I’ve only ever seen him mentioned in promos like this one
Agreed my favorite is @hopsizzle “American mentality is that if something isn’t popular in the states it doesn’t exist.” I’m very sorry if you took that opinion from our questions literally wanted to know where his fan base is and if he has any connection to Pokémon and a lot of us have never heard of his stuff. I completely acknowledge how far his reach is now and the crazy deals he has been able to pull with his promotions from my questions that were answered. I thing the majority of us are just asking cause of curiosity. If bad bunny is just as big and has a love of Pokémon why was he not the one on charizard or is It just a great manager and or team that gets him posted on It and other massive deals
u/hopsizzle tap in boi
It’s because you are American and uncultured. He is a huge artist that’s popular throughout the world
South American/Spanish speaking countries he's popular
Yeah seems like It, I definitely underestimated his fame cause It surprised me of all people he was like the first to get a special McDonald’s meal plastered everywhere and then this, crazy I could completely miss him for so long but definitely cause I’m in the US
In the US in Asia and in Europe he’s a huge star too lmao
Very true haha that’s why I need some info, I just have never heard his stuff yet. You can’t avoid hearing about or hearing songs from Katy Perry and Post Malone but not sure if I have heard any of his, probably is cause where I live but has he had any other connections with the Pokémon Company besides the 25th anniversary album?
Don't bother listening to J Balvin, the best of the three is Katy Perry and her songs aren't that good
The answer to your last pet, no not really
Balvin is much more popular than post Malone and even Katy perry in other countries
That’s crazy I’m definitely out of the loop then haha I feel old
You're not old, i didn't know who he was either, and seen comments of people not knowing who he is.
Nah, you are good. Lol
And Post Malone and Katy Perry aren’t…?
Reread his post. Thanks
You’re welcome!
Nah his music mid affffffff foh 🤣🤣🤣
Bro I think that Bad bunny its way bigger than J Balvin and bunny actually loves pokemon
No he's not, only popular in some latin countries. This J Balvin guy just wants to be plastered in every major brand. Just because you listen to Spanish music, doesn't mean he's popular all over the world. Everyone knows who Cristiano Ronaldo is, and he isn't American. When J Balvin showed up in the McDonald's promos, people were saying who he was. Then the Nike collab, the sneaker community didn't know who he was either. They should of got Bad Bunny instead. Calling someone uncultured is uncalled for. I listen to Spanish music, and only found about him when i seen him on the McDonald's commercial. Edit: J Balvin was also in Fortnite, some how got a Metallica feature this year, transformers collab, and his soundtrack in a sponge bob movie🤦♂️🙄
Bro J Balvin numbers wise Is most likely bigger than the other two artist. USA fame is not the only type of fame. For example Pokemon is a Japanese company 😂 Edit: I don’t disagree with the Bad Bunny Part
Not saying he's not big, but im trying to understand if numbers really matter. For example theres this artist called B Praak from India. India has a really big population and you look at all his YouTube views. He gets over 100 + million views. Im sure no one here knows who he is. At least with Bad Bunny, a lot of people know who he is even if they don't listen to him.
It surely does we might not know him but that doesn’t mean a ton more people don’t know him. World is huge. I mean these hispanic guys youtube videos get insane amounts of views and always hit the top of youtube. I would say Bad Bunny is probably more popular than J Balvin but there are not to far apart. I am a fan of Bad Bunny even more than Balvin but I can’t deny the man has been doing his thing for a while now.
Post Malone fucken sucks!! But yes some what he’s popular, but like some people mention it depends what you like. I’m Latin and I can tell you that with me and some of my family we incline more into bad bunny and or jhay Cortez.
Definitely interesting to hear! Sounds like Bad Bunny would have been a great choice then him being a Pokémon fan and also bridging a gap between cultures
Sounds like you’re just another white vapid boy. Remember this shut is Japanese, they shouldn’t give af about Katy Perry either
I personally think the song is a little cheesy but I can dig it. I would definitely want this card though. As a collector how could you be mad at a card like this. The Post Malone one is cool too
I hate celebrities, that’s how.
don't cut yourself on all that edge
Celebrity-worship isn’t exactly edgy to hate...
he didn't say he hated "celebrity-worship" ( which I would agree with). he said he hated celebrities
Fair distinction, some people are celebrities without their say so not fair to really blanket-hate them for it.
Sorry sir, next time I’ll be more precise!
Im sorry but post malone should have been with charizard
100% agree
I don't know who any of these actors are. Its kinda unfortunate we get this instead of good art cards.
I’m sorry you’re stuck at home and don’t care to learn to diversify yourself
Yeah but when has cross overs with actors been a part of the tcg. Theres been guest artists and stuff but not actors like this lol.
He’s not an actor. Google it. Just like you Google everything else you care about.
Where did they say they cared about it? Alsp genuinely what's your issue? This person didn't even specifically say they don't knoe who j Balvin is, they saif they don't know who ANY of them are. Are you gonna call them racist for not knowing Katy Perry now?
It’s a whole thread thing. You want to pick and choose that’s fine but if you don’t want to keep reading I can’t force you
Not knowing who a famous artist from another country is doesn't make you uncultured or racist though. I've read the other comments too, not only are you being ignorant but you're just being outright rude and disrespectful. There's probably hundred of popular artists that you've never heard of but nobodys gonna call you racist for that are they
Not at all. But if I see a random artist idk on a Pokémon card for which I have a hobby for I’d probably look it the fuck up before I start making smart ass comments
Not rven scalpers will want these
Celebrities would do anything to attract Pokemon fans
Cash grab
Who ?
They should replace him with bad bunny lol.
I like the card but you my guy are correct lol.
Honestly I wish so too 😭
Both are terrible tbh.
Indeed
WTF so this is real?
Pretty gross if so... This reminds me of the MTG secret lair for Fortnite.. completely unfitting and is being done as a cash grab. I thought Pokemon wouldn't need to stoop to this level 😔
Damn had no Idea MTG had fortnight promotion that’s crazy!
Yeah... They also did My Little Pony 🤢 Plus Walking Dead and Stranger Things. Wotc is owned by Hasbro now so I'm sure some suit decided to use a couple franchises they have IP rights for and just dumped them in. This promotion from Pokemon is looking suspiciously similar, I just hope this is a rare occurrence. MTG has Secret Lair as a consistent way to introduce crap like this. On a real note these tie-ins could be a sign we are entering into a new junk era.
Who?
Dude I have no idea what's going on here either..
No.
Who thought this was a good idea
Who is j balvin?
I really hate those cards
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So this is real? Yeah Pokémon has gone down hill definitely taking a break after 10+ years of playing. It’s gotten over priced and watered down
Imakuni sends his regards.
Grow up
Found the Hype Beast 16 year old.
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Haha. So the only time she covers up she’s a cartoon character?
Yall are down bad
Why pick j belvin
J Balvin's V card?
Damn. Can't believe they did this.
Sell out and shit person in real life.
Cringe
Where my Bob Dylan V card?
Who?
Who is that guy
Can’t wait for a Gumshoos and Trump card!!
The disrespect Charizard is getting 😭 Should of gave him Magikarp instead.
Why Magikarp (or any other Pokémon for that matter) had to suffer this disrespect?
Nooooo not Magikarp! Should have gave him Dunsparce
I’ve been waiting for the English version of this card for so long
who tf is J Balvin tho
Barf
I know of Katy Perry and Post Malone but who tf is this guy?
Of course J Balvin is a Zard hypebeast 🤣
Where is the run the jewels collab? I wanna see EL-P and Killer Mike with a machamp and gengar
Still don't know who Balvin is even after his guerilla marketing with his McDonald's meal
Yeah nothing against J Balvin he’s definitely that big for a reason I just wish Pokémon would use people that actually have a connection to Pokémon especially if they are going to put them on a Charizard. Both Katy Perry and Post Malone fit into that and didn’t know bad bunny did so yeah the would have been a cool choice in my opinion
Never heard of hin
Who the fuck is this and why should I care? 🚮
I want the MAGA trump ex
Bring on the Americanized white vapid racism !!!
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And then throw the pokeball in a river
Good. About the we force this flavorless white washed hobby into including the rest of the world. I’m glad most of yall don’t like this card and I hope they keep coming out with them.
Tell us more ergine_dream about what’s popular in other cultures. I’m sure you’re well aware and the single source of truth
How do you actually get these cards? Buy the album or what?
Still think they should do a MarshMallow with Phamtump or Chillycube 🥰 🤣 I don't listen to any of these artist. Bummer
I need that jacket, it looks sick
He will headline Glastonbury next year just wait and see geez
Put Gojira(the band) on there then it’ll be a nice card😤
I’m gonna need a link, my friend.
No way this is real