Another Day, Another City: A Day in the Life of Jencarlos Canela

5:00 PM – When I get to the hotel, I like to close myself off from the world for a few hours. I have this thing where I turn the hotel bathroom into my own personal steam room by putting a towel under the door and putting the shower to the hottest temperature and letting the room steam up. This helps me purify and relax to prepare for my shows. Afterwards, I always feel like I just woke up and can start fresh.

7:00 PM – My stylist arrives to the hotel and we figure out wardrobe.

8:00 PM – I get picked up to go to the venue. We’ll immediately go backstage where everyone is just having a good time. We go over the set list and make some social media videos. Then we have this sort of ritual where we all come together before the show to remind ourselves of how lucky we are to represent some of the few people that are blessed to be able to do what they love.

9:30 PM – The show starts. When we go out there, that two hours of music is all about having fun and making people feel something. We want our fans to have an experience and to be inspired, just as I was when I saw some of my heroes perform. I think it is so powerful to see someone enjoying what they do to the fullest and watching them come to life; in those moments, you really see what living is. We love to just have fun while we are performing.

11:30 PM – After the show ends, we always get food—and a lot of it! Following my last show in the Dominican Republic, I ate four lobsters, two plates of vegetables and two desserts. We really work up an appetite during our shows.

12:30 AM – We’ll normally continue the party and have some drinks with friends. My go-to is either vodka-soda if I’m trying to be healthy, or my personal favorite, whiskey with coconut water [if you’ve never had it I highly suggest trying it]. We’ll normally have an after-party unless I’m in a city with another artist I love; in that case, I’ll go to the studio with them and stay there until morning.