Melanie Pfirrman takes over a South Beach nightclub in the white-hot video for “Suda,” the songwriter’s first single with Latin flavor.
Featuring cameos by her Grammy-winning collaborators — rapper Pitbull and DJ/producer IAMCHINO — both the song and video shine new light on Melanie’s artistic range, expanding beyond the pop hooks and R&B swagger that filled her career-launching hit, “Go Steady.”
Melanie headed to Miami to record “Suda,” taking inspiration from the city’s Latin rhythms and club culture along the way. Appropriately, she returned to town to film the song’s music video directed by David Roussea. “Suda” was shot on the dance floor of Pitbull’s popular restaurant and nightclub, iLov305.
The rapper appears throughout the steamy video, trading verses with Melanie while dark lights and dancers swirl in the background. Melanie, who confidently alternates between English and Spanish, delivers the song’s title — “Suda,” which means “to sweat” in Spanish — with equal parts vocal power and sexy swagger.
“Suda” is the first in a line of Latin-infused singles that the artist will release in 2020, building a bridge between the pop hooks of her earlier work, the bilingual influence of her mother, and Melanie’s own future as a boundary-breaking artist. Receiving Pitbull’s stamp of approval is just the icing on the cake.