Mexican 'Wicked' Starlet Danna Paola Sings "Defying Gravity"

I'm here with the beautiful Danna Paola. How is my pronunciation?

Yeah, good, very good.

How do you say it?

Danna Paola.

Like that. It sounds so much better when you say it with your accent. A little bit. But it's it's good. This is the first time at Young Hollywood. This is really exciting.

Yeah, so I'm so excited.

We're so excited to have you here.

Yes, thank you.

We want American audiences to know about you. I know you've been acting and singing since you were how old?

Yes, since I have four years old.

Okay, how did you know you wanted to be a singer and actress when you were four? How did that happen?

I don't know. I I have not much memory. Really? Yeah. But I I was uh on my house with my mom and I said to her that I want to sing and acting. My dad was singer in a group, so like a boy band in the eighties.

Your dad was a boy bander?

Yeah.

So you got that from him.

Yes, that the singing part. And the acting part, my mom uh has uh movie stars in Mexico. And they they have uh many person in the family who was doing movies in Mexico.

Oh, in the business.

Yeah.

Do they give you advice? Like when you were growing up? Did they give you advice?

Advice from acting and singing from my daddy. Yes. From both sides.

And you also have a single on YouTube 20 million views now?

Yes. Yes. It was a really good opportunity for me to recording that song. We recorded in San Diego. So, it was amazing. I love that song.

You recorded in America.

Yes. Um, and it was so nice meeting him. He's a really such a good guy.

Now that you're sort of breaking out into America and you're like a fresh artist here. What do you think like the biggest differences between like, like when you grew up, like your musical inspirations versus here? Is there a big difference in the in like the style of music from here and there? Like will your will your music now change and evolve as you move sort of more into the states, do you think?

Yes, I I like to sing R&B. I love so much that. Uh since I have memory. I I I was looking for my style, for the things that I want to sing. And who could help me a lot for for for looking and for searching what I want to sing. Now I can sing defying gravity so easy and I can do raves and I can do some thing anything that I want.

Here in America, a lot of actors do Broadway and there's a lot of crossover. They actually give you a really hard time because you're this pop star and they sort of you sort of defied not gravity, but you defied the odds and people sort of said I don't know she can do it. Like who is she?

Right. Right.

And then you went out there and then what happened? You broke records or

Yes. We have 100,000 tickets uh in 12, in 12 weeks.

Sold in 12 weeks.

Yes.

Which is a record.

It's a record. We are so happy and so grateful with the people in Mexico and for the other countries come to see we get this Spanish.

And that's just based on your voice and your performance and what you did on your own.

Yes.

So can we get a little taste? I'm putting you on the spot now.

Oh, yes, of course. Maybe a little bit of flying gravity.

Is that your favorite? Okay, awesome.

Yes. Okay.

It was a pleasure to hear from you. Yeah.

Hoy ya no soy la misma, hoy algo no es igual. Ya basta de que digan lo que hago bien o mal. Lo hecho es pasado y no vuelvo a comenzar. Hoy sigo mis instintos, tengo que volar. Iré en contra de la gravedad. Lo haré en contra de la gravedad y no me bajas ya.

Oh my gosh. Yes. Okay. And let's talk about food differences.

Food.

Okay. Obviously, we know Mexican food, like it's different from American food. But is there anything like similar to America? Like something you can get there that you can get here?

Well, it's so different. We you have uh tacos here and it's not nothing like the tacos in Mexico.

Really?

Yeah, it's nothing like that, like we think we're eating Mexican food when we're not.

Yeah, but you're not, you're not. What about when you go to like Subway? Because they have it here and they have it there.

Yes, I love Subway.

Oh, you do?

Oh, yes.

So what do you get on it? Is it like a different sandwich there or is it the same? What do you like on your?

Well, it's the same. Uh I like to put some uh guacamole.

And you put guacamole.

Guacamole. Yes. It's so it's so delicious. Yeah. And they have a little uh serranos and chiles like um I don't know. It's it's called jalapeños. And they have uh

But it just sounds better when you say it.

And chips with a lot of chile. I know I'm so chile.

So you get a little spicier there, you get a little spicier.

Yes. I like more like vegetarian Subway, but with a little bit of that toqueno, like Mexican touch.

Are you into makeup? Because your makeup looks great now. Are you into you're obviously into the fashion makeup.

Yes. Thank you. Well, someone helped me in the morning.

Right, yeah. But

That's always good, right? But I always uh try to do my makeup.

What what would be because you have so many young girls that look up to you. A great like makeup tip.

A makeup tip? I think it's not much makeup. I think uh the most natural thing is the best because it uh shows your your beauty and I think it's is the best tip I can to say.

I love it. Okay. What about fashion? What would you say like one fashion trend there that you want to bring here?

Oh, we have really terrible fashion right now. I'm just kidding. No, I'm just kidding. You know Mexico has uh really, really good uh fashion. I I uh I met a lot of designers that they have an amazing talent. I I really I I can feel um how you can say um proud. Uh there's a lot of pride in the country. Yeah. And it's it's so nice because they have maybe uh many people have that that illusion of Mexican people are like charros with sombreros and and It's fantas.

No, that so with the goatee. So and you just got on the cover of Cosmo.

Yes. In Mexico.

It's so weird to see your I mean, obviously, you're a big star there and you've been a star since you were a little girl. But is it is it strange when you actually see yourself in the cover. It was an amazing cover. I think uh when I did the photoshoot in November, they told me that that I look older in in the pictures without the hair and the makeup and you look, you're so sexy and so natural and it's it's great. It's a sexy magazine.

Yes. And I was uh a little afraid of that because I'm so shy. And um it was great. I think that the result uh is amazing. I love the cover.

So what would be like a fun night for you with your friends?

A fun night? At my house. Uh maybe uh movies and pizza and that's my night. I think. It's so silly, but but I love it.

Mexican style pizza.

Mexican with some nachos with chili and.

I want to come to your house. It sounds fun.

Oh, yes, you can. You can.

All right. Well, Young Hollywood is going to Mexico City. Announcement. This has been a pleasure. Thank you so much.

Thank you so much.

We can't wait to see more of you here.

Thank you.

Come back anytime. It was a pleasure. Thank you so much. And I'm sorry. And. And. Yeah.

Los amo y los veo pronto.