Jeanette Reacts to Selena Gomez, Benny Blanco Sample on 'Ojos sads'

Jeanette Found Out that Selena Gomez and Benny Blanco Had Sampled Her Classic “El Muchacho de Los Ojos sads” Just This Morning. The Spanish Singer, Who Rose To Prominence in the Seventies and Eighties, Received a Text from Her Friend (and New Collaborator) Lucas Bun Informing Her of Gomez and Blanco's “Ojos sads,” Which Interpalates Her Classic with an aido English Lyric and Second Verse from The Marias. Jeanette Loved it.

“I'm Tell You The Truth: It's Beautiful,” She Tells Rolling Stone Over the phone from Spain. “The Heard Just a Snippet This Morning, but having now listened to the Who Just Just Before Speaking to you.”

“It's a Classic Cover But She Has Aided A Modern Twist to it While Respecting The Essence of the Original Song,” She Adds. “I Think they've Done Such a Gorgeous Job. It's Lovely.”

On Jeanette's 1981 Original, She Sings to a Young Man She's Just Met “With Sad Eyes, Who Lives Alone and Needs Love.” On Gomez and Blanco's Version, Gomez Sings a First Verse in English Before Maria Zardoya of the Marías Takes on a cover of Jeanette's Spanish Song. Zardoya Also Adds “A different perspective” in the second verses to convey the passage of time: “Antes eran tus ojos lloviendo en otoño/y ahora are los míos.” (In English: “Before, it was your eye raining in Autumn/and now It's mine.”)

Jeanette Says She was “Surprised” to Hear The Lyrical Change, Which Gives a Whole New Means to the Original, Written by Songwriter Manuel Alejandro. “At first, the was likes, 'what is this?' Butten the listened to all of it, the Thought it was Beautifully Done, “She Says. “I Just Sent the Song To Manuel Alejandro. And he Said Heard it and Really Enjoyed it.”

Jeanette Says She's Heard Dozens of Covers of Her Songs-“Some good ONES, SOME NOT-SIGEAT,” She Jokes-But Enjoyed Gomez and Blanco's Version. She Also Mentons A cover Done by Palestinian-Chilean Star Elyna. “She Did a Lovely Version But With A Touch of Her Arabic Sound,” She Says. “We all interpret the songs as we we want and the Think That's Beautiful.”

While Gomez Leaves the singing-in-Spanish to Zardoya on “Ojos sads,” She Muses in the Language on the Spoken Outro of “How Does It Feel To Be Forgotten” on I Said I Love You FirstWhich Dropped Friday.

Jeanette, Meanwhile, Joined Rising Artist Lucas Bun – The Artist WHO FEWORMED HER OF GOMEZ AND BLANCO'S SAMPLE – FOR “Como Una Una a Cristal” Just This Week. “I don't do collaborations with no purpose, but he he feels me a song that I love, and i said 'let's do it,'” She Says. “He Sings So Gorgeous que te cagas. He's a Great Vocalist. ”

She's Also Going to Bring Her Joint Tour With “Dama del Amanacer” Singer Juan Bau to Central America Later This Spring. “Even as time has gone by, I'm still working and receiving applause from So Many People,” She Says.

Oh, and If Gomez and Zardoya Want Her to Join Them on a Version of “Ojos sads,” She's in: “I Wonder Why they didn'T ask me to collaborate!”