| La Nueva y la Ex | |
| Cover: | Daddy Yankee - La Nueva y la Ex (Tropical Remix).jpg |
| Border: | yes |
| Caption: | Tropical Remix cover |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Daddy Yankee |
| Album: | King Daddy |
| Language: | Spanish |
| English Title: | "The New and The Ex" |
| Genre: | Reggaeton |
| Label: | El Cartel |
| Producer: | Los de la Nazza |
| Chronology: | Daddy Yankee singles |
| Prev Title: | More than Friends |
| Prev Year: | 2013 |
| Next Title: | Moviendo Caderas |
| Next Year: | 2014 |
"La Nueva y la Ex" (English: "The New and The Ex") is a single by Puerto Rican singer and rapper Daddy Yankee from his mixtape King Daddy, released on October 29, 2013.[1] The song was written by Daddy Yankee and Jesús Benítez, and was produced by Los de la Nazza.
"La Nueva y La Ex" was written by Daddy Yankee and Jesús Benítez "Benny Benny", and was produced by Puerto Rican duo Los de la Nazza.[2] Daddy Yankee's representative company in Puerto Rico, Perfect Partners, stated on a press release that the song "goes hard on spicy, suggestive and sexy lyrics with a proposal that sings to the girl (the new one) who arrives and who left (the ex)."[3]
In the United States, "La Nueva y La Ex" peaked at number nine on Billboards Hot Latin Songs chart on February 8, 2014 and charted for 20 weeks.[4] The single peaked at number two on the Tropical Airplay chart on February 8, 2014 and also charted for 20 weeks.[5] It also peaked at number one on the Latin Airplay and at number 14 on the Latin Digital Songs charts.[6] [7] "La Nueva y La Ex" was the 40th best-performing song on Hot Latin Songs of 2014, as well as the 49th best-selling Latin single and the 26th most-played song of the year in the United States.[8] [9] [10]
The music video for "La Nueva y La Ex" was directed by Puerto Rican filmmaker Christian Suau.[11] The filming took place in San Juan, Puerto Rico.[11] The visual premiered through Daddy Yankee's YouTube Vevo account on February 6, 2014, where it has over 60 million views.[12]