Hey everybody. I hope everybody’s doing well. I’m excited to start the world tour next week. I hope you’re planning to come see me soon. The band is sounding better than ever. The show will be better than ever. I promise!

In the meantime, I’m in Houston right now preparing for the Latin Grammys. That’s right, the Latin Grammys. I recently recorded a Spanish version of “If You’re Out There” with Colombian superstar Juanes. “If You’re Out There” = “Si Tú Estás Ahí” in Spanish. We’re going to perform the live debut of the new version tonight on the Latin Grammys. I just finished rehearsing and it’s sounding really good.

I want to especially thank Juanes. He is a really genuine person and a great talent (and a great Spanish tutor too!). I’m so honored to share the stage with him. Just so you know, I studied Spanish in high school for 4 years and took another semester at UPenn, but I haven’t had much practice recently. But Juanes says my pronunciation is near perfect in the song. So all my Spanish-speaking fans can be the judge if he was just saying that!

Anyway, watch the show tonight on Univision. And look out for the recorded version on i-Tunes in the coming weeks.

Hasta luego,
John

P.S.: I just found out Juanes is short for Juan Esteban. Which is basically like John Stephen. And my real name is John Stephens.

Crazy coincidence.