Maluma Gets Real About Mental Health, Vulnerability & Personal Growth | Billboard Latin Music Week 2026

Maluma opens up about mental health, vulnerability and life in the spotlight in this episode of Like Minded, in partnership with BetterHelp. Recorded at Billboard Latin Music Week, the global superstar reflects on his personal journey, why emotional well-being comes first and why open conversations about mental health matter.

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In this conversation:

• Navigating life and pressure in the spotlight
• The power of vulnerability
• Prioritizing emotional well-being
• Why talking about mental health matters

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About Like Minded: Like Minded is a Billboard series in partnership with BetterHelp, bringing artists together for honest conversations about mental health, personal growth and life beyond the spotlight.

Maluma: With the help of therapists and different professionals, I was finally able to understand — not understand the dimension, but feel it and make it mine more than anything else. 

Patricia Artieda: Actually, therapy is being uncomfortable. It’s being able to have a space for oneself, and at the same time, it’s having someone in your corner.

Maluma: How cool that there were more people who could connect more from that personal part and who would also fall in love with the person behind the art.

Leila Cobo: This is called Like Minded, and Like Minded is a collaboration with BetterHelp. BetterHelp is a space where artists and cultural figures talk about mental health. They have honest conversations about mental health, about stability, about everything we’ve advanced in this space. We always like to invite an artist who speaks openly about these processes and about these things, and that person today is Maluma. And we also have Patricia Artieda from BetterHelp. Patricia is a bilingual therapist. Am I describing you well, Patricia?

Patricia Artieda: Perfect.

Leila Cobo: Specialized in family dynamics. Very good. So, this is the woman we go to when we have …

Maluma: I’m going to need you a lot, so …

Leila Cobo: He’s going to need you a lot. But, well, Juan Luis, first of all, Orion was born.

Maluma: Yes, yes, yes.

Leila Cobo: Five weeks?

Maluma: Yes, he’s already a little over a month old. Well, I’ll take the opportunity to greet all of you who are here.