{"id":10147,"date":"2026-04-12T00:39:41","date_gmt":"2026-04-12T00:39:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/christian-nodal-video-un-vals-controversy-director-responds-1236221009\/"},"modified":"2026-04-12T00:39:41","modified_gmt":"2026-04-12T00:39:41","slug":"christian-nodal-video-un-vals-controversy-director-responds-1236221009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/christian-nodal-video-un-vals-controversy-director-responds-1236221009\/","title":{"rendered":"Christian Nodal\u2019s \u2018Un Vals\u2019 Director Responds to Controversy Over Model in Video: \u2018It Was Our\u00a0Mistake\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div class=\"pmc-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThe director of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/christian-nodal\/\">Christian Nodal<\/a>\u2019s music video \u201cUn Vals\u201d has responded to controversy that\u2019s sparked on social media regarding the casting of the video\u2019s lead model, whom many have pointed out has a striking resemblance to both <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/cazzu\/\">Cazzu<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/angela-aguilar\/\">\u00c1ngela Aguilar<\/a> \u2014 the singer\u2019s ex-partner and current wife, respectively.<\/p>\n<div class=\"injected-related-story \/\/ lrv-u-display-inline-block lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-margin-t-2 u-margin-t-26@mobile-max u-margin-b-0.875@mobile-max u-margin-b-150@tablet u-border-t-12 lrv-u-padding-t-025 u-padding-b-1.313 lrv-u-padding-b-125@mobile-max lrv-u-border-color-black\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<h3 id=\"title-of-a-story\" class=\"c-title  lrv-a-unstyle-link lrv-u-whitespace-nowrap u-font-weight-700 lrv-u-display-inline-block u-line-height-18px a-font-accent u-letter-spacing-0225 u-font-size-16 lrv-u-color-black lrv-u-text-transform-uppercase u-article-badge-underline a-article-esp u-display-inline-flex lrv-u-margin-b-1@mobile-max u-margin-b-9@tablet\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tRelated\t\t<\/p>\n<\/h3><\/div>\n<div class=\"injected-related-story-wrapper lrv-u-flex lrv-u-justify-content-space-between lrv-u-padding-tb-050@desktop a-children-border-vertical a-children-border--grey a-children-border-width-050\">\n<div class=\"o-card \">\n<p>\t\t\t<a tabindex=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/latin\/blessd-el-mejor-hombre-del-mundo-best-new-music-latin-1236219941\/\" class=\"lrv-u-color-black:hover lrv-u-flex u-flex-direction-column@desktop\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"c-lazy-image  lrv-u-margin-b-075 lrv-u-margin-b-00@mobile-max u-width-130px@mobile-max\">\n<div class=\"a-crop-6x4 a-crop-3x2@mobile-max\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/latin\/christian-nodal-video-un-vals-controversy-director-responds-1236221009\/\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/blessd-cr-felipe-loaiza-press-billboard-1800.jpg?w=237&amp;h=147&amp;crop=1\" alt=\"Blessd\" data-lazy-srcset=\"\" data-lazy-sizes=\"auto\" height=\"\" width=\"\"><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"o-card__content \">\n<p><span class=\"c-span  lrv-u-whitespace-nowrap\"><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"o_category \">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"c_title \">\n<h3 id=\"title-of-a-story\" class=\"c-title  a-font-basic-fancy u-font-size-15 u-font-size-15.5@mobile-max u-line-height-22px u-padding-r-0.188@desktop u-word-spacing-0013 u-line-height-22.5px@mobile-max a-truncate-ellipsis-4line@mobile-max a-truncate-ellipsis-3line\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tBlessd\u2019s \u2018El Mejor Hombre del Mundo\u2019 Album &amp; More Best New Music\u00a0Latin\t\t<\/p>\n<\/h3><\/div>\n<p><time class=\"c-timestamp  \" datetime=\"00:00-YY-DD-MM\"><\/p>\n<p><\/time><\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"o-card \">\n<p>\t\t\t<a tabindex=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/lists\/christian-nodal-angela-aguilar-relationship-timeline\/\" class=\"lrv-u-color-black:hover lrv-u-flex u-flex-direction-column@desktop\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"c-lazy-image  lrv-u-margin-b-075 lrv-u-margin-b-00@mobile-max u-width-130px@mobile-max\">\n<div class=\"a-crop-6x4 a-crop-3x2@mobile-max\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/latin\/christian-nodal-video-un-vals-controversy-director-responds-1236221009\/\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Angela-Aguilar-Christian-Nodal-Latin-Grammy-2024-billboard-1800.jpg?w=237&amp;h=147&amp;crop=1\" alt=\"Angela Aguilar and  Christian Nodal attend the 25th Annual Latin GRAMMY Awards at Kaseya Center on November 14, 2024 in Miami, United States.\" data-lazy-srcset=\"\" data-lazy-sizes=\"auto\" height=\"\" width=\"\"><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"o-card__content \">\n<p><span class=\"c-span  lrv-u-whitespace-nowrap\"><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"o_category \">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"c_title \">\n<h3 id=\"title-of-a-story\" class=\"c-title  a-font-basic-fancy u-font-size-15 u-font-size-15.5@mobile-max u-line-height-22px u-padding-r-0.188@desktop u-word-spacing-0013 u-line-height-22.5px@mobile-max a-truncate-ellipsis-4line@mobile-max a-truncate-ellipsis-3line\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tA Timeline of Christian Nodal &amp; \u00c1ngela Aguilar\u2019s\u00a0Relationship\t\t<\/p>\n<\/h3><\/div>\n<p><time class=\"c-timestamp  \" datetime=\"00:00-YY-DD-MM\"><\/p>\n<p><\/time><\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"o-card \">\n<p>\t\t\t<a tabindex=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/latin\/cazzu-law-mexico-congress-everything-we-know-1236218891\/\" class=\"lrv-u-color-black:hover lrv-u-flex u-flex-direction-column@desktop\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"c-lazy-image  lrv-u-margin-b-075 lrv-u-margin-b-00@mobile-max u-width-130px@mobile-max\">\n<div class=\"a-crop-6x4 a-crop-3x2@mobile-max\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/latin\/christian-nodal-video-un-vals-controversy-director-responds-1236221009\/\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/cazzu-2025-cdmx-billboard-1800.jpg?w=237&amp;h=147&amp;crop=1\" alt=\"Cazzu poses for photo on the Red Carpet of 'El Hombre del A\u00f1o 2025' by GQ Magazine, at Antiguo Hotel Reforma on November 1, 2025 in Mexico City, Mexico.\" data-lazy-srcset=\"\" data-lazy-sizes=\"auto\" height=\"\" width=\"\"><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"o-card__content \">\n<p><span class=\"c-span  lrv-u-whitespace-nowrap\"><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"o_category \">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"c_title \">\n<h3 id=\"title-of-a-story\" class=\"c-title  a-font-basic-fancy u-font-size-15 u-font-size-15.5@mobile-max u-line-height-22px u-padding-r-0.188@desktop u-word-spacing-0013 u-line-height-22.5px@mobile-max a-truncate-ellipsis-4line@mobile-max a-truncate-ellipsis-3line\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tCazzu Law Reaches Mexico\u2019s Congress: Everything We Know So\u00a0Far\t\t<\/p>\n<\/h3><\/div>\n<p><time class=\"c-timestamp  \" datetime=\"00:00-YY-DD-MM\"><\/p>\n<p><\/time><\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t\u201cIt was our mistake not to realize this could happen,\u201d director Juan Antonio Barbaz\u00e1n said on Saturday (April 11) during a virtual press conference from Madrid with select media outlets, including <em>Billboard Espa\u00f1ol<\/em>. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t\u201cJG Music approved the video, not Christian Nodal,\u201d he added, referring to the singer\u2019s record label.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tIn the music video released Thursday (April 9), which features a split-screen format, Nodal appears singing on the left while a couple stars in a love story on the right side. Nodal filmed his portion in Guadalajara, Mexico, while the two models were filmed in Spain.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"embed-youtube\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Christian Nodal - Un Vals (Video Oficial)\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/371L3CzKh3E?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThe model in question, a Mexican content creator based in Madrid named Dagna Mata, has been the target of criticism on social media for her role in the clip. On Friday (April 10), she <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DW9lfS3DLnf\/\">posted a video<\/a> on her Instagram account expressing her thoughts. \u201cI hope the focus remains on what it is \u2014 a job \u2014 because I wouldn\u2019t want to hurt anyone,\u201d she wrote in the caption.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t\u201cIt hurts me to see an artist involved who doesn\u2019t deserve any of this and shouldn\u2019t be compared to anyone else either,\u201d Mata said. \u201cI had to emigrate from a country to achieve my dream of modeling and growing in the fashion industry.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tAlso on Friday, in response to the controversy surrounding the music video, Nodal shared a message via his <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/stories\/nodal\/3872693954957566636\/?utm_source=ig_story_item_share&amp;igsh=MTJ6ZDRrM3A5N2xyMw%3D%3D\">Instagram Stories<\/a> that drew attention: \u201cI don\u2019t own my name, my image, or my music, and what has happened with the video is proof of that\u2026 But my voice, which is the only thing I have left, will always belong to you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tA representative for Nodal and JG Music \u2014 the label owned by the singer\u2019s father, Jaime Gonz\u00e1lez \u2014  told <em>Billboard Espa\u00f1ol<\/em> on Saturday that neither would be making statements.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tRead everything the director of Christian Nodal\u2019s \u201cUn Vals\u201d music video had to say below.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t<strong>Are Christian Nodal\u2019s music videos your responsibility?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tFor this project, which encompasses the entirety of Christian\u2019s album, we worked on two complex videos \u2014 one for \u201cIncompatibles,\u201d which came out a month ago, another that hasn\u2019t been released yet, and the rest are five simpler ones where we decided to use a split-screen format, like in \u201cUn Vals,\u201d where he appears on the left singing and the rest of the screen features figurative actors.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t<strong>Who is in charge of casting?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThe casting was done by us, the production company. We were looking for Mexican actresses in Spain, which wasn\u2019t easy to find, and Dagna\u2019s profile was sent to us. We liked her, so we chose her.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t<strong>Did Christian approve the actress for the video?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tNo, we always choose the figurative actors. Christian didn\u2019t see her. The comments about her resemblance to Cazzu and \u00c1ngela Aguilar slipped past us. At no point was there a strategy or anything of the sort. We didn\u2019t consider it relevant to show her to Christian. Ultimately, other people appear in the video. It\u2019s a large process, and not everything is consulted with the artist. It was our decision.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t<strong>Was all of this planned as a marketing strategy?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tAs a production company, this damages us \u2014 the idea that it was a planned marketing campaign. It affects our work because at no point was this the intention. The production staff didn\u2019t know who Cazzu was; honestly, we didn\u2019t notice that detail.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t<strong>Who makes decisions about Christian\u2019s videos? It seems there\u2019s a lack of communication between the singer and his father, who owns JG Music.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tIn this case, the client is JG Music. We deliver the videos to them and assume they\u2019re approved if we don\u2019t hear otherwise. I have no idea about the communication between them or the relationship they may have. What I do know is that Christian is a person with many commitments, and the music videos are just a small part of his project \u2014 he doesn\u2019t handle that.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t<strong>Does Christian have any specific requests for the themes of his videos?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tFrom the moment we started working with him, he made it very clear that he doesn\u2019t want his personal life to be involved in the videos. These should be artistic, related solely to the theme of the song.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t<strong>Did Christian say anything to you after the controversy?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tYes, he sent me a message saying something like, \u201cIt seems like you hate me; you\u2019ve gotten me into a big mess.\u201d That\u2019s when we started investigating what was happening on social media.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t<strong>Are you aware of the impact the video caused?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tCompletely, and I accept responsibility. But ultimately, we all end up hurt: us as the production company, the model, and of course, Nodal.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubpass.co\/billboard\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"><br \/>\n  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/2HpFicp.png\" alt=\"Billboard VIP Pass\" style=\"max-width: 100%;height: auto\"><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The director of Christian Nodal\u2019s music video \u201cUn Vals\u201d has responded to controversy that\u2019s sparked on social media regarding the casting of the video\u2019s lead model, whom many have pointed&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[105,497,1840,96,94,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10147","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-genre-latin","category-latin","category-mexico","category-music","category-music-news","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10147","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10147"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10147\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10147"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10147"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10147"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}