Kat DeLuna is no glamour-puss. The rising pop star, who is one MTV’s top requested artists, still takes the PATH to New York, stops for coffee at Starbucks, and even finds the time to partake in such mundane tasks as organizing her closet.
And that is exactly what the 19-year-old singer was doing on a recent Monday evening, when she took a break for a phone interview.
“I’m having a girly day, an IKEA moment,” she said from her new uptown Hoboken apartment. DeLuna confessed that the new place has been barely lived in since she moved to Hoboken from Newark a little over six months ago.
“I’m never here,” said DeLuna, adding that she has been busy touring the country, promoting a debut album and a hit single.
That single, “Whine Up,” featuring Jamaican rapper Elephant Man, began to heat up the charts early this summer. An infectious chorus and dancehall-infused beat have helped the song become a full-fledged summer anthem, holding steady on the Billboard Top 50 for over 10 weeks.
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