"La Luz" (English: The Light) is a song written and performed by the Colombian singer-songwriter Juanes, released as the lead single from his sixth studio album Loco de Amor (2014) on December 16, 2013.
[2] On November in the same year, Juanes with Carlos Santana presented the category of Album of the Year at the Latin Grammy Awards of 2013, they performed "La Flaca", original song for the Spanish rock band Jarabe de Palo, four days later released the song as the first single from the twenty-third studio album of Santana.
Thom Jurek of Allmusic, said that the song "melds 21st century EDM" with the "Colombian cumbia and Latin alt-rock", in a driving with "infectious dancefloor groover", and praised the vocal performance from Juanes, when he refers about his "killer falsetto".
[5] Hector Aviles of Latin Music Café, compared the song with "Yerbatero", said that have a similar in the "fast beat and high energy with simplistic lyrics".
[16] In October 30, Juanes posted a photo on Instagram where was shooting his new music video, causing curiosity from the fans, and the rumors about the coming of a new single.
[17] On March 11, 2014, the same day of the releasing of Loco de Amor, Juanes performed "La Luz" at The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.