Heartthrob Enrique Iglesias has revealed that he loves to keep up a personal rapport with his fans because it's vital to make sure you don't just rely on Twitter, Facebook, and other social networking outlets to try and connect with them.

Speaking to Billboard, he recalled some advice given to him by a former record label executive, Universal Music Group chairman/CEO Lucian Grainge, and explained that it's so important to keep rooted in reality because it's so easy to let social media be the main point of contact between artist and fan:

"No matter how much technology advances, you can't expect fans to feel close to you if you don't go visit them. If you're going to France, make sure you do French TV, French radio. You have to be in their environment. If you just put records out and stay home, it doesn't work."

Iglesias added that his passion for music and ambition for launching a career in the industry was self-contained, and he never really opened up to his family about it all:

"I never really shared [my music] with anyone. I felt like it wouldn't happen and I would have too many people with their opinions. By the time I was 17, 18, I was quietly flying to Mexico to sign my first deal and going to school to work with a musician, Roberto Morales, who liked the same Bruce Springsteen and Phil Collins records I loved, and I could learn from his chord progressions."

Watch his new music video for 'Bailando' below: