In May 2013, Balan released "Lendo Caledo", a bilingual single with lyrics in Spanish and English. The track featured Tany Vander and French rapper Brasco. He sang his part in Spanish, which he had studied in Barcelona. The words Lendo Calendo were coined by Balan himself who thought of them as magic words like Abracadabra. The song topped the iTunes Chart and reached number one in Russia and also peaked the charts in Romania and other CIS countries. The music video of the song, directed by Alan Badoev, was released on July 9, 2013. The song received positive reviews and the singer received several awards for "Lendo Calendo". On May 25, he was nominated for the best singer award at the annual Russian music awards RU.TV. Later he won the award for The Best Singer at the Real Musicbox awards ceremony.