Despechá

Album

Motomami

Label

Columbia Records

Genre

Mambo

Composer(s)

Carlos Ortiz;David Rodríguez;Juan Rivera;Nino Segarra;Noah Goldstein;Dylan Patrice;Rosalia Vila

Entered Chart

Aug 20, 2022

Peak Date

Sep 17, 2022

Released

28 July 2022

Recorded

February 2022

Catalog #

Columbia

Despechá translates as "despise" or "spiteful." Here, Rosalia hits the club with her girlfriends to get over a toxic relationship. She cuts the guy off and expunges her pain during a hedonistic night out. "There are many ways to be Despechá, in this theme it is from the freeness or the craziness, moving without reservations or regrets," Rosalia said. "Despechá" is a danceable mambo track with merengue and electropop elements. Rosalia originally intended it to be a collaboration with the Dominican merengue singer Omega; she gives a shout-out in the lyrics to Omega and the Dominican merengue accordionist Fefita La Grande. "I'm grateful for having been able to travel in recent years," said Rosalia, "and have learned from music from other places including the Dominican Republic, where artists like Fefita La Grande, Juan Luis Guerra and Omega have inspired me and without them this song would not exist." Rosalia wrote "Despechá" with: Her Motomami collaborators David Rodríguez, Noah Goldstein and Sir Dylan. Puerto Rico producers Chris Jedi, Dímelo Ninow and Gaby Music. Jedi, Ninow and Gaby Music also co-produced Lunay's "Soltera." Rosalia first performed "Despechá" at the start of her Motomami World Tour on July 6, 2022 at the Recinto Ferial in Almería. It became an instant fan favorite and spread on social media, so Rosalia released the summery song as a single on July 28, 2022. When Rosalia performed this song during her July 19 Madrid show, she asked the audience whether they preferred the title "Despechá" or "Lao a Lao" ("Side to Side"). The audience unanimously chose the first proposal. This was one of five additional tracks included on Motomami +, the expanded version of Motomami. "Despechá" topped the charts in Panama, Spain and Uruguay, plus Billboard's Latin Airplay. It was Rosalia's first #1 on the latter tally as a soloist, unaccompanied by any other act.

Yeah-yeah
Yeah-yeah
Mmm

Baby, no me llame'
Que yo estoy ocupá' olvidando tus male'
Ya decidí que esta noche se sale
Con toa' mis motomami', con toda mis gyale'

Y ando despechá', oah, alocá'
Bajé con un flow nuevo 'e caja, baby, hackeá'
Lo muevo de la'o a la'o y a otro la'o
Hoy salgo con mi baby de la disco coroná'
Y ando despechá', oah, alocá'
Que Dios me libre de volver a tu la'o
Lo muevo de la'o a la'o y a otro la'o
Hoy salgo con mi baby de la disco coroná', coroná', yeah

Voy con la falda (ah), aro' y cadena' (eh)
Piña colada (sí), no tengo pena (ah, no)
Voy con la Fefa (wuh), ella es la jefa (sí)
Ella lo baila (eh), ella me enseña (eh)
Hoy no trabaja (uh) esta morena
Fuck la fama (eh), fuck la faena (jaja)
La noche está larga (eh), la noche está buena (eh)
Un mambo violento y fin del problema
Mira qué fácil te lo vo'a decir
A, B, C, one, two, three
Mira qué fácil te lo vo'a decir
Que esta motomami ya no está pa' ti
Mira qué fácil te lo vo'a decir
A, B, C, one, two, three
Mira qué fácil te lo vo'a decir
Que esta motomami

Y a, y ando despechá', oah, alocá'
Bajé con un flow nuevo 'e caja, baby, hackeá'
Lo muevo de la'o a la'o y a otro la'o
Hoy salgo con mi baby de la disco coroná'
Y ando despechá', oah, alocá'
Que Dios me libre de volver a tu la'o
Lo muevo de la'o a la'o y a otro la'o
Hoy salgo con mi baby de la disco coroná', coroná', yeah

Mmm, voy a 180 porque soy una racineta, ¿qué, qué?
Te distrae' y yo te adelanto por la derecha, uh
Voy a 180 porque soy una racineta, ey, ey
Te distrae' y yo te adelanto por la derecha, mmm, mmm, mmm

Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
Ey
Yeah yeah yeah yeah
Chris Jedi
Gaby, Gaby, Gaby
De Barcelona pa' Santo Domingo
La ROSALÍA, mmm, jaja, je
Jeje
Ey
Uh, uh, uh, uh
Omega
Ey, ey, ey
Uh, uh, uh, uh