Movements are never the product of a single action. And yet many of the recent developments in Latin music are labeled pre- or post-“Despacito.” In the summer of 2017, this juggernaut of a song ...
“Despacito” means “slowly” in Spanish—yet its rise has been anything but. The song, performed by Luis Fonsi featuring Daddy Yankee, reached the milestones of 2 billion and 2.5 billion views faster ...
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Something is happening. In the interest of full disclosure: I will freely admit that I’m not sure what is happening, but it’s something. Like monkeys at typewriters eventually banging out the complete ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Veronica Villafañe is an expert in the Hispanic media industry. “Despacito,” the catchy, record-setting g lobal phenomenon, has ...
“Despacito”—Luis Fonsi’s chart-topping, record-setting reggaeton hit from 2017—first came together over the course of a single afternoon. “We wrote the song out of a guitar,” says Ender of the ...
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From Google’s most trending search of 2017 (Hurricane Irma) to the most trending song (“Despacito”) and musical artist (Ariana Grande), South Florida topics piqued people’s curiosity quite a bit this ...
IT’S THE most streamed song in history and has smashed charts this summer. But recently people have been cottoning on to what the lyrics of Latin hit Despacito mean in English – and some have called ...