The Spanish singer Rosalía announced through her social networks the launch of a new version of her summer hit “Despechá”, in the company of the American rapper Cardi B.
“MOTOMAMI$$$$$ TOMORROW REMIXXXXXXXXXXXX DESPECHA with who do you think it is????”, a question to which the composer and performer herself responded on Twitter: “Today at 00:00 with CARDIIIIIIIII”.
The subject matter of this new version was originally released at the end of last July and in just five months it has accumulated more than 450 million views on Spotify, making it his biggest solo hit and the second song with the most listeners of his career on this platform. , only behind his collaboration with Bad Bunny “La noche de noche de noche”.
Already at the opening of his “Motomami World Tour” in the Spanish city of Almería (southeast) at the beginning of the summer, he let us hear the opening bars of an untitled cut, simply referenced in the concert repertoire as “mambo”, baptizing it at the end. as “Despechá” after listening to the opinions of his followers.
“There are many ways of being ‘Despechá’, on this subject it is from madness or rudeness, walking without reservations or regret. This is the place from which I make music, from where I did it when I started and where I will continue until God says, ”said the artist in the statement that accompanied her first release.
The repercussion of this cut that was left out of his last album, the aforementioned “Motomami”, has also been such among critics that Rolling Stone magazine placed it as the fifth best song of 2022, above others as famous as “As it was” by Harry Styles” or “Break My Soul” by Beyoncé.
Rosalía, a musical phenomenon both in Spain and abroad, has become, for example, the first Spanish-speaking female artist to star on the cover of Rolling Stone music magazine, this month, for her album “Motomami ”.