- It just sucks that everyone thinks it's Justin Bieber's song.
It's not.
- I just get chills. Like, my heart's--
Oh my gosh, I love him.
♪ (industrial music) ♪
♪ (soulful Latin music) ♪
(waves crashing)
(seagulls calling)
- I feel like I know this song. Wait.
- Oh.
"Despacito"?
- "Despacito."
- "Despacito." Are you guys ready to hear some karaoke Sheila?
- ♪ Sí, sabes que ya llevo un rato... ♪
- Where's the Biebs at?
- I'm confused right now.
Where's Justin?
- Okay, this is the Justin Bieber-less one. Okay, okay.
- I'm really happy that this is the version
that doesn't have Justin Bieber,
not that I have anything against him.
But this version is just 10 times better to me.
- ♪ Muéstrame el camino que yo voy ♪
♪ (Oh) ♪
- ♪ Tú ♪ - (singing along) ♪ Tú eres el imán ♪
♪ Y yo soy el metal ♪
♪ Me voy acercando y voy armando el plan ♪
Look at that. (squeals)
Guys, I'm sorry. I'm trying to contain myself, but I can't.
- ♪ Ya, ya me está gustando más de lo normal ♪
♪ Todos mis sentidos van pidiendo... ♪
- Wow, this video's really cool.
- ♪ ...tomarlo sin ningún apuro ♪
- I love how so much culture is in this video, man.
- Are you ready? - ♪ ...apuro ♪
- (singing along) ♪ Despacito ♪
- ♪ Quiero respirar ♪ - (singing along) ♪ Tu cuello despacito ♪
- ♪ Deja que te diga ♪ - (singing along) ♪ Cosas al oído ♪
- ♪ Despacito ♪ - Okay, so did the Biebs hear this song
and say that he wanted to redo it?
I'm, like, so lost.
- ♪ Para que te acuerdes si no estás conmigo ♪
- When I hear music like this, I wish I spoke Spanish,
because I'd love to sing along with it.
- ♪ Firmo en las paredes de tu laberinto ♪
♪ Y hacer de tu cuerpo... ♪
- My mind is like on the beach,
just singing this with my friends.
- ♪ Quiero ver bailar tu pelo ♪
♪ Quiero ser tu ritmo ♪
- I literally have no idea what they're saying,
but it sounds wonderful.
- ♪ Tus lugares favoritos ♪ - Wow.
- I grew up in the Caribbean, so this is super familiar for me.
- ♪ ...tus zonas de peligro ♪
♪ Hasta provocar tus gritos ♪
- This video looks like it was so much fun to make honestly.
It looks like it was just a huge party.
- ♪ Si te pido un beso ven dámelo ♪
♪ Yo sé que estás... ♪ - My favorite part is Daddy Yankee's.
- Daddy Yankee just continuous, like,
always puts out bangers.
- ♪ Sabes que esa beba está buscando de mi bom, bom ♪
♪ Ven prueba de mi boca para ver cómo te sabe ♪
♪ Quiero, quiero, quiero ver cuánto amor a ti te cabe ♪
♪ Yo no tengo prisa, yo me quiero dar el viaje ♪
♪ Empecemos lento, después salvaje ♪
- (singing along) ♪ Pasito a pasito, suave suavecito ♪
- ♪ Nos vamos pegando ♪ - (singing along) ♪ Poquito a poquito ♪
- (singing along) ♪ Despacito ♪
- ♪ Vamos a hacerlo en una playa en Puerto Rico ♪
♪ Hasta que las olas griten "¡ay, bendito!" ♪
- Wow, que fuerte.
- Are you ready, guys? All together.
♪ Pasito a pasito, suave suavecito ♪
♪ Nos vamos pegando, poquito a poquito ♪
- This song is really good, and I enjoy it a lot.
It just sucks that everyone thinks it's Justin Bieber's song.
It's not.
- It kinda sounds good without Justin Bieber.
- ♪ ...provocar tus gritos ♪
♪ Y que olvides tu apellido (DY) ♪
- (singing along) ♪ Despacito ♪
Bravo! Bravo! Bravo!
I loved it. I'm so happy.
- That was lit.
I didn't even know he did it first with Daddy Yankee
without Bieber. That's dope.
- I'm not usually a fan of, uh,
kind of like bachata or reggaeton.
But this collaboration between Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee
is just so good.
- I'm very confused.
Because I thought it was Justin Bieber's song.
- (FBE) So now the remix of that song featuring Justin Bieber
is currently number one on the Billboard charts.
- Of course, 'cause Justin Bieber's in it.
- It all makes sense now.
I was like, "Okay, when is the Biebs gonna come in?"
- (FBE) And though there isn't a music video for it,
we have the audio for you to listen to.
- Great, 'cause I wanna hear my husband.
- You have that, the original, the music video and everything.
And it's perfect. And then it's like,
you get the remix with Justin Bieber.
And because Justin Bieber's on it,
that's why it's topping the charts.
Honestly, it's still a good song.
But we could've done without him,
and it would've been just as fine.
♪ (Latin-style pop music) ♪
- ♪ Coming over in my direction ♪
♪ So thankful for that, it's such a blessin', yeah ♪
♪ Turn every situation... ♪ - I just get chills.
Like, my heart's-- oh my gosh, I love him.
- (singing along) ♪ My sunrise on the darkest day ♪
It's good, dude.
- ♪ ...some kind of way ♪
- You know, I'm not a big fan of Justin Bieber.
But, I mean, I don't mind him in this song.
- It was beautiful in Spanish, and he Americanized it.
I'm like... (sighs)
- ♪ The way you nibble on my ear ♪
- I mean, his voice is good.
So it definitely takes the edginess down a notch.
- ♪ Tú, tú eres el imán y yo soy el metal ♪
♪ Me voy acercando y voy armando... ♪ - It's a brilliant idea.
You get one huge artist and then mash it with other huge artists.
- ♪ Despacito ♪
- Why despacito? Why not fast?
Why do we have to dance despacito? No, let's do it fast.
- ♪ ...al oído ♪
♪ Para que te acuerdes si no estás conmigo ♪
♪ Despacito ♪
♪ Quiero desnudarte... ♪ - This was like really genius.
- If Justin didn't have all the Latinas fans won over--
like, he won me with this song.
- I think it really sucks that Justin Bieber got so much
backlash for not being able to remember the lyrics to the song.
But it's like, he doesn't speak Spanish, you know?
The lyrics were probably written for him.
And you know, he's a Canadian dude.
- When I grew up listening to reggaeton
when it was an underground thing and it was all about sex
and it wasn't commercial whatsoever, it was looked down upon.
And now it's obviously breaking more into our market
into the States.
It makes us all more culturally aware.
- (FBE) So this song has been one of the most popular songs
not just in America but globally since its release.
The video on YouTube has almost 2 billion views,
and it's currently the 14th most viewed video on the site
of all time and in just five months. - That's crazy. Like, 14?
- I feel so proud, because it's like Latin music and like this.
I feel proud. I love it. It's so cool.
- (FBE) So why do you think so many people all over the world
have been so into this song? - I mean, it just sounds so nice.
It's like a song that you could dance to
and you could act like you know Spanish and just spit out words,
and it kinda sounds okay.
- It's a catchy beat, and it's something different.
Like, it's different from what we've been hearing in music
lately today.
- It's just such a good rhythm.
It doesn't matter if you say you don't know how to dance.
You can just move, swing, move your shoulders, anything you want,
and it fits good with the music.
- "Despacito" is sexy. Um, it just means "slowly,"
if you don't know what it means.
- It's the kind of song where you're like--
you'll feel comfortable to go and talk to a girl.
Like, it's romantic.
- The version that's really popular right now
is the one including Justin.
With the help of a familiar voice,
I think it's helped ease this song into people's favorites.
So they heard the English.
They're like, "Oh cool, a new Justin Bieber song."
It's not. It's a Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee song.
But when you get into it, you start hearing the Spanish.
And you may not understand it, but it sounds good.
- Once Bieber remixed it,
the remix got a ton of hits and blew up.
And then because-- like, for me,
I didn't know the original song before.
So I'm guessing a lot of people went back
to go check out the original song.
And that's why it's getting so many hits,
'cause people wanted to see, like,
"Oh, if it's a remix, let me go listen to the original
and see where it came from."
- (FBE) So Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee
have been making music for quite some time,
going back to the mid-'90s. - Oh, I didn't know that at all.
That's a long time.
- (FBE) They've had some success
in English-speaking countries over that time,
but nothing ever close to this.
So what do you think about them getting this level of success
after being around for such a long time?
- I think it's cool that they've pursued music for that long
and never really hit it off in the U.S.
And now all of a sudden they're blowing up. Like, good for them.
- I was listening to Daddy Yankee
when he started out in the streets.
It just tells you that it takes a lot.
But, uh, once it comes, it comes.
- It's like with any type of genre of music.
It all depends. It only takes one song
for somebody to be hooked on
and try listen to any of the other stuff from that artist
and then try finding other stuff
and even underground type of music.
- It can seem like an overnight success, and it's not.
They have all this backstory, wouldn't you know it?
And I mean, they're big in Latin countries.
The fact that they just went globally big, it's amazing for them.
The fact that Justin Bieber was in the song
just made it explode, and everybody listened to it.
- (FBE) So finally, Justin Bieber's on the remix
that's currently number one on the charts...
- Like his other songs.
- (FBE) ...which is the first majority Spanish-language song
to top the charts since the "Macarena" in 1996.
- I heard that somewhere. Yeah, that's crazy!
- Wow. That's a throwback.
- (FBE) So what do you think this means for this genre of music
and for music in Spanish specifically?
- I guess we're gonna have to wait and see.
But for them to, let's say,
put their next song and see just what happens.
- I feel like it's a sense of hope.
It's like, okay, if they could do it,
then other artists who speak Spanish and stuff like that,
they can do it too.
- It's showing that you don't have to only sing in English
for people to appreciate the music.
If it's a really good song and it's done well,
it can be in any language and people will appreciate it.
- I hope that people continue
to be really into this diverse music to the point where
it's not just, um, you know, a song in Spanish
that was originally in Spanish now with some English in it.
I hope that maybe, you know, a few years down the road,
it's just fully, fully Spanish music, you know?
And people are enjoying it just for what it is
in the same way that they enjoy Korean pop music.
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- Hey, guys. I'm Ethan.
- Y yo soy Cynthia. Trabajamos aqui en FBE.
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