Nelly Furtado, in 2010, released an album entirely in Spanish. Normally, she writes all her own stuff, or at least co-writes it. This song, however, was not written by Nelly at all. Rather, it was largely written by Mexican pop star Julietta Venegas, with Mala Rodríguez writing her part of the tune. The combination of the voice of Furtado and the hip-hop of La Mala make for an interesting combination that I am sure you'll be humming for the rest of the day.
You might notice that the two ladies billed on this tune appear in this video in many fun costumes. That enough is worth the price of admission for me. There is a 3rd voice in this song who you don't see. Julieta Venegas was featured vocally, but not in the video because of her pregnancy.
Long time readers of this blog will know that I think everything Mala Rodríguez touches is pure gold. I can't overstate that enough.
Here are La Nelly and La Mala at the Latin Grammys, performing this song live. It sounds completely different and less sparse. Also, even though it is billed as her song, Nelly knows that that this audience knows Mala Rodríguez a whole lot better than her, and defers more to her in the chorus
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