DESPACITO SONG

The lyrics of Despacito are about a sensuous rendezvous. The title of the song translates to ‘Slowly' and Ender says that the song is, ultimately about taking one's time, slowly. “[It's] about taking it slow, at first. We live in this rush all the time with technology and everything, sex goes really fast too. You have to treat women the way they want to be treated and I would like to be loved ‘despacito' as a woman,” she explains. Too many of us love the song, groove to it even without knowing the meaning behind it. And in a day and age that is obsessed with instant gratification of everything, Despacito is refreshing in that sense because it makes taking it slow hip again. “I mean sensual or sexual should not be a taboo,” she further adds. “The problem is not the sex. The problem is how you give that message. So I think we did a great job with that on ‘Despacito,' because it's all full of poetry. It's all full of metaphors. It's very respectful even though there are things going on.”

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The song has been courting controversy since the beginning and moreso, after the Justin Bieber fiasco on one of his tours. But, if you hark back to the original song and the meaning behind the lyrics, there is more to it than the typical Spanish number to groove to. Ender is of the view that Justin Bieber's association to the song only helped skyrocket the track to newer heights. “It's not only a matter of who wrote [the song] or who is singing it, it's a matter of putting the Spanish language and our flavor out there around the world,” she reasons. “So I think this is a great victory for all of us, as Latin people.”

Does that make you listen to the song in a whole new light?