# Despacito Despacito is the 2017 reggaeton hit by Puerto Rican singer Luis Fonsi featuring Daddy Yankee whose music video was the first YouTube upload to pass five billion views. A Justin Bieber remix pushed the Spanish-language track into English-speaking markets, and Bieber's own on-camera attempt to sing the lyrics fed a wave of parody content around the song. ## Overview "Despacito" is a Spanish-language reggaeton song by Puerto Rican singer Luis Fonsi featuring Daddy Yankee, released on January 13th, 2017 alongside an accompanying music video[5]. A remix released on April 17th, 2017 featured Justin Bieber singing in Spanish on record for the first time in his career, which pushed the track from a Latin pop hit into English-speaking markets[1]. The meme side of the song grew from how inescapable the chorus was that summer. Non-Spanish listeners kept mangling the lyrics, feeding parody uploads and reaction jokes, and Bieber himself was filmed at a Manhattan nightclub swapping the Spanish verses for the word "Blah" rather than attempting the actual lyrics[2]. ## How It Spread Parody videos started rolling out within days of release. YouTuber oRni posted a Despacito parody on January 17th, 2017 that pulled more than 34 million views, and creator werevertumurro followed with "ESE GRINGO" on February 13th, which reached around 28 million[5]. Trap edits, chill house rebuilds, and lyric-video reworks kept spinning off from the original throughout the year. On May 24th, 2017, TMZ published footage of Bieber trying to perform Despacito at a New York nightclub. Instead of the Spanish lyrics he substituted "Blah blah blah" and "Burrito," and the clip drew sharp criticism from fans who accused him of not learning the words[2]. The moment became a shorthand joke for anyone faking a Spanish singalong. The video's YouTube climb made it a target. On April 9th, 2018, Despacito was the first video to pass five billion views[3]. The next day, hackers using the aliases Prosox and Kuroi'sh breached several Vevo channels and replaced the Despacito thumbnail with a still from the Spanish crime series "La casa de papel" showing masked figures pointing guns at the camera, adding "Free Palestine" captions to affected videos[1]. Twitter user @gvarisco documented the intrusion in a widely shared thread[6], and Vevo restored the videos within hours[1]. ## How to Use "Despacito" is Spanish for "slowly," and references to the song typically show up in three ways: mimicking Bieber's "Blah blah blah" nightclub attempt to make fun of anyone faking a Spanish singalong, bait-and-switch video edits that cut to the "Des-pa-cito" hook without warning, and captions that pair the word "despacito" with any activity meant to be done slowly[7]. ## Frequently Asked Questions ### What is Despacito? Despacito is a 2017 reggaeton song by Puerto Rican singer Luis Fonsi featuring Daddy Yankee whose music video was the first YouTube upload to pass five billion views[3]. ### Where did Despacito come from? Fonsi released Despacito and its music video on January 13th, 2017, with a Justin Bieber remix following on April 17th of the same year[5]. ### What does Despacito mean? "Despacito" is Spanish for "slowly," the recurring word in the song's romantic chorus[7]. ### How do you use Despacito? It typically shows up as a bait-and-switch cut to the "Des-pa-cito" hook or as a mimicry of Bieber's "Blah blah blah" nightclub moment for anyone faking Spanish singalongs[2]. ### Is Despacito still popular? The music video was the first to pass five billion YouTube views in April 2018 and held the record for most-watched YouTube video of all time at that point[3]. ## References 1. [https://www.nme.com/news/music/despacito-deleted-from-youtube-by-hackers-2288213]() 2. [https://ew.com/article/2017/05/25/justin-bieber-despacito-lyrics-video/]() 3. [https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/despacito-most-watched-youtube-video-luis-fonsi-daddy-yankee-justin-bieber-5-billion-views-a8296491.html]() 4. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJQP7kiw5Fk]() 5. [https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/despacito]() 6. [https://twitter.com/gvarisco/status/983681097612156928]() 7. [https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Despacito]() --- Source: https://meme.com/memes/despacito Published by meme.com — The Internet Meme Library