I don’t remember how I came across this song, but I’m surprised I was sleeping on it for so long.

A great dance pop hit, from one of the main characters of the Netflix Spanish teen drama, Elite. And the song basically tells people to mind their own business – what an anthem! But also, it’s one of the songs where the more I read the non-chorus lyrics, the less sense they make to me? I don’t know, you tell me.

So let’s groove to this Danna Paola hit [it also has a remix, btw] and dance to the tunes of Mala Fama [Bad reputation / Notoriety].

Appendix:
1. Normal: Original Spanish lyric
2. Italics: Translated English lyric
3. –Italics nestled within hyphens–: Random comments that you can safely ignore

Mala fama – Danna Paola – line-by-line translation of lyrics [Spanish to English] [Español a Inglés]

La letra
Lyrics

Fama, dicen que tengo mala fama
Reputation, they say I have a bad reputation
Que me enamoro por la noche y se me pasa a la mañana
That I fall in love at night and it goes away in the morning
Culpa, lo siento no tengo la culpa
Blame, I’m sorry I am not the one to blame
Que no me den lo suficiente, yo soy exigente y los nenes se asustan
That they don’t give me enough, that I am demanding, and that the babies are frightened

Lo primero es que sea soltero, con cerebro sería el dos
Firstly, let him he single, with a brain he would be two
–I feel like this is some kind of a burn but I just don’t get it?
Que esté bueno va de tercero y de paso tenga buen humor
That he is going happily to the third and is in a good mood
–Third WHAT? I’m getting nervous now.

Así sí, sí lo quiero para mí, mí
So yes, yes I want it for me, me
Cuando me lo encuentre yo no, no, no lo dejo ir de aquí
Whenever I find him, no no, I won’t let him leave from here
Y así sí, sí lo quiero para mí, mí
So yes, yes I want it for me, me
Cuando me lo encuentre yo no, no, no lo dejo
Whenever I find him, no no, I won’t let him leave
Mira que no, yo no lo suelto
Look, I won’t let him go

No, que si me fui con Maluma
No, if I did go out with Maluma
–Ooh, will do a Maluma song translation soon!
No, dicen que Yatra y Ozuna
No, they say it’s either Yatra and Ozuna
–Un Año by Sebastian Yatra here 🙂 Will definitely do more of him, great songs
No, yo duermo sola en mi cama
No, I sleep alone in my bed
Y no me preocupa mi mala fama
And I don’t worry about my bad reputation

Yo hago lo que quiero, si me da la gana
I do whatever I want, if I feel like it
No busco un Romeo de fin de semana
I don’t look for a Romeo over the weekend
Que me venda las estrellas sin llevarme al cielo
One who sells me the stars without taking me to the sky/heaven
Las promesas falsas, se las lleva el viento
False promises, carried away with the wind

Vuela que vuela que se perdió
Fly away, fly away and it is lost
Si hay un culpable, esa no soy yo
If there is a culprit, it is not me
Si digo que no es porque no quiero
If I say no, it is because I don’t want to
Pero al indicado no le pongo un pero
But only to the right one, will I put it on
–Someone please explain this to me??

Vuela que vuela que se perdió
Fly away, fly away and it is lost
Si hay un culpable, esa no soy yo
If there is a culprit, it is not me
Si digo que no es porque no quiero pero al indicado
If I say no, it is because I don’t want to but to the right one

Así sí, sí lo quiero para mí, mí
So yes, yes I want it for me, me
Cuando me lo encuentre yo no, no, no lo dejo ir de aquí
Whenever I find him, no no, I won’t let him leave from here
Y así sí, sí lo quiero para mí, mí
So yes, yes I want it for me, me
Cuando me lo encuentre yo no, no, no lo dejo
Whenever I find him, no no, I won’t let him leave
Mira que no, yo no lo suelto
Look, I won’t let him go

No, que si me fui con Maluma
No, if I did go out with Maluma
No, que si Neymar o que Ozuna
No, they say it’s either Neymar or Ozuna
No, yo duermo sola en mi cama
No, I sleep alone in my bed
Y no me preocupa mi mala fama
And I don’t worry about my bad reputation

Lo primero es que sea soltero, con cerebro sería el dos
Firstly, let him he single, with a brain he would be two
Que esté bueno va de tercero y de paso tenga buen humor
That he is going happily to the third and is in a good mood

Así sí, sí lo quiero para mí, mí
So yes, yes I want it for me, me
Cuando me lo encuentre yo no, no, no lo dejo ir de aquí
Whenever I find him, no no, I won’t let him leave from here
Y así sí, sí lo quiero para mí, mí
So yes, yes I want it for me, me
Cuando me lo encuentre yo no, no, no lo dejo
Whenever I find him, no no, I won’t let him leave
Mira que no, yo no lo suelto
Look, I won’t let him go

No
No

Welp, this was fun. Someone tell me what on earth is going on in this song, yes? I mean, I know that pop songs are strictly not supposed to make 100% sense, but I would still like to know.

Anyway, if you want to learn proper grammar and sentencing in Spanish, I’m your gal! Drop me an email on effietrumpet19@gmail.com and I’ll teach you Spanish from levels A1 to C1. 🙂

Until next time!