I mean, there isn’t anything to talk about when it comes to this song. A global smash hit, super catchy chorus, and brilliant cameos by top artists.

A strange video, but that’s just one person’s opinion I guess.

Over 2.5 billion views on YouTube, Taki Taki marks a huge part of the Latin-wave in English pop music, a space taken majorly by Despacito [original lyric translation here!]. It has all the elements of a bar hit: Catchy chorus, star cast, a club-light-heavy music video, and some sensual dancing. If you walk in three clubs tonight, you are guaranteed to hear Taki Taki playing in at least two of them.

So let’s go!

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

Taki Taki – DJ Snake featuring Selena Gomez, Ozuna, Cardi B – line-by-line translation of lyrics [Spanish to English] [Español a Inglés]

La letra
Lyrics

Wo-oh, oh-oh

Báilame como si fuera la última vez
Dance with me as if it’s the last time
Y enséñame ese pasito que no sé
And teach me this step that I don’t know
Un besito bien suavecito, bebé
A very soft kiss, baby
Taki taki
Taki taki, rumba

Wo-oh, oh-oh
Hi music, Hi flow (DJ Snake)

Báilame como si fuera la última vez
Dance with me as if it’s the last time
Y enséñame ese pasito que no sé
And teach me this step that I don’t know
Un besito bien suavecito, bebé
A very soft kiss, baby
Taki taki
Taki taki

Taki taki, quieres un besito o un ñaqui
Taki taki, you want a kiss or a little bite
–Not sure if ñaqui is in Spanish
Booty explota como Nagasaki
Booty blows up like Nagasaki
— #LyricsInPoorTaste
Prende los motores, Kawasaki
Turn on the motorcycles, Kawasaki
Que la disco está llena y llegaron los Anunnakis
So that the club is full and the Anunnakis arrive
–I don’t know who these Anunnakis are
No le baje, el booty sobresale de tu traje
Don’t slow down, your booty stands out from your outfit

No trajo pantiesito pa’ que el nene no trabaje
She didn’t wear any panties so the guy doesn’t have to do any work
Es que yo me sé lo que ella cree que ella se sabe
It’s just that I know what she thinks she knows
Cuenta que no quiere pero me tiene espionaje
She says she doesn’t want to but she’s spying on me

El booty sobresale de tu traje
Your booty stands out from your outfit
No trajo pantiesito pa’ que el nene no trabaje
She didn’t wear any panties so the guy doesn’t have to do any work
Es que yo me sé lo que ella cree que ella se sabe
It’s just that I know what she thinks she knows
Cuenta que no quiere pero me tiene espionaje
She says she doesn’t want to but she’s spying on me

Báilame como si fuera la última vez
Dance with me as if it’s the last time
Y enséñame ese pasito que no sé
And teach me this step that I don’t know
Un besito bien suavecito, bebé
A very soft kiss, baby
Taki taki
Taki taki, rumba
Hi music, Hi flow

Bardi (Cardi)
He say he wanna touch it, and tease it, and squeeze it
While my piggy bank is hungry, my nigga, you need to feed it
If the text ain’t freaky, I don’t wanna read it
And just so let you know this punani is undefeated
He say he really want to see me more
I said we should have a date, where? At the Lamborghini store
I’m kinda scary, hard to read, I’m like a ouija board
But I’ma boss, bitch, who you gonna leave me for?
You hoes have no class, you bitches is broke still
I’ll be talkin’ cash while I’m poppin’ my gold grill
I’m a hoe, rich bitch and I work like I’m broke still
But they love be so fake, but they hate be so real
El booty sobresale de mi traje
The booty stands out from my outfit
No traje pantiesito pa’ que el nene no trabaje
Didn’t wear panties so the boy doesn’t have to work
Es que yo me sé lo que tú cree que tú no sabe
It’s that I know what you think you don’t know
Dice que no quiere pero se quiere comer el equipaje
He says he doesn’t want to but he eats up the goods

Báilame como si fuera la última vez
Dance with me as if it’s the last time
Y enséñame ese pasito que no sé
And teach me this step that I don’t know
Un besito bien suavecito, bebé
A very soft kiss, baby
Taki taki
Taki taki, rumba

DJ Snake
Careful when you come through my way
My body already know how to play
Work it, keep it tight every day
And I, I, I know you need a taste
When I ooh, you’re fallin’ in love
Give a little ooh-ooh, get it well done
Dancing in my ooh, make a girl wanna run
We keep moving ’til the sun come up
Porque I am the party, yo soy fiesta
Because I am the party, I am the party
Blow out your candles, have a siesta
You can try pero no one can stop me
you can try but no one can stop me
What my taki taki wants, say my taki taki give

Báilame como si fuera la última vez
Dance with me as if it’s the last time
Y enséñame ese pasito que no sé
And teach me this step that I don’t know
Un besito bien suavecito, bebé
A very soft kiss, baby
Taki taki
Taki taki, rumba

Hi music, hi flow
Taki taki
Taki taki

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