In the latest episode of My Billboard Moment, Luis Fonsi recalls how it felt when his song “Despacito” hit No. 1 on the Hot 100 chart in 2017, and how Justin Bieber jumping on the remix opened up even more opportunities for the track's success.
Fonsi tells Billboard that when the song first topped the chart, it felt like a “beautiful surprise,” because when he first wrote it, he never intended it to be a crossover record. “It was just another song in Spanish,” he explains. “I've been doing this for 21 years.
It's just, I'm putting out an album, let me do a new song. This idea pops to my head then Daddy Yankee jumps on it, it starts to sound really cool.
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