LA GRACIOSA Lyrics in English by Quevedo, Elvis Crespo
Spanish hitmaker Quevedo teams up with merengue legend Elvis Crespo for a sun-drenched track about trying to charm someone who built giant walls around her feelings. Her ex left her with "el corazón en pedacitos" (her heart in tiny pieces), so she will not give anyone new a shot. Quevedo wants her to drop her guard, promising wine and zero games: "Mi reina, yo no sé de ajedrez" ("My queen, I don't know chess"). The centerpiece of the track is a geography joke turned sweet compliment: "En ese corazón cabe poquita gente, como en La Graciosa" ("Very few people fit in that heart, just like in La Graciosa"). La Graciosa is a tiny, sparsely populated volcanic island in the Canary Islands, Quevedo's home turf, so he is saying her circle is tiny and exclusive.
From there, he plots an island-hopping escape route to cheer her up: sailing from La Gomera across the Atlantic to Guaynabo in Puerto Rico, then straight back to Las Palmas. He admits he does not even care if they end up as an official couple or stay complete strangers ("eso que no somos nada"), as long as they can kiss in the surf and let the whole beach get jealous. By the time Elvis Crespo jumps in shouting his famous ad-libs ("¡Quevedo! ¡Aprieta!" / "Quevedo! Squeeze!"), the song goes all-in on playful romance, telling her it is finally time to make peace with the past and jump in the water.
