ROSALÍA, HENTAI | Midnight Heat 🕛 🔥

In the 27^th edition of Midnight Heat 🕛 🔥 (2024), we explore the naughty, sexy vibes behind “HENTAI” by ROSALÍA. 

Ah, bring on Midnight Heat 🕛 🔥! Wait – it is not usually hot at midnight! Well, it is steaming hot 🥵 at midnight when it comes to this naughty, innuendo and sex-laden column featuring songs intended for nighttime. Yeah, we are talking about that after dark type $hi†, ya dig? These risqué, unapologetic records often raise eyebrows and temperature alike. In the 27th edition of Midnight Heat (2024), we explore the naughty, sexy vibes behind, “HENTAI” by ROSALÍA.

Just in case you weren’t aware, Hentai is NSFW – a sexually explicit anime or manga. That sounds like the perfect catalyst for some midnight heat! Grammy-winning Spanish singer/songwriter ROSALÍA isn’t being subtle on “HENTAI”, the sixth track on her 2022 LP, MOTOMAMI.  In the chorus, she asserts, “Te quiero ride como a mi bike / Hazme un tape modo Spike.” In English: “I wanna ride you like I ride my bike / Make me a tape like Spike.” Oh, snap! Riding doesn’t sound innocent, nor does that tape because it’s giving sex tape! She continues (translated), “I whipped it until it got stiff.” Ooh wee! ROSALÍA tapped a whole team of songwriters to compose “HENTAI,” producing alongside Pharrell Williams, Michael Uzowuru, and Noah Goldstein. 

In the second verse, ROSALÍA sings, “Enamorá’ de tu pistola, roja amapola / Crash esa ola, casi me controla,” which translates in English as, “In love with your pistol, red poppy / Crash this wave, almost controls me.” A pistol, huh? How long, might I ask? The point is the Spanish popstar is being naughty.  Even so, she also shows her sense of humor on “HENTAI” too.  Vocally, she sounds angelic – go figure!

ROSALÍA // MOTOMAMI // Columbia // 2022

ROSALÍA, HENTAI: Midnight Heat 🕛 🔥 No. 27 (2024) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; Columbia; Ash via Pexels; Clker-Free-Vector-Images, Werbefuzzy68 via Pixabay]