Making Of Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee's 'Despacito' Feat. Bieber With Andrés Torres & Mauricio Rengifo

With a little help from Justin Bieber, Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee’s “Despacito” rocketed to the top of the Billboard Hot 100 and has stayed there for an impressive nine weeks and counting. It even surpassed Eminem’s “Rap God” as the most popular song in Genius history. The track is produced by Mauricio Rengífo and Andrés Torres, and the pair sat down with Genius to explain how their smash hit came together for the latest episode of Deconstructed.

[tiscayea]

Genius is really doing a great thing with these "making of" videos, not only for fans but especially for aspiring producers. You can imagine in the 70s wanting to be a producer or engineer, hearing all the hits on the radio, and dying to know what went through the producer's mind, or how the session was broken down. Producers today are spoiled in that way, but forever grateful for platforms like Genius that give an up-and-comer a glimpse into the inner workings of an actual hit song.

[agbsunrise]

i love how passionately producers talk about their songs they make like you would never imagine how much work and thought goes into making a song

[Valreea]

Thank you, Genuis, for giving producers the spotlight and credit they DESERVE. I love this series.

[vsstyles]

7:20-7:35 "it's cool...but it's cold"

"that's LIFE"

awesome!!

[ravi.mp]

here are the real genius behind the song

[walwin]

I love the chemistry of these guys and their passion. So good to see producers like this

[Jasmine-gkre]

I LOVE THESE DECONSTRUCTED VIDEOS SO MUCH. It's just amazing to see the process behind building these songs; it gives me even deeper respect for the artistry that goes into music. Thank you guys for making these!

[majoron]

To all the young producers. These are Real Producers!!!! Take notes!!!!

[Origamibeats]

there is levels to this shit, they are really genius

[s.farhat]

"its cool.."
-"but its cold"
ooh mama

[meadwsgates]

i could listen to the cuatro playing forever

[noahpayne]

I absolutely love these guys. You can tell their relationship is genuine, and they clearly work together extremely well! This was great to see. With my beats, I try to get the same level of quality as they do (although different genres).

[NoahWiseMusic]

I love how emotive their explanations are for the beat, very inspiring

[juanjaramillo]

It's really cool to see how passionate they are about the beat.

[Nicolas-bvgw]

There's still people that think it's biebers song lmao

[freenectarines]

so thankful to the producers for showing everyone what goes on behind an amazing song

Wow. I never knew that Jon Snow produced this song

[americaramirez]

Mauricio rengifo gran maestro Dj, productor, compositor y cantante mis respetos es un fenomeno y canta increible, ( Cali y El Dandee ) mis cantantes favoritos mi colombia esta presente

[juanemilianogomez]

Mauricio Rengifo is a very talented artist and producer, he sing with his brother in a group called ''Cali & El Dandee''

[NbaLiveever]

Love how they got really into explaining the beat!

edit: that cuatro playing in the beginning was beautiful