| "Hentai" | |
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| Promotional single by Rosalía | |
| from the album Motomami | |
| Released | 16 March 2022 |
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| Genre | Art pop |
| Length | 2:42 |
| Label | Columbia |
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| "Hentai" on YouTube | |
"Hentai" is a song recorded by Spanish singer and songwriter Rosalía. Written by Rosalía, sister Pilar Vila and Pharrell Williams with additional production by Michael Uzowuru and Noah Goldstein, it was released as a promotional single of Rosalía's third studio album Motomami through Columbia Records on 16 March 2022. "Hentai" is a delicate piano ballad with pulsing electronic beats that explores the pleasures of sexual intercourse and female sexuality. The song's lyricism earned a Latin Grammy nomination for Song of the Year and Best Alternative Song.[1]
Despite initial backlash surrounding its sexual content and "kitch" lyricism earlier that year, "Hentai" received critical praise once fully released, with compliments directed towards the contrast between its explicit lyrics and soft melody.[2] An accompanying music video filmed in Ukraine and directed by Mitch Ryan, premiered on YouTube on release day. Despite not being promoted as a radio single, the song peaked at number seven on the PROMUSICAE chart in Spain while also entering the charts in Portugal and the Billboard Global Excl. U.S.
- ^ Flores, Griselda (2022-09-20). "Latin Grammys 2022: todos los nominados". Billboard (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2022-09-20.
- ^ "Rosalía: Motomami". Pitchfork. Retrieved 2022-08-17.
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