Contagié is the past tense of the verb contagiar, which means "to infect" or "to spread". While this word can have a negative feel, J Balvin uses it here in a clever and positive way.
He sings, "Dime si te contagié" (Tell me if I infected you), asking if he has successfully passed on his good energy and positive vibe. It's a great metaphorical use of the word that captures the song's theme of spreading happiness as if it were contagious.
This song is a shot of pure energy from Colombian superstar J Balvin! It's all about having a winning attitude and spreading good vibes. He kicks things off by talking about his team, saying, "Mi equipo está puesto en la raya / Sé que no me fallan" (My team is on the line / I know they won't fail me). It's a song for anyone who feels like they're on the verge of a big win, ready to go for the "medallas" (medals).
The whole point is to stay positive, even when it's hard. J Balvin says it directly: "Positivo, por más difícil que se vea, siempre positivo" (Positive, no matter how difficult it looks, always positive). He wants to share this feeling, asking, "Dime si te contagié" (Tell me if I infected you) with his good mood. It's a call to celebrate life right now, because as he puts it, "la vida es una y tenemos que gozar" (there's only one life and we have to enjoy it).
J Balvin grew up in Medellín playing guitar in a teenage rock band with Nirvana and Metallica on repeat, and spent part of his teens in Oklahoma and New York picking up English. Born José Álvaro Osorio Balvín in 1985, he had been releasing music in Colombia for about a decade before anyone outside it paid attention.
"6 AM" with Farruko changed that in 2014, and "Ay Vamos" and "Ginza" followed: "Ginza" held number one on Billboard's Hot Latin Songs chart for 22 weeks, a record at the time. He kept singing in Spanish anyway, and "Mi Gente" reached number three on the Hot 100 once Beyoncé joined the remix, before "I Like It" with Cardi B and Bad Bunny went to number one in 2018. His albums run La Familia, Energía, Vibras, Colores (every track named after a color, and a Latin Grammy for best urban album), José and Rayo, plus Oasis, a joint record with Bad Bunny. In August 2019 he became the first Latino artist to headline Lollapalooza in Chicago.