Alocadito is the diminutive form of alocado, meaning 'crazy' or 'wild'. The suffix -ito adds a sense of endearment or makes it sound less intense, like 'a little crazy' or 'a bit wild'.
In the song, the lyric "Eso me tiene alocadito, creo" (That has me a little crazy, I think) suggests a playful and slightly overwhelmed feeling. It's an interesting word because it captures a nuanced emotion that goes beyond a simple 'crazy', implying a charming or endearing kind of madness.
Tiene Mami de Papi is a plena track built on one idea: the singer cannot stop thinking about a woman who does not need him in order to feel wanted. The chorus watches her when she is on her own, the little face she makes, the way she bites her lip, the pose she has worked out for herself. He is not describing something he took part in. He is describing something he pictures.
The postchorus keeps circling back to the same excuse. She gets hot, she goes wild, he imagines her with no clothes on, and then somebody can blame the whole thing on the buzz. It is the sound of a night out talking itself into something, which is usually what plena is playing behind.
In between there are shout-outs, to Santiaguito and to Mateo Creciente, and one line that steps outside the song to say what the genre is for: son canciones, canciones que tocan corazones. They are songs, songs that touch hearts.
Juanjo Morgade is a Uruguayan singer working in plena, the fast tropical dance music that grew out of Montevideo and now fills the country's dancefloors. He came up as one of the scene's newer voices and records for the Uruguayan label One Play Latam.
Much of his catalogue is collaborative. He records alongside other Uruguayan plena and cumbia acts, including La Nueva Escuela, La Planta and La Dosis, and his songs are written for a room that is already dancing.
For a Spanish learner he is useful ear training. Rioplatense singing drops final s sounds, runs words together and leans on everyday Uruguayan street vocabulary, so his lyrics land close to how people actually talk.