La Perla Lyrics in English ROSALÍA , Yahritza Y Su Esencia

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Verse 1

Hello, peace thief

Minefield for my sensibilities

Playboy, a champion

He spends the money he has and also the money he doesn't have

He is so charming, star of irrationality

A mirage, Olympic gold in being an absolute asshole

You’re on the podium for the biggest letdown

Chorus 1

The local disappointment, national heartbreaker

An emotional terrorist, the biggest disaster worldwide

He's a gem, nobody trusts him

He’s a gem, one to be very careful with

Verse 2

King of the con, and he doesn’t even know what it is to pay

'Hacer la trece catorce' = pull a fast one

He's the center of the world

And after that, who cares about the rest?

Finally, you go to therapy, you go to a psychologist and also a psychiatrist

But what good is it if you always lie more than you talk?

They'll build you a monument to dishonesty

I don’t pity you, anyone who stays with you gets drained

He always invites himself, if he can, he’ll crash at someone else’s place

Walking red flag, tremendous disaster

He'll say that it wasn't him, that it was his doppelgänger

Well, of course, not referring to him as an icon

It would be in his view a reductive narrative, you know?

Never lend him anything, he won't give it back

Being a complete deadbeat is his specialty

Loyalty and fidelity

They're a language that he'll never understand

His masterpiece, his bra collection

If you ask him for help he'll disappear

Chorus 2

The local disappointment, national heartbreaker

An emotional terrorist, the biggest disaster worldwide

He's a gem, nobody trusts him

He’s a gem, one to be very careful with

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SONG MEANING

In La Perla, Spain’s boundary-pushing ROSALÍA teams up with Mexican trio Yahritza Y Su Esencia to roast a smooth-talking playboy who shines like a precious pearl but cuts like broken glass. Across biting metaphors and playful Spanglish, the singers sketch a man who dazzles everyone with charm, money he doesn’t have, and an ego the size of the universe. Yet under the glitter lies a “terrorista emocional”: a serial heart-breaker who borrows everything, returns nothing, and blames even his own doppelgänger for the mess he leaves behind.

The song flips the classic love ballad on its head. Instead of swooning, the voices unite in a witty intervention that shouts out every red flag—dishonesty, disloyalty, ghosting, even a trophy collection of stolen bras. By the end, the so-called pearl is exposed as fool’s gold, and listeners are warned to steer clear of anyone who sparkles too hard to be true. Catchy, dramatic, and full of attitude, La Perla is a musical PSA that trusting the wrong shine can cost you your peace of mind.

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