HIBIKI Lyrics in English by Bad Bunny, Mora
Garete originated as a nautical term for a boat that’s lost its anchor and is drifting aimlessly. In Puerto Rican slang, the expression “al garete” means being wild, reckless or directionless.
Bad Bunny sings "Depresivo al garete" to paint the picture of someone emotionally unmoored after a breakup, making this vivid, region-specific word a memorable highlight to learn.
In "HIBIKI," Bad Bunny and Mora are going through a seriously rough breakup. The song drops you right into the middle of the narrator's messy, sleepless nights. He's wandering the city, drinking and trying to figure out what to do now that she's gone. He feels like an addict who needs a fix, singing, "De tu cuerpo ya yo soy usuario / Y el tocarte se volvió necesario" (I'm a user of your body / And touching you became necessary). It's a feeling of total obsession, where even just missing her has become his full-time job: "Y extrañarte se voilvó mi diario" (And missing you became my diary).
He's looking at old photos of her in his shorts, begging her to come back, and getting into some pretty wild fantasies. He even says he wants to see her through an Apple Vision headset, which is a very 21st-century way to say you're desperate! He's driving recklessly, feeling depressed, and trying to find someone new to fix his heart, but he admits, "No hay una que a ti se compare" (There's no one that compares to you). It's a song about being completely consumed by a past love, unable to move on.
