RLNDT Lyrics in English by Bad Bunny
Algaro is popular Puerto Rican slang derived from the maritime phrase "a lo garete", which describes a ship drifting off course without a captain.
In this introspective song, Bad Bunny sings "siento que estoy algaro" to express that he feels completely out of control and without direction in his life. Learning this unique Caribbean slang unlocks the powerful metaphor he uses to describe navigating through the darkness without a compass.
Ever feel like your internal navigation system completely fried? That is the exact mess Puerto Rican star Bad Bunny drops us into with "RLNDT". He kicks things off by asking a terrifyingly blank question on repeat: "Hola, ¿Quién soy? No sé, se me olvidó" ("Hello, who am I? I don't know, I forgot"). Instead of his usual club-shaking bangers, he sounds like someone pacing a dark bedroom at 3 AM. He says his GPS broke halfway down the road ("Se me dañó el GPS a mitad de camino") and that he has spent days without talking to himself. He drops the local Puerto Rican slang word algaro (short for al garete, meaning totally out of control or adrift) to describe wandering through pitch blackness, admitting he mixed up his compass with his watch and walked into the wrong date entirely.
He blames part of this downward spiral on getting burned by people: "¿Por qué confiar siempre ha sido un disparo? En el corazón" ("Why has trusting always been a gunshot? In the heart"). That sting reminds him of an old lesson from his dad: "en las buenas, muchos, y en las malas, pocos son" ("in the good times, there are many, and in the bad times, there are few"). He starts doubting his upbringing, his guardian angel, and even whether the things he used to love actually bring him joy anymore. Yet right at the finish line, when he begs God to tell him where he is, the answer flips. The repeating question turns into "Hola, ¿quién soy? Siempre he sido yo" ("Hello, who am I? It has always been me"). It is a blunt, messy reminder that getting lost is scary, but the person at the core never actually vanished.
