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Rauw Alejandro pours his heart out in his new song “Hayami Hana,” a love letter to Rosalía in which he opens up about how difficult their breakup has been for him and says that he never thought they would separate.
“We’ve argued, I find it hard to express myself/ All my shortcomings you already know/ I have to put up with your things too/ But the option of removing myself never crossed my mind,” sings the Puerto Rican star.
The track released on Thursday (August 10) — whose title in Japanese could be translated as “flower of rare beauty” — comes less than a month after the couple announced that they have ended their relationship after nearly four years together. Its moving lyrics evidence Rauw’s deep love and respect for his ex-fiancée, both as a person and as an artist.
“What will come next? I don’t know/ But I know that for you it will be all the Grammys, hey/ They will study your art over time/ When they plan, I know that they always take you as an example,” sings Rauw. And in one of the most heartbreaking moments he laments, “I’ll finish our little house in case you feel like coming back/ Today I stop writing you, not loving you.”
Rauw and Rosalía met in person in 2019 — after months of messaging each other on social media — at a Las Vegas hotel lounge during the Latin Grammys. It was love at first sight, the couple told Billboard for their cover story interview. Shortly after, on March 24, 2023, they revealed that they were engaged in the music video for “Beso,” one of the three songs included on their joint EP RR, released that same day.
Since the inception of their relationship, Rosalía and Rauw were each other’s biggest supporters on and off the stage. Rosalía sang backing vocals on “Dile a Él” from Rauw’s first album, Afrodisiaco (2020), as well as on “Corazón Despeinado” from Saturno (2022), while Rauw co-wrote some lyrics for Rosalía’s “Chicken Teriyaki” from her Grammy and Latin Grammy-winning 2022 album, Motomami.
“I’m lucky to be your partner, and I want to be there for you, sabes? And I feel you’re there for me, independent of the careers,” said Rosalía, who had Rauw as a guest on her Coachella set in April where they performed “Beso” and “Vampiros” off RR. “For me, our relationship is first, and then there’s everything else. Of course my career is super important in my life, but at the same time, in my life, you’re my companion, and everything else comes second.”
Listen to “Hayami Hana” and read the lyrics of the song translated to English below:
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In case we never talk againAnd my favorite eyes don’t look at me againI do this for when you want to rememberOf the crazy person who really loved you.And I’m not going to make myself strongI am not going to fake itEveryone here knows that I’m gonna cry, I’m gonna miss youYes, there is nothing to hide hereBut there are a couple things that I want to get off my chest.
Everybody knows, everybody knowsEverybody knows, everybody knowsEverybody knows, they know s–tEverybody knows, everybody knowsEverybody knows, everybody knowsThey say they know, they know s–t
We’ve arguedI find it hard to express myselfAll my shortcomings you already knowI also have to put up with your thingsBut the option of removing myself never crossed my mind.And what a pity, couples no longer lastThey last a little, there are few old people leftTo tell us their little tricksHow can I seeAll my life with you, the dawn?And mami I don’t have the answer for thisBut I loved both your qualities and defects equallyEverything gets harder with timeBut not all people are prepared for thisAnd I don’t blame you, the life we lead is not for everyoneThe press, social media, peer pressuresBeing away is more difficult, easier togetherWe work non-stop but to what extentBeing in our little camp is worth more than all the money and fameTo wake up and see you by my sideI don’t feel like getting out of bed
Hey, all my songs are for you since AfrodisíacoEveryone knows that, that’s irrelevantIt’s that I can’t stop missing her sleeping in my armsI don’t know how to stop thinking about that last hugAnd if I had known that it was going to be the last one, I wouldn’t have let her goMaybe now she would be by my sideWatching movies in tuck in bedBut this summer I had to be like the sun, alone
I may be many things, but never unfaithfulShe always had the key to my cellThis was something else that is not in my powerMy crystal girl, my paper boatYou disarmed and I tried to fix youAnd although you went far away from me, I stayedNow I’m not here but I want you to know thatYou are stronger than you thinkAnd I hope someday we can laugh at the pastThere are no grudges here, this is not a complaintIf you have given me the best daysThat’s why I have your name tattooed on my belly, maI gave you everything and I would do it againI will finish our little house in case you feel like coming backToday I stop writing you, not loving youHow to forget your kisses after that nap?
Everybody knows, everybody knowsEverybody knows, everybody knowsEverybody knows, they know s–tEverybody knows, everybody knowsEverybody knows, everybody knowsThey say they know, they know s–t
To finishI know you’re going to be the best artistIt’s just that another like you I really don’t think existsYou are the most beautiful cover of all magazinesI would know even if I couldn’t seeIf just by hearing your voiceThe sea calms down from any tormentThousands of people agreeI don’t say it because of this feelingAnd from Los Angeles I knew itShe is my MOTOMAMIWhat will come next? I don’t knowBut I know that for you it will be all the Grammys, heyThey will study your art over timeWhen they plan I know that they always take you as an exampleAnd even if they copy you, they will fail in the attemptBecause only God chooses a few with that talentYou are genuine, you are amazing, you are, you are pure joy, huhYou are medicineYou heal my heartAll those nights at home dancing to our songAnd if life brings me together with you on another occasionI won’t argue with fate’s reason
Once again I’m staying here without youD–n, baby, I’m gonna miss youI didn’t see this coming to an end, yeahOnce again I’m staying here without youThis time I’m not going to stop youI say goodbye to you, have a great time, yeahOh, oh-oh-oh, oh-oh, how it hurtsI say goodbye to you, have a great timeOh, oh-oh-oh, oh-oh, how it hurtsI say goodbye to you, have a great timeOh, oh-oh-oh, oh-oh, how it hurtsI say goodbye to you, have a great timeOh, oh-oh-oh, oh-oh, how it hurtsOh-ah-ah-ahHayami Hana!Hayami Hana!Hayami Hana!Hayami Hana!Yeah, yeah
The U.S. Department of Justice is urging the U.S. Supreme Court to avoid a case alleging Google stole millions of song lyrics from the music database Genius, calling it a “poor vehicle” for a high court showdown.
Genius — a platform that lets users add and annotate lyrics — wants the justices to revive its lawsuit, which claims that Google improperly used the site’s carefully-transcribed content for its search results, after the case was dismissed by a lower court last year.
But in a brief filed Tuesday (May 23), the U.S. Solicitor General told the Supreme Court to steer clear. It said the case was a “poor vehicle” for reviewing the issues in the case, and that the lower court did not appear to have done anything particularly novel when it dismissed the case against Google.
“In the view of the United States, the petition for a writ of certiorari should be denied,” the government wrote.
Genius sued the tech giant in 2019, claiming Google had stolen the site’s carefully-transcribed content for its own “information boxes” in search results, essentially free-riding on the “time, labor, systems and resources” that go into creating such a service. In a splashy twist, Genius said it had used a secret code buried within lyrics that spelled out REDHANDED to prove Google’s wrongdoing.
Though it sounds like a copyright case, Genius didn’t actually accuse Google of stealing any intellectual property. That’s because it doesn’t own any; songwriters and publishers own the rights to lyrics, and both Google and Genius pay for the same licenses to display them. Instead, Genius argued it had spent time and money transcribing and compiling “authoritative” versions of lyrics, and that Google had breached the site’s terms of service by “exploiting” them without permission.
But in March, that distinction proved fatal for Genius. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit dismissed the case, ruling that only the actual copyright owners — songwriters or publishers — could have filed such a case, not a site that merely transcribed the lyrics. In technical terms, the court said the case was “preempted” by federal copyright law, meaning that the accusations from Genius were so similar to a copyright claim that they could only have been filed that way.
In taking the case to the Supreme Court, Genius argued the ruling would be a disaster for websites that spend time and money to aggregate user-generated content online. Such companies should be allowed to protect that effort against clear copycats, the company said, even if they don’t hold the copyright. “Big-tech companies like Google don’t need any assists from an overly broad view of copyright preemption,” the company wrote.
Such petitions are always a long shot since the Supreme Court takes less than 2% of the 7,000 cases it receives each year. But in December, the justices asked the DOJ to weigh in on whether it should take the Genius case.
In Tuesday’s filing, the DOJ said firmly that it should not — arguing, among other things, that the lower court’s ruling for Google had been largely correct. Though the agency had quibbles with some of the lower court’s analysis, it said Genius was essentially using contract law to claim the same rights as a copyright owner — the exact scenario in which such claims can be “preempted” by federal law.
“In substance, petitioner asserts a right to prevent commercial copying of its lyric transcriptions by all persons who gain access to them, without regard to any express manifestation of consent by website visitors,” the agency wrote.
The Supreme Court will now decide whether or not to hear the case; a decision on that question should arrive in the next several months. A spokesperson for Genius did not immediately return a request for comment on the DOJ’s filing.
Read the DOJ’s entire brief HERE.
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